Early English Settlements By Lukestir3 Sep 25, 1583 Roanoke Island Sep 25, 1588 Spanish Armada Defeated Oct 10, 1607 Jamestown Oct 10, 1608 38 of 144 remain in Jamestown Oct 10, 1614 Captain John Smith Oct 10, 1618 Colonists can own land Oct 10, 1619 House of Burgesses meets Oct 10, 1619 Dutch bring Africans Oct 10, 1619 Virginia Company sends women Oct 10, 1624 King James declares Royal Colony