History Timeline

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  • Prince Henry starts a navagation school
    Jan 31, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navagation school

    Portuguese royal prince, soldier and patron of explores! In 1418 Prince Henry started a navagation school.
  • Vasco de Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    Jan 31, 1469

    Vasco de Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean

    Vasco de Gama was a portuguese explorer. One day in 1469 he reached the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Jan 31, 1472

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Christopher Columbus reached the Bahamas & explored the Caribbean. He also explored the coast of Centeral & South America.
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Jan 31, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Bartolmeu Dias was a nobleman of Portuguese royal household. He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488.
  • Spain beings settlements in the Philippines
    Jan 31, 1492

    Spain beings settlements in the Philippines

    The Spanish Monarch completed the Reconquista in 1492. Spain began the settlements in 1492.
  • Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Tordesillas
    Jan 31, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Tordesillas

    The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal.
  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company

    Between 1602 and 1769 the VOC sent almost a million Europeans to work. The company name is shortend to VOC.
  • Dutch establish a trade center on Java

    Dutch establish a trade center on Java

    In 1603 the Dutch decided to expand there trading , and made a trade center on Java.
  • Ferdinand Magellan leads Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Ferdinand Magellan leads Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Ferdinand was the first European to reach the island. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan's landed on a island in the Philippines.