dec 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the union
Description:
When the ordinance was adopted on December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. ... — Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, (December 24, 1860).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_WarAdded to timeline:
Date:
dec 20, 1860
Now
~ 165 years ago