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A Timeline of Major Events in the Founding of Maryland
The English Monarchs
The Governors of Maryland
Events Discussed in the Text
ca. 1300: Uttapoingassinem
arrives from the Eastern Shore and founds the Piscataway chiefdom
ENGLISH CIVIL WARS (1642–1651)
1558–1603
ELIZABETH I
1603–1625
JAMES I
1625–1649
CHARLES I
1653–1658
THE COMMONWEALTH & PROTECTORATE
1550
1575
1525: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
briefly visits the Chesapeake Bay
1561: Ángel de Villafañe
voyage to the Chesapeake
1600
1607: The founding of Jamestown, Virginia
1625
1650
1300
1525–1599
1600–1624
1625–1649
1629: Lord Baltimore visits the Chesapeake and is rebuffed by Virginia’s Protestants
1631: William Claiborne plants Kent Island
1632: Maryland Charter granted by King Charles I
1634: The Founding of Maryland at St. Mary’s City
1637: The fort at St. Mary’s is largely abandoned; St. Mary’s County established
1638: Governor Leonard Calvert captures Kent Island
1639: Father Andrew White founds his Paƒcattawaye mission
1642: Kent County established; Susquehannock Indian raiding intensifies
1645: Richard Ingle attacks and captures St. Mary’s City
1646: Governor Leonard Calvert puts down Ingle's Rebellion
1647: Death of Governor Leonard Calvert
1649: Charles I is executed; Town of Providence is founded
1608: John Smith’s Chesapeake voyages
1620: The founding of Plymouth, Massachusetts
1622: Indian uprisings in Virginia and English retaliation
1570 : Killing of Spanish Jesuits
on the York River
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William Stone (1649–1656) Thomas Greene (1647–1649)
Leonard Calvert (1634–1647)