- Historical outline of the United States
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outline of thehistory of theUnited States of America withhyperlink s to relevant Wikipedia articles.Outline
1490s
*On
1493-11-14 , a Spanish fleet under the command of "Cristoforo Colombo " (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large inhabited island that he names "Santa Cruz" (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Colombo then visits and names "San Tomas" (Saint Thomas) and "San Juan" (Saint John). Colombo names the archipelago "Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes" (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, now theVirgin Islands ).
*On1493-11-19 , "Colombo" lands on a larger island inhabited byTaíno people that he names "San Juan Bautista" (Saint John the Baptist, nowPuerto Rico ).1500s
*Spanish
conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishesCapárra , the first settlement of on the island of "San Juan Bautista",1508-08-08 1510s
*A Spanish expedition led by
Juan Ponce de León lands on a huge inhabited island (later determined to be a continental peninsula) that he names "La Pascua Florida" (the Feast of Flowers, now Florida) onEaster Sunday ,1513-04-02 1520s
*Three Spanish ships under the command of
Ferdinand Magellan land on theIsland of Guam after a seemingly endless eleven week voyage across thePacific Ocean ,1521-03-06 . Magellan names the archipelago "Las Isles de las Velas Latinas" (The Islands of the Latine Sails). When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies, natives take iron from the ships. Magellan renames the archipelago "Las Islas de los Ladrones" (The Islands of the Thieves).1540s
*A Spanish expedition led by
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands at a bay of thePacific Ocean that he names "San Miguel" (Saint Michael , nowSan Diego, California ),1542-09-28 1550s
*A Spanish expedition led by
Tristán de Luna y Arellano establishes a colony at "Santa Maria de Ochuse" (Pensacola, Florida) on1559-08-15
**A hurricane destroys most of the Ochuse colony five weeks later on1559-09-19 1560s
*A French expedition led by
Jean Ribault establishes a colony at "Fort de la Caroline " (nearJacksonville, Florida ) on1564-06-22
*A Spanish expedition led byPedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes a colony about 10 leagues (56 kilometers or 35 miles) farther south at San Agustín (Saint Augustine, Florida ) on1565-09-08
*Spanish Governor Menéndez destroys "Fort de la Caroline " and murders itsFrench Huguenot colonists and sailors, 15651570s
*Spanish Jesuit priests establish "Mission Santa Maria" on "Ajacàn" (the
Virginia Peninsula ),1570-09-10 -15721580s
*Most Roman Catholic countries adopt the new
Gregorian calendar , 1582
*English establishRoanoke Colony onRoanoke Island in Virginia (nowNorth Carolina ), 15841590s
*A resupply party finds the
Roanoke Colony dismantled and deserted,1590-08-18
*Spanish GovernorJuan de Oñate Salazar founds the colony of "Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico " at "San Juan de los Caballeros " (New Mexico ),1598-07-11 1600s
*French establish the colony of "
l'Acadie " (Acadia ) on "Île Sainte-Croix" (Saint Croix Island, Maine ), June 1604-1605
*English establish theVirginia Colony on Jamestown Island,1607-05-14
*English establish thePopham Colony alongKennebec River (Maine ),1607-08-13 -August 1607
*First Anglo-Powhatan War , 1609-16131620s
*English
Puritans establish theNewe-Plymouth Colony ,1620-11-11
*Netherlanders establish the province of "Nieuw-Nederland " (New Netherland ) along theHudson River , May 1624
*EnglishPuritans establish theNewe-England Colony ,1628-09-06
*KingCharles I of England grants theNewe-England Colony a royal charter as theGovernour and Company of the Mattachusetts Bay in Newe-England ,1629-03-04 1630s
*English
Puritan s establish theSaybrook Colony along theConnecticut River , 1635
*EnglishPuritan s establish theRiver Colony along theConnecticut River ,1636-03-03
*Roger Williams establishes theColony of Providence , June 1636
*Pequot War ,1636-07-20 -1637-05-26
*Swedish establish the colony of "Nya Sverige " (New Sweden ) along theDelaware River ,1638-03-29
*English establish theNewe-Haven Colony ,1638-04-14
*Anne Hutchinson establishes the first of thecolonies of Rhode Island , 16381640s
*The
Long Parliament grants a charter for theColony of Providence Plantations including theColony of Providence and thecolonies of Rhode Island , March 1644
*Second Anglo-Powhatan War , 1644-1646
*TheConnecticut Colony annexes theSaybrook Colony , 16441660s
*King
Charles II of England grants theRiver Colony a royal charter as theColony of Connecticut , May 1662
*KingCharles II of England grants a royal charter for theColony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , 1663
*England seizes "Nieuw-Nederland " from theNetherlands ,1664-08-27 . England splits "Nieuw-Nederland" into theProvince of New-York and theProvince of New-Jersey .
