| 1524 | | 17 Jan:
Giovanni da Verrazanno sets sail from Madeira, Portugal to explore North America - from North Carolina north to Newfoundland.MM&P AJ |
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| 1587 | |
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Virginia Dare is the first English child born in the Americas.OB NCMoH |
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| 1590 | | 18 Aug:
Governor John White returns to Roanoke colony and finds it abandoned.NPS tLC |
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| 1775 | | 19 Apr:
The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS |
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| 1776 | | 4 Jul:
The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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| 1781 | | 15 Mar:
British troops under Cornwallis defeat a larger American force at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina.NPS BB |
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| 1787 | |
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The U. S. Constitution is signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the Constitutional Convention.LoC CC |
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| 1789 | |
| 1829 | | 16 Aug:
The original "Siamese Twins", Chang and Eng Bunker, arrive in Boston.CC Muse |
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| 1860 | | 20 Dec:
Confederate States begin to secede from the Union.Tulane SI |
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| 1861 | | 4 Feb:
The Confederate States of America is formed.CWH LoVA |
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| | 18 Feb:
Jefferson Davis becomes the President of the Confederate States of America.ACW LoC |
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| 1865 | | 9 May:
Dr. Richard Gatling receives a patent for his machine gun.USNA SAWar |
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| 1903 | | 17 Dec:
The Wright brothers fly the first gas-powered, human-controlled, heavier-than-air aircraft.NASA LoC |
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| 1950 | |
| 1955 | | 19 Aug:
Hurricane Diane becomes the first storm to top $1 billion in damages in the U. S..NEHS NWS |
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