1535
| 1535 • Lima, Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro as Ciudad de los Reyes. |
1585
Age: 50y
| 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. |
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Age: 72y
1607
Age: 72y
| 1607 • Jamestown President Edward Maria Wingfield is deposed and John Ratcliffe elected. |
1607
Feb 26
| 1607 • Jamestown: The colony bears extreme toil in strengthening the fort [from John Smith, Proceedings (Barbour 1964:210)]. |