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Leif Eriksson sails from Greenland to Vinland discovering North America
1000
Discovery, Americas
Tribes in North America build adobe houses, mounds, and cities
1000
Culture, Americas
Columbus sails to America
1492
Discovery, Americas
Treaty of Tordesillas divides "New World" into portions for Spain and Portugal
1494
Peace, Americas
John Cabot discovers Labrador and Newfoundland for England
1497
Discovery, Americas
Amerigo Vespucci surmises that Columbus discovered a new continent--America
1501
Discovery, Americas
Dutch West India Company seizes Bahia
1624
Trade, Americas
Charles Darwin serves as botanist on the HMS Beagle's trip to South America
1831
Science, Americas
United States takes control of Panama Canal construction from the French
1904
Transportation, Americas
U.S. supports failed invasion of Cuba at Bay of Pigs
1961
War, Americas
Jim Jones leads followers to mass suicide at Jonestown, Guyana
1978
Religion, Americas
Indigenous people of Latin America mourn the 500-year anniversary of Columbus
1992
Human Rights, Americas
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established
1994
Trade, Americas
Barack Obama announces resumptions of normal relations with Cuba
2014
Peace, Americas