Important Events Timeline
1300's..............................................................................................................................................................................Black Death and Great Famine
1337-1453........................................................................................................................................................................................Hundres Years War
1440........................................................................................................................................................................................Printing press is invented
1450..................................................................................................................................................................Prince Henry the Navigator starts school
1453......................................................................................................................................Land route to Asia is cut off, search for all-water route starts
1487..........................................................................................................................................................Bartolomue Dias sails to southern tip of Africa
1492...............................................................................................................................................................Christopher Columbus discovers Americas
1494.............................................................................................................................................................................The Treaty of Tordesillas is made
1497...............................................................................................................................John Cabot searches for Northwest Passage, finds Newfoundland
1513.......................................................................................................................Juan Ponce de Leon goes to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth
1519-1522....................................................................................................................................Ferdinand Magellan sails around the world with his crew
1521....................................................................................................................................................................Hernando Cortez defeats Aztec Empire
1533.....................................................................................................................................................................Francisco Pizzaro defeats Inca Empire
1534....................................................................................................................................................St. Lawrence River is discovered by Jaques Cartier
1539-1542..........................................................................................................................Hernando De Soto explores southeastern part of United States
1540..................................................................................................................Hernando Vasquez de Coronado explores southwest part of United States
1577.........................................................................................................................First Englishman to sail around the world becomes Sir Francis Drake
1673....................................................................................................................................................................Louis Jolliet explorers Mississippi River
1682...........................................................................Rene-Robert de La Salle explorers down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
1337-1453........................................................................................................................................................................................Hundres Years War
1440........................................................................................................................................................................................Printing press is invented
1450..................................................................................................................................................................Prince Henry the Navigator starts school
1453......................................................................................................................................Land route to Asia is cut off, search for all-water route starts
1487..........................................................................................................................................................Bartolomue Dias sails to southern tip of Africa
1492...............................................................................................................................................................Christopher Columbus discovers Americas
1494.............................................................................................................................................................................The Treaty of Tordesillas is made
1497...............................................................................................................................John Cabot searches for Northwest Passage, finds Newfoundland
1513.......................................................................................................................Juan Ponce de Leon goes to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth
1519-1522....................................................................................................................................Ferdinand Magellan sails around the world with his crew
1521....................................................................................................................................................................Hernando Cortez defeats Aztec Empire
1533.....................................................................................................................................................................Francisco Pizzaro defeats Inca Empire
1534....................................................................................................................................................St. Lawrence River is discovered by Jaques Cartier
1539-1542..........................................................................................................................Hernando De Soto explores southeastern part of United States
1540..................................................................................................................Hernando Vasquez de Coronado explores southwest part of United States
1577.........................................................................................................................First Englishman to sail around the world becomes Sir Francis Drake
1673....................................................................................................................................................................Louis Jolliet explorers Mississippi River
1682...........................................................................Rene-Robert de La Salle explorers down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
