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1461
The first success in the Was of Roses goes to the white roses with the yorkist prince crowned as Edward 4
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1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
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1492
After sailing for five weeks from the canaries, Columbus and the Pinzon brothers step ashore in the Bahamas.
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1543
Pacific Northwest claimed by Spain
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1579
The Washington coast sighted by sir Francis Drakeand claimed for England
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Discovery of Strait of Juan de Fuca claimed by Juan de Fuca.
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The three ships landed in Jamestown, establishing the first English settlement in the U.S.
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The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrams from England.
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English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York
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