1693. Episcopal church established at New York.

1695.

First printing-press established in New York, by William Bradford.
Rice introduced into Carolina.

1698. First French colony arrive at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Captain Kidd, the pirate, apprehended at Boston.
Episcopal church established in Pennsylvania.

1699.

1700.

1701.

Oct., Yale college chartered and founded at Saybrook.

1702. 1703.

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1704.

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1706.

1709.

Episcopal church established in New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Culture of silk introduced into Carolina.

Duty of £4 laid on imported negroes, in Massachusetts.
Tonnage duty laid by Rhode Island on foreign vessels.

Act"to prevent the growth of popery," passed by Maryland.

First newspaper (Boston News Letter) published at Boston, by Batholomew
Green.

Bills of credit issued by Carolina.

First printing-press in Connecticut, established at New London, by Thomas
Short.

1711. South Sea Company incorporated.

1712.

1714. 1717.

1718.

Free schools founded in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
First schooner built at Cape Ann.

Yale college removed from Saybrook to New Haven.

Impost duties laid by Massachusetts on English manufactures and English ships.

1719. First presbyterian church founded in New York.

Tea first used in New England.

Inoculation for smallpox introduced into New England.
Paper-money first issued in Pennsylvania.

First newspaper in New York (the New York Gazette), published by Wil-
liam Bradford.

First printing-presses established in Virginia and Maryland.
Earthquake in New England.

First printing-press and newspaper established at Charleston, South Carolina.
Tobacco made a legal tender in Maryland at 1d. per pound, and corn at 20d.
per bushel.

Feb. 22, George Washington born.

First printing-press and newspaper established at Newport, Rhode Island.
Georgia settled.

Freemason's lodge first held in Boston.

Earthquake in New Jersey.

College founded at Princeton, New Jersey.

Jan. 1, General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, first published by Ben jamin Franklin.

Defeat of General Braddock. July 9.

Earthquake in North America.

First newspaper (Connecticut Gazette) published at New Haven.

May 17, war declared with France by Great Britain.

First printing-press and newspaper established at Portsmouth, New Hamp shire, by Daniel Fowle.

July 26, Louisburg taken by the English.

Aug. 27, Fort Frontenac taken by the English.

Nov. 25, Fort Du Quesne (now Pittsburgh) taken by the English.
Ticonderoga taken by the English.

Sept. 18, Quebec taken by the English.

Mar. 12, earthquake in New England.

Feb. 10, treaty of peace signed at Paris, between the English and French.
First newspaper published in Georgia.

Mar., right to tax American colonies voted by house of commons.
April 5, first act for levying revenue passed by parliament.

21, Louisiana ordered to be given up to Spain.

Stamp act passed by parliament.

Mar. 22, stamp act receives the royal assent.

1765.

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1766.

1767. 1769.

May 29, Virginia resolutions against the right of taxation.
June 6, general congress proposed by Massachusetts.

Oct. 7, congress of twenty-seven delegates convenes at New York, and publishes a
declaration of rights and resolutions against the stamp-act.

Feb., Dr. Franklin examined before the house of commons, relative to the repeal of the stamp-act; Mar. 18, stamp-act repealed.

Tax laid on paper, glass, painters' colors, and teas.

Dartmouth college incorporated; American philosophical society instituted at Phila. 1770. Mar. 5, Boston massacre.

Dec. 18, tea thrown overboard at Boston.

Mar. 31, Boston port-bill passed; Sept 4, first continental Congress at Philadelphia.
Dr. Franklin dismissed from the post-office.

April 19, battle of Lexington; May 10, Ticonderoga taken by the provincials.

June 17, battle of Bunker's Hill; July 2, General Washington arrives at Cambridge.
Dec. 13. resolution of Congress to fit out a navy of thirteen ships.

31, assault on Quebec, and death of General Montgomery.

Mar. 17, Boston evacuated by the British; July 4, declaration of independence.
Aug. 27, battle of Long Island; Sept. 15, British take possession of New York.
Oct. 28, battle of White Plains; Nov. 16, capture of Fort Washington.
Dec. 26, battle of Trenton.

