Colonial America
Colonial Events in North Carolina
29 events — 1492 to early statehood
8,000 BC
Earliest Human Settlement at Hardaway Site
North Carolina · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
8,000 BC
Hardaway Site Early Human Settlement
North Carolina · Other · Pre-Columbian
1100
Town Creek Indian Mound Occupation
North Carolina · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1524
Verrazzano Expedition to North Carolina
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1524
Verrazzano Expedition to Cape Fear
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1526
Spanish Colonists Land at Cape Fear River
North Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1526
Ayllón Spanish Colonial Expedition
North Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1539
Hernando de Soto Expedition in North Carolina
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1539
Hernando de Soto Expedition into NC
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1567
Juan Pardo Expedition and Fort San Juan
North Carolina · Expedition · Colonial Period
1585
Roanoke Colony First Settlement
North Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1587
Birth of Virginia Dare
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1587
Birth of Virginia Dare at Roanoke
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1590
Discovery of Abandoned Roanoke Colony
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1629
Province of Carolina Formed
North Carolina · Founding · Colonial Period
1658
First Permanent European Settlement at Edenton
North Carolina · Settlement · Colonial Period
1712
Division of Carolina into North and South
North Carolina · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1712
Province of North Carolina Split from Carolina
North Carolina · Founding · Colonial Period
1729
North Carolina Becomes a Crown Colony
North Carolina · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1729
North Carolina Becomes Royal Colony
North Carolina · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1738
Cherokee Smallpox Epidemic
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1771
Battle of Alamance Against Regulators
North Carolina · Battle · Colonial Period
1776
Halifax Resolves Drafted
North Carolina · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1776
Halifax Resolves — First Call for Independence
North Carolina · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1780
Battle of King's Mountain
North Carolina · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
North Carolina · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1781
Battle of Cowpens
North Carolina · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1789
North Carolina Ratifies US Constitution
North Carolina · Admission To Union · Early Republic
1828
Andrew Jackson wins presidential election
North Carolina · Other · Early Republic
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