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1614 adrian block reprsentin the dutch sails up the conneticut river to found conneticet
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1633 the dutch make a fortcalled the house of good hope, on the future site of Hartford 50 miles west .of the conneticet river
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1634 town of wintersfeild founded by people from Massachusetts .
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1636 Thomas hooker and other journey from Newtown (Cambridge) to found Hartford.
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1637 pequot war captain john mason leads colonist to decisive victory.
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76 conetticent participates in king Philips war king philop was a native amarican.
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1765- Sharp opposition to Stamp Act. Stamp act put a tax on stamps and they boy cotted it becase they wanted to be considerd free.
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1775- Several thousand militia rush to Massachusetts in Lexington Alarm. And defeated the british becase they knew ahead of time.
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1781-Benedict Arnold's attack upon New London and Groton involves massacre at Fort Griswold.
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1795- Connecticut Western Reserve lands (now Northeastern Ohio) sold for $1,200,000 and the proceeds were used to establish the School Fund.
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1812- War of 1812 unpopular in Connecticut; new manufactures, especially textiles, boom.
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1832 First Connecticut railroad incorporated as the Boston, Norwich and New London. There were used as means of transportain for certain goods
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1835 Revolver patented by Colt. Colt now maked many different guns not just a revolver
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1858 Famous Charter Oak tree felled in a storm. Were they put the stamp act poster
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1860 Lincoln speaks in several Connecticut cities.
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1901 First American state law regulating automobile speeds.before they cold only go 40mph so there was not a speed limit
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1907 First American state law regulating automobile speeds.
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1917 U.S. Navy Submarine School formally established at New London Naval Base, Groton. Were they learned and enrolled in the war for submarine control
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1944 Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford took 168 lives.
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1950-52 Approximately 52,000 Connecticut men serve in Korean War,
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1954 Nautilus, world's first atomic-Powered submarine, launched at Groton. Was made by the submarine school in grotan
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1955 Serious floods cause heavy damage and loss of life.
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1955 Shakespeare Memorial Theater opened at Stratford.
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1957 University of Hartford founded.
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1957 Ground broken for first building in New Haven's Oak Street redevelopment area.
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1958 129-mile Connecticut Turnpike opened.
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1960 Ground broken for first building in Hartford's Front Street redevelopment area; now known as Constitution plaza.
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1962-75 Approximately 104,000 Connecticut men and women served in the armed forces during the Vietnam War era.
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1972 Under constitutional amendment adopted in 1970, General Assembly held first annual session since 1886.
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1974 Ella Grasso, first woman elected Governor in Connecticut.
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1990 Eunice S. Groark , first woman elected lieutenant governor in Connecticut.
