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Updated: 27 May 2020
very work in progress timeline of American historical events
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Vikings Explore AmericaChristopher Columbus is bornColumbus leaves Spain in search of a westword path to IndiaColumbus arrives in AmericaJamestown is settledThe Massachusetts Bay Colony is foundedThe Province of Maryland is foundedThe Connecticut Colony is foundedThe Rhode Island Colony is foundedThe Delaware colony is foundedThe French and Iroquois wars escalate to full warfareThe Province of Pennsylvania is establishedThe First Great AwakeningThe French and Indian war beginsThe Articles of Capitulation of Montreal are signedThe Treaty of Paris is signedThe Sugar act is passedThe Currency act is passesThe Stamp act is passedThe Stamp act is repealedThe Quartering act is passedThe Townshend act is passedThe Boston Massacure takes placeThe Townshend acts are repealedThe first of the Intolerable acts is passedThe Boston Tea Party takes placeThe first Continental Congress takes placeThe Fincastle Resolutions are signedThe Bush Declaration is signedPatrick Henry makes a speech in RichmondThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere takes placeThe shot heard around the worldMilitias are formed throughout the statesThe capture of Fort TiconderogaThe Second Continental Congress takes placeThe Battle of Fairhaven takes placeThe Battle of Chelsea Creek takes placeCongress forms the Continental ArmyCongress unanimously chooses a Commander in ChiefThe Battle of Bunker Hill is foughtCongress sends the Olive Branch Petition to the BritishKing George issues the Proclimation of RebellionBenedict Arnold led an expedition to QuebecCongress authorizes the formation of the Continental NavyCannons are transported to BostonThe Siege of Savage's Old Fields takes placeThe Battle of Great Bridge takes placeParlament passes the Tea ActBattle of Quebec is foughtThomas Paine published "Common Sense"The United States Declaration of Independence is enactedThe Battle of Long Island takes placeThe Landing at Kips Bay takes placeThe Battle of Harlem Heights takes placeThe Great Fire of New York burned through the West side of New YorkNathan Hale was captured and executed for EspiongeThe Battle of Fort Washington takes placeThe Battle of Trenton takes placeBattle of the Assunpink CreekThe Battle of Bound Brook takes placeFort Ticonderoga was abandonedThe Battle of Hubbardton takes placeThe Battle of Oriskany takes placeThe Battle of Bennington takes placeThe Battle of Brandywine takes placeThe Battle of Saratoga takes placeThe Paoli Massacure takes placeThe British occupy PhiladelphiaThe Battle of Germantown takes placeThe Battle of Red Bank takes placeCongress adopted the Articals of ConfederationThe Treaty of Alliance was signed with FranceBritish occupation of Philadelphia endedThe Battle of Monmouth takes placeThe Battle of Stony Point takes placeThe battle of Paulus Hook takes placeBritish troops arrive in New YorkThe Siege of Charleston beginsAmerican General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered Charleston to the BritishThe Battle of Waxhaws takes placeThe Battle of Conneticuit Farms takes placeThe treason of Benedict Arnold was exposedThe Battle of Kings Mountain takes placeThe Battle of Cowpens takes placeThe Articals of Confederation were Ratified by the statesThe Siege of Yorktown takes placeThe Treaty of Paris officially ended the American RevolutionShay's rebellion takes placeThe Northwest Ordinance is passedThe Philadelphia Convention startsThe Philadelphia Convention endsThe first presidential election takes placeThe Bill of Rights is ratifiedVermont becomes the 14th stateKentucky becomes the 15th stateGeorge Washington is reelected for a 2nd termJohn Adams becomes the 2nd presidentGeorge Washington diesThe War of 1812 takes placeThe Luisiana Purchase is madeStates seced from the Union and became the Confederate States of AmericaAbraham Lincoln was elected president of the United StatesThe Battle of Fort Sumter takes place, beginning the Civil WarThe First Battle of Bull Run takes placeThe 2nd Battle of Bull Run takes placeThe Battle of Antietam takes place, the bloodiest day in American history at the timeThe Battle of Gettysburg takes place, the turning point of the war, as well as the deadliest battle in US historyPresident Lincoln issues the Emancipation ProclamationThe Siege of Vicksburg takes placeSherman's March to the Sea takes placeThe Battle of Appomattox takes place, the last battle of the warThe