April 30 - Ships at Cape Comfort, a vanguard boat stopped at Kecoughtan where the natives welcomed the English.Bartholomew Gilbert sent on voyage to Chesapeake Bay, Gilbert and 4 others went ashore (likely the Eastern Shore) and were killed by Indians.ġ606 - Fleet leaves London on December 20 Martin Pring sent to New England coast by Bristol merchants. Nova Scotia visited regularly by English traders.Gabriel Archer, and others sent on voyage to New England coast. Sir Walter Raleigh sent Samuel Mace of Weymouth on a voyage to Virginia (North Carolina) to gather plant materials and to search for survivors.Amias Preston and George Somers sail to the West Indies. Christopher Newport sailed for the West Indiesġ596 - Capts. Sir Richard Grenville and three ships arrive at Roanoke in August.ġ587 - John White with 150 men, women, and children sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to plant the Cittie of Raleigh on the Chesapeake Bay, landedġ590 - John White returns to Roanoke Island.ġ592 - Capt.In June, Sir Francis Drake arrives from Florida and removes the Lane colony to England.Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe reach Roanoke Island in July, returned to England in September.ġ585 - Raleigh's fleet of seven vessels under Richard Grenville and Ralph Lane, with 108 men, reach Roanoke Island in June. ![]() Name "Virginia"Suggested, Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth I of England (she was known as the Virgin Queen).Humphrey Gilbert sailed for America with 350 men but was forced to return.ġ580 - Sir Francis Drake returns to England from voyage around the world.ġ583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert's voyage to Newfoundland and his ship was lost on the return voyage.England and Netherlands sign treaty to fight Spain.John Hawkins second voyage to the West Indies and Guinea.ġ567 - John Hawkins departs on third voyage.ġ568 - Hawkins fights Spanish at Battle of Vera Cruz, later set ashore at Tampico, Mexico, where three of his men began a 12 month march. ![]() Second colony of Huguenots under Rene de Laudonniere established on St.John Hawkins makes his first voyage to the West Indies.Jean Ribault establishes Huguenot colony (Charles Fort) at Port Royal in South Carolina. ![]() 16th Century Virginia History Timelineġ558 - Queen Elizabeth succeeds Queen Mary. One of the 13 original colonies, Virginia was theįirst part of the country permanently settled by the English, who established Jamestown on the banks of the James River in 1607.
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