Historical Events In 1607
May 13 English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia
May 14 First permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown VA
Feb 24 Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua
Apr 26 The first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
Jun 30 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published
Jun 21 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
