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United States History: 1600-1699 Timeline

1600-1624

1605 George Weymouth Visits Cape Cod and Kidnaps Several Patuxet Natives

1607 Jamestown (Virginia)

1607 Popham Colony (Maine)

1609 Santa Fe, New Mexico founded by Spanish

1610 Kecoughtan, Virginia

1611 Henricus, Virginia founded by Sir Thomas Dale

1620 Plymouth & Pilgrims

Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Artist: Robert W. Weir, 1844


Mourt's Relation

1622 Indian massacre (Virginia)

1623 New Castle, New Hampshire

1623 Dover, New Hampshire

1623 Gloucester, Massachusetts

1624 Fort Orange (New Netherland - First Permanent Dutch Settlement) (Albany)

1624 Fort Amsterdam (New York City)

1625-1649

1626 Salem, Massachusetts

1636 Harvard College Founded

1637 Pequot War


Mystic Massacre (May 26, 1637)

1638-1684 Beaver Wars (Iroquois Wars / French and Iroquois Wars)

1642 Slavery begins in Maryland

1643 New England Confederation

1650-1674

1655 Peach Tree War

1659-1663 Esopus Wars

1667 Treaty of Breda

1670 Charles Town (Charleston, South Carolina)

1670 Hudson's Bay Company Founded

1674 Treaty of Westminster

1675-1699

1675-1676 King Philip's War

1677 Province of Maine absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony

1685 Robert Cavalier de La Salle in Texas (Matagorda Bay)

1686 Arkansas Post

1686-1689 Dominion of New England

1690 Schenectady Massacre

1692 Salem Witch Trials

1697 Treaty of Ryswick

1699 Biloxi, Mississippi (Formerly French Louisiana)