Virginia Calendar - June Events

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June 6: - Prince William Resolves passed in Dumfries, 1774, stating "no person ought to be taxed but by his own consent, expressed either by himself or his Representatives..."
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June 11: - colonists abandon Jamestown in 1610 after the "starving time" and sail for England... but meet the ships with supplies and the new governor (Lord De La Warr) at Mulberry Island the next day, in 1610.
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June 20: - King Charles I grants charter to Lord Calvert for new colony of Maryland
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June 22: - Hurricane Agnes dawdles over the Blue Ridge and drops almost 12 inches of rain in 24 hours at Dulles Airport, creating 100-year floods in the Piedmont (especially James-Potomac River watersheds). Downtown Richmond experiences record flood, requring National Guard to patrol the Shockoe Slip area.
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June 30: - King Charles II issues revised charter in 1665 for new proprietary colony in Carolina