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May 20, 1451
Columbus
31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506 Columbus was born. -
Jan 1, 1485
Cortez
Cortez was born. -
Jan 1, 1490
Cabeza de Vaca
1490, Cabeza de Vaca was born at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia , Spain -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus
Columbus set sail on August 3, 1492 with three ships, the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria, and 104 men. This voyage took five weeks - much longer than Columbus expected,During this time, many of the crew members contracted diseases and died, or died from hunger and thirst. -
Sep 30, 1492
Columbus
1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella reconsidered his requests. Columbus promised to bring back gold, spices, and silk from Asia, spread Christianity, and explore China. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus
Finally, at 2 a.m. on October 12, 1492, the men, sighted land in area of the present-day Bahamas. When Columbus reached the land, he believed it was an Asian island and named it San Salvador. -
Nov 21, 1492
Columbus
On November 21, 1492, the Pinta and its crew left to explore on its own. Then on Christmas Day, Columbus' Santa Maria wrecked off the coast of Hispaniola. -
Mar 15, 1493
Columbus
March 15, 1493 Columbus' first voyage ended. -
Nov 3, 1493
Columbus
On November 3, the crew members sighted land and found three more islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and Jamaica, which Columbus thought were islands off of Japan. -
Jan 1, 1494
Pineda
Pineda was born. -
Sep 23, 1494
Columbus
Columbus set sail west again on September 23, 1493 with 17 ships and 1,200 men. The purpose of this journey was to establish colonies in the name of Spain. -
May 30, 1498
Columbus
Columbus’s third voyage began on May 30, 1498 and took a more southern route than the previous two. -
May 9, 1502
Columbus
Columbus' final voyage began on May 9, 1502 -
Jan 1, 1505
Moscoso
Moscoso was born in Badajoz, Spain in 1505 -
May 20, 1506
Columbus
Columbus became ill and died on May 20, 1506. -
Jan 1, 1510
Coronado
1510, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain -
Jan 1, 1511
Cortez
Cortez helped colonize Cuba. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda
Pineda was first European to explore and map the Texas coastline. -
Jan 1, 1520
Pineda
Pineda died. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortez
Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire, which will later become Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1527
Cabeza de Vaca
1527, Cabeza de Vaca heard the stories about the New World and joined the expedition to the New World lead by Pamfilo de Narvaez -
Jun 17, 1527
Cabeza de Vaca
June 17, 1527, leaves Spain with 300 men, Cabeza de Vaca was appointed crown treasurer of the expedition, -
Jan 1, 1530
Moscoso
In 1530 he was sent by his uncle to find a colony in present eastern El Salvador. -
Jan 1, 1534
Moscoso
In 1534, he traveled to Peru with his uncle Pedro de Alvarado, where they went on an expedition that took them through what is now Ecuador. -
Jan 1, 1536
Cortez
Cortez discovered the peninsula of California. -
Jan 1, 1537
Cabeza de Vaca
1537, Cabeza de Vaca reports on his eight year expedition across Texas. -
Jan 1, 1538
Moscoso
returned to Spain in 1536. -
Feb 23, 1540
Coronado
1540 Febuary 23, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado begins his exploration of south-western North America in search of the Seven Cities of Gold.he brought along with him 340 Spanish, 300 Indians, 1000 horses, 1000 slaves. -
Sep 1, 1542
Coronado
1542 April: Francisco Vazquez de Coronado starts the journey home. He had failed to find El Dorado, the Seven Cities of Gold but had made a tremendous voyage of discovery across America. -
Jan 1, 1544
Cabeza de Vaca
1544, Cabeza de Vaca is returned to Spain -
Dec 2, 1547
Cortez
Cortez died. -
Jan 1, 1551
Moscoso
Moscoso died in 1551. -
Sep 22, 1552
Coronado
September 22, 1554 cornodao died. -
Jan 1, 1559
de Vaca
1559: de Vaca dies in Valladolid, Spain -
La Salle
La Salle was born in Rouen, Normandy (France) on November 22, 1643. -
La Salle
On August 7, 1679 La Salle and the Italian explorer Henri de Tonti set sail on Le Griffon, the first full sized sailing ship to travel into the Great Lakes. -
La Salle
On April 9, 1682, La Salle buried an engraved plate and a cross at the mouth of the Mississippi River. This act officially claimed Louisiana for France. -
La Salle
On April 9, 1682 La Salle claimed all of the Mississippi River Basin for France. -
La Salle
march 20 1687,La Salle was killed by his own men.
