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wip american timeline
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mise à jour avec succès:
27 mai 2020
very work in progress timeline of American historical events
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Les événements
Vikings Explore America
Christopher Columbus is born
Columbus leaves Spain in search of a westword path to India
Columbus arrives in America
Jamestown is settled
The Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded
The Province of Maryland is founded
The Connecticut Colony is founded
The Rhode Island Colony is founded
The Delaware colony is founded
The French and Iroquois wars escalate to full warfare
The Province of Pennsylvania is established
The First Great Awakening
The French and Indian war begins
The Articles of Capitulation of Montreal are signed
The Treaty of Paris is signed
The Sugar act is passed
The Currency act is passes
The Stamp act is passed
The Stamp act is repealed
The Quartering act is passed
The Townshend act is passed
The Boston Massacure takes place
The Townshend acts are repealed
The first of the Intolerable acts is passed
The Boston Tea Party takes place
The first Continental Congress takes place
The Fincastle Resolutions are signed
The Bush Declaration is signed
Patrick Henry makes a speech in Richmond
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere takes place
The shot heard around the world
Militias are formed throughout the states
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The Second Continental Congress takes place
The Battle of Fairhaven takes place
The Battle of Chelsea Creek takes place
Congress forms the Continental Army
Congress unanimously chooses a Commander in Chief
The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought
Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to the British
King George issues the Proclimation of Rebellion
Benedict Arnold led an expedition to Quebec
Congress authorizes the formation of the Continental Navy
Cannons are transported to Boston
The Siege of Savage's Old Fields takes place
The Battle of Great Bridge takes place
Parlament passes the Tea Act
Battle of Quebec is fought
Thomas Paine published "Common Sense"
The United States Declaration of Independence is enacted
The Battle of Long Island takes place
The Landing at Kips Bay takes place
The Battle of Harlem Heights takes place
The Great Fire of New York burned through the West side of New York
Nathan Hale was captured and executed for Espionge
The Battle of Fort Washington takes place
The Battle of Trenton takes place
Battle of the Assunpink Creek
The Battle of Bound Brook takes place
Fort Ticonderoga was abandoned
The Battle of Hubbardton takes place
The Battle of Oriskany takes place
The Battle of Bennington takes place
The Battle of Brandywine takes place
The Battle of Saratoga takes place
The Paoli Massacure takes place
The British occupy Philadelphia
The Battle of Germantown takes place
The Battle of Red Bank takes place
Congress adopted the Articals of Confederation
The Treaty of Alliance was signed with France
British occupation of Philadelphia ended
The Battle of Monmouth takes place
The Battle of Stony Point takes place
The battle of Paulus Hook takes place
British troops arrive in New York
The Siege of Charleston begins
American General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered Charleston to the British
The Battle of Waxhaws takes place
The Battle of Conneticuit Farms takes place
The treason of Benedict Arnold was exposed
The Battle of Kings Mountain takes place
The Battle of Cowpens takes place
The Articals of Confederation were Ratified by the states
The Siege of Yorktown takes place
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution
Shay's rebellion takes place
The Northwest Ordinance is passed
The Philadelphia Convention starts
The Philadelphia Convention ends
The first presidential election takes place
The Bill of Rights is ratified
Vermont becomes the 14th state
Kentucky becomes the 15th state
George Washington is reelected for a 2nd term
John Adams becomes the 2nd president
George Washington dies
The War of 1812 takes place
The Luisiana Purchase is made
States seced from the Union and became the Confederate States of America
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States
The Battle of Fort Sumter takes place, beginning the Civil War
The First Battle of Bull Run takes place
The 2nd Battle of Bull Run takes place
The Battle of Antietam takes place, the bloodiest day in American history at the time
The Battle of Gettysburg takes place, the turning point of the war, as well as the deadliest battle in US history
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
The Siege of Vicksburg takes place
Sherman's March to the Sea takes place
The Battle of Appomattox takes place, the last battle of the war
The Mayflower Compact is signed
Lewis and Clark set out to explore the western end of the United States
The California Gold Rush begins
The Reconstruction Era begins
The Great Depression begins on Black Tuesday
The Battle of the Alamo takes place
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The German government announces its full support for Austro-Hungary
The Austro-Hungarian government makes fifteen demands on the Serbian government
The Serbian government appeals to Russia for help
Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Russia mobilizes its armed forces in support of Serbia
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany declares war on France
The German Army marches into Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany
Austro-Hungary declares war on Russia
France declares war on Austro-Hungary.
Britain declares war on Austro-Hungary.
France invades Lorraine.
