1492
Christopher Columbus, sailing from
Spain in search of the Indies, discovers the Americas.
1519
Alonzo Alvarez de Piñeda of
Spain explores Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Mexico, including Mobile
Bay.
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1528 .. 1536
Spaniard Pánfilo de Narváez
fails in Florida Gulf Coast colonization attempt.
1539 .. 1541
Hernando de Soto explores Southeast,
meeting Chief Tuskaloosa (Tascaluza) in Battle of Maubila in southwest Alabama (October 18, 1540).
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1559 .. 1561
Don Tristán de Luna fails
to establish permanent Spanish colony on Alabama-Florida coast.
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ca. 1600
Beginning of the rise of the historic
tribes of Alabama: Muskogean-speaking Indian groups, remnants of the
Mississippian chiefdoms, coalesces into the Creek Confederacy. Similar developments
take place among the other heirs to the Mississippian tradition, creating the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee tribes.
1607
First permanent English colony in
North America established at Jamestown, Virginia.
1620
Pilgrims establish Plymouth
Colony.
1682
Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle,
navigates the Mississippi River, claiming area of Louisiana in honor of Louis
XIV, king of France.
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