Colonial America
Colonial Events in Virginia
148 events, page 2 of 3 — 1492 to early statehood
1634
Local Government System Created in Virginia Colony
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1634
Syms-Eaton Academy Founded as First Free Public School
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1640
John Punch Sentenced to Lifetime Servitude
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1644
Opechancanough's Second Major Attack on Colonists
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1644
Third Anglo-Powhatan War Begins
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1644
Indian Massacre of 1644
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1645
Construction of Four Frontier Forts Ordered
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1645
Governor Berkeley Storms Opechancanough's Stronghold
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1646
Treaty with English Signed by Necotowance
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1646
Treaty of 1646 with Powhatan
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1646
Treaty of 1646 with Powhatan Tribes
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1650
Parliament Prohibits Trade with Virginia and Other Colonies
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1652
Cromwell Removes Governor Berkeley
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1652
Richard Bennett Made Governor Under Cromwell
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1662
Virginia Colony Establishes Hereditary Black Slavery
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1676
Bacon's Rebellion Against Governor Berkeley
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1676
Bacon's Rebellion Challenges Colonial Political Order
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1676
Capital Temporarily Moved to Middle Plantation
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1676
Bacon's Rebellion
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1677
Treaty of Middle Plantation Following Bacon's Rebellion
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1677
Chowanoke Forced onto Reservation Lands
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1679
Treaty of Middle Plantation Signed
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1693
College of William & Mary Founded
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1693
College of William and Mary Charter Obtained
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1698
Colonial Capital Permanently Moved to Williamsburg
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1699
Virginia Capital Relocated to Williamsburg
Virginia · Other · 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
1702
Saponi Given Reservation Land and Fort Christanna Opened
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1710
Fort Christanna Established by Spotswood
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1714
Fort Christanna Established for Frontier Relations
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1716
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1721
Iroquois Land Concession at Albany
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1722
Treaty of Albany Cedes Shenandoah Region
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1722
Treaty of Albany with Five Nations of Iroquois
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1730
Virginia Tobacco Inspection Act Passed
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1735
George Washington Surveys Fairfax Lands
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1743
Frederick County Virginia Founded
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1744
Treaty of Lancaster Resolves Iroquois Dispute
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1749
Ohio Company Land Grant
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1752
Iroquois Cede Land South of Ohio at Logstown
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1753
Iroquois Reorganize Tribes and Relocate to New York
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1754
French and Indian War in Virginia
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1755
Draper's Meadow Massacre
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1758
Treaty of Easton Ends French and Indian War Hostilities
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763 Establishes Indian Territory
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763 Restricts Settlement
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1763
Patrick Henry's Parson's Cause Argument
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1763
Pontiac's War Shawnee Attacks on Virginia Frontier
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
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