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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. ==Prior to 19th century== * 1587 - In a venture sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White and a group of colonists land on Roanoke Island at the site of a former, abandoned settlement to found the "Cittie of Raleigh," about 190 miles from present-day Raleigh, NC. John White returns to England for supplies, leaving behind his granddaughter Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World. * 1590 - His return delayed by threats against England by the Spanish Armada, John White secures passage on a privateer. As the party stepped ashore, there was no sign of the colonists except the letters “CRO” carved on a tree. This abandoned site later became known as the "Lost Colony." * 1701 - John Lawson, English explorer, led a 600-mile expedition starting in Charleston, SC and ending at the mouth of the Pamlico River. His journey took him close to the site of what later became Raleigh, NC. * 1770 - Joel Lane, a plantation owner, successfully lobbies the colonial General Assembly to create Wake County. * 1781 - Lane’s property was the setting for a session of the state General Assembly. At this time the settlement was known as Wake Courthouse, or Bloomsbury and contained a courthouse, a jail, a tavern or inn, and a log church called the Asbury Meetinghouse.〔 * 1792 * * The NC legislature authorizes the purchase of 1,000 acres (4 km2) of Joel Lane's land upon which to establish the city of “Raleigh” as the new center of state government. * * Raleigh founded as capital of North Carolina.〔 * 1794 * * State House built. * * December: State General Assembly convenes.〔 * 1798 - Cemetery established. * 1799 - The North-Carolina Minerva, and Raleigh advertiser, relocates from Fayetteville to become the first Raleigh Newspaper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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