April
English colonists aboard three ships first sighted the Virginia coastline, days before founding Jamestown, England's first permanent American settlement.
May
About 104 English settlers went ashore on a marshy Virginia peninsula, founding Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America.
About 104 English colonists waded ashore on a swampy Virginia peninsula and established Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
English colonists at Jamestown, having landed weeks earlier, began fortifying their settlement as the first permanent English colony in North America took root.
June
The first governing council of the Jamestown colony convened in Virginia, formally organizing English America's first permanent settlement.