World in 1500's

By christiangdice
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Alvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

    Cabral's patron was King Manuel I of Portugal, who sent him on an expedition to India. Cabral's 13 ships left on March 9, 1500, following the route of Vasco da Gama. On April 22, 1500, he sighted land (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal and naming it the "Island of the True Cross."
  • Jan 1, 1501

    First black slaves in America brought to Spanish colony of Santo Domingo

    First black slaves in America brought to Spanish colony of Santo Domingo
    The island of Santo Domingo was the first part of the Americas to have African slaves. No one forgets that they were introduced as laborers as a result of the advice of Bartolemé de las Casas. Las Casas had seen some of them who were brought by chance to Santo Domingo after 1505. He proposed to substitute such persons for the natives of the island, for whom the work in the mines had meant very cruel hardships and had seemed likely to destroy them entirely.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1516 to Feb 1, 1556

    Charles V, Habsburg King of Spain and the Americas

  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521

    Cuauhtemoc, Last ruler of the Aztec empire

  • Jan 1, 1521

    Spanish Conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico

    Spanish Conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico
    At Tabasco, Cortés was met with resistance from natives. He quickly overpowered them, and the natives surrendered. They provided the Europeans with food, supplies and 20 women, including an interpreter called Malintzin (also known as La Malinche or Doña Marina). She became Cortés’s intermediary with the natives and eventually his mistress, eventually mothering his son, Martin.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1532 to Jan 1, 1533

    Atahualpa. The last ruler of the Inca empire

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Spanish Conquest of the Inca empire in Peru

    The Empire had already brought it to a near-halt. The civil war was raging and the diseases Pizarro himself had brought with him from the Old World were wreaking havoc among the population. If he wanted to do away with all of Peru's population, his job was already half done.
  • Jan 1, 1545

    Founding of Silver mine of Potosi

  • Jan 1, 1553

    Roman Catholicism restored in England by Queen Mary I

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada by English

    King of Navarre and Protestant leader, recognized as Henry IV, first Bourbon king of France. Converts to Roman Catholicism in 1593 in attempt to end religious wars.

  • Citations

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