Christopher Columbus arrives in the New World, landing on the island of Hispanola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
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1804
Christopher Columbus arrives in the New World, landing on the island of Hispanola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
The Aztec empire in modern-day Mexico is defeated by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes
The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquers the great Inca Empire, the largest of all the Indian civilizations in the New World
The first shipment of African slaves arrives in North America aboard an English pirate ship called
The White Lion
An uprising of slaves led by a former slave named Toussaint L’Ouverture overthrows French rule on the island of Haiti. Establishes Haiti as the first independent black republic in the world
Slavery is officially abolished within the British Empire
The 13th Amendment is adopted in the United States, abolishing slavery
Slavery is abolished in Brazil