Jamestown & Other Events By PierLarsen Period: Oct 1, 1600 to Dec 1, 1620 Jamestown Timeline Jul 26, 1602 Shakespeare publishes Hamlet Oct 1, 1607 Jamestown Colonized Sep 1, 1608 Galileo builds telescope Feb 28, 1609 Galileo discovers rings of Saturn Jul 1, 1612 First tobacco harvest at Jamestown Jan 5, 1617 Pocahontas visits king of England Aug 1, 1619 First African-Americans arrive in Jamestown Dec 1, 1620 Pilgrims arrive in Massachusetts
