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Johnann Gutenberg develoopes his printing press.
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Hundred settlers from England land with their ships Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery land in Chesapeake Bay, near Jamestown.
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The rule of Sir Thomas Dale and Good Order in Virginia.
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Jamestown is founded.
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Pilgrims settle in Plymouth.
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The Mayflower of separatist English Puritans lands in Plymouth on November 11.
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Virginia was made a royal colony
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English civil war begins between royalist forces and parlimentaryforces led by oliver cornwekk.
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William Penn Founded Penn state.
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Salem Witchcraft Trials - Hysteria over witchcraft accusations consumes Salem Village, Massachusetts