Nathaniel Bacon: Leader of the 1676 Virginian Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon

Born into a wealthy and highly educated family, he studied at Cambridge University and Gray’s Inn. While he quickly became a prominent figure in Virginia, he advocated for aggressive Native American policies and conducted military actions against the governor’s orders.

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1647	Birth of Nathaniel Bacon (Period: January 2, 1647 (some sources state January 3), Location: Friston (present-day East Suffolk district, Suffolk). Friston remains a village today, with the neighboring town of Saxmundham nearby.) Birth at Friston Hall (Period: January 2, 1647, Location: Friston Hall, Suffolk, England)
1661	Enrollment at St Catharine’s College (Nathaniel Bacon, Age: 14 years old, Period: May 5, 1661, Location: Cambridge, England)
1663	Tour of Continental Europe (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1663–1664, Location: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, etc.)
1664	Legal Studies at Gray’s Inn (Age: 17 years old, Period: November 22, 1664, Location: London, England)
1670	Marriage (Nathaniel Bacon and Elizabeth Duke, Age: 23 years old, Period: May 1670, Location: Believed to be Around Suffolk, England, Exact Location Unknown)
1674	Emigration to Virginia (Nathaniel Bacon, Age: 26 years old, Period: Summer 1674, Location: Virginia Colony) Acquisition of Curles Neck Plantation (Nathaniel Bacon, Age: 27 years old, Period: August 1674, Location: Curles Neck, Henrico County, Virginia Colony)
1675	Border Conflicts Between Virginia Colonists and Indigenous Groups (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1675–1676, Location: Potomac River Basin, Dragon Swamp, Around the Rappahannock River, etc.) Burgess Representing Henrico County (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1675–1676, Location: Henrico County and Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Appointment to the Virginia Governor’s Council (Age: 28 years old, Period: March 3, 1675, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Potomac River Basin Native American Conflicts (Age: 28 years old, Period: Around July 1675, Location: Potomac River Basin, Virginia-Maryland Border Area) Detention of the Appamattoc (Age: 28 years old, Period: September 1675, Location: Virginia Colony, Upper James River Basin)
1676	Bacon’s Rebellion (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1676–1677, Location: Virginia Colony, Jamestown, Northern Neck, Westmoreland County, etc.) Rise as Leader of the Rebels (Age: 28 years old, Period: Spring–Summer 1676, Location: Upper James River Basin and Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Expulsion from the Governor’s Council (Age: 29 years old, Period: May 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Bacon’s Entry into Jamestown and Temporary Pardon (Age: 29 years old, Period: June 6, 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Bacon’s Forces of 500 Advance Again on Jamestown (Age: 29 years old, Period: June 23, 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Issuance of the "Declaration of the People of Virginia" (Age: 29 years old, Period: July–August 1676, Location: Virginia Colony) Bacon’s Declaration (Age: 29 years old, Period: Around July 30, 1676, Location: Virginia Colony) Attack on the Pamunkey in the Lower Rappahannock River Basin (Age: 29 years old, Period: August 1676, Location: Lower Rappahannock River Basin, Virginia Colony) Siege and Burning of Jamestown (Age: 29 years old, Period: September 18–19, 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Burning of Jamestown (Age: 29 years old, Period: September 19, 1676, Location: Jamestown, Virginia Colony) Death of Nathaniel Bacon (Age: 29 years old, Period: October 26, 1676) Sudden Death During the Rebellion (Age: 29 years old, Period: October 26, 1676, Location: Gloucester County, Virginia Colony)

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Colonial settlement	John Smith Christopher Newport George Percy Edward Maria Wingfield Thomas Gates Samuel Argall William Strachey
Bacon's Rebellion	Nathaniel Bacon William Berkeley William Drummond Richard Lawrence Thomas Hansford Joseph Ingram
The Washington family	Augustine Warner Jr. Lawrence Washington Augustine Washington Sr. George Washington John Washington
North Carolina Early Settlers	John Lawson Thomas Cary Edward Hyde John Jenkins John Culpeper
Virginia politician	George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Peyton Randolph George Mason IV

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