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1552 CE: Walter Raleigh is born in Devon, England.
1584 CE: The Amadas-Barlowe expedition explores North America and trades with Native Americans on Roanoke Island.
1585 CE: Walter Raleigh is knighted by Elizabeth I of England.
1585 CE: Settlers sail to Virginia in North America to create England's first colony on Roanoke Island.
1587 CE: A second wave of settlers arrives to form the Roanoke Colony in Virginia, North America.
1591 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh marries in secret Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Throckmorton.
1592 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh is imprisoned in the Tower of London for marrying in secret a lady-in-waiting of Elizabeth I of England.
1592 CE: A fleet of English ships funded by Sir Walter Raleigh captures the Portuguese treasure ship, the carrack Madre de Deus.
1595 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh makes his first unsuccessful attempt to find El Dorado in South America.
1596 CE: A large English fleet lands and captures the Spanish port of Cadiz.
1603 CE - 1616 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh is imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of treason against James I of England.
1614 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh's 'History of the World' is published.
1617 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh again attempts to find El Dorado in South America.
1618 CE: Sir Walter Raleigh is executed at the Tower of London.