The Virginia Company of London was a private company chartered by King James along with the Virginia Company of Plymouth with the right to colonize the southern parts of Virginia, what the English called the east coast of America between the Spanish and French possessions. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1606/04/10 | Two companies, the Virginia Company of London and the Virginia Company of Plymouth, are chartered by James I to colonize North America at a profit. | Established | |||||
| 1607/05/12 | Representatives of the Virginia Company of London inspect bucolic land along the banks of the James River as a possible site to build their first settlement. | Owner | Kingsmill Plantation | Williamsburg | |||
| 1607/05/14 | About 100 English colonist establish Jamestown, first permanent English settlement in America. | Owner | Jamestown National Historic Site | Jamestown JCC | Settling the American Colonies | ||
| 1618/00/00 | The Virginia Company obtains a royal charter for a proposed University of Henrico, and in following years set aside land for it at Henricus. | Owner | Henrico | Dutch Gap | |||
| 1619/00/00 | Virginia Company Falling Creek Ironworks 1619-1622 | Owner | Falling Creek Ironworks Archeological Site | Bensley | |||
| 1620/12/00 | Pace's Paines, a 200 acre land grant, is awarded to Richard Pace as an "ancient planter" by the Virginia Company of London, c 1620. | Granter | Mount Pleasant Architectural and Archeological Complex | Spring Grove, VA | |||
| 1624/00/00 | The Virginia Company of London fails, but its grant of self-government to the colony is not revoked. "Either from apathy, indecision, or deliberate purpose," the Crown allows the system to continue. | Bankrupt |
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