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Ratification Day in the United States is the anniversary of the congressional proclamation of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, on January 14, 1784, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland, by the Confederation Congress, which marked the official end of the American Revolutionary War. [1]
January 14 – The Confederation Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War. February – The Massachusetts Bank, a predecessor of BankBoston , is established as the first federally chartered joint-stock bank in the U.S.
France is the first foreign country to recognise the flag of the United States, on the ship of John Paul Jones (February 14) France declares war on Great Britain, starting the Anglo-French War (1778–1783) and formally allying with the United States (March 17) Battle of Quinton's Bridge (March 18)
Louis XVI previously stated that he recognized the sovereignty of the United States on December 6, 1777 but he had not signed the treaty. [6] The Netherlands: April 19, 1782: The first official acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States of America was on November 16, 1776, when the first foreign salute [7] was
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 (the ratification documents were exchanged in Paris on May 12, 1784), formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America, which ...
1 August – the beginning of the driest twelve months in England and Wales for which reliable records exist – the England and Wales Precipitation totalled just 522.0 millimetres or 20.55 inches [6] – with a second successive extended, cold and dry winter from October to March; 2 August – the first mail coach runs between Bristol and ...
January 28 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860) February 5 – Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818) February 20 – John E. Wool, general officer in the United States Army, who served during the War of 1812, Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War (d. 1869)
The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [365] [373] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...