Mayflower Compact is signedLewis and Clark set out to explore the western end of the United StatesThe California Gold Rush beginsThe Reconstruction Era beginsThe Great Depression begins on Black TuesdayThe Battle of the Alamo takes placeAssassination of Archduke FerdinandThe German government announces its full support for Austro-HungaryThe Austro-Hungarian government makes fifteen demands on the Serbian governmentThe Serbian government appeals to Russia for helpAustro-Hungary declares war on SerbiaRussia mobilizes its armed forces in support of SerbiaGermany declares war on RussiaGermany declares war on FranceThe German Army marches into Belgium. Britain declares war on GermanyAustro-Hungary declares war on RussiaFrance declares war on Austro-Hungary.Britain declares war on Austro-Hungary.France invades Lorraine.The Battle of the Frontiers beginsThe Balkan Front is opened as Austro-Hungary invades SerbiaBritish troops arrive in FranceThe Battle of Mons beginsThe Battle of the Ardennes beginsBattle of Tannenberg beginsThe battle of Galicia beginsBattle of the Marne begins, the culmination of the German invasion of France1st Battle of Aisne begins, the start of Trench Warfare, and the start of the Race to the Sea1st Battle of Albert beginsBattle of Arras begins1st Battle of Ypres beginsThe Battle of Yser takes placeThe Ottoman Empire joins the Central PowersChristmas Truce on the Western FrontThe British attack at Neuve ChapelleThe Gallipoli Campaign is launchedGerman gas attack at The 2nd battle of YpresFirst Battle of KrithiaThe Lusitania is sunkSecond Battle of Artois takes placeItaly declares war on Austria-HungaryThe Third Battle of KrithiaFirst Zeppelin raid on LondonIsonzo Offensive beginsThe Brusilov Offensive beginsAnglo-French Offensive at Artois-Loos beginsThe battle of Verdun takes placeGermany declares war on PortugalThe Battle of Jutland takes placeBattle of the Somme begins, one of the bloodiest battles in human historyItalian Gorizia Offensive beginsZimmermann Telegram intercepted by BritainUnited States declares war on GermanyStart of the Nivelle Offensive2nd Battle of Arras beginsAmerican troops arrive in FranceGreece declares war on the Central PowersThe Italian Caproretto Offensive is launched by GermanyStart of the German Spring Offensive2nd Battle of the Marne begins, the last attempt by the central powers to win WW1Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line, ending the Hundred Days OffensiveItalian Vittorio Veneto OffensiveArmistice is signed, ceasing hostilitiesThe Paris Peace Conference beginsThe Treaty of Versailles is signedFascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister of ItalyThe Munich Putsch occursVladimir Lenin dies, and Joseph Stalin begins purging rivals to clear the way for his leadershipMein Kampf is publishedGerman election results in the Nazis becoming the second-largest party in the ReichstagThe Mukden Incident occurs, considered by many to be the start of World War 2The Japanese invade ManchuriaFighting between China and Japan in Manchuria ends with Japan in control of ManchuriaHitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President HindenburgThe Enabling Act is passed making Adolf Hitler dictator of GermanyThe Gestapo secret police is established in GermanyOfficial formation of the Luftwaffe, the German air force built in secret in violation of the Treaty of VersaillesThe Night of the Long Knives occursIn violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany seizes the RhinelandThe Great Purge commences in the Soviet UnionThe Marco Polo Bridge Incident occursThe Battle of Shanghai commencesThe Battle of Nanking beginsAustria is annexed by GermanyThe Battle of Taierzhuang beginsThe Battle of Xuzhou beginsThe Munich Agreement is signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and ItalyThe Night of Broken Glass begins in GermanyA uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United StatesGermany occupies and annexes Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia in violation of the Munich AgreementThe Pact of Steel is signed by Nazi Germany and Fascist ItalyThe Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet UnionGermany invades Poland the start of World War IINorway and Switzerland declare their neutralityThe United Kingdom and France issue a joint ultimatum to GermanyBritain and France declare war on GermanyThe United States declare neutralityThe German army occupies KrakówFrance begins an offensive, moving into German territory near SaarbrückenThe French Saar Offensive stalls at the