The America's Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1550

    The Americas Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded

    Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded
  • Jan 1, 1376

    Aztecs choose their first emperor

  • Jan 1, 1438

    Inca military expansion begins

  • Jan 1, 1462

    Machu picchu founder

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus 'discovers' the Americas

  • Jan 1, 1498

    Columbus lands on Venezuelan coast

  • Jan 1, 1502

    Columbus encounters the maya in Yucatan

  • Jan 1, 1512

    'Laws of Burgos' introduced

  • Jan 1, 1515

    Spanish settelments established on Cuba

  • Jan 1, 1517

    and 1518 Spanish invade Yucatan

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1521

    teconchtitlan is destroyed Spanish occupy Aztec Empire

  • Jan 1, 1523

    De Alvarado invades Maya lands

  • Jan 1, 1525

    Spanish conquer Guatemala

  • Jan 1, 1527

    Pizarro lands at Incan settlement of Tumbes

  • Jan 1, 1539

    De Soto lands in Florida

  • Jan 1, 1541

    Spanish conquer Yucatan

  • Jan 1, 1542

    'new laws' introduced