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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1558 |
- 17 Nov 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I. Ruler of England 1558-1603. House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn.HistoricUK E1
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| 2 | 1562 |
- 1 Mar 1562—1598: A massacre of Huguenots at Vassy, France begins the French Wars of Religion which lasts until 1598.GoogleBooks W&W
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| 3 | 1590 |
- 18 Aug 1590: Governor John White returns to Roanoke colony and finds it abandoned.NPS tLC
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| 4 | 1602 |
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| 5 | 1603 |
- 1603: Martin Pring surveys the Maine coast and names the Fox Islands.NH
- 15 Mar 1603: Samuel de Champlain sets sail from France aboard the Bonne-Renommée on his first voyage to North America. MM&P OHT
- 24 Mar 1603—27 Mar 1625: James I Ruler of England 1603-1625. House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.HistoricUK
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| 6 | 1604 |
- 26 Jun 1604: The French settle on Saint Croix Island in what is now Maine.tCE NPS
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1589 - 1604 (15 years)