Quincy Reath: Walter Raleigh By Quincyreath 1618 BCE Date of Death 1616 BCE He travels to Guyana but his mission fails and he attacks a Spanish settlement 1578 BCE Sails with his half brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, to America 1574 BCE Attended Oriel College, Oxford 1567 BCE Joined a troop of a hundred horse 1552 BCE Date of Birth Aug 24, 1572 He witnesses the St Bartholomew's Day massacre where French Protestants were massacred by French Catholics in Paris Mar 25, 1584 Walter Raleigh receives the patent to explore and settle in North America