heavily mined Warndt Forest having advanced ~8 milesCanada declares war on GermanyGeneral Gamelin orders a halt to the French advance into GermanyThe Polish Army is ordered to hold out at the Romanian border until the Allies arriveThe German Army complete the encirclement of WarsawThe French complete their retreat from Germany, ending the Saar OffensiveThe Soviet Union invades Poland from the eastThe Imperial Japanese Army launches attacks on the Chinese city of ChangshaPolish President Ignacy Mościcki and Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły leave Poland for RomaniaThe German and Soviet armies link up near Brest LitovskRomanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard, an ultra-nationalistic group in RomaniaFollowing a massive artillery bombardment, the Germans launch a major infantry assault on the center of WarsawThe Battle of Bzura beginsPolish forces is Warsaw surrender, ending the siegeThe Battle of Kock begins, Poland's final resistanceStart of the Phony WarThe Soviet Union attacks Finland, beginning the Winter WarJapan announces the capture of Nanning in southern ChinaThe Soviet offensive in Finland is halted by several Finnish victories; numerous Soviet tanks are destroyedThe US Ambassador to Iraq tells Hussien that the Iraq/Kuwaitt dispute is an Arab matter, not one that affects the United StatesThe UN declare's Iraq's annexation invailidSaddam Hussein invades KuwaitNew
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eventUS forces in the Gulf exceed 500,000Members of the Ohio National Guard open fire on unarmed college students at Kent State UniversityOperation Frequent Wind occursIraq annexes KuwaitThe last U.S. military unit leaves VietnamMilitary action authorized by the UNNew
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eventIraqi forces storm a number of diplomatic missions in Kuwait CityKuwaiti resistence leaders declare they are in control of Kuwait CityBush orders additional deployments to give "offensive option" to US forcesNew
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eventIraqi leaders formally accept cease fire termsNew
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eventPresident Bush orders a cease fire effective at midnightUN Security Council authorizes force if Iraq doesn't withdraw from Kuwait by midnight January 15Congress votes to allow for US troops to be used in offensive operationsNew
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eventPresident Bush authorizes call up of reservesUS warplanes attack Baghdad, Kuwait and other military targets in IraqNew
eventThe deadline set by the UN for Iraq to withdraw passesIraq launches first SCUD Missle attackIraqi SCUD missile hits a US barracks in Saudi Arabia killing 27US Bombers destroy a bunker complex in Baghdad with several hundred citizens inside, nearly 300 dieNew
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eventGround war begins with Marines, Army and Arab forces moving into Iraq and KuwaitNew
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eventSoviets start all-out offensive on the Karelian IsthmusSoviets score decisive breakthrough of Mannerheim LineFinns seek peace termsMoscow Peace Treaty signed in MoscowCease-fire goes into effect, marking the end of the Winter WarGermany invades Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the NetherlandsThe first German forces emerged from the Ardennes on the river Meuse facing stiff resistanceGerman Panzer Corps break through Allied defenses at Sedan, which allowed German forces to bypass the Maginot lineThe Netherlands surrender to GermanyGermany prepares to push into France and towards the English ChannelAntwerp and Brussels fall to Germany. The Allies are forced to retreat to the French coastThe Allied forces are evacuated to England from DunkirkThe Belgian Army surrenders to GermanyThe German Luftwaffe bomb ParisGerman forces launch an offensive on ParisNorway surrenders to GermanyItaly enters the war, declaring war on England and FranceGerman troops enter ParisFrance asks for Armastise termsFrance signs for Armastise with GermanyBattle of Suomussalmi takes placeThe French officially surrender at Compiegne, the site of the German surrender of World War 1X 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 linesThe USSR formally annexes LithuaniaNew
eventFailure to achieve air superiority and bad weather in the Channel results in a postponement of the invasion of Great BritainHaving destroyed the bulk of the North Korean army, UN troops have pressed on into North Korea and are now approaching the Yalu RiverThe USSR formally annexes LatviaPresident Bush freezes Iraqi and Kuwatti assetsThe USSR formally annexes EstoniaNew
