Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gilbert" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Humphrey Gilbert">Humphrey Gilbert</a> establishes the first English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colony">colony</a> in North America, at what is now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador">St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</a>.