Major Events Timeline

9.3.1783United StatesRevolutionary War ends.
2.4.1787MassachusettsShays’ Rebellion is quelled.
9.17.1787Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaU.S. Constitution is signed.
4.30.1789United StatesGeorge Washington is inaugurated as president.
5.5.1789FranceFrench Revolution begins.
2.25.1791United StatesFirst Bank of the United States is chartered.
12.15.1791United StatesBill of Rights is ratified.
3.23.1792United StatesWilliam Duer goes to debtor’s prison.
4.22.1793United StatesWashington issues the Proclamation of Neutrality.
7.27.1794PennsylvaniaWhiskey Rebellion erupts.
8.20.1794Ohio CountryBattle of Fallen Timbers.
11.19.1794United States / Great BritainJay Treaty is signed.
1.7.1795GeorgiaGeorgia governor George Mathews signs the Yazoo Act.
2.7.1795United StatesJay Treaty is ratified by the U.S. Senate.
8.3.1795United StatesTreaty of Greenville is signed.
10.27.1795SpainSpain signs the Pinckney Treaty.
3.4.1797United StatesJohn Adams is inaugurated as president.
7.1.1797United States / FranceXYZ Affair begins.
6.18.1798United StatesAlien and Sedition Acts are enacted.
7.7.1798United StatesThe U.S. quasi war with France begins.
11.9.1799FranceFrench Revolution ends.
12.14.1799United StatesGeorge Washington dies.
12.3.1800United StatesPresidential election results in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
8.30.1800VirginiaGabriel’s Rebellion is discovered and suppressed.
9.30.1800United StatesThe U.S. quasi war with France ends.
2.17.1801United StatesHouse of Representatives elects Thomas Jefferson president; Aaron Burr becomes vice president.
3.4.1801United StatesThomas Jefferson is inaugurated as president.
2.24.1803United StatesMarbury v. Madison is decided.
4.30.1803United StatesLouisiana Purchase.
12.20.1803New Orleans, LouisianaLouisiana is formally transferred to the United States.
3.26.1804United StatesOrganic Act of 1804 establishes the Territory of Orleans.
7.11.1804Weehawken, New JerseyAaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
2.19.1807Alabama TerritoryAaron Burr is arrested on charges of treason.
5.22.1807Richmond, VirginiaAaron Burr’s treason trial begins.
9.1.1807Richmond, VirginiaAaron Burr is acquitted of treason.
12.22.1807United StatesEmbargo Act is signed into law.
12.30.1812Atlantic OceanTheodosia Burr Alston disappears at sea.
6.18.1812United StatesWar of 1812 begins.
1.8.1815New Orleans, LouisianaBattle of New Orleans.