history By jamescunningham4343 500 Middle Ages Begin Jan 1, 1000 Leif Ericson explores North America Jan 1, 1100 Crusades Begin Jan 1, 1300 Crusades End Jan 1, 1350 Middle Ages End Jan 1, 1350 Renaissance Begins Jan 1, 1400 Portuguese Prince Henry encourages sea captains to sail south along the coast of Africa Jan 1, 1439 Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press Jan 1, 1488 Bartholomeu Dias reaches southern tip of Africa Aug 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain Jan 1, 1493 Christopher Columbus founds the first Spanish colony in the Americas Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails around southern tip of Africa to India Jan 1, 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see the Pacific Ocean, after crossing the isthmus of Panama Nov 8, 1519 Hernando Cortes marches into the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1522 Ferdinand Magellan leaves Spain (with 250 crew members and 5 ships) to sail around the world Jan 1, 1522 Magellan's crew returns, with only 1 ship and 18 crew members Jan 1, 1535 Francisco Pizarro captures the Incan emperor, Atahualpa Jan 1, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh sets sail for North America and attempts to colonize Roanoke Island Jan 1, 1600 Renaissance Ends Jan 1, 1607 Virginia founded Jan 1, 1619 First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA Jan 1, 1619 First African slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA Nov 1, 1620 Pilgrims settle in what is now Massachusetts Jan 1, 1622 New Hampshire founded Jan 1, 1624 New York founded Jan 1, 1630 Puritans settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony 6+9 Jan 1, 1632 Maryland founded Jan 1, 1636 Rhode Island founded May 1, 1636 Connecticut founded Jan 1, 1638 Delaware founded Jan 1, 1655 New Netherland takes over New Sweden Jan 1, 1663 The Carolinas founded Jan 1, 1664 - New Jersey founded Jan 1, 1676 Bacon's Rebellion Jan 1, 1682 Pennsylvania founded Jan 1, 1688 Glorious Revolution Jan 1, 1689 English Bill of Rights signed Jan 1, 1712 North Carolina founded Jan 1, 1712 South Carolina founded Jan 1, 1732 Georgia founded Jul 3, 1752 French and Indian War begins at Battle of Fort Necessity Jul 9, 1755 French troops defeat General Braddock Sep 18, 1759 Quebec surrenders to the British Sep 8, 1760 British troops take Montreal, ending the French & Indian War fighting in North America Feb 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain & France, ending the French & Indian War Oct 7, 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 Sep 5, 1764 Sugar Act Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 18, 1766 Sugar Act and Stamp Act are repealed May 1, 1767 Townshend Acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre May 10, 1773 Tea Act Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 22, 1774 Intolerable Acts Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence is accepted by delegates at the Continental Congress Aug 27, 1776 British victory at the Battle of Long Island Dec 26, 1776 American victory at the Battle of Trenton Oct 17, 1777 American victory at the Battle of Saratoga Nov 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation written Dec 30, 1777 Washington and troops camp at Valley Forge Dec 29, 1778 British seize Savannah, GA Feb 23, 1779 American victory at the Battle of Vincennes Sep 23, 1779 John Paul Jones commands the ship Bonhomme Richard and defeats the British ship Serapis in a rare American victory at sea Oct 7, 1780 American victory at the Battle of King's Mountain, SC7 Jan 5, 1781 Benedict Arnold (now fighting for the British) attacks and burns Richmond, VA Jan 7, 1781 American victory at the Battle of Cowpens, SC Mar 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified Mar 15, 1781 British victory at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC Dec 12, 1787 Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution Jun 21, 1788 New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify the Constitution, allowing it to go into effect Apr 30, 1789 George Washington takes office as POTUS May 29, 1790 Rhode Island is the final state to ratify the Constitution Dec 15, 1791 The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) is ratified Jun 1, 1792 Kentucky becomes a state Jan 23, 1795 11th Amendment (Suits Against States) Mar 4, 1797 John Adams takes office as POTUS Jul 1, 1797 XYZ Affair Jul 6, 1798 Alien & Sedition Acts Nov 16, 1798 Kentucky Resolution Dec 24, 1798 Virginia Resolution Mar 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson takes office as POTUS Feb 11, 1803 Marbury v. Madison tried before Supreme Court Jun 15, 1804 12th Amendment (Election of President & Vice President) Mar 4, 1809 James Madison takes office as POTUS Apr 30, 1812 Louisiana becomes a state Mar 4, 1817 James Monroe takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1825 John Quincy Adams takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison takes office as POTUS Apr 4, 1841 John Tyler takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1845 James Knox Polk takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1849 - Zachary Taylor takes office as POTUS Jul 9, 1850 Millard Fillmore takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1853 Franklin Pierce takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1857 James Buchanan takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln takes office as POTUS Apr 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson takes office as POTUS Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment (Abolition of Slavery) Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment (Rights of Citizens) Mar 4, 1869 Ulysses Simpson Grant takes office as POTUS Feb 2, 1870 15th Amendment (Voting Rights) Mar 4, 1877 Rutherford Birchard Hayes takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1881 James Garfield takes office as POTUS Sep 19, 1881 Chester Arthur takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1885 Grover Cleveland takes office as POTUS 4 Mar 4, 1889 Benjamin Harrison takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland takes office as POTUS (for the second time) Mar 4, 1897 William McKinley takes office as POTUS Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1909 William Howard Taft takes office as POTUS Feb 3, 1913 16th Amendment (The Income Tax) Mar 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson takes office as POTUS Apr 8, 1913 17th Amendment (Direct Election of Senators) Jan 16, 1919 18th Amendment (Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages) Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage) Mar 4, 1921 Warren Harding takes office as POTUS Aug 2, 1923 Calvin Coolidge takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover takes office as POTUS Jan 23, 1933 20th Amendment (Presidential Terms; Sessions of Congress) Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office as POTUS Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office as POTUS Dec 5, 1933 21st Amendment (Repeal of Prohibition) Apr 12, 1945 Harry S Truman takes office as POTUS Mar 1, 1951 22nd Amendment (Limit on Number of President's Terms) Jan 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy takes office as POTUS Apr 3, 1961 23rd Amendment (Presidential Electors for District of Colombia) Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson takes office as POTUS Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment (Abolition of Poll Tax in National Elections) Feb 11, 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Succession and Disability) Jan 20, 1969 Richard M. Nixon takes office as POTUS Jul 1, 1971 26th Amendment (Voting Age) Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Ford takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 1977 Jimmy Carter takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 1989 George H. W. Bush takes office as POTUS May 7, 1992 27th Amendment (Congressional Pay Increases) Jan 20, 1993 William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 2001 William Jefferson Clinton takes office as POTUS Jan 20, 2001 George W. Bush takes office as POTUS
