Chapter 55
UNITED STATES HISTORY IN GREEF. 1492 August 3 Columbus sails from Palos, Spain. 1492 October 12 Columbus discovered America. 1607 May 13 The English made first permanent settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. 1609 September 11 Henry Hudson commanding the half moon sailed into New York Harbor.
1620 November 11 The Mayflower containing the pilgrims arrived at Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1620 December 22 The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1690 September 25 The first American newspaper was published at Boston, Massachusetts. 1732 February 22 George Washington first president of the republic was born. 1743 April 13 Thomas Jefferson was born.
1765 March 22 Passage of the Stamp Act. 1767 March 15 Andrew Jackson born. 1770 March 5 Massacre and riot in the streets of Boston, Massachusetts. 1773 December 16 The famous Boston Tea Party was organized. 1775 April 18 The ride of Paul Revere warning inhabitants of the coming battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
1775 April 19 The Battle of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. 1775 May 20 The first Declaration of Independence was signed at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. 1775 June 17 Battle of Bunker Hill at Charlestown, Massachusetts. 1776 March 17 The British evacuated Boston. 1776 June 17 George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the American forces.
1776 July 4 The Declaration of Independence was formally signed at Philadelphia. 1776 August 27 Battle of Long Island. 1776 December 26 Battle of Trenton. 1781 October 19 Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, Virginia. 1783 January 20 The United States and Great Britain agreed upon secession of hostilities.
1783 November 25 New York was evacuated by the British. 1789 April 30 George Washington was inaugurated first president of the United States. 1790 June 28 Washington District of Columbia was made the capital of the United States. 1791 August 30 Issue of the first United States patent. 1792 April 2 United States Mint established at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1793 September 18 Laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol at Washington District of Columbia. 1784 May 8 Congress established the post office department. 1796 September 17 President Washington issued his farewell address. 1799 December 14 Death of President Washington. 1807 January 19 Birth of General Robert E. Lee.
1807 August 11 First trial trip of a steamboat by Robert Fulton, its inventor on the Hudson River. 1809 February 12 Birth of Abraham Lincoln. 1813 September 10 Perry's victory on Lake Erie. 1815 January 8 Battle of New Orleans. 1816 December 13 Establishment at Boston, Massachusetts of the first savings bank in the United States.
1819 May 22 The first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean sailed from Atlanta, Georgia. 1844 May 27 First telegraph message sent by Professor Morse, the inventor of telegraphy. 1846 April 23 Beginning of the Mexican War. 1847 February 22 Battle of Buena Vista. 1847 September 14 Capture of the city of Mexico by the United States Army.
1851 August 27 The yacht America won the International Cup race at Cowes, England. 1858 August 16 The old world and the new world connected by telegraphic cable. 1859 October 18 Capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. 1860 December 20 South Carolina seceded from the Union. 1861 April 12 Fort Sumter, South Carolina bombarded.
1861 April 15 President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers. 1861 July 21 Battle of Bull Run. 1862 March 9 Fight in Hampton Roads, Virginia between the Monitor and the Merrimack. 1862 April 28 New Orleans evacuated. 1862 June 6 Capture of Memphis, Tennessee.
1862 September 15 General Stonewall Jackson captured Harpers Ferry. 1862 September 17 Battle of Antietam. 1863 January 1 President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Emancipation. 1863 February 25 Passage of the National Bank Act. 1863 July 1 to 3 Battle of Gettysburg.
1863 September 19 Battle of Chickamauga. 1864 March 6 to 8 Battle of the Wilderness. 1864 June 19 The warship Kearsarge sank the Alabama. 1864 September 2 General Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia. 1865 April 9 General Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
1865 April 14 John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln. 1867 March 30 Treaty for the Purchase of Alaska signed. 1869 May 10 Completion of the Union Pacific Railroad. 1871 October 8 Great Fire at Chicago. 1881 July 2 President Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau.
1886 May 4 Haymarket riot at Chicago. 1889 May 31 Great Flood at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 1893 February 14 The Hawaiian Islands annexed to the United States. 1897 June 14 Venezuela Boundary Line Treaty ratified by Congress. 1898 February 15 United States Battleship Maine blown up in Havana Harbor.
1898 April 21 Severance of diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States. 1898 April 27 Matanzas, Cuba fired upon by American warships. 1898 May 1 Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila. 1898 May 6 United States fleet bombarded Santiago, Cuba. 1898 May 12 Admiral Sampson fired upon San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1898 June 3 Hobson sank the Merrimack in the harbor of Santiago that he might block the channel. 1898 June 22 First Landing of the United States troops in Cuba. 1898 July 3 The Spanish fleet destroyed at Santiago. 1898 July 16 Santiago surrendered. 1898 August 13 Manila surrendered.
1898 November 28 End of the Spanish-American War. 1901 September 6 President McKinley killed by Leon Zolgols. 1901 September 16 Hay-Ponce-Foote Canal Treaty ratified by Congress. 1902 July 4 Declaration of Peace with Philippine Islands and amnesty granted to all insurgents. 1904 May 4 The United States took control of the Panama Canal.
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