|
1492 |
Christopher
Columbus' first journey |
|
1493 |
Christopher
Columbus' second journey |
|
1497 |
John
Cabot explores the North Atlantic |
|
1498 |
Christopher
Columbus' third journey |
|
1500 |
Pedro
Cabral's journey in Brézil |
|
1501 |
Amerigo
Vespucci's journey |
|
1502 |
Christopher
Columbus' fourth journey |
|
1506 |
Death
of Christopher Columbus |
|
1511 |
Bartolomeo
de Las Casas resigns his
«encomienda» |
|
1518 |
Smallpox
epidemy in New Spain |
|
1519 |
Cortès'
expedition from Cuba to Mexico |
|
1519 |
Magellan
go round the world |
|
1521 |
Aztec
empire collapses |
|
153? |
Pizarro
conquers Incas in Perù |
|
1534 |
Jacques
Cartier's first journey |
|
1536 |
End
of Cabaza de Vaca's expedition |
|
1539 |
Soto's
expedition in Mississippi valley |
|
1534 |
Mayas
empire collapses in Central America |
|
1540 |
Coronado's
expedition |
|
1542 |
End
of Coronado's expedition |
|
1542 |
Death
of Soto |
|
1547 |
Death
of Cortès |
|
1555 |
Frenchs
plunder and burn Havanas |
|
1564 |
Frenchs
found Fort Caroline |
|
1565 |
Spanish
destroy Fort Caroline |
|
1565 |
Pedro
Menendez de Aviles founds San Augustin |
|
1570 |
Foundation
of a spanish colony in Cheasapeake Bay |
|
1570 |
Luis
de Velasco (American Indian) escapes
Cheasapeake Bay |
|
1570 |
Luis
de Velasco leads an attack on
Cheasapeake Bay colony |
|
1572 |
Spanish
abandons Cheasapeake Bay colony |
|
1577 |
Francis
Drake go around the world |
|
1588 |
Defeat
of the Spanish Armada |
|
1598 |
Zaldivar's
expedition and death at Acoma |
|
1599 |
Assault
on Acoma |
|
1607 |
Onate's
trial and exile |
|
1608 |
Foundation
of Québec by Champlain |
|
1613 |
Destruction
of Port Royal by an english pirate |
|
1609 |
Champlain
leads an expedition against the
Iroquoians |
|
1610 |
Champlain
leads an expedition against the
Iroquoians |
|
1614 |
Dutchs
establish Fort Orange |
|
1627 |
New
France population is 85 inhabitants,
all males |
|
1680 |
Pueblo
revolts led by Popé |
|
1696 |
Pueblo
revolt repressions by the Spanish |
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