1620
Mayflower's crossing date
1620 refers to the year in the early seventeenth century, most commonly invoked in American contexts for the Mayflower's arrival and the Plymouth Colony's founding.
The number also denotes a time on the 24-hour clock (4:20 PM) or appears in addresses, model numbers, and other numerical designations.
Dependent territorial settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
- MassasoitWampanoag sachem, 1620s
New England · Thanksgiving · harvest · feast · treaty · survival · winter · starvation
Seagoing transport vessel
- voyageJourney by sea
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
passengers · compact · Cape Cod · Provincetown · crew · captain · scurvy · provisions
Western Hemisphere landmasses
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
charter · Dutch · New Amsterdam · trading post · mercantilism · territory · plantation · English colonies
Third period of second millennium
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- Thirty Years War1618-1648 European religious conflict
Renaissance · reformation · epoch · timeline · chronology · primary sources · artifacts · archaeological
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- SquantoPatuxet who helped Pilgrims
Massasoit · New England · Thanksgiving · harvest · feast · treaty · survival · winter · starvation · Mayflower Compact
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
crossing · passengers · compact · Cape Cod · Provincetown · crew · captain · scurvy · provisions · religious freedom
New World
Western Hemisphere landmasses
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
settlement · charter · Dutch · New Amsterdam · trading post · mercantilism · territory · plantation · English colonies · Spanish colonies
seventeenth century
Third period of second millennium
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
Thirty Years War · Renaissance · reformation · epoch · timeline · chronology · primary sources · artifacts · archaeological · legacy
- Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact, Squanto