• 1519: Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Seville, Spain, with five ships: the Trinidad, the Victoria, the Santiago, the Concepcion, and the San Antonio.
• 1520: The expedition reaches the strait of Magellan, a narrow passage between the mainland of South America and Tierra del Fuego.
• 1521: The expedition enters the Pacific Ocean.
• 1521: Magellan is killed in a battle with the natives of Mactan, in the Philippines.
• 1521-1522: The expedition continues westward across the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first ships to circumnavigate the world.
• 1522: The Victoria returns to Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the world.