Timeline May 1624

Events in May 1624 3

• 1624 Dutch colonists found New Netherland Dutch West India Company settlers establish Fort Orange on the Hudson The Dutch West India Company landed colonists in the Hudson River valley, establishing Fort Orange near present-day Albany as the nucleus of the colony of New Netherland. The settlement would later expand downriver to include New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
• 1624 Virginia Company charter revoked Virginia becomes England's first royal colony A London court ruling and royal order dissolved the Virginia Company of London, stripping it of its charter after years of mismanagement and heavy colonist mortality. Governance of Jamestown and the surrounding settlements passed directly to the English Crown.
• 1624 Statute of Monopolies enacted in England Parliament curbs royal monopoly grants and protects inventors' patents The English Parliament passed the Statute of Monopolies, restricting the Crown's power to grant commercial monopolies while carving out an exception for patents on genuine new inventions. It is regarded as a foundational statute in the history of patent law.