History timeline activity

By callard
  • 1492

    Columbus discovered the Americas

    Columbus discovered america in 1492 but he thought he had discovered a better way to Asia and the Indies
  • 1517

    Marten Luther question church

    Marten Luther a German monk that questioned practices roman catholic church did.
  • Jun 19, 1566

    King James I

    He became king in 19 June 1566 he believes in Divine Right of Kings, dismisses Parliament, and is overthrown by Oliver Cromwell.

  • The first attempt to settle Roanoke Island

    Roanoke was a colony in North Carolina in 1585. John Wight (the leader of the the colony went back to England to get supply's but was delayed three years, when he came back no one whas to be found.

  • The Spanish armada was defeated

    The Spanish armada was defeated by Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake with the help of a storm the little English ships can outrun the storm and the bigger slow Spanish ships wreck on the shore.

  • Jamestown is founded

    Jamestown is founded in 1607 making it the first permanent English settlement in America.

  • King James Bible

    This version of the Bible was an English translation of the Christian Bible.

  • Pilgrims landed in America

    The pilgrims landed in the New world in 1620 in Plymouth Mass.

  • Charles I is executed

    Oliver Cromwell becomes the leader of England after the execution of Charles