Colonial America
Colonial-Era Events
1,718 events, page 11 of 35 — 1492 to early statehood
1691
1691 Charter unifies Massachusetts Bay with Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts · Legislation · Colonial Period
1691
Iroquois Force Abandonment of Fort St. Louis
Illinois · Battle · Colonial Period
1691
Spain Appoints First Governor of Texas
Texas · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1691
Town Renamed Charlotte Amalie
VI · Other · Colonial Period
1691
Separate Charters Issued for Massachusetts and New Hampshire
New Hampshire · Legislation · Colonial Period
1691
New Province of Massachusetts Bay Charter Issued
Maine · Founding · Colonial Period
1692
Spanish Reoccupation of Santa Fe
New Mexico · Battle · Colonial Period
1692
Crown Governor Installed in Maryland
Maryland · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1692
Spanish Reconquest of New Mexico
New Mexico · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1692
Maine Becomes Part of Province of Massachusetts Bay
Maine · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1692
Creation of Province of Massachusetts Bay
Maine · Founding · Colonial Period
1693
Caddo Force Abandonment of East Texas Missions
Texas · Other · Colonial Period
1693
King Charles II Proclamation Freeing Escaped Slaves
Florida · Legislation · Colonial Period
1693
College of William and Mary Charter Obtained
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1693
College of William & Mary Founded
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1695
Quiroga Completes Conquest of Marianas
GU · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1695
Capital Moved to Annapolis
Maryland · Other · Colonial Period
1695
French Colony Evacuated to Saint-Domingue
VI · Other · Colonial Period
1696
Siege of Fort William Henry at Pemaquid
Maine · Battle · Colonial Period
1696
Cahokia Established by French Missionaries
Illinois · Settlement · Colonial Period
1696
Spanish Founding of Presidio Santa Maria de Galve
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1697
First Permanent Mission on Baja California Peninsula
California · Founding · Colonial Period
1697
Jesuit Expansion and Loreto Mission Founded
California · Founding · Colonial Period
1697
Pious Fund of the Californias Established
California · Other · Colonial Period
1697
Settlement Established at Loreto, Baja California
California · Settlement · Colonial Period
1698
Colonial Capital Permanently Moved to Williamsburg
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1698
Pensacola Founded on Western Florida Panhandle
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1699
Founding of Fort Maurepas, First Permanent Settlement
Louisiana · Settlement · Colonial Period
1699
French Establish Fort Maurepas at Ocean Springs
Mississippi · Settlement · Colonial Period
1699
Capital Moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1699
Virginia Capital Moved to Williamsburg
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1699
Capital Established at Williamsburg
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1699
Virginia Capital Relocated to Williamsburg
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1700
1700 Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami
Oregon · Other · Colonial Period
1700
Marest Establishes Mission on Mississippi
Missouri · Founding · Colonial Period
1700
Ojibwa Migration into Minnesota
Minnesota · Other · Colonial Period
1700
Iowa People Move into Nebraska
Nebraska · Other · Colonial Period
1701
New York–New Jersey Line War
New Jersey · Other · Colonial Period
1701
Yale College Founded in New Haven
Connecticut · Founding · Colonial Period
1701
Great Peace of Montreal Ends Beaver Wars
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1701
Founding of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Michigan · Founding · Colonial Period
1701
Founding of Fort Pontchartrain and Detroit
Michigan · Founding · Colonial Period
1701
Founding of Yale College
Connecticut · Founding · Colonial Period
1701
Delaware Granted Independent Colonial Legislature
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1701
Penn Signs Charter of Privileges
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1701
Fort Detroit Founded
Michigan · Founding · Colonial Period
1701
Nanfan Treaty Cedes Iroquois Lands to British
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1701
Treaty of Montreal Ends Beaver Wars
Indiana · Treaty · Colonial Period
1702
Carolina and Creek Raiders Destroy Florida Missions
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1702
New Jersey Reunited as Royal Colony
New Jersey · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
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