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William Herschel discovers Infrared rays.
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the federal government moves to Washington, DC.
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Alessandro Volta produces electricity.
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The United States Library of Congress is founded.
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as President for his first term.
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US negotiates and buys the Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million. The US doubles its domain.
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Alexander Hamilton becomes mortally wounded after a duel with Aaron Burr.
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Lewis and Clark begin their journey of exploration in what is now northwest United States.
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Robert Fulton makes the first successful steamboat trip on Clermont between New York City and Albany.
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Robert E. Lee is born.
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James Madison is elected as the 4th President.
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Andrew Johnson is born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky.
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The War of 1812 takes place and the US gets freedom over the seas with Britain.
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The War ends with the treaty of Ghent.
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Missouri becomes a slave state. But anything north of a certain longitude and latitude has no slavery.
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Ulysses S. Grant is born.
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John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as President with John C. Calhoun as Vice President.
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as President.
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The Battle of the Alamo takes place in San Antonio, Texas when 3,000 Mexican troops attack its 189 defenders. Texas loses.
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico at a convention.
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The Battle of San Jacinto takes place with Sam Houston leading it. Santa Ana and his troops are taken prisoner.
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Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as President and Richard M. Johnson as Vice President.
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Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
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The first YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe wrote it in response of the Fugitive Slave Act. It sold 300,000 copies in its first years of publication.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act is law. Allows the issue of slavery to be decided by the vote of settlers.
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James Buchanan is sworn into into office.
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Oregon is admitted as the 33rd state.
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As a result of Lincoln becoming president, South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as President with Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President.
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Stonewall Jackson leads the Confederate forces. Confederacy wins against the Union.
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The Homestead Act is passed, granting family farms of 160 acres to settlers
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The Battle of Antietam is known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War. Union considered it a victory because Confederates ran. Led to McClellan's dismissal for failure to pursue.
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre, DC five days after the surrender.
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The Thirteenth Amendment takes effect.
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The Klu Klux Klan forms.
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The Secretary of State buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
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Ulysses S. Grant is sworn in as president.
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Hiram is the first African American to be sworn into the United States Congress.
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The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified. Black Americans can now vote.
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The United States celebrates its 100th birthday. A world fair is held in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
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The Statue of Liberty is given to the US as a gift for its 100th birthday.
