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In 2006, the United States House of Representatives approved a monument to Francis Marion, to be built in Washington, D.C., sometime in 2007–2008. The bill died in the Senate and was reintroduced in January 2007. The Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007 passed the House of Representatives in March 2007, and the Senate in ...
Timeline of Francis Drake's circumnavigation (1577–1580) Timeline of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) Timeline of the English Civil War (1642–1651)
1579: Sir Francis Drake claims New Albion. 1583: England formally claims Newfoundland (Humphrey Gilbert). 1585: Roanoke Colony founded by English on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, failed in 1587; 1598: Failed French settlement on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. 1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico.
The siege of Fort Watson was an American Revolutionary War confrontation in South Carolina that began on April 15, 1781, and lasted until April 23, 1781. Continental Army forces under Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and South Carolina militia under Francis Marion besieged Fort Watson, a fortified British outpost that formed part of the communication and supply chain between Charleston and other ...
For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events; For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events; For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century; For a timeline of events from 1701 to 1800, see Timeline of the 18th century
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1737 – Dmitry Ovtsyn charts the Russian coast from the mouth of the Ob to the Yenisei. [45] 1738 – Pierre de La Vérendrye visits Mandan villages near the site of present-day Bismarck, North Dakota. [77] 1738–40 – Fyodor Minin charts the Russian coast from the Yenisei to the Pyasina. [45]