1606 - Aft 1623 (~ 17 years)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1606 | - 1606—1606: The London Company chartered to colonise Virginia: the Susan Constant, Godspeed,
and Discovery leave England on 19th De c taking 144 days to reach America
- 12 Mar 1606—12 Mar 1606: Adoption of Union Flag as the flag of Great Britain' (the term Union Jack is
used officially only when the Union Flag is flown from the Jack Mast of a Royal Naval vessel)
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| 2 | 1607 | - 14 May 1607—14 May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia settled - to become the first permanent British colony in
North America
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| 3 | 1608 | - 1608—1608: First use of telescope by Galileo - he observed the moons of Jupiter two years later in
Jan 1610
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| 4 | 1611 | - 1611—1611: Authorised (King James) Version of Bible in Britain
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| 5 | 1613 | - 1613—1613: A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
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| 6 | 1619 | - 4 Dec 1619—4 Dec 1619: (Nov 24 old style): Colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in
Virginia and give thanks to God (considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the
Americas)
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| 7 | 1620 | - 1620—1620: Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
- 21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: (Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New
England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
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| 8 | 1621 | - 1621—1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
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| 9 | 1622 | - 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
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| 10 | 1624 | - 1624—1624: Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
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