one barton family.net's Genealogy Project: Plymouth Colony

1620

6 Sep: The Mayflower leaves Plymouth, England for the New World.MayflowerSteps PP

16 Dec: The Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth aboard the Mayflower.Plimoth AJ

1620/1

16 Mar: Samoset, an English-speaking Native American sagamore from a Maine tribe, visits Plymouth Colony.P400 PL

1635

25 Aug: The Great Colonial Hurricane plows through New England destroying anything in its path.NEHS HS

1637

1 May: General Court is convened in Hartford and war is declared against the Pequots.SCW ICT

26 May: Colonists attack and destroy the Pequot village at Misistuck (Mystic).ZEP ICT

1638

11 Jun: The Earthquake of 1638 occurs bringing terror to the Colonies.WO-BC USGS

21 Sep: The Treaty of Hartford ends the Pequot War.NNP Yale

1675

24 Jun: King Philip's War: New England Colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians 1675-1676.MassMoments WBH

1689

17 May: King William's War; England declares war on France which lasts until the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick.HoMA MB

1691

7 Oct: Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Colony, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Maine, and parts of Nova Scotia become the Province of Massachusetts Bay by royal charter.MAArchive