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Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke.
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English colonists depart from Roanoke.
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In Roanoke the men were killed by Indians.
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French King Henry the 3rd was assassinated by Jaques Clement.
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Spanish Garrison Aardenburg surrenders.
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England adopts the Union flag.
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Jamestown became America's first permanent English Colony.
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Bermuda becomes an English Colony.
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The House of Burgesses was assembled.
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King Charles the 2nd gave land to William Penn.