First colonists arrive on St. Clement’s Island in Maryland

First colonists arrive on St. Clement’s Island in Maryland
First colonists arrive on St. Clement’s Island in Maryland

Thursday, March 25

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Today in History

On this day in 1634, the first colonists to Maryland arrive at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and found the settlement of St. Mary’s.

In 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, yielding him proprietary rights to a region east of the Potomac River in exchan…