The Battle of the Frontiers begins
The Balkan Front is opened as Austro-Hungary invades Serbia
British troops arrive in France
The Battle of Mons begins
The Battle of the Ardennes begins
Battle of Tannenberg begins
The battle of Galicia begins
Battle of the Marne begins, the culmination of the German invasion of France
1st Battle of Aisne begins, the start of Trench Warfare, and the start of the Race to the Sea
1st Battle of Albert begins
Battle of Arras begins
1st Battle of Ypres begins
The Battle of Yser takes place
The Ottoman Empire joins the Central Powers
Christmas Truce on the Western Front
The British attack at Neuve Chapelle
The Gallipoli Campaign is launched
German gas attack at The 2nd battle of Ypres
First Battle of Krithia
The Lusitania is sunk
Second Battle of Artois takes place
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
The Third Battle of Krithia
First Zeppelin raid on London
Isonzo Offensive begins
The Brusilov Offensive begins
Anglo-French Offensive at Artois-Loos begins
The battle of Verdun takes place
Germany declares war on Portugal
The Battle of Jutland takes place
Battle of the Somme begins, one of the bloodiest battles in human history
Italian Gorizia Offensive begins
Zimmermann Telegram intercepted by Britain
United States declares war on Germany
Start of the Nivelle Offensive
2nd Battle of Arras begins
American troops arrive in France
Greece declares war on the Central Powers
The Italian Caproretto Offensive is launched by Germany
Start of the German Spring Offensive
2nd Battle of the Marne begins, the last attempt by the central powers to win WW1
Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line, ending the Hundred Days Offensive
Italian Vittorio Veneto Offensive
Armistice is signed, ceasing hostilities
The Paris Peace Conference begins
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister of Italy
The Munich Putsch occurs
Vladimir Lenin dies, and Joseph Stalin begins purging rivals to clear the way for his leadership
Mein Kampf is published
German election results in the Nazis becoming the second-largest party in the Reichstag
The Mukden Incident occurs, considered by many to be the start of World War 2
The Japanese invade Manchuria
Fighting between China and Japan in Manchuria ends with Japan in control of Manchuria
Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg
The Enabling Act is passed making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany
The Gestapo secret police is established in Germany
Official formation of the Luftwaffe, the German air force built in secret in violation of the Treaty of Versailles
The Night of the Long Knives occurs
In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany seizes the Rhineland
The Great Purge commences in the Soviet Union
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident occurs
The Battle of Shanghai commences
The Battle of Nanking begins
Austria is annexed by Germany
The Battle of Taierzhuang begins
The Battle of Xuzhou begins
The Munich Agreement is signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy
The Night of Broken Glass begins in Germany
A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States
Germany occupies and annexes Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia in violation of the Munich Agreement
The Pact of Steel is signed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
Germany invades Poland the start of World War II
Norway and Switzerland declare their neutrality
The United Kingdom and France issue a joint ultimatum to Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The United States declare neutrality
The German army occupies Kraków
France begins an offensive, moving into German territory near Saarbrücken
The French Saar Offensive stalls at the heavily mined Warndt Forest having advanced ~8 miles
Canada declares war on Germany
General Gamelin orders a halt to the French advance into Germany
The Polish Army is ordered to hold out at the Romanian border until the Allies arrive
The German Army complete the encirclement of Warsaw
The French complete their retreat from Germany, ending the Saar Offensive
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east
The Imperial Japanese Army launches attacks on the Chinese city of Changsha
Polish President Ignacy Mościcki and Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły leave Poland for Romania
The German and Soviet armies link up near Brest Litovsk
Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard, an ultra-nationalistic group in Romania
Following a massive artillery bombardment, the Germans launch a major infantry assault on the center of Warsaw
The Battle of Bzura begins
Polish forces is Warsaw surrender, ending the siege
The Battle of Kock begins, Poland's final resistance
Start of the Phony War
The Soviet Union attacks Finland, beginning the Winter War
Japan announces the capture of Nanning in southern China
The Soviet offensive in Finland is halted by several Finnish victories; numerous Soviet tanks are destroyed
The US Ambassador to Iraq tells Hussien that the Iraq/Kuwaitt dispute is an Arab matter, not one that affects the United States
The UN declare's Iraq's annexation invailid
Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait
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Bush issues an ultimatum of Feb 23 for Iraqi troops to withdraw from Kuwait
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US forces in the Gulf exceed 500,000
Members of the Ohio National Guard open fire on unarmed college students at Kent State University
Operation Frequent Wind occurs
Iraq annexes Kuwait
The last U.S. military unit leaves Vietnam
Military action authorized by the UN
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Iraqi forces storm a number of diplomatic missions in Kuwait City
Kuwaiti resistence leaders declare they are in control of Kuwait City
Bush orders additional deployments to give "offensive option" to US forces
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Iraqi leaders formally accept cease fire terms
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President Bush orders a cease fire effective at midnight
UN Security Council authorizes force if Iraq doesn't withdraw from Kuwait by midnight January 15
Congress votes to allow for US troops to be used in offensive operations
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President Bush authorizes call up of reserves
US warplanes attack Baghdad, Kuwait and other military targets in Iraq
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The deadline set by the UN for Iraq to withdraw passes
Iraq launches first SCUD Missle attack
Iraqi SCUD missile hits a US barracks in Saudi Arabia killing 27
US Bombers destroy a bunker complex in Baghdad with several hundred citizens inside, nearly 300 die
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Ground war begins with Marines, Army and Arab forces moving into Iraq and Kuwait
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Soviets start all-out offensive on the Karelian Isthmus
Soviets score decisive breakthrough of Mannerheim Line
Finns seek peace terms
Moscow Peace Treaty signed in Moscow