Jan. 3, battle of Princeton; Aug. 16, battle of Bennington.

Sept. 11, battle of Brandywine; Sept. 19, first battle of Stillwater.

Sept. 27, British army enters Philadelphia; Oct. 4. battle of Germantown.

Oct. 7, second battle of Stillwater; 17, Surrender of the British army under Burgoyne.

Nov. 15, articles of confederation adopted by Congress, and finally ratified by the states in March, 1781, Maryland being the last state to adopt them.

Feb. 6, treaty of alliance with France, ratified by Louis XVI.

June 28, battle at Monmouth courthouse; Dec. 29, Savannah taken by the British.
Mar. 3, battle of Briar creek; May 14, Norfolk taken by the British.
June 20, battle of Stono Ferry.

July 5th & 7th, Fairfield and Norwalk, Conn., burned by the British.

July 16, storming and capture of Stony Point by the Americans, under Wayne.

July and August, Sullivan's expedition against the Indians on the Susquehanna.
Sept. 23, Paul Jones captures two British frigates.

April 14, battle at Monk's Corner, South Carolina; May 6, battle on the Santee river.

May 12, surrender of Gen. Lincoln and American army, at Charleston.

July 12, French fleet and army arrive at Rhode Island.

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Aug. 16, battle of Sander's Creek, near Camden.

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Sept. 23. treason of Gen. Arnold, and arrest of Major Andre.

Oct. 2. Major Andre executed; Oct. 7, battle of King's Mountain.

Nov. 12, battle of Broad River; Nov. 20, battle at Blackstock.

Dec. 20, war between England and Holland.

Bank of North America established.

January, expedition of the British, under Arnold, to Virginia.

Jan. 17, battle of the Cowpens; Feb., retreat of Gen. Greene in North Carolina.

Mar. 15, battle of Guilford courthouse; April 25, battle of Hobkirk's Hill near Camden.

Aug. 14, American and French allied army march from the Hudson river near New
York, to Virginia.

Sept. 8, battle of Eutaw Springs, and close of the campaign in South Carolina.

Oct. 19, surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the British army.

Feb. 27, resolutions of the house of commons in favor of peace.

Mar 20, resignation of Lord North, and accession of a whig cabinet in England.

April 19, independence of the United States acknowledged by Holland.

June 24. last battle of the Revolutionary war- a skirmish near Savannah, Georgia;

some slight skirmishes in South Carolina in August, in one of which, Colonel John Laurens of South Carolina was killed.

Nov. 13, preliminary articles of peace between the United States and Great Britain,
signed at Paris.

January 20, preliminary treaties between France, Spain, and Great Britain, signed at
Versailles.

Independence of the United States acknowledged by Sweden, Feb. 5; by Denmark,
Feb. 25; by Spain, March 24; and by Russia, in July.

April 11, peace proclaimed by Congress; 19, announced to the army by Washington.
Sept. 3, definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris.

Oct. 18, proclamation for disbanding the army; Nov. 2, Washington's farewell orders.
Nov. 25, New York evacuated by the British.
Feb., first voyage from China to New York.

1785. July 9, and Aug. 5, treaty with Prussia.

1786.

Shay's insurrection in Massachusetts; Sept. 20, insurrection in New Hampshire. 1787. Sept. 17, federal constitution agreed on by convention.

1790.

1791.

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1792. 1793.

1794.

1796.

1797.

1798.

1799. 1800.

1801.

District of Columbia ceded by Virginia and Maryland.
May 29, constitution adopted by Rhode Island.
Mar. 4, Vermont admitted into the Union.
Bank of the United States established.

First folio Bible printed by Worcester of Mass.
June 1, Kentucky admitted into the Union.
Washington re-elected president.

Death of John Hancock.

Insurrection in Pennsylvania.