*TheColony of Connecticut annexes theNew-Haven Colony ,1665-01-05
*Second Anglo-Dutch War ,1665-03-04 -1667-07-31 1670s
*
Third Anglo-Dutch War ,1672-04-07 -1674-03-05
**ANetherlands fleet under the command ofCornelis Evertsen de Jongste captures theProvince of New-York , August 1673.
**Netherlands military government of "Nieuw-Nederland ", August 1673-1674-03-05
**Treaty of Westminster,1674-02-19
**England regains control of theProvince of New-York ,1674-03-05
*TheProvince of New-Jersey is split into theProvince of East Jersey and theProvince of West Jersey ,1673-03-18
*King Philip's War ,1675-06-08 -1676-08-12 1680s
*
Pueblo Revolt inSanta Fé de Nuevo Méjico ,1680-08-10 -1692-09-14
**Popé leads revolt ofPuebloan peoples against Spanish rule,European culture , andChristian religion ,1680-08-10
**Spanish settlers fleeSanta Fé forEl Paso del Norte ,1680-08-21
**New Spanish GovernorDiego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras reconquersSanta Fé de Nuevo Méjico ,1692-09-14
*KingCharles II of England grantsWilliam Penn a charter for theProvince of Pennsylvania ,1681-03-04
*William Penn leases thethree lower counties on the Delaware River (Delaware) fromJames, Duke of York , March 1682
*William Penn writes the firstFrame of Government of Pennsylvania (including thethree lower counties on the Delaware River ),1682-04-02
*Dominion of New-England in America ,1686-06-03 -1689-05-18
**England creates theDominion of New-England in America to rule theColony of Massachusetts Bay , theColony of New-Plymouth , theProvince of New-Hampshire , theProvince of Main , and the Narraganset Country or King's Province,1686-06-03
**England adds theColony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and theConnecticut Colony to theDominion of New England in America ,1686-09-09
**England adds theProvince of New-York , theProvince of East Jersey , and theProvince of West Jersey to theDominion of New-England in America ,1688-05-07
**The government of theDominion of New-England in America collapses,1689-05-18 . TheColony of Massachusetts Bay , theColony of New-Plymouth , theProvince of New-Hampshire , theProvince of Main , the Narraganset Country or King's Province as theDominion of New-England in America , theColony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , theConnecticut Colony theProvince of New-York , theProvince of East Jersey , and theProvince of West Jersey resume their previous self-governance.
*King William's War , 1689-1697-09-20
**Treaty of Ryswick ,1697-09-20 1690s
*English
diarch sWilliam and Mary organize theProvince of Massachusetts Bay as acrown colony including theMassachusetts Bay Colony , theNew-Plymouth Colony ,Martha's Vineyard ,Nantucket Island , theProvince of Maine , and the English claims inNova Scotia ,1691-10-07 1700s
*
England reunites theProvince of East Jersey and theProvince of West Jersey as theProvince of New-Jersey
*Queen Anne's War , 1702-1713-04-11
**Treaty of Utrecht ,1713-04-11
*William Penn grants thethree lower counties on the Delaware River their own General Assembly, making Delaware a semi-autonomous region of theProvince of Pennsylvania , November 1704-1776-07-04
*TheKingdom of England and theKingdom of Scotland unite to become theKingdom of Great Britain on1707-05-01 . England's colonies become British colonies.1710s
*
Tuscarora War , 1711-1715-02-11
*France cedes "l'Acadie " toEngland with theTreaty of Utrecht ,1713-04-11
*Yamasee War , 1715-17171720s
*
Dummer's War , 1721-17251730s
*King
George II of Great Britain grantsJames Oglethorpe a charter for theProvince of Georgia ,1732-04-21
*War of Jenkins' Ear , 1739-17481740s
*
King George's War , 1740-1748-10-18
**Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle,1748-10-18 1750s
*
Spain establishes "El Presidio Reál San Ignacio de Tubac " in "Sonora y Sinaloa " (nowArizona ),1752-06-02
*TheUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and theBritish Empire adopt theGregorian calendar ,1752-09-14
*French and Indian War ,1754-05-28 -1763-02-10
**Britain orders all FrenchAcadians to leaveNova Scotia in "Le Grand Dérangement ",1755-08-11
**Treaty of Paris,1763-02-10 1760s
*
Pontiac's Rebellion , 1763-1767
*Royal Proclamation of 1763 ,1763-10-07
**British Indian Reserve,1763-10-07 -1783-09-03
*War of the Regulation , 1764-1771
*Spain establishes "El Presidio Reál de San Diego " in "California ",1769-05-14 1770s
*British troops kill five civilians in
Boston on1770-03-05
*Spain establishes colony of "Las Californias ",1770-06-03 -1804-03-26
**Spain establishes "El Presidio Reál de San Carlos de Monterey ",1770-06-03
*Dunmore's War , 1773-1774
*Parliament passes theMassachusetts Government Act ,1774-05-20
**TheMassachusetts Provincial Congress is organized in response to theMassachusetts Government Act ,1774-10-07
*American Revolutionary War ,1775-04-19 -1783-09-03
**Battles of Lexington and Concord ,1775-04-19
**TheProvince of New Hampshire adopts aconstitution for an independentState of New Hampshire ,1776-01-05
**TheProvince of South Carolina adopts aconstitution for an independentState of South Carolina ,1776-03-15
**TheColony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from theKingdom of Great Britain ,1776-05-04
**TheColony of Connecticut declares its independence from theKingdom of Great Britain ,1776-06-18
**TheColony of Virginia adopts aconstitution for an independentCommonwealth of Virginia ,1776-06-29
**TheProvince of New Jersey adopts aconstitution for an independentState of New Jersey ,1776-07-02
**The 13 BritishNorth America n provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as theUnited States of America declare their independence from theKingdom of Great Britain ,1776-07-04
**Battles of Saratoga ,1777-09-19 and1777-10-07
**Battle of the Chesapeake ,1781-09-05
**Siege of Yorktown ,1781-09-28 -1781-10-19
**Treaty of Paris,1783-09-03
*Spain establishes "El Presidio Reál de San Francisco de Asis " in "Las Californias ",1776-09-17
*English explorerJames Cook becomes the first European to visit theHawaiian Islands which he names theSandwich Islands ,1778-01-18 1780s
*The
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts takes effect on1780-10-25 , changing the name of theState of Massachusetts Bay .
