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Peter Minuit founded Delaware
Peter Minuit found the land for New Netherlands. That became the First settlement of white people to live on the Delaware River. -
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Delaware History
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England seized New Netherlands
England came and defeated the Dutch and claimed it as part of the New York colony. -
William Penn gets Delaware
The Duke of York gave William Penn land. That land became Pennsylvania and Delaware. -
The Delaware colony starts
The three lower colonies of Pennsylvania left it and became there own region. First it was the three lower colonies, then Delaware. -
Wilmington is founded.
Thomas Willing started up a town named Willington. Later it became Wilmington. -
Representatives sent to First Continental Congress
Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, and George Read were sent for Delaware to the First Continental Congress. -
Representatives sent to the Stamp Act Congress
Delaware got two representatives to represent. Those two people were Caesar Rodney and Thomas McKean. -
The Delaware Assembly declares Independence from England.
On 1776, The three Lower Colonies adopted the Constitution and became the Delaware State. -
Delaware gets its first Governor
John McKinley became the first governor of Delaware. -
Delaware signs the Articles of Confederation
Delaware signed the Articles of Confederation which says that all states remained independent, with congress as the last choice. -
Delaware becomes the First state
On 1787 Delaware ratified the U.S. Constitution, and became the first state of the USA. -
Delawares name changes.
The Three Lower Colonies change their name to the State of Delaware. -
Public School Fund established
Delaware state legislature establishes public school fund. -
State house made
State house in Dover finished -
Gunpowder mill made
The DuPont gunpowder mill was established along the Brandwine River -
Delaware Captain causes turning point in war
Captain Thomas McDonough of Delaware defeated British on Lake Champlain which was the turning point in the war of 1812. -
Delaware signs treaty to end war
James Bayard of Delaware, one of the signers of Treaty of Ghent, helped end the War of 1812 -
Delaware canal starts building
The C&D canal starts getting built. -
Joseph Maull becomes governor of Delaware
Joseph Maull, who was born in Pilottown, becomes Delaware’s 34th governor, serving only nine weeks before dying on 3 May 1846. -
First iron-hulled steamship
America's first iron-hulled propeller steamship, the Bangor, launched at Wilmington. -
13th amendment passed
13th Amendment to U. S. Constitution abolished slavery, so Delaware freed slaves -
Delaware votes against the 14th amendment
Delaware legislature voted against 14th Amendment to U. S. Constitution which guaranteed equal protection for all races -
Delaware made yacht that wins the American Cup
Steel-hulled racing yacht built in Wilmington, The Volunteer, won America's Cup -
Delaware gets land
In a Boundary dispute with Maryland, Delaware gets land, The Wedge. -
Delaware sends solders to World War 1
Approximately 10,000 Delawares served in World War 1 -
Delaware continues to control the Delaware river
The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed Delaware's right to control the Delaware river -
Delaware sends solders to World War 2
Approximately 30000 Delaware men and women served in World War 2 -
First Girl Governor
Ruth Ann Minner elected first woman governor of Delaware -
Millions of oil spill into the Delaware
A Cyprus-registered tanker spilled 30,000 gallons of crude oil into Delaware River, created 20-mile long slick, killed dozens of birds -
People evacuate From Hurricane Irma
Residents near Atlantic Ocean, Delaware River ordered to evacuate in advance of Hurricane Irene
