Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. == Prior to 19th century == Prior to 1602 - the Wampanoags, 'People of the Morning Light,' an Algonquian-speaking Native American group, inhabit the area from Narragansett Bay to the tip of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket 1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold an English privateer visits the site of New Bedford.

Source: Wikipedia — Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts (CC BY-SA 4.0)