Cease-fire goes into effect, marking the end of the Winter War
Germany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
The first German forces emerged from the Ardennes on the river Meuse facing stiff resistance
German Panzer Corps break through Allied defenses at Sedan, which allowed German forces to bypass the Maginot line
The Netherlands surrender to Germany
Germany prepares to push into France and towards the English Channel
Antwerp and Brussels fall to Germany. The Allies are forced to retreat to the French coast
The Allied forces are evacuated to England from Dunkirk
The Belgian Army surrenders to Germany
The German Luftwaffe bomb Paris
German forces launch an offensive on Paris
Norway surrenders to Germany
Italy enters the war, declaring war on England and France
German troops enter Paris
France asks for Armastise terms
France signs for Armastise with Germany
Battle of Suomussalmi takes place
The French officially surrender at Compiegne, the site of the German surrender of World War 1
X Corps, a force led by U.S. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, stages an audacious amphibious landing at Inch’ŏn, some 150 miles behind enemy lines
The USSR formally annexes Lithuania
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Failure to achieve air superiority and bad weather in the Channel results in a postponement of the invasion of Great Britain
Having destroyed the bulk of the North Korean army, UN troops have pressed on into North Korea and are now approaching the Yalu River
The USSR formally annexes Latvia
President Bush freezes Iraqi and Kuwatti assets
The USSR formally annexes Estonia
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The Luftwaffe shifts its focus to London, away from the RAF airfields
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Massive German bombing flights on English cities; most are driven off. The RAF begins to claim victory
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The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy, and Japan, promising mutual aid. An informal name, "Axis", emerges
Korea is split into two following the surrender of Imperial Japan
Germany invades the Soviet Union
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The Germans encircle and capture 300000 troops of the Red Army near Minsk
North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung proposes the “liberation” of South Korea to Soviet officials
Britain and the USSR sign a mutual defence agreement
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The Red Army starts a counter-attack against the Germans near Leningrad
A massive artillery barrage from the North signals the beginning of the Korean War
German armies trap Red Army forces in Smolensk and take 300,000 soldiers
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 83, authorizing UN member states to provide military assistance to South Korea
German forces close in on Leningrad
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The Siege of Leningrad begins
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The German army completely surrounds Kiev, capturing over 700000 soldiers
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German armies encircle about 660,000 Red Army troops near Vyasma
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The Germans drive on Moscow
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The temperature on the Moscow front falls to −31F German attacks are failing
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Japan launches an attack on Pearl Harbor and declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom
The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam in Paris is signed
The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand declare war on Japan
Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generals
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The United States reciprocates and declares war on Germany and Italy
Economic sanctions are authorized by the UN
The German offensive around Moscow is now at a complete halt
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson submits the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to Congress
The Korean war ends
U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman relieves MacArthur of command for insubordination
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Chinese and North Korean forces recapture Seoul
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North Korean troops reach their farthest point of advance
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The Saigon Military Mission begins
Vastly outnumbered UN forces check the Chinese advance on Seoul at the Battles of Kapyong and the Imjin River
A Program for the Pacification and Long-Term Development of Vietnam (PROVN) is published
Truce talks between the UN and the communists begin at Kaesŏng
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The United Nations calls on Hussien to withdraw
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Seoul changes hands for the fourth time when UN forces once again liberate the South Korean capital
The U.S. Marines at the Chosin Reservoir begin their “attack in a different direction” as they engage in a fighting retreat to the port of Hŭngnam
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Millions of people across the United States take to the streets to protest
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces begin an offensive
As many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troops
Saddam Hussein accuses Kuwait of oil overproduction and theft of oil from the Rumailia Oil Field
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The beginning of a major Red Army offensive under General Zhukov
The Germans are pushed pack from Moskow
A Red Army offensive in the Crimea begins; in the north, the siege of Leningrad continues
The Red Army is in a major retreat at Kerch, after large numbers surrender
Huge German successes around Kharkov, with envelopment of several Red Army armies
The Battle of Midway begins
The Manhattan project begins, the beginning of scientific research into nuclear weapons
Sevastopol falls to the Germans; the end of Red Army resistance in the Crimea
The Germans continue their successful advance toward Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad begins
The Germans begin a retreat from the Caucasus
Soviet troops launch an all-out offensive attack on Stalingrad; they also renew attacks in the north and in the Caucasus
German forces in Stalingrad are in the last phases of collapse
Soviet troops retake Voronezh
The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the official surrender of the German 6th Army
The Battle of Kursk aka Operation Citadel begins
Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily begins
Mussolini is arrested and relieved of his offices
German troops start pouring in to take over Italy's defences
German and Italian forces begin to evacuate Sicily
A secret Italian Armistice is signed and Italy drops out of the war
Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.