eventThe Luftwaffe shifts its focus to London, away from the RAF airfieldsNew
eventMassive German bombing flights on English cities; most are driven off. The RAF begins to claim victoryNew
eventThe Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Italy, and Japan, promising mutual aid. An informal name, "Axis", emergesKorea is split into two following the surrender of Imperial JapanGermany invades the Soviet UnionNew
eventThe Germans encircle and capture 300000 troops of the Red Army near MinskNorth Korean leader Kim Il-Sung proposes the “liberation” of South Korea to Soviet officialsBritain and the USSR sign a mutual defence agreementNew
eventThe Red Army starts a counter-attack against the Germans near LeningradA massive artillery barrage from the North signals the beginning of the Korean WarGerman armies trap Red Army forces in Smolensk and take 300,000 soldiersThe United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 83, authorizing UN member states to provide military assistance to South KoreaGerman forces close in on LeningradNew
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eventThe German army completely surrounds Kiev, capturing over 700000 soldiersNew
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eventJapan launches an attack on Pearl Harbor and declares war on the United States and the United KingdomThe Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam in Paris is signedThe United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand declare war on JapanNgo Dinh Diem is assassinated by his own generalsGermany and Italy declare war on the United States. The United States reciprocates and declares war on Germany and ItalyEconomic sanctions are authorized by the UNThe German offensive around Moscow is now at a complete haltU.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson submits the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to CongressThe Korean war endsU.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman relieves MacArthur of command for insubordinationNew
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eventThe Saigon Military Mission beginsVastly outnumbered UN forces check the Chinese advance on Seoul at the Battles of Kapyong and the Imjin RiverA Program for the Pacification and Long-Term Development of Vietnam (PROVN) is publishedTruce talks between the UN and the communists begin at KaesŏngNew
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eventSeoul changes hands for the fourth time when UN forces once again liberate the South Korean capitalThe 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 HŭngnamNew
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eventMillions of people across the United States take to the streets to protestNorth Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces begin an offensiveAs many as 500 unarmed villagers are killed by U.S. Army troopsSaddam Hussein accuses Kuwait of oil overproduction and theft of oil from the Rumailia Oil FieldNew
eventThe beginning of a major Red Army offensive under General ZhukovThe Germans are pushed pack from MoskowA Red Army offensive in the Crimea begins; in the north, the siege of Leningrad continuesThe Red Army is in a major retreat at Kerch, after large numbers surrenderHuge German successes around Kharkov, with envelopment of several Red Army armiesThe Battle of Midway beginsThe Manhattan project begins, the beginning of scientific research into nuclear weaponsSevastopol falls to the Germans; the end of Red Army resistance in the CrimeaThe Germans continue their successful advance toward StalingradThe Battle of Stalingrad beginsThe Germans begin a retreat from the CaucasusSoviet troops launch an all-out offensive attack on Stalingrad; they also renew attacks in the north and in the CaucasusGerman forces in Stalingrad are in the last phases of collapseSoviet troops retake VoronezhThe Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end with the official surrender of the German 6th ArmyThe Battle of Kursk aka Operation Citadel beginsOperation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily beginsMussolini is arrested and relieved of his officesGerman troops start pouring in to take over Italy's defencesGerman and Italian forces begin to evacuate SicilyA secret Italian Armistice is signed and Italy drops out of the warEisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.The Germans enact Operation Achse, the disarmament