| 1530/00/00 |
Basque fishermen establish Gran Baya whaling station |
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Red Bay Basque Whaling Station |
Red Bay |
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| 1565/09/00 |
San Agustin established by Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
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St Augustine Town Plan Historic District |
St Augustine |
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| 1604/00/00 |
Pierre Dugua's expedition spends winter of 1604-1605 on Saint Croix Island |
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St Croix Island International Historic Site |
St Croix Junction |
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| 1607/05/14 |
About 100 English colonist establish Jamestown, first permanent English settlement in America. |
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Jamestown National Historic Site |
Jamestown JCC |
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Settling the American Colonies |
| 1608/07/03 |
Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec |
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Upper Town of Old Quebec |
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| 1619/07/30 |
Governor George Yeardley opens a six-day meeting the General Assembly, the first representative legislature in the Americas, at the new timber church on Jamestown Island, Virginia. |
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Jamestown National Historic Site |
Jamestown JCC |
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| 1620/12/21 |
MAYFLOWER pilgrims make landfall and establish the Plymouth Colony. |
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Plymouth Rock |
Plymouth, MA |
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Settling the American Colonies |
| 1670/04/00 |
English settlers establish the Carolina colony |
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Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site |
Charleston, SC |
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