Tema 6 : modern ages By Laurabedmarmartin 1440 Gutenberg invents the printing press 1488 Bartolomé Díaz arrived in southern Africa 1492 Capitulations of Santa Fe 1492 Conquest of Granada Mar 8, 1492 Columbus sets sail from the port of Palos de la Frontera Santa María, La niña y La Pinta Dec 10, 1492 Colon comes to America Isla del caribe llamada Guanahaní (actual Bahamas) 1498 Vasco de Gama reached India 1504 Hernán Cortés left for the Indies 1506 Christopher Colón dies 1512 Conquest of Navarra 1513 Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean 1516 Carlos V Reign 1519 .Hernán Cortés will start an expedition to conquer the Aztec empire 1519 Magellan and elcano give the first complete round the world 1521 Montezuma thought that the white gods were from heaven. 1533 Pizarro with 168 men will conquer an army of 40,000 soldiers 1545 Trento council 1556 Philip II's reign