—March 18th, Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, on the Piscataqua river, is destroyed by the French and Indians. Casco, Maine, is also destroyed.
—Sir William Phipps, Governor of Massachusetts, invades Canada, unsuccessfully.
—French Protestants settle in Virginia and Carolina.
1691—Slaughter becomes Governor of New York. He executes Leisler.
1692—Massachusetts receives a new charter. Her limits are enlarged, but her privileges restricted.
—Texas settled by the Spaniards, at Bexar.
1695—Rice brought to Carolina, from Africa.
1697—The Peace of Ryswick terminates King William’s war.
1698—Piracies of Captain Kidd. He was tried and executed in England, in 1701.
1699—Pensacola is settled by the Spaniards.