Discovery
Discovery
- August 3, 1492 - Christopher Columbus sets sail to find a westward route to the east.
- October 12, 1492 - Christopher Columbus reportly the first European to set foot on the New World (in what is now the Dominican Republic).
- April 2, 1513 - Juan Ponce DeLeon establishes the first colony in what is now the United States (Saint Augustine, Florida).
- December 20, 1606 - Virginia Company settlers left London to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- May 14, 1607 - The first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
- December 4, 1619 - The first Thanksgiving is celebrated.
- May 9, 1689 - Britain declares war on France.
- May 24, 1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants.
- July 25, 1689 - France declares war on Britain.
- December 16, 1689 - English Parliament adopts a Bill of Rights.
- February 28, 1704 - French/Indian forces destroy Deerfield, Massachussetts.
- January 28, 1712 - American forces attack the Tuscarora Indians during the Tuscarora Indian War.
- September 2, 1752 - Britain and the colonies under its control adopt the Gregorian calendar.
- March 5, 1770 - British troops fire on a rock throwing crowd (known as "The Boston Massacre").
- June 9, 1772 - The first naval Battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Rhode Island.
- December 16, 1773 - The "Boston Tea Party" takes place as residents disguised as indians throw crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
- June 2, 1774 - Martial Law is declared in Massachussetts.
- October 26, 1774 - The Minute Men are established in America.
