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12 July 927 — The monarchs of Britain recognise Æthelstan as king of the English
4 July 1776 — The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
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- 2026-08-10
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Entangled histories
6 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1607
Founding of Jamestown
English settlers established Jamestown in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, financed by the Virginia Company of London.
Colonisation · from the United States chronicle · European colonisation and the Thirteen Colonies · Jamestown Colony
- August 1619
First Africans landed in Virginia
An English ship brought roughly twenty enslaved Africans to Point Comfort, Virginia, marking the beginning of African slavery in the English mainland colonies.
Peoples & Migration · from the United States chronicle · European colonisation and the Thirteen Colonies · Arrival of the First Africans in 1619
- 1754–1763
French and Indian War
Britain's victory in the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War expelled France from the continent but left Britain heavily indebted, prompting new colonial taxes.
War & Rupture · from the United States chronicle · European colonisation and the Thirteen Colonies · Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation; U.S. History Collections
- 4 July 1776
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, formally announcing the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain.
Independence · from the United States chronicle · Revolution and the founding of the Republic · The Declaration of Independence
- 1783
Loss of the American colonies
The Treaty of Paris recognised the independence of the United States, ending the American Revolutionary War and stripping Britain of its thirteen mainland colonies.
Independence · from the United Kingdom chronicle · Union, revolution, and the rise of Britain · The British Library: history and collections
- 1783
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain recognised the independence of the United States, ending the Revolutionary War and ceding territory east of the Mississippi.
War & Rupture · from the United States chronicle · Revolution and the founding of the Republic · Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation; U.S. History Collections