Jamestown, in Virginia, is founded, 1608.
Acknowledged date of the settlement of Canada, 1608.
Hudson discovers the river bearing his name, 1609.
The Dutch build a fort near Albany, 1614.
The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Dec, 22, 1620.
New Amsterdam taken from the Dutch by the Duke of York and Albany
and named New York 1664.
La Salle discovers the Illinois in upper Louisiana 1678.
discovers Lower [Louisiana], and is killed 1685.