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1784 - 1809 (24 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1613	21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
2	1760	25 Oct 1760—29 Jan 1820: George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.HistoricUK LoC
3	1784	28 Feb 1784: John Wesley, an Anglican (Church of England) minister, charters the first Methodist Church in the United States.History.com IC 3 Jun 1784: The United States Army is established when Congress votes to form the 1st American Regiment for national service.USArmy HFS 21 Aug 1784: Benjamin Franklin makes mention of, in letters, bi-focal eyeglasses he had invented earlier about 1780.eNotes AS 23 Aug 1784—1788: The state of Franklin is created from parts of North Carolina and Tennessee.NCDNCR ETNHS
4	1785	7 Jan 1785: The first international flight occurs when Blanchard and Jeffries fly a balloon across the English Channel.StratoCat SI 6 Jul 1785: Congress adopts "dollar" as the U. S. currency name.LoC LCC
5	1786	8 Jun 1786: The first advertisement for commercially-made ice cream in the U. S. is published in the New York Post Boy.NYTimes OAA 8 Aug 1786: The value of a dollar is established by the U. S. Congress.LoC USHouse 29 Aug 1786: An armed uprising, Shays' Rebellion, begins in western Massachusetts when foreclosure processes are allowed to move forward against farmers who had previously served their country.STCC LH
6	1787	3 Feb 1787: Shays' Rebellion is put down with the deaths of four of Shays' "Regulators" at Petersham.MassMoments AHC 25 May 1787: Delegates from the various states meet in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia to set the ground rules for the new nation.NPS USNA 17 Sep 1787: The U. S. Constitution is signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the Constitutional Convention.LoC CC 7 Dec 1787: Delaware becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 12 Dec 1787: Pennsylvania becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 18 Dec 1787: New Jersey becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
7	1788	2 Jan 1788: Georgia becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 9 Jan 1788: Connecticut becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 6 Feb 1788: Massachusetts becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 21 Mar 1788: A fire destroys much of New Orleans, Louisiana.NOP St.LC 28 Apr 1788: Maryland becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 23 May 1788: South Carolina becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 21 Jun 1788: New Hampshire becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 25 Jun 1788: Virginia becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 26 Jul 1788: New York becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
8	1789	7 Jan 1789: The first U. S. presidential election is held.History.com LoC 4 Mar 1789: The first Congress under the Constitution convenes in New York City.Politico USSenate 30 Apr 1789: George Washington takes the oath of office as the first president of the United States of America, 1789 - 1797.USNA MtVernon 14 Jul 1789: Bastille Day! The Bastille prison is stormed - the start of the French Revolution.B B C TIME 2 Sep 1789: The U. S. Treasury Department is founded.Treasury USNA 24 Sep 1789: The United States Supreme Court is established by the Judiciary Act of 1789.Avalon OurDocs 29 Sep 1789: The U. S. Congress passes the act that officially establishes the army under the Constitution.LoC NCC 3 Oct 1789: Washington issues his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.USNA MtVernon 21 Nov 1789: North Carolina becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
9	1790	1 Feb 1790: The Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.SCOTUS USSenate 1 Mar 1790: The first United States census is authorized by Congress.Census SIMag 29 May 1790: Rhode Island becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 16 Jul 1790: Congress declares the area now known as Washington, D. C., will be the permanent home of the capital of the United States of America.LoC WDC 31 Jul 1790: The United States issues its first patent to Stephen Hopkins of Vermont - a process for making potash and pearl ash.W I R E D PY 2 Aug 1790: The first U. S. Census begins.Census.gov SIMag
10	1791	24 Jan 1791: The Massachusetts Historical Society, the oldest organization in the United States devoted to collecting materials for the study of American history, is founded in Boston.MassHist MU 25 Feb 1791: The first bank of the U. S. is chartered by Congress.USState PBS 4 Mar 1791: Vermont becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 10 Mar 1791: John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts is issued a patent for a pile driver.GoogleBooks 15 Dec 1791: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are ratified; collectively known as the Bill of Rights.LoC USNA