*Spain establishes "El Presidio Reál de Santa Barbara " in "Las Californias ",1782-04-21
*Northwest Indian War , 1785-1795-08-03
**Treaty of Greenville ,1795-08-03
*Shays' Rebellion ,1786-08-29 -1787-05-25
*ThePhiladelphia Convention writes a newConstitution of the United States of America ,1787-05-25 -1787-09-17
*TheCongress of the Confederation organizes theTerritory Northwest of the River Ohio ,1787-07-13
*TheState of Delaware becomes the1st State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1787-12-07 It has been customary to rank the original 13 states not by date of colonial founding, or date of declaration of independence, but by date of ratification of theConstitution of the United States of America . Subsequent states are ranked by the date of their admission to the Union.]
*TheCommonwealth of Pennsylvania becomes the2nd State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1787-12-12
*TheState of New Jersey becomes the3rd State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1787-12-18
*TheState of Georgia becomes the4th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-01-02
*TheState of Connecticut becomes the5th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-01-09
*TheCommonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the6th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-02-06
*TheState of Maryland becomes the7th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-04-28
*TheState of South Carolina becomes the8th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-05-23
*TheConstitution of the United States of America takes effect when theState of New Hampshire becomes the9th State to ratify the document on1788-06-21
*TheCommonwealth of Virginia becomes the10th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-06-25
*TheState of New York becomes the11th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1788-07-26
*A new government under theConstitution of the United States of America comes into being on1789-03-04
*George Washington becomes the 1stPresident of the United States on1789-04-30
*TheState of North Carolina becomes the12th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1789-11-21 1790s
*The
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations becomes the13th State to ratify theConstitution of the United States of America on1790-05-29
*TheVermont Republic is admitted to the Union as theState of Vermont (the14th State ) on1791-03-04
*Whiskey Rebellion , 1791-1794
*TheUnited States Bill of Rights , the first ten amendments to theConstitution of the United States of America , takes effect on1791-12-15
*The United States sells theErie Triangle to theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania ,1792-03-03
*TheDistrict of Kentucky of theCommonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as theCommonwealth of Kentucky (the15th State ) on1792-06-01
*TheEleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1795-02-07
*TheTerritory South of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as theState of Tennessee (the16th State ) on1796-06-01
*John Adams becomes the 2ndPresident of the United States on1797-03-04
*TheTerritory of Mississippi is organized,1798-04-07
*Quasi-War , 1798-18001800s
*The
Territory of Indiana is organized,1800-05-07
*Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rdPresident of the United States on1801-03-04
*First Barbary War , 1801-1805
*TheTerritory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as theState of Ohio (the17th State ) on1803-03-01
*The United States takes possession of theLouisiana Purchase ,1803-12-20
*Spanish creates the colony of "Alta California " from northern portion of "Las Californias ",1804-03-26 -1821-08-24
*Lewis and Clark Expedition ,1804-05-14 -1806-09-23
**Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches thePacific Ocean ,1805-11-18
*TheTwelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1804-06-15
*Battle of Sitka , October 1804
*TheTerritory of Orleans is organized and theDistrict of Louisiana is created,1804-10-01
*TheTerritory of Michigan is organized,1805-06-30
*TheTerritory of Louisiana is organized,1805-07-04
*Pike Expedition ,1806-07-15 -1807-07-01
**Spanish cavalry arrestsPike Expedition ,1807-02-26
*TheTerritory of Illinois is organized,1809-03-01
*James Madison becomes the 4thPresident of the United States on1809-03-04 1810s
*
Mexican War of Independence ,1810-09-16 -1821-08-24
**Grito de Dolores ,1810-09-16
**Treaty of Córdoba ,1821-08-24
*TheRepublic of West Florida declares its independence fromSpain ,1810-09-23
*The United States unilaterally annexes theFlorida Parishes of SpanishFlorida Occidental ,1810-10-27
*Tecumseh's War , 1811
*A tremendous earthquake strikes the region around New Madrid in theTerritory of Louisiana (Missouri ),1812-02-07
*TheTerritory of Orleans is admitted to the Union as theState of Louisiana (the18th State ) on1812-04-30
*TheTerritory of Louisiana is renamed theTerritory of Missouri on1812-06-04
*War of 1812 ,1812-06-18 -1815-02-12
**The United States declares war on theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ,1812-06-18
**Battle of Lake Erie on1813-09-10
**Battle of Bladensburg on1814-08-24
**Burning of Washington on1814-08-24
**Battle of Plattsburgh ,1814-09-06 -1814-09-11
**Battle of Baltimore ,1814-09-12 -1814-09-15
**Treaty of Ghent ,1814-12-24
**Battle of New Orleans on1815-01-08
*Creek War , 1813-1814
*First Seminole War , 1814-1819
*Second Barbary War ,1815-03-03 -1816-12-23
**The United States declares war on Algiers,1815-03-03
*TheTerritory of Indiana is admitted to the Union as theState of Indiana (the19th State ) on1816-12-11
*TheTerritory of Alabama is organized,1817-03-03
*James Monroe becomes the 5thPresident of the United States on1817-03-04
*TheTerritory of Mississippi is admitted to the Union as theState of Mississippi (the20th State ) on1817-12-10
*TheTerritory of Illinois is admitted to the Union as theState of Illinois (the21st State ) on1818-12-03 .
