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Group: Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy of
People: Henrietta Dugdale
Topic: Russo-Kazan Wars: Wars of Ivan IV
Location: Lüliang Shanxi (Shansi) China

A group of one hundred Protestants, whose …

Years: 1620 - 1620
November

A group of one hundred Protestants, whose disapproval of the Church of England has led them to self-imposed exile in the New World, had obtained a license in 1620 from the Virginia company to settle somewhere along the Hudson River.

The Mayflower arrives so late in the season that the Puritans agree with the captain’s decision not to risk the passage around Cape Cod, and drop anchor in Massachusetts Bay instead.