This Day In History - Jamestown Becomes A Colony of England 1607

Jamestown Becomes A Colony of England 1607

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Event Description

Some 100 English colonists arrive along the west bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Dispatched from England by the London Company, the colonists had sailed across the Atlantic aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.

Event Location

Jamestown, Virginia