Events on April 26 in history

Cape Henry (April 26, 1607)

English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.

Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to the long estuary of the Chesapeake Bay.

Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles the opposite point of the Bay's gateway. Named for two sons of King James I of England in 1607, together Cape Henry and Cape Charles form the Virginia Capes.

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Events on 1607

30 Jan

Bristol Channel floods, 1607
An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
24 Feb

Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
25 Apr

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
5 Oct

Paolo Sarpi
Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi, who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.

Events on April 26 in history

Cape Henry (April 26, 1607)

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Events on 1607

Bristol Channel floods, 1607

Claudio Monteverdi

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)

Paolo Sarpi