*TheTerritory of Arkansaw is organized,1819-07-04
*TheTerritory of Alabama is admitted to the Union as theState of Alabama (the22nd State ) on1819-12-14 1820s
*The
District of Maine of theCommonwealth of Massachusetts is admitted to the Union as theState of Maine (the23rd State ) on1820-03-15
*The southeastern portion of theTerritory of Missouri is admitted to the Union as theState of Missouri (the24th State ) on1821-08-10 . The remainder of the Missouri Territory becomes unorganized.
*TheTerritory of Florida is organized,1822-03-30
*John Quincy Adams becomes the 6thPresident of the United States on1825-03-04
*Winnebago War , 1827
*Andrew Jackson becomes the 7thPresident of the United States on1829-03-04 1830s
*
Nat Turner's slave rebellion ,1831-08-21 -1831-08-22
*Black Hawk War , 1832
*Second Seminole War , 1835-1842
*Toledo War , 1835-1836
*Texas Revolution ,1835-10-02 -1836-10-02
**Battle of the Alamo ,1836-02-23 -1836-03-06
**Texas Declaration of Independence ,1836-03-02
**Battle of San Jacinto ,1836-04-21
*Texas-Indian Wars ,1836-05-19 -1875-06-02
**Fort Parker massacre ,1836-05-19
**Council House massacre ,1840-03-19
*TheTerritory of Arkansaw is admitted to the Union as theState of Arkansas (the25th State ) on1836-06-15
*TheTerritory of Wisconsin is organized,1836-07-03
*The United States buys thePlatte Purchase from the recently relocated Iowa, Sac, and Fox nations,1836-09-17 . The purchase includes the region east of theMissouri River , south ofSullivan Line , and west of the mouth of the Kaw (Kansas) River.
*TheTerritory of Michigan is admitted to the Union as theState of Michigan (the26th State ) on1837-01-26
*Martin Van Buren becomes the 8thPresident of the United States on1837-03-04
*ThePlatte Purchase is annexed to theState of Missouri ,1837-03-28
*Missouri Mormon War,1838-08-06 -1838-11-01
*TheTerritory of Iowa is organized,1838-07-04
*Aroostook War , 1838-1839
*Honey War , 18391840s
*
William Henry Harrison becomes the 9thPresident of the United States on1841-03-04
*John Tyler becomes the 10thPresident of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on1841-04-04
*The extralegalProvisional Government of Oregon governs theOregon Country ,1843-05-02 -1848-08-14
*Illinois Mormon War ,1844-06-07 -1846-09-17
**Murder of Joseph Smith, Jr.,1844-06-27
**Battle of Nauvoo ,1846-09-12 -1846-09-17
*Treaty of Wanghia ,1844-07-03
*TheTerritory of Florida is admitted to the Union as theState of Florida (the27th State ) on1845-03-03
*James K. Polk becomes the 11thPresident of the United States on1845-03-04
*TheRepublic of Texas is admitted to the Union as theState of Texas (the28th State ) on1845-12-29
*Mexican-American War ,1846-04-24 -1848-02-02
**The United States declares war on Mexico,1846-05-11
**Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ,1848-02-02
*Biddle Expedition arrives atUraga Harbor inJapan ,1846-07-20
*The southeastern portion of theTerritory of Iowa is admitted to the Union as theState of Iowa (the29th State ) on1846-12-28 . The remainder of the Iowa Territory becomes unorganized.
*Cayuse War ,1847-11-29 -1855-06-11
**Walla Walla Treaty,1855-06-11
*The southeastern portion of theTerritory of Wisconsin is admitted to the Union as theState of Wisconsin (the30th State ) on1848-05-29 . The remainder of the Wisconsin Territory becomes unorganized.
*TheTerritory of Oregon is organized,1848-08-14
*TheTerritory of Minnesota is organized,1849-03-03
*The extralegalTerritory of Deseret governs theGreat Basin region,1849-05-03 -1850-09-09
*Zachary Taylor becomes the 12thPresident of the United States on1849-03-04 1850s
*
Millard Fillmore becomes the 13thPresident of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on1850-07-09
*TheState of California is admitted to the Union as the31st State on1850-09-09
*TheTerritory of New Mexico and theTerritory of Utah are organized,1850-09-09
*TheTerritory of Washington is organized,1853-02-08
*Franklin Pierce becomes the 14thPresident of the United States on1853-03-04
*Perry Expedition arrives atUraga Harbor inJapan ,1853-07-14
**Convention of Kanagawa ,1854-03-31
*TheTerritory of Kansas and theTerritory of Nebraska are organized,1854-05-20
*Sioux Wars ,1854-08-19 -1890-12-29
**Grattan massacre ,1854-08-19
**Wounded Knee massacre ,1890-12-29
*James Buchanan becomes the 15thPresident of the United States on1857-03-04
*Utah Mormon War ,1857-05-28 -1858-07-08
**Mountain Meadows massacre ,1857-09-11
*The eastern portion of theTerritory of Minnesota is admitted to the Union as theState of Minnesota (the32nd State ) on1858-05-11 . The remainder of the Minnesota Territory becomes unorganized.
