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Jamestown, Virgina
The three ships land in Jamestown, establishing the first English settlement in the United States. There are 103 settlers among them. Upon arrival, Captain John Smith is named to the governing council. -
John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
he history of Jamestown continues with the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe, who would bring tobacco seeds to the colony and begin its harvesting this year. Their marriage led to eight years of peace among the colonists and Indians. -
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Thirty Years War.
Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression; Denmark, Sweden, and France will invade Germany in later phases of war. Kepler proposes last of three laws of planetary motion. -
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Smallpox
Smallpox epidemic wipes out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area. -
Plymouth Rock.
A landing party searches the coast for a suitable site for a settlement and start to move the entire party to Plymouth Harbor. Plymouth Rock was identified as the first solid land the Pilgrims set foot on. -
Puritans.
The Puritans begin to establish settlement in Plymouth. They form the Mayflower Compact, which established a government and legal structure. During the next winter, half of the colonists would perish. Site of the settlement had previously been the location of an Indian village that had been wiped out in 1617 by a plague. -
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal was built in 1631 and was completed in 1643 -
Harvard.
Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Issac Newton.
Invents a reflecting telescope. -
Bacon's Rebellion.
Bacon's Rebellion causes the burning of Jamestown. Nathanial Bacon leads the rebellion of planters against Governor Berkeley. Bacon would perish and twenty-three others were executed. -
Newspaper.
The first newspaper issue in the United States publishes in Boston, the Public Occurrences. It was suppressed after its initial issue and the publication of a regular newspaper would not begin again until 1704. -
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Salem Witch Hunts
The Salem witch hunts, spurred by preaching, results in the arrest of one hundred and fifty people and the death of nineteen. These trials were held in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties. -
War of Succession.
War of Spanish Succession: France wins and Bourbon made King of Spain.
