Colonial America
Colonial Period Events in VI
861 events, page 2 of 18 — 1492 to early statehood
1540
Coronado Expedition Enters Present-Day Arizona
Arizona · Expedition · Colonial Period
1540
Spanish Party Enters Lee County Seeking Gold
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1540
De Soto Spanish Expedition Through Mississippi
Mississippi · Expedition · Colonial Period
1541
Coronado Expedition Through Oklahoma
Oklahoma · Expedition · Colonial Period
1541
Coronado Expedition Visits Kansas
Kansas · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
De Soto Expedition Through Louisiana
Louisiana · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
De Soto Expedition Through Louisiana Region
Louisiana · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
Hernando de Soto Encounters Chisca People
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
Cabrillo Expedition Explores California Coast
California · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
Spain Claims North Coastal California
California · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
Cabrillo Expedition Explores Alta California Coast
California · Expedition · Colonial Period
1543
Cabrillo Sights Southern Oregon Coast
Oregon · Expedition · Colonial Period
1543
Hernando de Soto Expedition Enters Texas
Texas · Expedition · Colonial Period
1549
Dominican Missionary Expedition to Florida
Florida · Expedition · Colonial Period
1559
Spanish Exploration of Ajacán from Chesapeake Bay
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1559
Tristán de Luna y Arellano Expedition to Ochuse
Florida · Expedition · Colonial Period
1561
Spanish Expedition to Chesapeake Bay
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1562
Establishment of Charlesfort on Parris Island
Florida · Settlement · Colonial Period
1562
French Outpost Charlesfort and Spanish Santa Elena
South Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1562
French Huguenots Found Charlesfort
Georgia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1562
Jean Ribault First Landing in Florida
Florida · Expedition · Colonial Period
1562
Jean Ribault Expedition to Florida
Florida · Expedition · Colonial Period
1564
Founding of Fort Caroline at Jacksonville
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1564
Founding of Fort Caroline near Jacksonville
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1565
First Recorded Christian Marriage in Continental US
Florida · Other · Colonial Period
1565
Spanish Claim of Guam by Legazpi
GU · Expedition · Colonial Period
1565
Spain Claims Guam Under Legazpi
GU · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1565
Spanish Founding of St. Augustine
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1565
Spanish Destruction of French Florida
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1565
Mission Nombre de Dios Founded
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1565
Spanish Attack and Capture of Fort Caroline
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1565
Spanish-Philippine Trading Route Established
California · Other · Colonial Period
1565
Founding of St. Augustine
Florida · Founding · Colonial Period
1566
Spanish Expedition to Delmarva Peninsula
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1567
Juan Pardo Expedition and Fort San Juan
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1567
First Recorded Battle in Virginia History
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1567
Juan Pardo Expedition into Virginia
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1568
De Gourgues Retaliatory Massacre of Spanish Garrison
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1570
Ajacán Mission Established
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1571
Ajacán Mission Attack by Native Americans
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1579
Francis Drake Claims California Coast for England
California · Expedition · Colonial Period
1579
Drake Claims Alta California as Nova Albion
California · Expedition · Colonial Period
1584
Roanoke Colony Founded
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1585
Roanoke Colony First Settlement
North Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1585
Failed English Roanoke Colony Settlement
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1586
Francis Drake Plunders St. Augustine
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1587
Birth of Virginia Dare at Roanoke
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1587
Birth of Virginia Dare
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1590
Discovery of Abandoned Roanoke Colony
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1590
Lost Colony of Roanoke Abandoned
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
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