*The extralegalTerritory of Jefferson governs theSouthern Rocky Mountains region,1859-10-24 -1861-02-28
*The western portion of theTerritory of Oregon is admitted to the Union as theState of Oregon (the33rd State ) on1859-02-14 . The remainder of the Oregon Territory is annexed to theTerritory of Washington .1860s
*The
State of South Carolina becomes the 1st state to secede from the Union on1860-12-20
*TheState of Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union on1861-01-09
*TheState of Florida becomes the 3rd state to secede from the Union on1861-01-10
*TheState of Alabama becomes the 4th state to secede from the Union on1861-01-11
*TheState of Georgia becomes the 5th state to secede from the Union on1861-01-19
*TheState of Louisiana becomes the 6th state to secede from the Union on1861-01-26
*The eastern portion of theTerritory of Kansas is admitted to the Union as theState of Kansas (the34th State ) on1861-01-29 . The remainder of the Kansas territory becomes unorganized.
*TheState of Texas becomes the 7th state to secede from the Union on1861-02-01
*The 7 rebelliousslave state s ofSouth Carolina ,Mississippi ,Florida ,Alabama , Georgia,Louisiana , andTexas create the rivalConfederate States of America on1861-02-04
*TheTerritory of Colorado is organized,1861-02-28
*TheTerritory of Nevada is organized,1861-03-02
*TheTerritory of Dakota is organized,1861-03-02
*Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16thPresident of the United States on1861-03-04
*A rump government declares itself theConfederate Territory of Arizona on1861-03-16
*American Civil War ,1861-04-12 -1865-06-23
**Battle of Fort Sumter ,1861-04-12 -1861-04-13
**TheCommonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state to secede from the Union on1861-04-17
**Union naval blockade of the Confederacy,1861-04-19 -1865-04-09
**TheState of Arkansas becomes the 9th state to secede from the Union on1861-05-06
**TheCommonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-05-07
**TheState of North Carolina becomes the 10th state to secede from the Union on1861-05-20
**TheState of Arkansas becomes the 9th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-05-18
**TheState of North Carolina becomes the 10th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-05-21
**TheState of Tennessee becomes the 11th state to secede from the Union on1861-06-08
**TheState of Tennessee becomes the 11th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-07-02
**First Battle of Bull Run ,1861-07-21
**A rump government claiming to represent theState of Missouri declares its secession from the Union on1861-10-31
**A rump government claiming to represent theCommonwealth of Kentucky declares its secession from the Union on1861-11-20
**The rump government of theState of Missouri becomes the 12th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-11-28
**The rump government of theCommonwealth of Kentucky becomes the 13th state admitted to the Confederacy on1861-12-10
**The rump government of theConfederate Territory of Arizona becomes the only Confederate Territory on1862-02-14
**Battle of Shiloh ,1862-04-06 -1862-04-07
**Battle of Antietam ,1862-09-17
**TheTerritory of Arizona is organized,1863-02-24
**TheTerritory of Idaho is organized,1863-03-04
**Siege of Vicksburg ,1863-05-18 -1863-07-04
**The northwestern region of theCommonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as theState of West Virginia (the35th State ) on1863-06-20
**Battle of Gettysburg ,1863-07-01 -1863-07-03
**President Lincoln issues theEmancipation Proclamation on1863-09-22
**Siege of Atlanta,1864-05-07 -1864-09-02
**TheTerritory of Montana is organized,1864-05-28
**TheState of Nevada is admitted to the Union as the36th State on1864-10-31
**Battle of Appomattox Courthouse ,1865-04-09
*Andrew Johnson becomes the 17thPresident of the United States upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on1865-04-15
*TheThirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1865-12-18
*TheState of Tennessee becomes the 1st Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1866-07-24
*TheTerritory of Nebraska is admitted to the Union as theState of Nebraska (the37th State ) on1867-03-01
*President Andrew Johnson is impeached by theUnited States House of Representatives ,1868-02-24
**President Andrew Johnson is acquitted by theUnited States Senate ,1868-05-16
*TheState of Arkansas becomes the 2nd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-06-22
*TheState of Florida becomes the 3rd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-06-25
*TheState of North Carolina becomes the 4th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-07-04
*TheFourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1868-07-09
*TheState of Louisiana becomes the 5th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-07-09
*TheState of South Carolina becomes the 6th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-07-09
*TheState of Alabama becomes the 7th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1868-07-13
*TheTerritory of Wyoming is organized,1868-07-25
*Ulysses S. Grant becomes the 18thPresident of the United States on1869-03-04 1870s
*The
Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1870-01-26
*TheFifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ,1870-02-03
*TheState of Mississippi becomes the 9th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1870-02-23
*TheState of Texas becomes the 10th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1870-03-30
*TheState of Georgia becomes the 11th and last Confederate State readmitted to the Union on1870-07-15
*The United States attacks Korea,1871-06-10 -1871-07-03
*Black Hills War ,1876-03-17 -1877
**Battle of the Little Bighorn ,1876-06-25 -1876-06-26
*The nation celebrates theCentennial of the United States of America despite news from the Little Bighorn,1876-07-04
*TheTerritory of Colorado is admitted to the Union as theState of Colorado (the38th State ) on1876-08-01
*Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19thPresident of the United States on1877-03-04 1880s
*
James A. Garfield becomes the 20thPresident of the United States on1881-03-04
*Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21stPresident of the United States upon the assassination of President James Garfield on1881-09-19
*The portion of theDakota Territory south of the42nd parallel north and west of theMissouri River is annexed to theState of Nebraska ,1882-03-28
*Grover Cleveland becomes the 22ndPresident of the United States on1885-03-04
*Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rdPresident of the United States on1889-03-04
*TheTerritory of Dakota is admitted to the Union as theState of North Dakota and theState of South Dakota (the39th State and the40th State ) on1889-11-02 The states ofNorth Dakota andSouth Dakota were admitted to the Union at precisely the same time. Since the names of the new states were officially published in alphabetical order, it has been customary to consider North Dakota to be the39th State andSouth Dakota to be the40th State .]