of Italian armed forcesThe Red Army retakes SmolenskItaly declares war on GermanyThe Red Army liberates the city of KievAllies take Castiglione, ItalyRed Army troops push westward toward the Baltic countriesThe Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on BerlinThe Siege of Leningrad ended after 872 days, as Soviet forces finally forced the Germans to withdraw. Some 2 million died, mostly of starvation and diseaseA Red Army offensive on a wide front west of the Dnieper in the Ukraine forces the Germans into a major retreatThe Red Army approaches the Romanian borderRed Army advances in the Ukraine continue with great successOperation Bagration is startedCherbourg is liberated by American troopsMinsk in Belarus is liberated by Soviet forcesThe Soviets take Vilnius, LithuaniaHitler gives permission to retreat from the Narva River to the Tannenberg defence lineThe Poles rise up against the Germans in the Lwow UprisingThe Red Army take Brest-Litovsk, the site of the Russo-German peace treaty in World War IThe Warsaw Uprising, staged by the Polish Home Army, beginsFlorence is liberated by the AlliesRennes, France, is liberated by American forcesThe Allies reach the "Gothic Line", the last German strategic position in North ItalyThe Red Army reaches the East Prussian borderThe French Resistance begins an uprising in Paris, partly inspired by the Allied approach to the Seine RiverThe Red Army relaunches its offensive into RomaniaParis is liberatedThe Germans surrender at Toulon and Marseille in southern FranceThe anti-German Slovak National Uprising starts in SlovakiaThe Soviet army enters BucharestCanadian troops capture Dieppe, FranceAllied troops enter BelgiumBrussels is liberated by the British Second ArmyLyon is liberated by French and American troopsAntwerp is liberated by British 11th Armored Division and local resistanceGhent and Liège are liberated by British troopsOstend is liberated by Canadian troopsSoviet troops enter BulgariaLuxembourg is liberated by U.S. First ArmyFirst Allied troops enter Germany, entering Aachen, a city on the borderAmerican troops reach the Siegfried Line, the west wall of Germany's defence systemThe Red Army enters Sofia, BulgariaThe Soviets advance well into PolandAthens is liberated by the EAMRed Army forces are attacking German forces in East PrussiaThe Allies are now in control of Ravenna, ItalyThe Battle of the Bulge begins as German forces attempt a breakthrough in the Ardennes region.The American counter-attack at the "Bulge" beginsSoviet troops begin the Siege of BudapestThe East Prussian Offensive, a major Red Army offensive, beginsWarsaw is entered by Red Army troops. A government favorable to the Communists is installedAuschwitz concentration camp is entered by Soviet troopsThe Red Army crosses the Oder River into Germany and are now less than 50 miles from BerlinBelgium is now cleared of all German forcesThe Battle of Budapest ends with Soviet victory, after a long defense by the GermansThe German offensive in Hungary ends with another Soviet victoryRed Army approaches DanzigThe Red Army enters AustriaRed Army forces capture DanzigU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies suddenly. Harry S. Truman becomes president of the United StatesThe Vienna Offensive ends with a Soviet victoryThe Soviet advance towards the city of Berlin continues and soon reaches the suburbsAllies encircle the last German armies near Bologna, and the Italian war in effect comes to an endHitler and his wife commit suicide with a combination of poison and a gunshotSoviet forces capture the Reichstag building and install the Soviet flagThe Battle of Berlin ends when German General Helmuth Weidling unconditionally surrenders the city of Berlin to Soviet General Vasily ChuikovFormal negotiations for Germany's surrender begin at Reims, FranceGermany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at the Western Allied Headquarters in RheimsThe B-29 bomber Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on HiroshimaThe B-29 bomber Bockscar drops the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on NagasakiEmperor Hirohito issues a radio broadcast announcing the Surrender of JapanPeriods
World War 1The Winter WarThe Korean WarAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanOperation Desert StormAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanAn example of a time spanThe Vietnam WarThe Invasion of PolandThe Fall of FranceGerman invasion of the Soviet UnionThe Colapse of GermanyWorld War 2
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