Colonial America
Colonial Events in Virginia
148 events, page 1 of 3 - 1492 to early statehood
1525
Spanish Charting of Eastern Atlantic Coastline
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1540
Spanish Party Enters Lee County Seeking Gold
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1542
Hernando de Soto Encounters Chisca People
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1559
Spanish Exploration of Ajacán from Chesapeake Bay
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1561
Spanish Expedition to Chesapeake Bay
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1566
Spanish Expedition to Delmarva Peninsula
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1567
Juan Pardo Expedition into Virginia
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1567
First Recorded Battle in Virginia History
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1570
Ajacán Mission Established
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1571
Ajacán Mission Attack by Native Americans
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1584
Roanoke Colony Founded
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1585
Failed English Roanoke Colony Settlement
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1590
Lost Colony of Roanoke Abandoned
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1606
Jamestown Colonists Depart England
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1606
Newport Expedition Departs for Virginia
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1606
Virginia Company Charter Granted
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1607
Popham Colony Established in Maine
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1607
English Colonization Begins at Jamestown
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1607
Founding of Jamestown Settlement
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1607
Jamestown Settlement Founded
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1607
English Permanent Settlement at Jamestown
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1609
Starving Time at Jamestown
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1609
Sea Venture Wrecked on Bermuda
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1609
Jamestown Famine and Abandonment
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1609
Virginia Charter Expanded Sea to Sea
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1610
Lord Delaware Saves Jamestown Colony
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1610
First Anglo-Powhatan War Begins
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1610
Attack on Paspahegh Capital
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1611
Henricus Settlement Founded on James River
Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1612
John Rolfe Plants Tobacco in Virginia
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1612
Rolfe's Tobacco Cultivation Established
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1612
Tobacco Established as Cash Crop
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1613
Pocahontas Abduction by Captain Argall
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1614
Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe, Peace Reached
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1614
First Anglo-Powhatan War Ends
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1614
Rolfe and Pocahontas Marriage
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1619
Creation of Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1619
Church of England Legally Established in Colony
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1619
First Africans Arrive in Virginia Colony
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1619
First Elected Legislative Assembly in New World
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1619
Anglican Church Formally Established in Virginia
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1619
First Ironworks Established at Falling Creek
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1619
First Ironworks Built in North America
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1622
Opechancanough's Surprise Attack on James River Settlements
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1622
Indian Massacre of 1622
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1622
Opechancanough's Coordinated Attack on English Settlements
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1623
Tucker and Pott Poisoning of Powhatan
Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1624
Virginia Colony Transferred to Royal Authority
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1624
Virginia Company Charter Revoked
Virginia · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1634
Virginia Peninsula Palisade Completed
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
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