*TheTerritory of Montana is admitted to the Union as theState of Montana (the41st State ) on1889-11-08
*TheTerritory of Washington is admitted to the Union as theState of Washington (the42nd State ) on1889-11-11 1890s
*The
Territory of Oklahoma is organized,1890-05-02
*TheTerritory of Idaho is admitted to the Union as theState of Idaho (the43rd State ) on1890-07-03
*TheTerritory of Wyoming is admitted to the Union as theState of Wyoming (the44th State ) on1890-07-10
*Grover Cleveland becomes the 24th (as well as the 22nd)President of the United States on1893-03-04
*TheTerritory of Utah is admitted to the Union as theState of Utah (the45th State ) on1896-01-04
*William McKinley becomes the 25thPresident of the United States on1897-03-04
*Spanish-American War ,1898-04-23 -1898-08-12
**Teller Amendment blocksUnited States annexation ofCuba ,1898-04-20
**TheSpanish Empire declares war on the United States,1898-04-23
**Invasion of Guantánamo Bay,1898-06-06 -1898-06-10
**Capture of Guam ,1898-06-20 -1898-06-21
**Battle of Santiago de Cuba ,1898-07-03
**Invasion of Puerto Rico,1898-07-25 -1898-08-13
**Protocol of Peace signed on1898-08-12
**Treaty of Paris,1898-12-10
***The United States annexes thePhilippines ,Porto Rico (sic), andGuam ,1898-12-10
***The United States formally occupiesCuba ,1899-01-01 -1902-05-20
**Platt Amendment promotesUnited States hegemony ofCuba ,1901-03-02
*TheTerritory of Hawaii is organized,1898-07-07
*Second Samoan Civil War ,1898-08-22 -1899-11-14
**Anglo-German Samoa Convention ,1899-11-14
***The United States annexesEastern Samoa ,1899-12-02
*Philippine-American War ,1899-06-02 -1913-06-15
**Philippine Declaration of Independence ,1898-06-12
**The Philippines declares war on the United States,1899-06-02
**Moro Rebellion ,1902-05-02 -1913-06-15
**Organic Act for the Philippine Islands,1902-07-01
**President Theodore Roosevelt declares the end ofPhilippine-American War ,1902-07-04
*Boxer Rebellion ,1899-11-02 -1901-09-07
**TheSociety of Right and Harmonious Fists attacksBeijing ,1900-06-20
**TheEight-Nation Alliance relievesBeijing ,1900-08-14
**TheBoxer Protocol is imposed onChina ,1901-09-07 1900s
*A hurricane strikes
Galveston, Texas , killing approximately 8,000 people,1900-09-08
*Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26thPresident of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley on1901-09-14
*The United States recognizes the independence of theRepublic of Cuba ,1902-05-20
**The United States formally ends its occupation ofCuba ,1902-05-20
*The United States seizes opportunity to build aship canal across theIsthmus of Panama ,1903-01-22 -1914-08-15
**The United States and theRepublic of Colombia sign theHay-Herran Treaty ,1903-01-22
**TheCongress of Colombia rejects theHay-Herran Treaty ,1903-08-12
**TheUnited States Navy patrol gunboat USS Nashville blocks Colombian attempts to suppress a Panamanian separatist movement,1903-10-26 -1904-03-04
**TheRepublic of Panama declares its independence from theRepublic of Colombia ,1903-11-03
**United States Marines occupy region around proposed canal,1903-11-04 -1914-01-21
**The United States and theRepublic of Panama sign theHay-Bunau Varilla Treaty ,1903-11-18
***The United States annexes thePanama Canal Zone ,1903-11-18
*A tremendous earthquake strikes theSan Francisco, California region,1906-04-18
*The United States reoccupiesCuba ,1906-09-29 -1909-01-28
*TheTerritory of Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as theState of Oklahoma (the46th State ) on1907-11-16
*William Howard Taft becomes the 27thPresident of the United States on1909-03-04 1910s
*The
Territory of New Mexico is admitted to the Union as theState of New Mexico (the47th State ) on1912-01-06
*TheTerritory of Arizona is admitted to the Union as theState of Arizona (the48th State ) on1912-02-14
*TheDistrict of Alaska is reorganized as theTerritory of Alaska ,1912-08-24
*TheSixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1913-02-03
*Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28thPresident of the United States on1913-03-04
*TheSeventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1913-04-08
*TheUnited States occupation of Veracruz ,1914-04-21 -1914-11-23
*ThePanama Canal opens to shipping,1914-08-15
*TheUnited States occupation of Haiti ,1915-07-28 -1934-08-11
*Doroteo Arango Arámbula (Pancho Villa) orders raid on Columbus, New Mexico,1916-03-09
*General John Pershing leads Mexican Expedition,1916-03-14 -1917-02-07
*TheUnited States occupation of the Dominican Republic ,1916-05-16 -1924-07-13
*The United States purchases theDanish West Indies fromDenmark ,1917-01-17
*World War I ,1914-07-28 -1918-11-11
**The United States declares war on the German Reich,1917-04-06
**Armistice with Germany,1918-11-11
**TheTreaty of Versailles and theCovenant of the League of Nations are signed,1919-06-28
**TheUnited States Senate rejects theTreaty of Versailles primarily because ofArticle X of the Covenant of the League of Nations ,1920-03-20
**TheUnited States Congress declares end of war,1921-07-02
*Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War ,1918-05-26 -1920-04-01
