| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1633 | | Small pox epidemic further decimates coastal Indian groups. | A succession of epidemics reduced the Massachusetts by as much as 90%. Other groups were totally wiped out. In contrast, the Narragansetts of Rhode Island were lightly affected. | Indians, epidemic, Rhode Island |
| 1635 | | Roger Williams founds Providence, RI | Banished from the Bay Colony for his religious beliefs, Williams and his followers found refuge among the Narragansetts. | colony, settlement, Indians, Rhode Island |
| 1637 | | Anne Hutchinson banished, settles Portsmouth, RI | Among her supporters was Mary Dyer, a future religious martyr. | Rhode Island, Puritans, Hutchinson, Antinomian |
| 1656 | | First Quaker missionaries arrive in New England | Between 1656-1661, at least 40 Quakers preached in Massachusetts. Some came from England, others from Barbados or Rhode Island | Quaker, Whittier |
| 1675 | | King Philip's War | Read a modernized version of Philip's account of Indian grievances originally contained in a narrative by the Rhode Island Quaker, John Easton | Indians, Philip |
| 1766 | | Hundreds, including slaves and free blacks, begin holding religious meetings in Sarah Osborne's home in Newport, Rhode Island. | Osborne called these my "resting, reaping times." In 1770, she is instrumental in getting Samuel Hopkins installed as pastor of a Newport church. | |
| 1822 | | Rhode Island Historical Society founded | | |
| 1835 | | Rhode Island Historical Society collects materials from Indian graves. | This is only one example of New England museums accessioning grave goods, bones, and hair from burial sites deliberately or accidentally disturbed. | museums, bones, Indians |
| 1842 | | Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island | | |
| 1842 |  | Eleanor Field gives the Rhode Island Historical Society a basket purportedly made during King Philip's War. | | |
| 1859 | | Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing | Stowe's hero was a Newport, Rhode Island minister named Samuel Hopkins. | Stowe, abolition, slavery |
| 1928 | | A New York surgeon founds the Abbe Museum on Mount Desert Island, Maine | While summering in Bar Harbor, Dr. Abbe was fascinated by the ancient Native American tools found in nearby shell heaps. As he began collecting these artifacts, he realized the need for safe permanent storage. | |