The Germans enact Operation Achse, the disarmament of Italian armed forces
The Red Army retakes Smolensk
Italy declares war on Germany
The Red Army liberates the city of Kiev
Allies take Castiglione, Italy
Red Army troops push westward toward the Baltic countries
The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin
The Siege of Leningrad ended after 872 days, as Soviet forces finally forced the Germans to withdraw. Some 2 million died, mostly of starvation and disease
A Red Army offensive on a wide front west of the Dnieper in the Ukraine forces the Germans into a major retreat
The Red Army approaches the Romanian border
Red Army advances in the Ukraine continue with great success
Operation Bagration is started
Cherbourg is liberated by American troops
Minsk in Belarus is liberated by Soviet forces
The Soviets take Vilnius, Lithuania
Hitler gives permission to retreat from the Narva River to the Tannenberg defence line
The Poles rise up against the Germans in the Lwow Uprising
The Red Army take Brest-Litovsk, the site of the Russo-German peace treaty in World War I
The Warsaw Uprising, staged by the Polish Home Army, begins
Florence is liberated by the Allies
Rennes, France, is liberated by American forces
The Allies reach the "Gothic Line", the last German strategic position in North Italy
The Red Army reaches the East Prussian border
The French Resistance begins an uprising in Paris, partly inspired by the Allied approach to the Seine River
The Red Army relaunches its offensive into Romania
Paris is liberated
The Germans surrender at Toulon and Marseille in southern France
The anti-German Slovak National Uprising starts in Slovakia
The Soviet army enters Bucharest
Canadian troops capture Dieppe, France
Allied troops enter Belgium
Brussels is liberated by the British Second Army
Lyon is liberated by French and American troops
Antwerp is liberated by British 11th Armored Division and local resistance
Ghent and Liège are liberated by British troops
Ostend is liberated by Canadian troops
Soviet troops enter Bulgaria
Luxembourg is liberated by U.S. First Army
First Allied troops enter Germany, entering Aachen, a city on the border
American troops reach the Siegfried Line, the west wall of Germany's defence system
The Red Army enters Sofia, Bulgaria
The Soviets advance well into Poland
Athens is liberated by the EAM
Red Army forces are attacking German forces in East Prussia
The Allies are now in control of Ravenna, Italy
The Battle of the Bulge begins as German forces attempt a breakthrough in the Ardennes region.
The American counter-attack at the "Bulge" begins
Soviet troops begin the Siege of Budapest
The East Prussian Offensive, a major Red Army offensive, begins
Warsaw is entered by Red Army troops. A government favorable to the Communists is installed
Auschwitz concentration camp is entered by Soviet troops
The Red Army crosses the Oder River into Germany and are now less than 50 miles from Berlin
Belgium is now cleared of all German forces
The Battle of Budapest ends with Soviet victory, after a long defense by the Germans
The German offensive in Hungary ends with another Soviet victory
Red Army approaches Danzig
The Red Army enters Austria
Red Army forces capture Danzig
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies suddenly. Harry S. Truman becomes president of the United States
The Vienna Offensive ends with a Soviet victory
The Soviet advance towards the city of Berlin continues and soon reaches the suburbs
Allies encircle the last German armies near Bologna, and the Italian war in effect comes to an end
Hitler and his wife commit suicide with a combination of poison and a gunshot
Soviet forces capture the Reichstag building and install the Soviet flag
The Battle of Berlin ends when German General Helmuth Weidling unconditionally surrenders the city of Berlin to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov
Formal negotiations for Germany's surrender begin at Reims, France
Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at the Western Allied Headquarters in Rheims
The B-29 bomber Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima
The B-29 bomber Bockscar drops the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki
Emperor Hirohito issues a radio broadcast announcing the Surrender of Japan
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