Events Tagged: "colonization"

Greek settlement of Cyprus - sub-Mycenaean culture established by refugees and migrants

Vikings permanently settle Iceland - Ingolfr Arnarson establishes Reykjavik, beginning of Icelandic Commonwealth

Treaty of Tordesillas - Pope divides New World between Spain and Portugal

Miguel López de Legazpi establishes the first permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu, beginning 333 years of Spanish colonial rule

Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi establishes Manila as the capital of the Spanish East Indies

Treaty of Paris signed - Spain cedes the Philippines to the United States for $20 million after the Spanish-American War

Philippine-American War begins as Filipino forces resist American colonization following independence declaration