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Early European and French Exploration of North America – 1492 to 1534

1492

1534

14 May: The English established the Jamestown, VA colony

1607

1608

1609

1620

Plymouth Colony is established December 1620

1620

1624

1626

1632

1638

New Sweden: Governorship of Peter Hollander Ridder

1641

1643

1648

1654

New Amsterdam reincorporated as New York City

1665

1667

1673

1674

1675

1678

1679

Pennsylvania is Established: 1680-1681

1681

1684

1687

1688

Queen Anne’s War was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars (or Second Intercolonial War) fought in England’s American Colonies during the reign of Queen Anne. It is viewed in America as a stand-alone conflict, though in Europe it is seen as the American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession

1702

1704

1715

Lancaster (non-county area) formed from Chester County

1729

1730

1735

1737

1738

1739

1740

1756 Fort Loudoun -December 1756

1756

1758

1759

1760

Black Boys Rebellion – March 1765

1765

1766

1767

1771

1772

1773

1774

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Pre 1600

Early European and French Exploration of North America – 1492 to 1534

1492

Origins of New France 1523-1541

1534

1600-1620

14 May: The English established the Jamestown, VA colony

1607

Jamestown is Resupplied January 1608

1608

The Dutch Establish the New Netherlands Colony

1609

August 1609: Henry Hudson sails the Half Moon into Delaware Bay

1609

September 1609 The First Anglo-Powhatan War

1609

Plymouth Colony is established December 1620

1620

1620-1640

Plymouth Colony is established December 1620

1620

The Dutch establish a colony, which later became Albany, on the upper Hudson in 1624

1624

The History of New Netherlands – May 1624

1624

Dutch; Fort Nassau 1627-1655

1626

Williamsburg is Established by the Recently formed Virginia General Assembly February 1632

1632

Swedes; Fort Christina erected

1638

The Forgotten History of the Swedish Colony in America March 1638

1638

1640-1660

New Sweden: Governorship of Peter Hollander Ridder

1641

New Sweden: Governor Johan Printz 1643

1643

Swedes; Governor Johan Printz built Fort Elfsborg 1643

1643

The Dutch Build Fort Beversreede, a fortified trading post on the Delaware River

1648

New Sweden Governor Johan Risingh 1654

1654

1660-1680

New Amsterdam reincorporated as New York City

1665

The Treaty of Breda signed and ended the second Anglo-Dutch war, and confirmed that New York City and New Netherland became an English territory

1667

The Treaty of Westminster, confirmed English ownership of NYC and New Netherland, what is now known as New York

1673

The Dutch occupied New York City in what was Third Anglo-Dutch War

1673

Southern area came under the control of the Duke of York, New Amstel changed to New Castle (DE)

1674

A Short History of King Philip’s War: 1675-1678

1675

Early History of Upland (now Chester County, PA): Conflict among the Swedes, Dutch and English

1678

History of Early Kent County, DE and the name Whorekill: the Swedes, Dutch and English were all involved

1679

1680-1700

Pennsylvania is Established: 1680-1681

1681

Upland County eliminated

1681

Land from just south of the 40th parallel to the 42nd parallel, what is now known as Pennsylvania, granted to William Penn by King Charles II

1681

Bucks, Chester (replacing Upland and named for Chester, England), Philadelphia Counties established; three Lower Counties under Penn – New Castle, Sussex (previously Hoarkill), and Kent (previously St. Jones).

1684

New Castle gained land from Northern Sussex County

1687

King William’s War, also known as the First Indian War, Father Baudoin’s War, Castin’s War, or the First Intercolonial War. It was the North American theater of Europe’s Nine Years’ War (1688–97), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg

1688

1700-1720

1702

Lower Counties (Delaware) became independent of Pennsylvania

1704