modern world history

By savannah.fraser
  • Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    Jan 31, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    Prince Henry started a school of navigation in Sagres, Portugal to advance the study of navigation.
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Jan 31, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Bartolomeu Dias a noble Portagal was a Portuguese to sail to the tip of Africa.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Jan 31, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Columbus was not the first European to reach the continent.Columbus landed in the Bahamas and explored the Caribbean.
  • Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jan 31, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas to divide the Western Hemisphere between them.
  • Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    Jan 31, 1497

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

    Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India is one of the most important moments in the history of exploring.
  • Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Jan 31, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Lead the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean.
  • Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
    Jan 31, 1521

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company

    This was used for trading with the Eastern hemishpere.
  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    Established by the Dutch so they could directly trade with Asia.