11	1792	2 Apr 1792: The United States Mint is established when Congress passes the Coinage Act.USMint Coins.ND 1 Jun 1792: Kentucky becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 13 Oct 1792: The cornerstone of the White House is laid in Washington, D. C.LoC WHM
12	1793	21 Jan 1793: Louis XVI, the last King of France, is executed by guillotine.LEF LoC 12 Sep 1793: Due to an outbreak of yellow fever, Philadelphia is quarantined.PBS IA 18 Sep 1793: The cornerstone to the U. S. Capitol building is laid by George Washington.USSenate AoC 16 Oct 1793: Marie-Antoinette is beheaded.CdV SIMag
13	1794	4 Feb 1794: France abolishes slavery in all of its colonies.GMU LoC 14 Mar 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.OurDocs MassMoments 23 Jun 1794: Jews are once again allowed to settle in Kiev, by order of Catherine the Great, expanding the Pale of Settlement.NJOP SL 1 Aug 1794—25 Sep 1794: The Whiskey Rebellion occurs after Congress attempts to levy an excise tax on distilled goods.ABT PSU 26 Aug 1794: U. S. President Washington decides it's time to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.ORO LoC
14	1795	16 Jan 1795: Jacob Perkins of Newburyport, Massachusetts is granted a patent for a nail cutting and heading machine.DATAMP GoogleBooks
15	1796	13 Apr 1796: The first living elephant in America arrives in New York.NHMag CHS 1 Jun 1796: Tennessee becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 22 Jul 1796: Cleveland, Ohio is founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.WOIO LoC 7 Dec 1796: John Adams is elected the 2nd president of the United States of America, 1797 - 1801.USEA Whitehouse 31 Dec 1796: Baltimore, Maryland is incorporated as a city but it did not become effective until 1797.Sun Poe
16	1797	10 Mar 1797: Thomas Jefferson presents a scientific paper on a Megalonyx fossil to the American Philosophical Society that is considered the first American contribution to vertebrate paleontology.USNA SA 2 May 1797: Lorenzo Carter becomes the first permanent settler of Cleveland.CH TCD 21 Oct 1797: USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", is launched.MassMoments UCM 22 Oct 1797: Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.TiS LoC
17	1798	14 Jul 1798: The Sedition Act becomes federal law, endangering liberty in the fragile new nation.OurDocs BoRI
18	1799	19 Jul 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found.tST ET
19	1800	24 Apr 1800: President John Adams approves $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress" - the Library of Congress.LoC FedReg 1 Nov 1800: John Adams moves into the White House, the first President to do so.Whitehouse WHHA 17 Nov 1800: The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D. C.USSenate
20	1801	17 Feb 1801: Thomas Jefferson is elected, by vote of Congress, as the 3rd president of the United States of America, 1801 - 1809.LoC USNA
21	1802	16 Mar 1802: The first U. S. military academy is established at West Point, New York.USHouse LoC 3 May 1802: Washington, D. C. is incorporated as a city.USNA SI
22	1803	1 Mar 1803: Ohio becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com 30 Apr 1803: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.Avalon OurDocs 31 Aug 1803: Meriwether Lewis begins a 982 mile voyage down the Ohio River to pick up William Clark.L-C NPS 30 Nov 1803: Louisiana Territory is officially transferred from Spain to France.Avalon LSM 20 Dec 1803: In a military ceremony, the French turn over the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.GNO LoC
23	1804	26 Mar 1804: U. S. Congress allows for the "voluntary" removal of Indians east of the Mississippi River to Louisiana Territory in exchange for land, setting the stage for the Trail of Tears.Avalon USNA 14 May 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Corps of Discovery begin their westward expedition.USArmy USBoR 11 Jul 1804: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton have a pistol duel. Burr is unscathed, Hamilton dies the next day from his injuries.PBS LoC 10 Oct 1804: A "snow hurricane" strikes Massachusetts.MassMoments NEHS
24	1805	18 Nov 1805: Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific.L&C
25	1806	23 Sep 1806: Lewis and Clark complete their expedition.NPS SIMag 7 Oct 1806: Ralph Wedgwood receives the first patent for carbon paper.W I R E D
26	1807	2 Mar 1807: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves is passed through the U. S. Congress in order to stop any new slaves being brought into the country.Avalon USState 25 Mar 1807: The slave trade is abolished in Great BritainGovTrack Canada 17 Aug 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, Clermont, begins its first successful trip up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany.PBS OHC
27	1808	1 Jan 1808: The U. S. ban on importing slaves goes into effect.Avalon PBS 7 Dec 1808: James Madison is elected the 4th president of the United States of America, 1809 - 1817.USEA Whitehouse

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