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1636- Colony founded by Thomas Hooker and a few other colonists, found to get away from MA.
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In 1636 Hartford is founded, by Thomas Hooker, which later became a very important place of trade.
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Connecticut houses war against the Pequot and has a righteous victory.
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The colony of Connecticut enacts the first written constitution in the western hemisphere.
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Connecticut, joins in forming the Confederation, making an extremely short-lived military among the New England Colonies.
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Connecticut creates the first American public library
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Connecticut colonists become uneasy about land claims and their legal standing with England.
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Fought in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Edmund Andros marched to Connecticut and attempts to force them to surrender their charter, however the colonists of Connecticut hid the charter in the old oak tree.
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Connecticut resumes their charter after the rule of Edmund Andros declares they longer are to receive a charter.
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Connecticut men contribute to the planning and taking of Ticonderoga.
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The British attack Danbury, Connecticut, with little opposition from patriotic forces
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The colony of Connecticut makes amazing strides as it transitions into statehood.
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The first banks of Connecticut are made in Hartford, New London and New Haven.
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The Farmington Canal is opened
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Dr. Horace is the first to use anesthesia, which was made in Connecticut.
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First telephone in world opened in New Haven.
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13 people die in train wreck in Hartford.
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U.S. Coast Guard Academy moves to New London.
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First Connecticut college for women founded at New London.
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Approximately 67,000 Connecticut men serve in World War 1
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University of New Haven founded.
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University of Bridgeport founded.
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St. Joseph College founded in West Hartford.
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Approximately 210,000 Connecticut men serve in World War II.
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Shakespeare Memorial Theater opened at Stratford.
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Ella Grasso is the first woman elected Governor in Connecticut
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Connecticut first state to adopt civil unions for same sex couples without having being directed by a court.
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Connecticut elects M. Jodi Rell as the second female Governor.
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Connecticut decides unions are not enough and automatically are transferred to marriage
