New Hampshire

1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 – 1607 ) the English explorer and colonizer explores coast.

1603 – Martin Pring 1580-1646 was given permission by Sir Walter Raleigh for a trading and exploration expedition discovers Cape Cod and explores the islands, rivers, and harbors of New England.

1614 –  Captain John Smith (1580-1631) maps the coast and assumes leadership of the colony.

1622 – King James I of England grants the region between the Salem and Merrimac rivers, to John Mason (1600-1672, American colonial military commander) and Sir Ferdinando Gorges.

1629 – John Mason receives a grant of land under the name of New Hampshire.

1632 – John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm. In 2010 the 134-acre Tuttle Farm went on the market for $3.35 million.

1641 – Massachusetts Colony gains control of New Hampshire.

1679 – July 10 1679, the British crown claimed New Hampshire as a royal colony.

1679 – September 18 1679, New Hampshire became a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1741 – New Hampshire splits from Massachusetts and becomes an English colony.

1764 – The Connecticut River is established as the border between New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

1769 – Dartmouth College is founded in the city of Hanover.

1774 – The colonists capture guns and ammo from the British Fort William and Mary.

1775 – 1775 to 1782, New Hampshire was the only one of the original 13 colonies not invaded by the British during the Revolutionary War.

1788 – Junne 21, 1788, New Hampshire becomes the ninth state.

1808 – Concord is made the permanent capital of New Hampshire.