Unit 2 By Javieris7 Sep 18, 1295 Marco Polo returns to Europe. Marco Polo returns to Europe. Sep 18, 1400 Spain becomes united, in the late 1400 Sep 18, 1488 Dias rounds Southern tip of Africa Sep 18, 1492 Columbus land in the Bahamas Sep 18, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal Sep 18, 1498 Da Gama reaches India Cabot explores northeastern coast of America for England Sep 18, 1513 Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean Period: Sep 18, 1513 to Sep 18, 1521 Ponce de León explores Florida Sep 18, 1519 Cortés conquers Mexico for Spain Period: Sep 18, 1519 to Sep 18, 1521 Cortés conquers Mexico for Spain Sep 18, 1521 Cortés conquers of Mexico ends Sep 18, 1522 Magellan's vessel completers circumnavigation of the world Sep 18, 1524 Verrazano explores eastern seaboard of North America for France Sep 18, 1532 Pizarro crushes Incas Sep 18, 1539 De Soto explores the Sutheast and discovers the Mississippi River Period: Sep 18, 1539 to Sep 18, 1542 DE Soto explores present-day Southwest Period: Sep 18, 1540 to Sep 18, 1542 Coronado explores present-day Southwest Sep 18, 1542 Cabrllo explores California coast for Spain Sep 19, 1558 Elizabeth I became queen of England Sep 18, 1565 Spanish build fortress at St. Augustine Period: Sep 19, 1565 to Sep 19, 1590 English crush Irish uprising Sep 19, 1577 Drake circumnavigates the globe Sep 19, 1585 Raleigh founds "lost colony" at Roanoke Island Sep 19, 1588 Enngland defeats Spanish Armada Sep 18, 1590 Iroquois Confederacy founded, according to Iroquois lengend Period: Sep 18, 1598 to Sep 18, 1609 Spanish under Oñate conquer Pueblo peoples of Rio Grande valley Sep 19, 1603 James I became king of England Sep 19, 1604 Spain and England sign peace treaty Sep 19, 1607 Virginia colony founded at Jamestown Sep 18, 1609 Spanish found New Mexico Sep 18, 1612 Rolfe perfects tobacco culture in Virginia Sep 19, 1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War ends Sep 19, 1619 First Africans arrive in Jamestown Virginia House of Burgesses established Sep 19, 1624 Virginia becaoes royal colony Sep 19, 1634 Maryland colony founded Sep 19, 1640 Large-scale slave-labor system established in English West Indies Sep 19, 1644 Second Anglo-Powhatan War Sep 19, 1649 Act of Toleration in Maryland Charles I beheaded; Vromwell rules England Sep 19, 1660 Charles II restored to English throne Sep 19, 1661 Barbados slave code adopted Sep 19, 1670 Carolina colony created Sep 19, 1680 Popé's Rebellion in New Mexico Sep 19, 1680 French expedition down Mississippi River under La Salle Period: Sep 19, 1711 to Sep 19, 1713 Tuscarora War in North Carolina Sep 19, 1712 North Carolina formally separates from South Carolina Period: Sep 19, 1713 to Sep 19, 1716 Yamasee War in South Carolina Sep 19, 1733 Georgia colony founded Sep 19, 1769 Serra founds first California mission, at San Diego