Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England…

Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia to settle on the north bank of the James River, near Herring Creek, in an area known at this time as Charles Cittie, about twenty miles (thirty-two kilometers) upstream from Jamestown.

The group's charter requires that the day of arrival be observed yearly as a "day of thanksgiving" to God: the consequent ceremony is considered by some to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.