Important Dates Flashcards
Ponce de León landed on the Florida peninsula
1513
Martin Luther’s 95 Theses*
1517
Papal bull Sublimis Deus (Pope Paul III)
1537
St. Augustine founded*
1565
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
Jamestown established*
1607
Santa Fe established
1610
Church of England established in Virginia
1619
Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock*
1620
Massachusetts Bay Colony established*
1630
Harvard established
1636
Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island
1636
Toleration Act (in Maryland)
1649
Popés revolt
1680
England’s “Glorious Revolution” - William and Mary (Protestants) assume the throne
1688
England’s Declaration of Religious Toleration (excluding Catholics)
1689
College of William and Mary established
1693
Mobile established
1702
Great Awakening*
1740s
Suppression of the Jesuits begins in France
1763