John Milton (December 9, 1608-November 8, 1674) was an English poet and political writer. His blank-verse epic, Paradise Lost, 1667, considered a masterpiece of English literature, detailed Lucifer's revolt against…
John Harvard (November 1607-September 14, 1638) was the first benefactor of Harvard College. Born in London, he emigrated to Massachusetts, 1637, and served as Charlestown's minister. He bequeathed his library…
Virginia (May 14, 1607) the first permanent colonial settlement in North America, was founded by settlers who embarked from England in December of 1606. Their initial act after landing at Cape…
First Charter of Virginia (April 10, 1606) granted by King James I to the settlers of the "Jamestown Colony" in Virginia. The Colony was named for the "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth…
John Eliot (1604-May 21, 1690) was a Puritan clergyman who was known as "The Apostle to the Indians," as he was the first to teach Christianity to the Indians of…
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-October 10, 1659) was the greatest of Dutch navigators and explorers. He discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. He set sail from Batavia on…
Roger Williams (c.1603-March 1683) was a British-born clergyman who founded the Providence Plantation in Rhode Island. A graduate from Pembroke, 1624, he was ordained in the Church of England, 1628. An…
Samuel Rutherford (c.1600-March 1661) was Rector of St. Andrew's Church in Scotland and one of the commissioners at Westminster Assembly in London, 1643-47. In 1644, he wrote the controversial book,…
Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599-September 3, 1658) was the Lord-Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1653-58. He was offered the title of King of England by…
Edward Johnson (September 1598-April 23, 1672) the founder of Woburn, Massachusetts, was a contemporary of Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop. He became a trader, author, historian, and in 1654, witnessed the…
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