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1611–16 – Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates serve as Governor of Virginia. 1614 – Peace between the Virginia colony and the Powhatan Confederacy. 1619 – First meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses. First Africans in Virginia. 1620 – The Pilgrims found the Plymouth Colony. 1622 – Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia.
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. After European colonization of North America began in the late 15th century, wars and epidemics decimated indigenous societies. Starting in 1585, the British Empire colonized ...
Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4, 1801. First Barbary War, 1801–1805. The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803. The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803.
December 9 – The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio. December 16–17 – The Great Fire of New York destroys 530–700 buildings and kills two. December 19 – Toledo Blade newspaper begins publishing. December 20 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is first signed at Goliad, Texas.
March 29 – Construction is authorized of the National Road (the first United States federal highway). April 18 – The U.S. Congress passes the Non-importation Act in an attempt to coerce Great Britain to suspend its impressment of American sailors and to respect American sovereignty and neutrality on the high seas.
July 17 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856: Two trains collide near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania killing at least 59 and injuring at least 100. August 10 – 1856 Last Island hurricane: A hurricane destroys Last Island, Louisiana, leaving at least 200 dead. The whole island is broken up into smaller islands by the storm.
March 1 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate. March 3 – Louisiana Territory is created. March 4 – Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States, and George Clinton is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. April 7 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition ...
January–March. January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills 73 people. January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, reforming the United States civil service with the aim to end the spoils system, becomes law. January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New ...