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Events on Monday 10 April 1606 1
1606Virginia Company chartered by James IRoyal charter authorizes English colonization of VirginiaKing James I granted a royal charter to the Virginia Company on 10 April 1606, authorizing two branches, the London Company and the Plymouth Company, to establish colonies in North America. The London Company's expedition sailed in December 1606 and would found Jamestown the following year. The charter laid the legal foundation for England's first permanent colony in the Americas.