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Nunez is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean on September 25, 1513.
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This timeline depicts one historical event from each year since 1513 to 2013.
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Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn.
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George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles.
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The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
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Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
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Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
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Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world
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Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
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King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church.
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Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary
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Chocolate is introduced in Europe, and the Mexican drink creates a passion that endures after nearly half a millennium.
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Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
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Birthdate is unknown, but William Shakespeare, the most famous playwrite in history, was baptised on April 26, 1564. HE wrote the famous Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
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1st atlaswas published, containing 70 maps
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Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
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Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
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Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns, as in the hereditary commander of the Japanese army who until 1867 exercised absolute rule under the nominal leadership of the emperor.0
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German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
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Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims
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103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
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New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
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Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
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Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army.
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English Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
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Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
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The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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1st paper money in America issued in colony of Massachussets
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The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
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The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
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"Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
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1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"
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Neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
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Decree issued in Paderborn Russia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
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Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth, or 6,339,586.1 miles.
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Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by the founding fathers, freeing America from British control.
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The Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University.
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Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
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First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
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Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
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James Monroe elected 5th US president
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The sovereignty of Greece was confirmed in a London Protocol.
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The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
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Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
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Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
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Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France
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Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
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Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California)
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Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
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The world's largest luxury cruise ship of her time sank about 2 hours after an iceberg slit her side open on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
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International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
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Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
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Italian troops invade British Somalia
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Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, part of Hawaii. To this day, It's still a traumatic event. Oild still bubbles up from the ships sunken.
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World famous musician Bob Marley was born. He wrote many amazing songs that will live forever. His song "One Cup of Coffee" was recorded when he was just 17.
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Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
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John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
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Apollo 11 set the first man to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
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240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
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Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
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Crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku.
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An ex-Army soldier and security guard named Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Inside the vehicle was a powerful bomb made out of a deadly cocktail of agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals. McVeigh got out, locked the door, and headed towards his getaway car. He ignited one timed fuse, then another. At precisely 9:02 a.m., the bomb exploded.
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A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
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Terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the world trade center, both towers, The Pentagon was also hit.
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An Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at George W Bush.
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The game series Grand Theft Auto by Rockstar Games released it's game GTA 5. The game was the biggest game debut ever, grossing $800 million in a single day.
