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1611–16 – Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates serve as Governor of Virginia. 1614 – Peace between the Virginia colony and the Powhatan Confederacy. 1619 – First meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses. First Africans in Virginia. 1620 – The Pilgrims found the Plymouth Colony. 1622 – Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia.
1504 – Higüey massacre. 1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de Leon. 1512 – Laws of Burgos.
1814 or 1433 or 661. 1687 ( MDCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1687th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 687th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1680s ...
1622 - Indian massacre of 1622. 1637 - Pequot War. 1675 - King Philip's War. 1675 - Siege of Brookfield. 1675 - Attack on Springfield, October 5. 1676 - Attack on Sudbury, April 21. 1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, Sept 19, Rebels burn down colonial capital, Virginia Colony. 1677 - Culpeper's Rebellion, 1677–1678, Revolt against the ruling Lords ...
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
George Washington presides over the Convention. June 6 – Franklin College, named for Benjamin Franklin, opens in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It later merges with Marshall College to become Franklin and Marshall College. June 20 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention that the government be called the United States.
Battle of Fort Albany. Categories: 1687 by continent. Years of the 17th century in North America. 1680s in North America. Hidden categories: Commons category link from Wikidata. Category series navigation using skip-gaps parameter. Category series navigation year and decade.
Victor, Orville J. History Of American Conspiracies: A Record Of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, &c. In The United States Of America. From 1760 To 1860 (1863) online, entertaining but outdated; Waskow, Arthur I. From Race Riot to Sit-In, 1919 and the 1960s: A Study in the Connections Between Conflict and Violence. (Doubleday, 1966).