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Jamestown - 1607
The founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, in Virgina 1607 - 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts. Jamestown existed from 1607 to 1699 when the government was moved to Willamsburg, Virginia.
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William Shakespeare Dies - 1616
William Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, his 52nd birthday. In truth, the exact date of Shakespeare's death is not known, but assumed from a record of his burial two days later, 25 April 1616, at Holy Trinity Church. Stratford Upon Avon, where his grave remains. -
First Enslaved Africans - 1619
They were known as the "20 and odd," the first African slaves to set foot in North America at the English colony settled in 1607.
For nearly 400 years, historians believed they were transported to Virginia from the West Indies on a Dutch warship. Little else was known of the Africans, who left no trace. -
Dutch found Cape Town on the southern tip of South Africa - 1652
The first Europeans to discover the Cape were actually the Portuguese, with Bartholomeu Dias arriving in 1488 after journeying south along the west coast of Africa. The area fell out of regular contact with Europeans until 1652, when Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the Dutch East India Company were sent to the Cape to establish a halfway station to provide fresh water, vegetables, and meat for passing ships travelling to and from Asia. -
William Penn Founds the colony of Pennsylvanian - 1682
William Penn, who was born on October 14, 1644, founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He would be known and acknowledged for that accomplishment up until his death on July 30, 1718. -
The Wonders of the Invisible World is Published - 1693
The Wonders of the Invisible World was a book published in 1693 by Cotton Mather. The main idea of the story Defending Mather's role in the witch hunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts. And espousing the belief that witchcraft was an evil magical power. Mather saw witches as tools of the devil in Satan's battle to overturn this poor plantation, the Puritan colony, and prosecution of witches as a way to secure God's blessings for the colony. -
The Boston Newsletter, the first American newspaper, is established - 1704
John Campbell, the postmaster of Boston, published the first issue of the Boston News-Letter on the 24th April, 1704. A small single sheet, printed on both sides, the News-Letter made history as the first continuously published newspaper in America. -
The colonial population reaches about half a million - 1720
Foreigners started moving over to get a fresh start on life. Which caused a rapid increase in the population numbers among the colonies. -
Peter the Great, czar of Russia, dies - 1725
Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from the 7th of May, 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. -
Calcutta's Population reaches 120,000 - 1752
On June 13, 1752, the estimated total population for Calcutta was over 120,000. Mainly from foreigners moving in and bringing their families with them. -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense pamphlet Openly Argues for Independence - 1776
Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. -
U.S Constitution is Approved - 1787
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches. With multiple creators including, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and many more.