**TheAmerican Expeditionary Force Siberia ,1918-08-15 -1920-04-01
**TheAmerican Expeditionary Force North Russia ,1918-09-04 -1919-08-05
*TheEighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1919-01-29 1920s
*The
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1920-08-18
*Warren G. Harding becomes the 29thPresident of the United States on1921-03-04
*Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30thPresident of the United States upon the death of President Warren Harding on1923-08-02
*Hurricane San Felipe Segundo strikes theLeeward Islands ,Puerto Rico , theBahamas , andFlorida killing more than 4,000 people,1928-09-06 -1928-09-20
*Herbert Hoover becomes the 31stPresident of the United States on1929-03-04
*Great Depression ,1929-09-03 -1939-09-01
**Wall Street Crash,1929-09-03 -1932-07-08
***Black Tuesday ,1929-10-29 1930s
*The
Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified,1933-01-23
*Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32ndPresident of the United States on1933-03-04
*TheEighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is repealed by theTwenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution ,1933-12-05 1940s
*The United States assumes the defense of
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat ),1941-04-09 -1946
*The United States assumes the defense ofIceland ,1941-07-27 -1946
*The United States andBrazil assume the defense ofNetherlands Guiana (Suriname ),1941-11-24 -1946
*World War II ,1939-09-01 -1945-09-02
**TheEmpire of Japan invades Manchuria,1931-09-19
**The Italian Empire invades Ethiopia,1935-10-03
**The German Reich invades Poland,1939-09-01
**TheEmpire of Japan attacks Pearl Harbor,1941-12-07
**The United States declares war on theEmpire of Japan ,1941-12-08
**The German Reich declares war on the United States,1941-12-11
**The United States declares war on the German Reich and the Italian Empire,1941-12-11
**Aleutian Islands Campaign ,1942-06-03 -1943-08-15
**The United States declares war onBulgaria ,Hungary , andRomania ,1942-06-05
**Allied Forces invade Sicily,1943-07-09
**Allied Forces invade Italy,1943-09-03
**Italy secretly signs an armistice with Allied Forces,1943-09-03
**Allied Forces invade Normandy,1944-06-06
**Japan launchesfire balloons into the northwestern United States,1944-11-03 -1945-04-15
**Allied Forces invade Okinawa,1945-03-18
**German Instrument of Surrender signed1945-05-07 and1945-05-08
**The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima,1945-08-06
**The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki,1945-08-09
**Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed1945-09-02
*Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rdPresident of the United States upon the death of President Franklin Roosevelt on1945-04-12
*The United States and 50 other nations form theUnited Nations ,1945-10-24
*TheLeague of Nations ceases operation,1946-04-20
*Berlin Blockade ,1948-06-24 -1949-05-11
**Berlin Airlift ,1948-06-25 -1949-09-30 1950s
*
Korean War ,1950-06-25 -1953-07-27
**North Korea invadesSouth Korea ,1950-06-25
**TheUnited Nations invadeNorth Korea ,1950-09-15
**China invadesNorth Korea ,1950-11-01
**China invadesSouth Korea ,1951-01-01
**Korean Armistice Agreement signed1953-07-27
*TheTwenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1951-02-27
*Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34thPresident of the United States on1953-01-20
*TheTerritory of Alaska is admitted to the Union as theState of Alaska (the49th State ) on1959-01-03
*Vietnam War , March 1959-1975-04-30
**The United States sends military advisors to theRepublic of Vietnam ,1955-02-12
**The United States and theVietnam People's Army wage covert war inLaos , October 1962-1975
**The United States begins bombing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam,1964-08-02
**The United States sends regular ground troops to the Republic of Vietnam,1965-03-08
**Battle of Khe Sanh ,1968-01-21 -1968-04-08
**Tet Offensive ,1968-01-30 -1968-09-23
***Battle of Hue ,1968-01-30 -1968-03-03
**The United States covertly bombsVietnam People's Army military targets inCambodia , 1968-1970
**Battle of Hamburger Hill ,1969-05-10 -1969-05-20
**The United States and theArmy of the Republic of Vietnam invade Cambodia,1970-04-29 -1970-07-22
**Paris Peace Accords ,1973-01-27
**The United States ,1973-03-27
**Fall of Saigon ,1975-04-30
*TheTerritory of Hawaii is admitted to the Union as theState of Hawaiʻi (the50th State ) on1959-08-21 1960s
*
Cuba confiscates property of United States companies and citizens,1960-07-05
*John F. Kennedy becomes the 35thPresident of the United States on1961-01-20
*TheTwenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1961-03-29
*Cuban exile s supported by the United States invade Cuba,1961-04-17 -1961-04-19
*United States embargo against Cuba , since1962-02-07
*Cuban Missile Crisis ,1962-10-15 -1962-10-28
