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The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, June 15, 1804. Battle of Sitka, October 1804. The Territory of Orleans is organized and the District of Louisiana is created, October 1, 1804. The Territory of Michigan is organized, June 30, 1805.
This template is placed at the bottom of the Timeline of United States history articles to aid navigation in the series. This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse, meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar, or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its ...
1504 – Higüey massacre. 1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de Leon. 1512 – Laws of Burgos.
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and their societies were reorganized after the European colonization of North America in the late 15th century. Starting in 1585, the British Empire colonized the Atlantic Coast ...
t. e. Timeline of the American Revolution — timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined together for independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America. The American Revolution includes ...
Pacific Northwest, Canada and United States Smallpox: 20,000+ 1861–1865 United States typhoid fever epidemic 1861–1865 United States Typhoid fever: 80,000 Fourth cholera pandemic: 1863–1875 Middle East: Cholera: 600,000 1867 Sydney measles epidemic 1867 Sydney, Australia Measles: 748 1871 Buenos Aires yellow fever epidemic
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. March 4 – Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in as the 19th president of the United States, and William A. Wheeler sworn in as ...
This is a graphical timeline listing the presidents and vice presidents of the United States. Categories: Graphical timeline templates. President of the United States templates. United States presidency timelines. Vice presidency of the United States.