Timeline Monday 29 March 1638

Events on Monday 29 March 1638 1

• 1638 Founding of New Sweden Swedish colonists establish Fort Christina on the Delaware River An expedition led by Peter Minuit landed on the Delaware River and built Fort Christina, founding the colony of New Sweden. The settlement, on the site of present-day Wilmington, Delaware, became Sweden's first overseas colony. It survived under Swedish and later Dutch rule before passing to England.