June 1, Tennessee admitted into the Union.
Dec. 7, Washington's last speech to Congress.
March 4, John Adams inaugurated president.
Washington reappointed commander-in chief.
Dec. 14, death of George Washington.

Seat of government removed to Washington.
May 13, disbanding of the provisional army.
March 4, Thomas Jefferson inaugurated president.
July 20, Louisiana ceded to France by Spain.
1803. Feb. 19, Ohio admitted into the Union.

1802.

1803.

April 30, Louisiana purchased by the United States.
August, Commodore Preble bombards Tripoli.
June 3, treaty of peace with Tripoli.

Expedition of Lewis and Clark to the mouth of the Columbia.
June 22, attack on the frigate Chesapeake.

July 2, interdict to armed British vessels.

May 16, engagement between the frigate President and Little Belt.

1812. April 3, embargo laid for ninety days.

June 19, proclamation of war. (War declared June 18th.)

Aug. 15, surrender of General Hull.

Action between the frigates Constitution and Guerriere.
Nov., defeat at Queenstown.

Action between the Frolic and Wasp.

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United States and Macedonian.

April 8, Louisiana admitted into the Union.
April 27, capture of York, Upper Canada.
May 27, battle of Fort George.

June 1, Chesapeake captured by the Shannon.
Sept. 10, Perry's victory on Lake Erie.

March 28, action between the frigates Essex and Phoebe.

"25, battle of Bridgewater.

August, Washington city captured, and capitol burnt.

66 9, 11, Stonington bombarded.

11, M'Donough's victory on Lake Champlain.

Sept. 12, battle near Baltimore.

Dec. 24, treaty of Ghent signed.

"25, battle of New Orleans.

Feb. 17, treaty of Ghent ratified by the president.
March, war declared with Algiers.

Mar. 4, James Monroe inaugurated president.
Dec. 10, Mississippi admitted into the Union.

1818. Dec. 3, Illinois

1819. Dec. 14, Alabama

March 13, convention with Great Britain, for suppression of slave-trade.
April 5, convention with Russia in relation to the northwest boundary.
August 13, arrival of General Lafayette.

Mar. 4, John Quincy Adams inaugurated president.

Sept. 7, departure of General Lafayette.

July 4, death of Presidents Adams and Jefferson.

Feb. 20, resolutions passed by the Virginia house of delegates, denying the right of Congress to pass the tariff bill.

March 4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated president.

May 2, hail fell in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the depth of twelve inches.
"17, death of John Jay, at Bedford, New York.

Sept. 15, slavery abolished in Mexico.

Nov. 9, separation of Yucatan from Mexico, and union with the republic of
Central America.

Dec. 4, revolution commences in Mexico.

Jan. 20, General Bolivar resigns his military and civil commissions.

"27, city of Guatemala nearly destroyed by earthquakes.

April 4, Yucatan declares its independence.

Jan. 12, remarkable eclipse of the sun.

1830.

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1831.

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Oct. 1, free-trade convention at Philadelphia.

July 4, death of James Monroe.

"26, tariff convention at New York.

Feb. 6, attack on Qualla Battoo, in Sumatra, by U. S. frigate Potomac.

June 8, cholera breaks out at Quebec, in Canada; being its first appearance

in America.

Aug. 27, capture of Blackhawk.

Dec. 28, John C. Calhoun resigns the office of vice-president.
Mar. 1, new tariff-bill signed by the president.

Sept. 26, university of New York organized.

Nov., union and state-rights convention of South Carolina.

May 16,

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"11, state-rights convention of South Carolina.

"29, Santa Anna elected president of Mexico.

Oct. 1, public deposites removed from the bank of the United States, by order of General Jackson.

Nov. 13, remarkable meteoric showers in the United States.

Mar. 28, vote of censure by the senate against General Jackson, for remo
ving the deposites.

April 18, French indemnity-bill passes the chamber of deputies.
Dec. 16, great fire in New York.

April 21, battle of San Jacinto, in Texas.

June 14, Arkansas admitted into the Union.

Dec. 15, burning of the general postoffice and patent office, at Washington.
Jan. 26, Michigan admitted into the Union.

