US History Timeline By US History User721 Period: Aug 20, 1490 to Aug 20, 2015 US History Timeline Oct 12, 1492 The Discovery of America by Columbus May 14, 1607 The Settlement of Jamestown Jul 3, 1754 The French and Indian War Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence Sep 28, 1781 The Battle of Yorktown May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention Oct 28, 1793 The invention of the cotton gin Jul 6, 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts Apr 30, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 Mar 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise Dec 2, 1828 Andrew Jackson’s Election May 10, 1837 The Panic of 1837 Jan 11, 1838 The invention of the telegraph May 23, 1838 The Trail of Tears Apr 25, 1846 The Mexican-American War Jan 29, 1850 The Compromise of 1850 Apr 12, 1861 The Firing on Fort Sumter Sep 22, 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Dec 6, 1865 The 13th Admentment Feb 24, 1868 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Jul 9, 1868 The 14th Admendment Feb 3, 1870 The 15th Admendment Mar 10, 1876 The invention of the Telephone Oct 14, 1878 The invention of Edison's Electric Light Apr 5, 1882 The Organization of Standard Oil Trust Jul 6, 1892 The Homestead Strike May 11, 1894 The Pullman Strike Apr 25, 1898 The Spanish-American War Sep 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Teddy became president following William McKinley's assasination in September of 1901 Dec 17, 1903 The invention of the Airplane Oct 1, 1908 The Invention of the Model T Jan 11, 1917 The Zimmerman Telegram Nov 11, 1918 The WWI Armistice Aug 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh’s Flight over the Atlantic Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany Period: Mar 9, 1933 to Jan 1, 1938 The New Deal Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 The Attack on Pearl Harbor Jan 1, 1942 The formation of United Nations Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Feb 22, 1946 The Long Telegram Apr 4, 1949 The Formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 Russians Explode An Atomic Bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Court Case (end date) Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 JFK’s Assassination Aug 7, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jul 20, 1969 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Jun 17, 1972 The Watergate Break-ins Aug 9, 1974 Nixon’s Resignation Jan 1, 1983 ARPANET adopts TCP/IP ("Invention of the internet") Nov 9, 1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall Aug 6, 1991 The World Wide Web Announced Sep 11, 2001 The 9/11 Attacks on the World Trade Centers
