Ralph Lane Colony

  • 1528

    1528

    1528
    first colony attempted by English
  • 1544

    1544

    1544 was when Lane was born then went to Oxford University
  • 1563

    1563

    by this time Lane was surver for the Queen Elizabeth and starting his career
  • 1569

    1569

    rebellion in Scotland in 1569 where he gained accolades for his military skill.
  • 1570

    1570

    By the early 1570s, Lane had involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships in 1571
  • 1583

    Lane started build and stuff
  • 1585

    queen recalled Lane to go back April with 7 ship
  • June 18 or 19 1586

    a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.
  • 1592

    Lane was back in Ireland in 1592 serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in that country for the rest of his life.
  • 1601

    Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master. Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.