1000. Leif Ericson discovers Vinland (New England).
1451. Birth of Christopher Columbus.
1492. October 12. Columbus discovers the New World.
1497. The Cabots discover the continent of North America.
1498. Columbus on third voyage discovers South America.
1506. Columbus dies at Valladolid, Spain.
1507. New World named after Americus Vespucius.
1513. Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean and Ponce de Leon discovers Florida.
1519-1521. Cortez conquers Mexico. Magellan sails round the world.
1524. Verrazano and Gomez explore New England coast.
1528. Cabeza do Vaca explores southern United States.
1533. Pizarro conquers Peru.
1534. Cartier sails to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1541. Do Soto discovers the Mississippi River.
1565. Founding of St. Augustine.
1576. Frobisher discovers northwest passage, Frobisher Strait.
1579. Drake explores coast of California.
1584. Raleigh sends first expedition to America.
1588. Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
1604. Acadia settled by the French.
1605. Birth of Robert Rockhould, probably in England.
1607. May 12. Founding of Jamestown, Virginia.
1608. Founding of Quebec by Champlain.
1609. Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
1614. Birth of Sarah Greniffe.
1619. First assembly meets at Jamestown. Slaves first sold in Virginia.
1620. Coming of the Pilgrims in the Mayflower.
1623. Settlements at New Amsterdam. First settlements in New Hampshire.
1630. The great emigration to Massachusetts. The founding of Boston.
1634. Maryland first settled by Calvert.
1635. Connecticut settled by emigrants from Massachusetts.
1636. Founding of Providence by Roger Williams. Harvard College founded.
1637. Rockhould family arrives Virginia.
1638. Swedes first settle in Delaware.
1639. First constitution in America adopted by Connecticut.
1640. Birth of John Rockhould.
1643. May 30. New England Confederation formed.
1649. Toleration Act in Maryland.
Rockhould and Bennett families relocate to Maryland.
1655. Stuyvesant conquers the Swedes in Delaware.
1656. Quakers expelled from Massachusetts.
1662. Connecticut charter granted.
1663. Charter granted to Rhode Island.
Charter for the Carolinas granted.
1664. September 8. The English conquer New Amsterdam. New Jersey given by King Charles II to his brother, the Duke of York.
1666. Death of Robert Rockhould.
1667. Fundamental Constitutions drawn up for the Carolinas.
1673. Marquette explores the Mississippi.
1676. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. King Philip's War in New England.
1681. Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania.
1682. Penn founds Philadelphia and makes treaty with the Indians. La Salle explores Louisiana and takes possession for France.
1685. Birth of Charles Rockhold.
1686. Edmund Andros made governor of all New England.
1689. Rebellion against Andros; his fall and arrest.
1692. Salem witchcraft delusion.
1700. Iberville plants colony in Louisiana.
1713. Treaty of Utrecht, ending Queen Anne's War, which began in 1702.
1720. Birth of Asel Rockhold.
1724. Birth of Anne Rowe.
1733. Georgia settled by Oglethorpe.
1739. Birth of Ruth Ford.
1746. Birth of Dawson Rockhold.
1748. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ending King George's War, which began in 1744.
1754. Colonial Congress at Albany; Franklin's plan of union.
1755. Braddock's defeat.
1756. French and Indian War formally begun.
1759. Wolfe captures Quebec.
1763. Treaty of Paris; end of the war. Conspiracy of Pontiac.
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