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February 28 – Indian Wars – Agreement of 1877 (19 Stat. 254): Congress annexes Sioux Indian land, including the Black Hills. March 2 – In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
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This is a timeline of African-American history, the part of history that deals with African Americans. Europeans arrived in what would become the present day United States of America on August 9, 1526. With them, they brought families from Africa that they had captured and enslaved with intentions of establishing themselves and future ...
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March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
Thomas Edison and his phonograph A. A. Pope starts an American bicycle craze. January 28 The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. [1] The Yale News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. February 18 – The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
American Equal Rights Association meets in city. [5] 1870 Children's Hospital established. [23] Population: 109,199. [17] [11] 1871 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effected. [7] Norton P. Chipman becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. 1877 – Washington Post newspaper begins publication. [25]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This article ...