US History Timeline

By Killtec
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

  • Settlement of Jamestown

  • Start of French and Indian War

  • End of French and Indian War

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • Begin Battle of Yorktown

  • End of Battle of Yorktown

  • Constitutional Convention

    This took place from May 25 to September 17.

  • Invention & Patenting of the Cotton Gin

  • The Alien and Sedition Acts are Signed

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    This is the same day as my sister's birthday, just 201 years earlier.

  • Start of the War of 1812

  • End of the War of 1812

  • The Missouri Compromise

  • Andrew Jackson's Election

    This date isn't solid; it's just what I could find.

  • Invention of the Telegraph

    Another questionable date; I'll leave it at today's date of the year it was invented by Sammy Morse.

  • The Panic of 1837

    This was a financial crisis that lasted several years.

  • The Trail of Tears

    Same as the other unknowns; just doing the year it happened.

  • Beginning of the Mexican-American War

  • End of the Mexican-American War

  • The Compromise of 1850

  • The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Organization of the Standard Oil Trust

    Supposedly formed in the year on the timeline; it was disbanded in 1911

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abe Lincoln's Assassination

  • Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are Ratified

  • Invention of the Telephone

  • Invention of the Light Bulb

    Only the month and year are solid dates.

  • Homestead Strike

    Another date not solid.

  • The Pullman Strike

    Exact date not solid.

  • The Spanish-American War

    This ended in August of the same year.

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    I couldn't find an exact day, but the year is solid.

  • Invention of the Airplane