The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-24
THE RALEIGH CALENDAR.
w. j. Peeles Chronological Compendium of the
Principal Events in the Life of Sir
Walter Raleigh.
(By w. j. Peele.)

county of Devon, South England, at an
cid country house or manor, called
Hayes" He was the son of Walter Raj
eigh of Fardel and Katherine Giloert
his wife. She was also, by her first
husband the mother of the celebrated
Sir Humphrey Gilbert, with whom Raj
eigh was associated in fitting out his
earlier American expeditions.
1866. Entered college at Oxford, Eng
land, where he remained for three years.
distinguished especially in oratory and
philosophy.
1869. Went to France as a volunteer
fighting six years in that country for the
liberties of the Huguenots under the
famous Admiral Coligny, the first citizen
OF France and the first victim OF the
massacre of ST. Bartholomew Day.
1875. Returned to England. Studied
and practiced navigation and ship build
ing for several years in which arts he be
came a master; and in the meantime he
made himself familiar with the West In
dies and with the American coasts and
waters.
1878. Accompanied, according to some
authorities, his half brother, Sir Hum
St. Lawrence, i'm North American.
1880. Was commissioned captain OF an
hundred foot soldiers to fight the Irish
rebels and their Spanish and Italian al
lies. His pay was only eighty cents a
day-but in two years he was the most
famous soldier in Ireland and attracted
by his valor and success thej notice OF
Queen Elizabeth.
1851. Was introduced at the Queens
court where he continued to grow in
favor until he became her most trusted
adviser in military and naval affairs and
the most active organizer of her forces
against the Spanish.
1888. Fitted out with the aid of Sir
Humphrey Gilbert, his half brother, an
expedition to New Foundland. The Queen
and the public service requiring his
presence in England, Gilbert was placed
in command, and, after remaining on the
desolate shores of that island for thirty
days, the expedition sailed for England.
1t lost on its return voyage its brave
commander in a great storm; but his East
words. uttered from his sinking ship, are
the best seaman's motto that has come
down to US: BE of good cheer, frlends,
we are as near heaven by sea as by
land
1884, March 25 60. S. Obtained charter
from Queen Elizabeth under which the
several settlements on Roanoke Island
were made-being the first settlements
of the English race in America, L. -
ginning of the American nation and the
seeds of Jamestown and Plymouth.
The charter was the beginning or F.
lish law in America. Emigrants to- the
lands that should be discovered and pos
sessed under its authority were, by j.
provisions, guaranteed the rights and
liberties they enjoyed in England.
1884. April q. Dispatched an expedition
of two ships under the command OF
Amidas and Barlowe with authority to
explore and take possession of such lands,
(not under the dominion of any Christian
Prince) as they should discover.
1854 July 10. 60. S. July A. The
expedition arrived off the coast of what
is now known as North Carolina about
one hundred and twenty miles south OF
an inlet not far from Roanoke Island.
July II. This inlet was entered and 2
landing effected on part OF the Ranks
called by the Indians "WOkoken." The
English took formal possession in the
name of Elizabeth, the Queen, and Sir
Walter Raleigh the governor OF the newly
discovered land; and the Queen called it
"Virginia" in honor of herself the virgin
queen of England. The country en-
braced under this name extended from
the 34th to the 45th degree North lati-
tude-that is from the region of Cape
Fear to that where Maine touches Canada
on the Atlantic.
July 90 They were first visited by tlc
Indians who caught for them fish. w..ch
are still abundant in those waters.
July 81. They made friends with
Granganimeo the brother of Wingina, the
king of that country; the nearest main
land of which the Indians called Dassa-
Iaougua peak
July 1924. They visited Roanoke Is
land, the cradle of American civilization,
and the birth place of Virginia Dare the
first child Of English parents korn in
/. America-nature' best protected spot On
the American coast in which to have be-
gun the hitherto u',rled experiment of
English colonial on. for the Chesapeake
had been explored and mapped by the
Spaniards, but the sound section of North
Carolina, behind It's frowning barriers oil
sand, was terra incognita.
August TO- They sailed for Englanl
teo, the friend, and Wanchese, the enemy
of the white race.
Sept. The expedition returned to E"g
land.
Barlowe published an account of il
which Raleigh used with the other ac
counts brought back. to thrill the Eng
lish people with the fever of emigrating
to America fsrvcr which has never
fallen from that dly to his
December. Was kniShted 'Sir Walter
Raleigh by Queen Elizabeth in honor of
his exploits ana discoveries.
1885, April 8. Raleigh's second expedi-
ton set out from Plymouth for the shores
of Virginia" North Carolina) under
the command of his cousin, the cele-
brated Sir Richard Grenwlle. 1t con-
sisted of one hundred and eight colonisls
and five little ships. the largest being of
one hundred and twenty tons burden. the
smallest, fifty. Among the other famous
men in this expedition was Thomas Cav
endish, who afterwards circumnaviga ted
the globe, Hariot, the mathematician and
historian, and Ralph Lane, the explorer
of Eastern North Carolina, and the first