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Sep 28, 1368
Hongwu drove mongols out of China.
he became the first ming emperor. -
Sep 28, 1398
Yonglo became ming emperor
he was hongwus son
moved capitol to bejing -
Sep 28, 1433
China stops voyages of exploration
The chinese began to stop all voyages to explore new places. they iscolated themselves and treid to build more miliatary and protection for China. They thought that they were advanced in technology and knowledge. -
Sep 28, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa.
After sailing down the west coast, A huge storm hit the ship, and they ended up on the East coast of Africa. he ended up not sailing to India because of his exhausted sailing crew. -
Oct 28, 1492
Chrisopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean
This was the year he convinced Spain to finance his voyage to find a sea route to asia. In october of this year he landed at an island, the Carribean. His voyage opened the eyes of Europeans and they began colonizing the Americas. -
Sep 28, 1493
Treaty of Tordesillas was signed
an imaginary line drawn by Pope Alexander the VI was drawn dividing the land that portugal could have and the land that spain could have. All lands west of the line would belong to Spain, and to the east would be portugal. the line is called the line of demarcation. -
Sep 28, 1495
Prince Henryhelps conquer Muslim city of Ceuta in N. Africa
He saw the wealth beyond Europe, and the many goods and rarities that were in other places in the world. This is where he began to dream of overseas expoloration -
Sep 28, 1500
Chinese restricted trade with foreigners
Chinese closed off borders, and thought thatt they didnt need to rade becuase they were so self sufficient. -
Sep 28, 1510
Portugeste captured Goa, a city port on Indias west cost.
Made goa the capitol of their trading empire. -
Sep 28, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spanish explorer landed on coast of where florida is today, and claimed it for his country. -
Sep 28, 1521
Spanish expadition led by Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philipenes.
Spain claimed the islands and began to settle there in 1565 -
Sep 28, 1524
Giovanni da Verazzano
italian in service of france, sailed to north america while searchign for a sea route to the pacific. -
Sep 28, 1543
japanese first encountered europeans
portugese sailers washed up on the shores of japan. the japanese welcomed them. the portugese wanted to trade with them. the japanese were happy to recieve new goods and were happy to trade. -
300,000 japanese were converted to Christianity
European missionaries converted the japanese. Fransis Xavier led the first mission to japan. -
Dutch established trading headquarters
at Batavia on the island of Java. they expanded west to conquer islands nearby. seized malacca and spice islands. they increased control over indian ocean. -
Pilgrims set up Colony in plymouth
pilgrims were prosecuted for their religion
then set up and created the colony in plymouth -
Japans closed Country Policy
japans borders were sealed, and missionaries and merchants werent allowed in. -
Manchus took over
inviaded china and ming colapsed -
Marquette and Joliet exlore
French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joliet explored the great lakes and upper mississippi. -
Henry Hudson
the dutch Henry Hudson set out searching for Northwest sea route to Asia and instead found
