Important events in United States history By facebooker_1839050319529621 Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of the New World Sep 7, 1630 Boston Foundation Jul 4, 1776 Independence from Britain Sep 4, 1781 Los Angeles Foundation Jun 21, 1788 First constitution of the United States 1789 George Washington He was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. Sep 13, 1789 New York as the capital of the United States
He was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States.