Timeline June 1636

Events in June 1636 3

• 1567 – 1636 Date Masamune (1567-1636) Died 27 June 1636, aged 68 Date Masamune was a powerful Japanese daimyo known as the "One-Eyed Dragon" who founded the city of Sendai and ruled much of northeastern Japan. A skilled military commander, he was one of the most prominent warlords of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods.
• 1636 Connecticut Colony founded at Hartford Thomas Hooker leads settlers overland from Massachusetts A congregation led by Thomas Hooker left Newtowne, Massachusetts, and traveled overland to the Connecticut River valley, settling at Hartford. The migration established the Connecticut Colony as a separate jurisdiction from Massachusetts Bay.
• 1636 Roger Williams founds Providence Plantations Banished from Massachusetts, Williams establishes a settlement based on religious liberty Having been exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious dissent, Roger Williams purchased land from Narragansett sachems and founded Providence. The settlement became a haven for religious dissenters and later grew into the colony of Rhode Island.