ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - the Americas 1490-1648 </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2008 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> 1300-1490 </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../13001490/tlamericas13001490.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "x14901648.html"> <img src = "../banners/ban14901648.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 8th 2008 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Americas 1490-1648 </B></font><BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/period/14901648/tlamericas14901648.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> c 900-1500 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Mayan Civilization : <A HREF = "hdamericas13001490.html#postclassicper">Post-Classic Period</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1486-1502 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Ahuitzotl Aztec Emperor (= Moctezuma I.); climax of <A HREF = "hdamericas13001490.html#aztecs">Aztec Empire</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1492 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Cristopher Columbus landed in San Salvador (Guanahani); discovery of the New World (West Indies) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1494 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Treaty of Tordesillas </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1500 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral accidentally discovered Brazil, established it to be in the Portuguese sphere </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1509 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Panama : Balboa crossed the isthm, reached the Pacific Ocean </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1511 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Spanish conquest of Cuba </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1519-1521 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1519-1522 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan, afterhis death in 1521 by Juan Elcano, circumnavigated the globe. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1530 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Begin of Portuguese settlement of Brazil; introduction of sugar plantation economy </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1532-1533 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1535 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Mexico : Establishment of Viceroyalty of New Spain </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1535 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> City of Lima established, as capital of what was to become the Viceroyalty of Peru </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1536 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Spanish settlement of Buenos Aires established; abandoned in 1541, resettled in 1580 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1539-1542 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Hernan de Soto explored what is today the southern United States, from Florida to Texas </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1542 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Establishment of Viceroyalty of Peru </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1542 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Bartolome de las Casas published "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1545 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Rich silver mine found in Potosi, modern Bolivia </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1549 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Salvador de Bahia established as capital of Portuguese colony of Brazil </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1551 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Peru : University of San Marcos (Lima) established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1551 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Mexico : University of Mexico established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1554 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Jesuit missionary founded village of Sao Paulo, which was to become the nucleus of the Paulista cattle economy </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1555 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> French pirate sacked Havana (Cuba); begin of piracy in the Caribbean </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1565 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> The Spanish founded city of St. Augustine in Florida </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1580-1640 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dynastic Union of Portugal and Spain </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1607 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> English settlers founded Jamestown, Virginia </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1608 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Establishment of the city (and French colony) of Quebec </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1611 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> English navigator in Dutch service Henry Hudson perished in search of the Northwest Passage </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1620 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> English settlers, the Pilgrim Fathers, settled in Massachusetts </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1624 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> English settlers colonized St. Kitts </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1624 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Establishment of Fort Oranje (Albany NY) by GWC regarded foundation of New Nederland </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1625 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> (Dutch) GWC 'purchased' Manhattan Island from natives; foundation of New Amsterdam (New York) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1625 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> French settlers arrived on St. Kitts; English, French agreed to split the island (in fear of a Spanish attack) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1627 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> English settlers colonized Barbados </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1628 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> (Dutch) GWC captain Piet Heyn took the Spanish Treasure Fleet </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1630 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> (Dutch) GWC conquest of Pernambuco, NE Brazil (held until 1654) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1634 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> (Dutch) GWC settled Cura&ccedil;ao </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <B>EXTERNAL FILES : TIMELINES</B> <BR> Chronology of World History, by K. Polsson, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1300.htm"><B>1300-1401</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1402.htm"><B>1402-1449</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1450.htm"><B>1450-1474</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1475.htm"><B>1475-1499</B></A> <BR> Timelines of World History, by Algis Ratnikas, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1300_1399.HTML"><B>1300-1399</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1400_1449.HTML"><B>1400-1449</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1450_1475.HTML"><B>1450-1475</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1476_1499.HTML"><B>1476-1499</B></A> <BR> Cronologia, by Francomputer, in Italian, <A HREF = "http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/tabello/aa1300b.htm"><B>1300-1400</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/tabello/aa1401.htm"><B>1400-1500</B></A> <BR> Wikipedia (English edition) <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1300"><B>1300</B></A> <BR> Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History <A HREF = "http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/07sm.htm"><B>1000-1400</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/08sm.htm"><B>1400-1600</B></A>, posted by Metropolitan Museum of Art; click Mesoamerica and Central America : Central America and the Caribbean, Maya Area, Mexico; South America : Central and Southern Andes, Northern Andes <BR> Article <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_chronology"><B>Mesoamerican Chronology</B></A>, from Wikipedia <BR> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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