Columbian Exchange begins
1492 · Event
Conventional start of Columbian Exchange.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, Master
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- Christopher Columbus (1451)
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Around 1492
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)