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Oct 12, 1492
The Discovery of America by Columbus
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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The French and Indian War (Start Date)
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The French and Indian War (End Date)
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The Boston Tea Party
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Battle of Yorktown (Start Date)
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The Battle of Yorktown (End Date)
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Constitutional Convention (Start Date)
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The Constitutional Convention (End Date)
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The Invention of the Cotton Gin
This was the day its patent was granted. It was not validated until 1807. -
The Alien Enemies Act
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The Sedition Act
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The Louisiana Purchase
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The War of 1812 (Start Date)
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The War of 1812 (End Date
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The Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson's Election
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The Panic of 1837
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Invention of the Telegraph
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The Trail of Tears
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The Mexican-American War (Start Date)
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The Mexican-American War (End Date)
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The Compromise of 1850
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The Firing on Fort Sumter
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Reconstruction Amendments - 13th, 14th, 15th (Start Date)
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The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
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Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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The Reconstruction Amendments - 13th, 14th, 15th (End Date)
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The Invention of the Telephone
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The Invention of the Electric Light
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes (Start Date)
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The Pullman and Homestead Strikes
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The Spanish-American War (Start Date)
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Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
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The Invention of the Airplane
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The Organization of Standard Oil Trust
