modern world history

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  • Feb 2, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    About 1418, Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation along with an astronomical observatory at Sagres, Portugal. Portugal. In this school, people were trained in nagivation, map-making, and science, in order to sail down the west of Africa.
  • Feb 2, 1489

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    The expedition sailed south along the West coast of Africa. Extra provisions were picked up on the way at the Portuguese fortress of São Jorge de Mina on the Gold Coast.
  • Feb 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas.
  • Feb 2, 1495

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    The Treaty of Tordesillas only specified the line of demarcation in leagues from the Cape Verde Islands. It did not specify the line in degrees, nor did it identify the specific island or the specific length of its league.
  • Feb 2, 1497

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

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    Vasco da Gama personally recruited his crews for the expedition. The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Calicut, India on 20 May 1498.
  • Feb 2, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown, was looking for a westward route to the to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. On March 16, 1521, Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines.
  • Feb 2, 1564

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
    The invasion of the Filipinos by Spain did not begin in earnest until 1564, when another expedition from New Spain, commanded by Miguel López de Legaspi, arrived. Permanent Spanish settlement was not established until 1565 when an expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines, arrived in Cebu from New Spain.

  • the dutch establish a trading center on java

    the dutch establish a trading center on java
    was a chartered company established in 1602. It was the second multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock.

  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company
    The French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India.