Renaissance · North America · Politics
1616
Pocahontas in London
1616
The Powhatan princess, now the Christian Rebecca Rolfe, arrived in London with her husband and infant son and was presented at court as proof that English colonization was peaceful and civilizing. She met Ben Jonson's masques and caught sight of John Smith at a dinner. She died at Gravesend the next year.
In context
Also in 1616 (3 other events on record)
- Nurhaci Proclaims the Later Jin · East Asia · Politics
- Catholic Church Condemns Copernicanism · Europe · Religion
- Shakespeare and Cervantes Die · Europe · Culture
Before and after in North America
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1614: Addled Parliament Dissolved
- After: 1617: Nur Jahan Rises
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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