History Timeline By Chandl3r04 Period: 1492 to 1877 History Timeline Oct 12, 1492 Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas. May 14, 1607 Jamestown founded (first permanent English settlement) Nov 21, 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth; Mayflower Compact signed. 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony founded by Puritans. 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Sep 9, 1739 Stono Rebellion (slave uprising in South Carolina)
