Colonial America
Colonial Period Events in Delaware
46 events — 1492 to early statehood
1609
Henry Hudson Explores Delaware Bay
Delaware · Expedition · Colonial Period
1610
Samuel Argall Names Delaware River
Delaware · Expedition · Colonial Period
1610
English Naming of Delaware River and Bay
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1613
Dutch Mapping Expeditions of Delaware Shore
Delaware · Expedition · Colonial Period
1623
Dutch Establish Trading Posts on Schuylkill River
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1624
Dutch Found New Amsterdam
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1626
Swedish South Company Unveiled
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1631
Dutch Found Zwaanendael Colony at Lewes, Delaware
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1631
Dutch Zwaanendael Colony Established
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1638
Peter Minuit Treaty with Lenape Chiefs
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1638
New Sweden Colony Established
Delaware · Settlement · Colonial Period
1642
First Recorded Epidemic in Delaware Valley
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1654
Dutch Conquest of New Sweden
Delaware · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1655
Dutch Capture New Sweden Colony
Delaware · Battle · Colonial Period
1664
English Conquest of New Netherland Complete
Delaware · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1664
English Conquest of Delaware
Delaware · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1667
Treaty of Breda Transfers Dutch North American Colonies
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1674
Treaty of Westminster Ends Dutch Re-occupation
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1676
Iroquois Confederacy Adds Lenape to Covenant Chain
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1681
Pennsylvania Colony Charter Granted
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1681
Pennsylvania Charter Granted to William Penn
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1682
Pennsylvania's First Legislature Meets
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1682
Initial Penn-Lenape Land Treaties
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1682
First Enslaved Africans Arrive in Philadelphia
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1682
William Penn Receives Delaware Lands
Delaware · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1682
Chester Incorporated as First Pennsylvania Town
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1682
Pennsylvania's First Legislature Session
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1682
William Penn Establishes Pennsylvania and Peace Treaty with Lenape
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1682
Treaty of Shackamaxon Signed
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1683
Pennsylvania Frame of Government Established
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1684
First Slaves Arrive in Philadelphia
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1688
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1701
Delaware Granted Independent Colonial Legislature
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1701
Penn Signs Charter of Privileges
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1718
Hannah Callowhill Penn Becomes Governor
Delaware · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1718
George I's Privy Council Repudiates Colonial Laws
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1722
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1725
Act for Better Regulating Negroes Passed
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1732
Ephrata Cloister Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1737
Walking Purchase Annexes Lenape Lands
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1741
Moravian Towns of Bethlehem and Nazareth Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1757
Brotherton Reservation Established in New Jersey
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1758
Treaty of Easton Signed
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763 Bans Western Settlement
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1767
Mason-Dixon Line Survey
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1768
Treaty Codifying Royal Proclamation of 1763 Boundaries
Delaware · Treaty · Colonial Period
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