| 1607 |
English settle Jamestown |
| 1613 |
John Carter born in London |
| 1619 |
House of Burgesses first meets |
| 1624-1632 |
Church of England established by law in Virginia |
| 1635 |
John Carter immigrates to Virginia |
| 1651 |
Lancaster County established |
| 1652-1653 |
John Carter settles in Lancaster |
| 1663 |
Robert Carter born at Corotoman |
| 1669 |
John Carter dies |
| 1670 |
First Christ Church completed |
| 1670-1682 |
Benjamin Doggett minister |
| 1676 |
Bacon's Rebellion |
| 1686-1710 |
Andrew Jackson minister |
| 1689 |
Parliament passes Toleration Act |
| 1691 |
Robert Carter elected to House of Burgesses
Robert Carter chosen churchwarden at Christ Church |
| 1696 |
Robert Carter elected Speaker of House |
| 1699 |
Capitol of Virginia moved to Williamsburg |
| 1700 |
Robert Carter named to Governor's Council |
| 1712-1743 |
John Bell minister |
| 1723-1724 |
Robert Carter establishes brickyard at church |
| 1724 |
John Bell's report to the Bishop of London |
| 1725 |
Corotoman mansion completed |
| 1726-1727 |
Robert Carter acting Governor of Virginia |
| 1729 |
Corotoman burns |
| 1730 |
Robert Carter offers to build brick church |
| 1732 |
Robert Carter dies |
| 1732 |
George Washington born at Pope's Creek |
| 1735 |
Christ Church completed |
| 1739 |
George Whitefield preaches in Williamsburg |
| 1743-1791 |
David Currie minister |
| 1752 |
Assembly rules Christ Church and St. Mary's White Chapel one parish |
| 1757 |
Presbyterians begin preaching in Lancaster County |
| 1758 |
David Currie and John Leland's letter to Commissary Dawson on Presbyterians in Lancaster and Northumberland counties |
| 1776 |
Virginia Declaration of Rights. Article 16 guarantees right to "free exercise of religion, according to dictates of conscience" |
| 1776 |
Assembly suspends tax support of church |
| 1785 |
Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia formed |
| 1786 |
Statute for Religious Freedom passed |
| 1802 |
Assembly authorizes sale of glebe lands |
| 1815 |
Christ Church glebe sold |
| 1836-1838 |
First major preservation work on church |
| 1837-1838 |
Assistant Bishop William Meade records observations on Christ Church |
| 1851-52 |
Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock established |
| 1852-1875 |
Christ Church not used regularly as an active church |
| 1875 |
Rev. Henry L. Derby begins holding Sunday evening prayer services in Christ Church during the summer months |
| 1893 |
Rev. E. B. Burwell and the vestry of Christ Church begin a number of important preservation projects on building |
| 1958 |
Foundation for Historic Christ Church formed |
| 1961 |
Christ Church designated a National Historic Landmark |
