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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE NEW WORLD 



I. SEMI-HISTORICAL PERIOD 50O TO 14OO A. D. 

 II. PERIOD OF Al'THKXTIC HISTORY 1400 A. D. TO THE PRESENT TI>IK 



A. D. 



500 

 503 

 600 

 861 

 982 

 985 

 1000 



1492 

 1493 



1494 

 1497 



1498 

 1499 

 1500 

 1502 

 1504 

 1511 

 1512 

 1513 

 1517 

 1519 



Pre-Toltec period. 



Mexican history begins. 



Toltecs established throughout Mexico. 



The Norseman, Nadodd, discovers Iceland. 



Kric the Red discovers and names Greenland. 



Bjarni sights land at Cape Cod or Nantucket. 



Leif Encson sails for Western lands. 



1002. Thorwald, Leif's brother, visits Vinland. 



1004. Thorwald killed in a skirmish with the natives 



1005. Thornfinn Karlsefne lands in Rhode Island. 

 1050. End of Toltec power in Mexico. 



1090. Aztecs begin their journey toward Mexico. 

 1325. Aztecs found the City of Mexico. 

 1349. Esquimaux appear in Greenland. 

 1400. Communication with Greenland ceases. 



DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND CONQUEST FROM 1492 TO 160O A. D. 



Columbus sails from Palos, Spain, and discovers 

 Cuba. 



Columbus sails on his second expedition. 



Cattle first brought to America. 



Columbus discovers Jamaica. 



John Cabot discovers the North American con- 

 tinent. 



Columbus sails on his third voyage. 



First voyage of Amerigo Vespuccius. 



Gaspar Cortereal discovers Labrador. 



Columbus sails on his fourth voyage. 



Cape Breton discovered by French fishermen. 



Velasquez subjugates Cuba; Havana founded. 



Florida discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon. 



The Pacific Ocean discovered by Vasco de Balboa. 



Fernando de Cordova discovers Mexico. 



Hernando Cortez lands in Mexico; Panama set- 

 tled. 



1521. Cortez captures the City of Mexico; Mexico 



constituted a Kingdom. 



1524. Verrazzano enters the Bay of New York. 

 1528. Spaniards land in Florida. 



1534. Jacques Cartier enters Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



1535. Grijalva's expedition discovers California. 

 1540. De So to conquers Louisiana. 



1562. Jean Ribault explores coast of Florida. 



1565. St. Augustine, Florida, founded by Menendez. 



1583. Sir Humphrey Gilbert takes possession of New- 

 foundland. 



1584. Raleigh's first expedition lands in Virginia. 



1585. John Davis discovers Davis Straits. 



1586. Sir Francis Drake visits Roanoke Inlet. 



1587. Virginia Dare, first English child born in 

 America. 



1602. Bartholomew Gosnold discovers Cape Cod. 

 1605. De Monts takes possession of Maine. 



FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN TO THE DECLARATION OF 

 INDEPENDENCE 1607-1776 



British America 



French America 



Spanish America 



1607 

 1614 



1618 

 1619 



1620 

 1621 



1623 



1627 

 1628 

 1629 

 1632 

 1633 



1634 

 1636 



1638 

 1639 



English settlement at Jamestown. 

 Captain John Smith rescued by Poca- 



hontas. 

 New Amsterdam settled by the Dutch. 



Death of Powhatan, Indian chief. 

 First slaves brought to Virginia by the 



Dutch. 

 Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Mass. 



Peregrine White, first white child 



born in New England. 

 Death of John Carver, first Governor of 



Plymouth Colony; succeeded by 



William Bradford. 

 Miles Standish, Captain. 

 Treaty between Plymouth Colony and 



Massasoit. 



Cotton-seed planted in Virginia. 

 New Hampshire settled. 

 Lord Baltimore founds a colony at 



Ferryland, Newfoundland. 

 Swedes and Finns settle at Cape Henlo- 



John Endicott Governor of Massachu- 

 setts. 



John Winthrop Governor of Massachu- 

 setts. 



Lord Baltimore receives the grant of 

 Maryland. 



Connecticut settled by the English. 



Wouter Van Twiller Governor of New 

 Amsterdam. 



English Catholics settle at St. Mary's, 

 Maryland. 



Roger Williams settles Rhode Island. 



Pequot W r ar begins in Massachusetts. 



Swedes settle Delaware. 



John Harvard bequeaths his library to 

 found a college. 



New Haven settled. 



Printing press established by Stephen 

 Daye at Cambridge, Mass. 



First constitution of Connecticut. 



1607. Poutrincourt establishes 

 first permanent French 

 settlement in America at 

 Port Royal. 



1608. Champlain settles Que- 

 bec. 



1611. French Jesuits settle at 

 Port Royal. - 



1620. Champlain Governor of 

 Canada. 



1610. Leon, Central America, 

 founded. 



1611. Talamanca Indians, of 

 Central America, mas- 

 sacred by the Spanish. 



1620. Buenos Ayres sepa- 

 rated from Asuncion. 



1628. Port Royal taken by 

 the English. 



1629. Sir David Kirke cap- 

 tures Quebec. 



1632. Richelieu obtains resto- 

 ration of territory. 



1639. Ursuline Convent estab- 

 lished at Quebec. 



1640. The French attempt a 

 settlement at Grflfen Bay, 

 Wisconsin. 



1630. Spaniards expel the 

 Dutch from Brazil. 



Alvarado subdues Cen- 

 tral American Indians. 



Hayti seized by French 

 buccaneers. 



1635-8. French, English, and 

 Dutch make numerous 

 settlements in the West 

 Indies. 



1640. Spanish fleet of 90 ves- 

 sels arrives off coast of 

 Brazil. 



