james town

Timeline created by mosherc in History
Timeline Text view
Event Date: Event Title: Event Description:
05/13/1607 The James town colony 104 male settlers arrive at what they namee james cittie and establish the permanent english settler in the new world
05/26/1607 Attacked by Indans Paspahegh Indans attacked the colonist,killing two and woundind ten
06/15/1607 Fort of jame town James fort is complented
09/12/1607 JAMES TOWN The Council finds President Edward M. Wingfield guilty of libel and he is deposed; John Ratcliffe takes his place. December 10: Capt. John Smith leads expedition up the Chickahominy in search of food and is captured.
01/01/1608 Smith reuns to James town smith retunes toJames twon to find a desperate situation only 38 of the original 104 settlers remanes.
01/11/1608 Smith Smith is accused of causing the deaths of his men on the expedition, tried, and condemned to be hung. Christopher Newport returns on the John and Francis with the "first supply" of food and additional settlers; Newport halts the Smith execution.
09/01/1608 Smith The "second supply" with 70 new immigrants arrives on the Mary and Margaret, including an Elizabethan bed for Powhatan, a five-piece barge to explore the Richmond Falls, and two women, Mrs. Thomas Forrest and her maid Anne Burras. November: Jamestown's first wedding: Anne Burras marries John Laydon, a carpenter.
12/09/1608 JAMES TOWN John Smith is brought before Powhatan; Smith believes that Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter, saves his life.
05/23/1610 Hudson Sir Thomas Gates, George Somers, William Strachey and 100 new settlers arrive in two ships, Deliverance and Patience.
05/24/1614 John gets married Colonist John Rolfe marries Pocahontas.
05/17/1617 POCAHONTAS DIES Pocahontas dies in Gravesend, England.
05/13/1623 The deth Captain William Tucker concludes peace negotiations with a Powhatan village by proposing a toast with a drink laced with poison prepared by Dr. John Potts; 200 Powhatans die instantly and another 50 are slaughtered. September: William Strachey makes the last known reference to James Cittie; surveyor William Clayborne lays out the streets of New Towne, a suburb outside the old James Fort. 1624 Dutch settle in New Amsterdam
Twitter icon  Twitter icon  | Group Embed / Share
Tags: Not tagged yet

You might like...

Comments Comments

There are 2 comments

  1. mosherc:
    it so cool

  2. mosherc:
    hay this is so boring

Members can tag, rate and comment on timelines. Sign up or log in!