1480: Ferdinand Magellan was born at Saborosa in Villa Real, Province of Traz os Montes in Portugal
Magellan was from a wealthy and influential family and he spent his early years at the Portuguese court
One of his teachers was believed to be the cartographer and navigator, Martin Behaim and Magellan become interested in making great voyages of discovery
Ferdinand Magellan also studied the maps of Christopher Columbus
1505: Ferdinand Magellan joined the expedition of Francisco d'Almeida to India
1512: Magellan took part in the Portuguese expedition to Morocco and was badly wounded
1512: Ferdinand Magellan had a major disagreement with a commanding officer and left the service without prior permission
1513: Ferdinand Magellan asked King Manuel of Portugal for permission to sail to the Spice Islands in the Far East. His request was refused following the unfavourable reports from Morocco
He resumed his studies in Portugal for a couple more years but it was obvious he would not gain support from the Portuguese court. He therefore renounced his Portuguese nationality
1518: Magellan left Portugal and headed for Spain
1519 March 22: Magellan convinced King Charles I of Spain to support his voyage to the Spice Islands. King Charles promised Magellan one-fifth of the profits from the voyage to the Spice Islands
The government of Spain provided 5 ships for the expedition:
Magellan commanded Trinidad
Juan de Cartagena commanded the San Antonio
Gaspar de Quesada commanded the Conception
Luis de Mendoza commanded the Victoria
Juan Serrano commanded the Santiago
Ferdinand Magellan led the five Spanish ships and 251 men in what was to become the first voyage around the World
1519, 20 September: The fleet under Ferdinand Magellan sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro. Magellan then started to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean
1520, March: Magellan's fleet anchored for the winter at Puerto San Julian in Southern Argentina
1520 September : A storm destroys the Santiago and a mutiny breaks out
1520 October: Magellan and his crew resumed their voyage on the remaining ships
1520, 21 November: he entered the straits which would be named the Magellan Straits - they were to be the first Europeans ever to sail across the Pacific
1521 13 February Magellan reached the Equator
1521 March 6: Magellan reached the Pacific island of Guam
1521 16 March Magellan discovers the Philippines
1521 April 27: Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives on the island of Mactan
Only 110 of the original crew members remained so they abandoned one of the ships - the Conception
The Trinidad tried to return back to Spain the same way they had came but was forced to return to the Spice Islands where they were imprisoned by the Portuguese
The Victoria was the last remaining ship
1522, September 6 the Victoria reached Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain with only eighteen survivors
The momentous voyage of Ferdinand Magellan had taken nearly three years and many lives
