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1585
| 1585 • A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Ralegh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. This group will depart the following June. |
1585
Nov 30
Age: 1y
| 1585 • Chocolate is introduced to Europe commercially. |
1612
Age: 27y
marriageUrsula Blacknell Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1612 • Jamestown: John Rolfe exports first crop of improved tobacco (seeds from Trinidad). |
1615
Age: 30y
| 1615 • The Perse School in Cambridge, England, is founded by Dr Stephen Perse. |
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Mar
Age: 62y
1647
Mar
Age: 62y
| 1647 • Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. |
1647
Mar 27
| 1647 • England's Puritan rulers ban Christmas. |