Spanish Armada was defeated.

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  • 1492

    Columbus "discovered" the Americas

    Columbus "discovered" the Americas
    He travelled for Spain and found the Americas but thought it was the east indies, not a knew continent.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 thesis

    Martin Luther posts his 95 thesis
    He posted the 95 thesis on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences.

  • First attempt to settle Roanoke Island

    First attempt to settle Roanoke Island
    Sir Walter Raleigh came to America and tried to make a colony but it failed. A group of about 120 men, women and children arrived in 1587.

  • Spanish Armada was defeated

    Spanish Armada was defeated
    England and Spain went against each other. The Sea Dogs battled the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Sea Dogs won and the Spanish Armada retreated.

  • King James i becomes King of England

    King James i becomes King of England
    James was king of Scotland until 1603, when he became the first Stuart king of England as well, creating the kingdom of Great Britain.

  • Jamestown the colony was founded

    Jamestown the colony was founded
    The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

  • King James Version Bible is published

    King James Version Bible is published
    the 1604 Hampton Court Conference James 1 was persuaded that a new translation was needed and ordered work to begin

  • The Pilgrims land in the New World

    The Pilgrims land in the New World
    The Mayflower arrived at what is now Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

  • Charles I was executed.

    Charles I was executed.
    He was the monarch of England, Scotland, Ireland.