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Date |
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| 1 | 1572 | - 1572: Massacre of Huguenots
occured on St Bartholomew's day, thus Calvinists chose Bartholomew as a popular name
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| 2 | 1607 | - 13 May 1607: Jamestown VA
Virginia's first settlement occurred at Jamestown Island on May 13 1607 when the Susan Constant, Goodspeed, and Discovery arrived. the *first* settlement, of course ignores the Indians who were already here. The first emigration from Virginia occurred on June 22 1607 when Captain Christopher Newport sailed for home
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