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Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Humphrey Gilbert
English explorer, politician and soldier
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Colony
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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