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The paasengers on the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery, sailed from London, England.
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The English founded their first permanent settlement at Jamestown.
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John Rolfe marries Pocahontas.
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Virginia becomes a royal colony.
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In Yorktown the British surrender to George Washington.
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Virginia becomes the tenth state.
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From 1801 to 1825 all presidents were from Virginia.
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The capital of confederacy is named Richmond.
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L. Douglas Wilder was the first African American governor. He was from Virginia.
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Terrorists crash planes into the Pentigon.
