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King Philip's War - Metacom's Rebellion

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King Philip's War - Metacom's Rebellion Timeline

1674 Dec John Sassamon Tells Plymouth Colony Officials of King Philip's Arranging Attacks on Colonial Settlements
The spark that ignited King Phillip's War was a report from a Native American Christian convert ("Praying Indian")—an early Harvard graduate, translator, and adviser to Metacom named John...
1675 Feb 10 Mary Rowlandson is Captured by Wampanoag Indians During Raid on Lancaster Village
At sunrise, on February 10, 1675, during King Philip's War, Lancaster came under attack by Narragansett, Wampanoag, and Nashaway/Nipmuc Indians. Rowlandson and her three children, Joseph,...
1675 May 2 Mary Rowlandson is Freed from Wampanoag Indians
At sunrise, on February 10, 1675, during King Philip's War, Lancaster came under attack by Narragansett, Wampanoag, and Nashaway/Nipmuc Indians. Rowlandson and her three children, Joseph,...
1675 Jun 8 Three Wampanoag Indians are Hanged for the Murder of John Sassamon
On the testimony of a Native American witness, Plymouth Colony arrested three Wampanoags, including one of Metacom's councilors. A jury among whom were some Indian members convicted them ...
1675 Jun 20 A Band of Pokanoket Indians Attacks Homesteads in Plymouth Colony Settlement of Swansea
Beginning in June 1675, the Wampanoag, outfitted with rifles and armor, attacked a series of settlements and took the lives of dozens of colonial men, women and children. English forces r...
1675 Jun 28 Settlers Send Military Expedition to Destroy Wampanoag Town at Mount Hope in Retaliation for Swansea Attacks
On the testimony of a Native American witness, Plymouth Colony arrested three Wampanoags, including one of Metacom's councilors. A jury among whom were some Indian members convicted them ...
1675 Jul 8 Native Americans Attack Settlements of Middleborough and Dartmouth
The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14),...
1675 Jul 14 Native Americans Attack Mendon Settlement in Plymouth Colony
On July 14, 1675, early violence in King Philip's War took place in Mendon, with the deaths of multiple residents and the destruction of Albee's mill. These were the first settlers killed...
1675 Aug 2 Native Americans Attack Brookfield Settlement in Plymouth Colony
The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14),...
1675 Aug 19 Native Americans Attack Lancaster in Plymouth Colony
The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14),...
1675 Sep 1 Wampanoag Attack the Town of Hadley, Giving Rise to Angel of Hadley Legend
In 1676, at the height of King Philip's War, the war leader of the Wampanoag used a ruse to lure away the bulk of the colonial troops to the north. Without the protection of professional ...
1675 Sep 9 New England Confederation Declares War on Native Americans Following Multiple Attacks on Settlements
The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14),...
1675 Sep 18 The Battle of Bloody Brook
At the time of the Europeans' arrival, Deerfield was inhabited by the Pocumtuck nation, with a village by the same name. First settled by European colonists in 1673, Deerfield was incorpo...
1675 Oct 5 More than Half of the Town of Springfield is Destroyed by the Pocomtuc Tribe
Springfield remained a small working town when its security was threatened in 1675, during King Philip's War. The leader of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, Wamsutta, died shortly after being ...
1675 Oct 16 Native American Attack Severely Damages Town of Hatfield
Hatfield was founded in 1660 on land granted to General Daniel Dennison and Governor William Bradford. It was formally incorporated as a town in 1670 and has a Board of Selectmen and annu...
1675 Nov 2 Governor Josiah Winslow Leads Militia Against Narragansett Tribe
On November 2, Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow led a combined force of colonial militia against the Narragansett tribe. The Narragansetts had not yet been directly involved in the...
1675 Dec 16 Great Swamp Fight
Led by an Indian guide, on December 16, 1675 on a bitterly cold storm-filled day, the main Narragansett fort near modern South Kingstown, Rhode Island was found and attacked by the coloni...
1676 Mar 12 Native American Forces Attack Plymouth Plantation
Spring of 1676 marked the high point for the combined tribes when, on March 12, they attacked Plymouth Plantation itself. Though the town withstood the assault, the natives had demonstrat...
1676 Mar 26 The 'Nine Men's Misery' Incident
On March 26, 1676 during King Philip's War, Captain Michael Pierce led approximately 60 Plymouth Colony colonial troops and 20 Wampanoag Christian Indians in pursuit of Narragansett India...
1676 Mar 29 Native Americans Completely Destroy Providence, RI
The new year of 1676 saw Philip weakened—somewhat. In January, he and his band traveled further west to Mohawk territory, seeking, but failing to secure, an alliance. The winter months sa...
1676 May 18 Captain William Turner of the Massachusetts Militia Ambush Native Americans at Peskeopscut
In April 1676 the Narragansett were defeated and their chief, Canonchet, was killed. On May 18, 1676, Captain William Turner of the Massachusetts Militia and a group of about 150 militia ...
1676 Jun 12 Force of 250 Native Americans Defeated Near Marlborough, as King Philip's Allies Begin to Desert War
With the help of their long-time allies the Mohegans, the colonists won at Hadley, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1676, and scattered most of the survivors into the wilds of New Hampshire and...
1676 Aug 12 King Philip is Shot Dead by Native American Pilgrim Ally, John Alderman
Philip's allies began to desert him. By early July, over 400 had surrendered to the colonists, and Philip himself had taken refuge in the Assowamset Swamp, below Providence, Rhode Island,...
1678 Apr 12 Sir Edmund Andros Negotiates Treaty with Northern Bands of Native Americans, Conclusively Ending King Philip's War
With Metacomet's death, the war in the south was largely ended. Over 600 colonists and 3,000 Indians had been killed. Several hundred more natives who had surrendered or been captured wer...