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c. 1480 - 1521Life of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
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c. 1480The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is born in Villa Real in Tras os Montes.
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c. 1492Ferdinand Magellan joins the royal Portuguese court as a page.
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1510Ferdianand Magellan assists in the establishment of Portuguese Goa.
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1511Ferdinand Magellan assists in the establishment of Portuguese Malacca in Malaysia.
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1513Ferdinand Magellan participates in the Portuguese expeditionary force that attacks Azemmour in Morroco.
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1517Ferdinand Magellan renounces his Portuguese citizenship and moves to Seville.
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Mar 1518Charles I of Spain formally accepts the proposal of Ferdinand Magellan to sail to Asia via the Americas.
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1519 - 1522Ferdinand Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe for the first time.
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1519The carrack Victoria is launched in Gipzkoa in Spain. It will be the only ship of Ferdinand Magellan's fleet to circumnavigate the globe.
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10 Aug 1519Ferdinand Magellan's five-ship fleet leaves Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
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3 Oct 1519Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet leaves the Canary Islands.
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Dec 1519Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet arrives in Rio de Janeiro.
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21 Mar 1520Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet winters at San JuliƔn Bay in southern Argentina.
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May 1520Santiago, a ship of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, is wrecked in a storm off the coast of Argentina.
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21 Oct 1520 - 28 Nov 1520Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet sails through the Straits of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego.
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Nov 1520San Antonio, a ship in Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, returns to Spain.
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18 Dec 1520Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet leaves the coast of South America near Santiago to cross the Pacific Ocean.
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24 Jan 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet spots their first land after crossing the Pacific Ocean, an island they call San Pablo.
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4 Feb 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet sails through Micronesia.
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6 Mar 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet reachs the island of Guam in the Marianas group.
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7 Apr 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet reaches the Philippine Islands.
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27 Apr 1521Ferdinand Magellan is killed in a battle on Cebu in the Philippines.
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May 1521Concepción, a ship in Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, is burned after being deemed unseaworthy.
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Jul 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet reaches Brunei.
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8 Nov 1521Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet reaches Tidore, one of the Spice Islands.
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21 Dec 1521Victoria, one of the two remaining ships of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, leaves the Spice Islands for home.
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6 Sep 1522Victoria, commanded by Juan Sebastian Elcano and the only surviving ship of the original five of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, returns to Spain.
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Oct 1522Trinidad, the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet, is captured by the Portuguese in the Spice Islands and wrecked in a storm.