Early English colonization involved establishing permanent settlements in North America, facing extreme hardships such as famine, disease, and conflicts with Indigenous populations. Venturing across the Atlantic, charter companies and settlers laid the institutional, economic, and social foundations for future American colonies.
People
Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1550
1561
1572
1580
1580
1580
1580
Timeline
Category
Element
Year
Colonial settlement
1550
Birth of Edward Maria Wingfield (Period: 1550 (exact date unknown), Location: Around Kimbolton, in present-day Cambridgeshire)
1561
Birth of Christopher Newport (Period: December 1561 (data shows uncertainty regarding the exact birthdate), Location: London (Limehouse remains a district within London today))
1570
English Military Actions in Ireland
1572
Birth of William Strachey (Period: April 4, 1572, Location: Saffron Walden, a town in Essex, England today)
1580
Birth of Thomas Gates (Period: Unknown (latter half of the 16th century, with some sources placing it around the 1580s), Location: Birthplace within Essex is unknown as it cannot be specified)
Birth of John Smith (Period: c. 1579. Exact birthdate unknown. Recorded as baptized on January 6, 1580., Location: Willoughby (a village in Lincolnshire, England today). Near Alford.)
Birth of George Percy (Period: September 4, 1580, Location: Around Petworth, in present-day West Sussex, England)
Birth of Samuel Argall (Period: Baptized December 4, 1580 (theories place his birth year around 1572 or 1580), Location: East Sutton (presently near Maidstone, Kent, England))
1585
Anglo-Spanish War
1590
Privateering Expeditions to the Caribbean and Spanish Territory
1593
Long Turkish War
1600
Eighty Years’ War
1607
Early Armed Conflicts with Native Americans at Jamestown
1609
First Anglo-Powhatan War
1613
Anglo-French Colonial Competition in North America and the Acadia Expedition
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