**United States naval quarantine of Cuba ,1962-10-24 -1962-12-31
*Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36thPresident of the United States upon the assassination of President John Kennedy on1963-11-22
*TheTwenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1964-01-23
*A tremendous earthquake strikes the region aroundAnchorage, Alaska , onGood Friday ,1964-03-27
*The United States and allies invade the Dominican Republic,1965-04-28 –September 1966
*TheTwenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified,1967-02-10
*Richard Nixon becomes the 37thPresident of the United States on1969-01-20
*Neil Armstrong andBuzz Aldrin are first people to walk on the Moon,1969-07-20 -1969-07-21 1970s
*The
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1971-07-01
*Eugene Cernan andHarrison Schmitt are the last Apolloastronaut s to walk on the Moon,1972-12-11 -1972-12-14
*The United States airlifts military supplies toIsrael during theYom Kippur War ,1973-10-12 -1973-11-14
*Gerald Ford becomes the 38thPresident of the United States upon the resignation of President Richard Nixon on1974-08-09
*The nation celebrates theBicentennial of the United States of America ,1976-07-04
*Jimmy Carter becomes the 39thPresident of the United States on1977-01-20
*Iran hostage crisis ,1979-11-04 -1981-01-20
*The United States transfers sovereignty of thePanama Canal Zone back to theRepublic of Panama ,1979-10-01 1980s
*
Mount Saint Helens erupts,1980-05-18
*Ronald Reagan becomes the 40thPresident of the United States on1981-01-20
*The United States joinsMultinational Force in Lebanon ,1982-08-29 -1984-02-26
**Truck bombings kill 307 inBeirut ,1983-10-23
*The United States invades Granada,1983-10-25 -1983-12-15
*The United States pursues theStrategic Defense Initiative ,1984-03-27 -1993-05-13
**President Ronald Reagan presentsStar Wars speech ,1983-03-23
*Black Monday,1987-10-19
*Somali Civil War , since 1988
**TheUnited Nations intervenes in theSomali Civil War ,1992-07-27 -1995-03-03
***The United States leads theUnified Task Force ,1992-12-09 -1993-05-04
***The United States deploys independentTask Force Ranger ,1993-08-08 -1994-03-31
****Battle of Mogadishu,1993-10-03 -1993-10-04
*George H.W. Bush becomes the 41stPresident of the United States on1989-01-20
*The United States invades Panama,1989-12-20 –1990-02-13 1990s
*Persian Gulf War,
1990-08-02 –1991-02-28
**TheRepublic of Iraq invades theState of Kuwait ,1990-08-02
**The United States and allies invade Kuwait and Iraq,1991-02-24
*The United States and allies enforce a no-fly zone over Iraq north of the36th parallel north ,1991-04-07 -1996-12-31
*War in Bosnia and Herzegovina ,1992-04-01 -1995-12-14
**TheUnited Nations airlifts humanitarian aid toBosnia and Hercegovina ,1992-07-02 -1996-01-09
**NATO enforces ban on unauthorized military flights overBosnia and Hercegovina ,1993-04-13 -1995-08-30
**NATO bombs Bosnian Serb Army inBosnia and Herzegovina ,1995-08-30 -1995-09-20
*TheTwenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect,1992-05-05
*The United States and allies enforce a no-fly zone over Iraq south of the32nd parallel north ,1992-08-27 -1996-09-04
*Bill Clinton becomes the 42ndPresident of the United States on1993-01-20
*The United States contributes troops forUnited Nations peacekeeping inMacedonia ,1993-07-09 -
*The United States and allies invade Haiti,1994-09-19 -1995-03-31
*Dot-com bubble ,1995-01-04 -2000-03-10
*Kosovo War ,1996-04-22 -1999-06-11
**NATO bombs the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,1999-03-24 -1999-06-10
*The United States and allies enforce an expanded no-fly zone over Iraq south of the33rd parallel north ,1996-09-04 -2003-04-30
*Al-Qaeda simultaneously bombs United States embassies inDar es Salaam ,Tanzania , andNairobi ,Kenya ,1998-08-07 . The car bombs kill 223 people and injure more than 4000.
*The United States and theUnited Kingdom bomb Iraq,1998-12-16 -1998-12-19
*TheUnited States House of Representatives impeaches President Bill Clinton,1998-12-19
**TheUnited States Senate acquits President Bill Clinton,1999-02-12
*The United States transfers ownership of thePanama Canal to theRepublic of Panama ,1999-12-31 2000s
*
Dot-com collapse ,2000-03-10 -2002-10-10
*United States housing bubble , 2000-2006
*Al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole atAden inYemen ,2000-10-12
*George W. Bush becomes the 43rdPresident of the United States on2001-01-20
*Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States,2001-09-11
*Afghanistan War, since2001-10-07
**The United States and allies invade Afghanistan,2001-10-07
*President George W. Bush declares theIslamic Republic of Iran , theRepublic of Iraq , and theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea to be the "Axis of Evil ",2002-01-29
*Iraq War , since2003-03-19
**The United States and allies invade the Republic of Iraq,2003-03-19
*Hurricane Katrina strikesFlorida on2005-08-25 , andLouisiana andMississippi on2005-08-29 . Subsequent failure of drainage canals floods 80% ofNew Orleans .
*United States housing collapse, since 2006Maps
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