Mar. 4, Martin Van Buren inaugurated president of the United States.
Jan. 19, antarctic continent discovered by the U. S. exploring expedition.
June 30, sub-treasury bill becomes a law.

Mar. 4, William Henry Harrison inaugurated president of the United States.
April 4, death of President Harrison.

Aug. 9, sub-treasury bill repealed.

"18, bankrupt act becomes a law.

1843. March 3, bankrupt act repealed.

June 17, Bunker Hill monument celebration.
Mar. 1, Texas annexed to the United States.

66 3, Florida admitted into the Union.

66 4, James K. Polk inaugurated president. June 18, death of Andrew Jackson.

Dec. 24, Texas admitted into the Union.

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"9, battle of Resaca de la Palma, do.

"6 13, proclamation of war existing with Mexico.

June 18, United States senate advise the president to confirm the Oregon treaty with Great Britain.

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"8, President Polk vetoes the French spoliation bill.

10, Congress adjourns.

18, Brigadier-General Kearney of United States army, takes possession of Santa Fe.

"19, Commodore Stockton blockades the Mexican ports on the Pacific.
Sept. 21, 22, 23, battles of Monterey, Mexico.

"26, California expedition with Colonel Stevenson's regiment of 780 offi
cers and men, sails from New York.

Oct. 25, Tabasco in Mexico, bombarded by Commodore Perry.

Nov. 14, Commodore Conner takes Tampico.

Dec. 6, General Kearney defeats the Mexicans at San Pasqual.

25, Colonel Doniphan defeats the Mexicans at Brazito, near El Paso. 66 28, Iowa admitted into the Union.

Jan. 8, Mexican Congress resolve to raise fifteen millions of dollars on the prop erty of the clergy for the war with the United States.

"6 8, 9, battles of San Gabriel and Mesa in California, fought by General Kearney, who defeats the Mexicans.

"14, revolt of the Mexicans in New Mexico against the United States authorities.

"24, battle of Canada, in New Mexico. Mexicans defeated by the Americans under Colonel Price.

Feb. 22, 23, battle of Buena Vista.

Mexicans 21,000 in number, under Gen

eral Santa Anna, defeated by 4,500 Americans under General Taylor.
"28, battle of Sacramento. Colonel Doniphan, with 924 Americans, defeats
4,000 Mexicans.

Mar. 1, General Kearney declares California a part of the United States.

20, city and castle of Vera Cruz taken by the army and navy of the United States, under General Scott and Commodore Perry.

April 2, Alvarado taken by the Americans under Lieutenant Hunter.

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18, battle of Cerro Gordo.. Mexicans under Santa Anna defeated by the Americans under General Scott.

18, Tuspan in Mexico taken by Commodore Perry.

May 1, Smithsonian Institution at Washington, corner-stone laid.

Aug. 20, battles of Contreras and Churubusco, in Mexico. Mexicans defeated
by Americans under General Smith, part of General Scott's command.
31, new constitution of Illinois adopted by state convention.

Sept. 8, battle of Molina del Rey, near the city of Mexico. The Americans -under General Worth (part of Scott's command), defeat the Mexicans under General Santa Anna.

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12, 14, battle of Chapultepec, near Mexico; the Americans, under Generals Scott, Worth, Pillow, and Quitman, defeat the Mexicans under Santa Anna. General Scott and American army enter the city of Mexico, on the 14th. Sept. 13, to Oct. 12, siege of Puebla, held by the Americans against the Mexicans. The latter repulsed by the former, under Colonel Childs.

Oct. 9, the city of Huamantla, in Mexico, taken by the Americans, under General Lane.

"20, port of Guayamas, in Mexico, bombarded and captured by the Americans.

Dec. 31, the several Mexican states occupied by the American army placed under military contributions.

Jan. 27, a national convention to nominate president and vice-president called by the whig members of Congress. At an adjourned meeting it was resolved that the convention meet at Independence Hall, Philadelphia.