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Jan 1, 1250
Incas settle at Cuzco, Peru. Incas build cliff cities on Mesa Verde.
Cuzco Peru would then become the capital for the inca empire. Cuzco was located in the Andes mountians in Peru. Cuzco was mainly a governmental and religious capital. Mesa Verde was in Southern Colorado and was created by people known as he Anasazi. -
Jan 1, 1346
Black Death
The Black Death or the Black Plague swept across asia and europe in a destructive path. The Black death was carried by rats and fleas on ships such as for trade. Then once people got infected they would spread it to others and so forth. The Black Death killed 25 million people, one third of the population. -
Jan 1, 1347
The first Guns appear in Europe
Guns first appear in the year of 1347. The chinese are the ones who discovered and invented gun powder. The Europeans however used it differently by making cannons. Cannons were used for millitary use and also put on ships. -
Jan 1, 1420
Firsst Caravels are built and first asian ship to reach Alantinc
The first Caravels were built in the year of 1420. Caravels were smaller and faster ships great for navigation. For the First time an Asian ship reaches the Alantic Ocean by rounding the Cape of Good Hope. -
Jan 1, 1440
Guttenberg Bible is Printed
The Guttenburg Bible is printed on a printing press that uses movable type. This invention made it possible for books to be made inexpensively, and, as a result, knowledge began to spread more rapidly then ever before in history. -
Jan 1, 1453
Moslem Turks
Moslem Turks Capture the great Christtian city Constantinople. Some historians use this date as the beginning of the historical period called the Renaissance, After this time, the Genoese put their financial support behind Portuguese efforts to find a new route to Asia. -
Jan 1, 1492
Clumbus discovers West Indies
Columbus discovers the West Indies in the New World. Columbus also learns that compasses change direction slightly as the longitude changes. After seven centuries, the last Moslems are driven from Spanish soil. Leonardo Da Vinci draws a plan for a flying machine. -
Jan 1, 1513
Balboa discovers Pacific
Balboa Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovers the Pacific Ocean. He was was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. Also at this time Ponce de Leon lands in Florida. -
Jan 1, 1522
Megellan circumnavigates the world
The last remaining of Megellan's five ships, with its crew of seventeen men, returns to spain. They succesfully were the first to voyage around around the world. -
Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespeare is born. Michelangelo dies
He was an english poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers ever. William lived from 1564-1616 till the age 52. Michelangelo an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet; full name Michelangelo Buonarroti. A leading figure of the High Renaissance, Michelangelo established his reputation with sculptures such as the Pietà -
Jan 1, 1577
Sir Francis Drank circumnaviagtes the world
Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the world. He live from 1540 to 1596. -
Spains Armada Destroyed
The destruction of the Spain's great Armada by Francis Drake and another commander. This event makes England the world's greatest sea power. -
Australia discovered!
Australia was discovered by the dutch explores. Who were led by Dirk Hartog. He discovered a large group of islands on the western coast of australia which led to further exploration and fininding of the actual continent. -
Jamestown in Virginia is established by the English
Jamestown, A British settlement established on the James River in Virginia in 1607, abandoned when the colonial capital was moved to Williamsburg at the end of the 17th century -
Galilea builds his first telescope
He was an Italian astronomer and physicist. He discovered the constancy of a pendulum's swing, formulated the law of uniform acceleration of falling bodies, and described the parabolic trajectory of projectiles. He applied the telescope to astronomy and observed craters on the moon, sunspots, Jupiter's moons, and the phases of Venus
