| 1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement 1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower 1638 Printing press reaches America 1664 English capture/rename New York 1681 La Salle explores Louisiana | 1534 Cartier claims New France 1540 Spanish arrive in California 1540 Coronado travels through Midwest 1565 First colony St. Augustine 1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony | 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies 1507 The term America first used 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico |
![]() | ![]() | Roger Wentworth b.1397 d.1452 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Agnes Wentworth b.1440 d.1496 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | le Despenser the Younger Lord Des b.1364 d.1424 | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Margery Despenser b.1407 d.1478 | ![]() | Robert de Tibetot Baron Tibetot b.1341 d.1372 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Elizabeth de Tibetot b.1371 d.1424 | Margaret de Eincourt b.1344 d.1380 | ![]() | |||