jan 1, 1587 - Roanoke Fails
Description:
The settlement of Roanoke is founded, abandoned, founded a year later, and then disappears. This was a failure in English colonization, an even bigger blow since England was late to the game.http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke
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Date:
jan 1, 1587
Now
~ 439 years ago