On the throne of England GEORGE III. water. Sept. 20th, Wayne surprised near Paoli. Sept. 26th, Howe enters Phila. Oct. 4th, Battle of Germantown. Oct. 7th, second Battle of Stillwater. Oct. 17th, Burgoyne's surrender. Dec. 11th, Washington goes into winter-quarters at Valley Forge. 1778. Feb. 6th, treaty with France signed. June 18th, Philadelphia evacuated by the British. June 28th, Battle of Monmouth. Massacre of Wyoming. July 11th, French fleet arrives off Sandy Hook. Aug., unsuccessful invasion of Rhode Island. Nov. 12th, Massacre of Cherry Valley. Dec. 29th, British take Savannah. 1779. March 3d, Americans surprised at Brier Creek, Ga. British take Stony and Verplanck's Point. July, Tryon ravages Conn. July 15th, Wayne récaptures Stony Point. Sept., Sullivan ravages the Indian country. Sept. 23d, Paul Jones takes the Serapis. Oct., Americans repulsed at Savannah. 1780. May 12th, Gen. Lincoln surrenders Charleston. July 10th, French fleet arrives off Newport. August 6th, Battle of Hanging Rock. Aug. 16th, Gates defeated near Camden. Sept. 23d, Andre captured; discovery of Arnold's treason. Oct. 7th, Battle of King's Mountain. Exploits of Marion. 1781. Jan., Arnold ravages Va. Jan. 17th, Battle of the Cowpens. Jan., Feb., Morgan and Greene's retreat. March 15th, Battle of Guilford C. H. April 25th, Battle of Hobkirk's Hill. British posts in Carolina captured. Sept. 6th, British take Forts Trumbull and Griswold, Conn. Sept. 8th, Battle of Eutaw Springs. Oct., French and Americans besiege Cornwallis at Yorktown. Oct. 19th, surrender of Cornwallis. 1783. Sept. 3d, treaty of peace signed between Great Britain and U. S. Nov. 3d, Americans disband their army. Nov. 25th, N. Y. evacuated by the British. Dec. 23d, Washington resigns his commission. 1787. Shays's Rebellion in Mass. Constitution of the U. S. framed by a convention at Philad. 1788. First permanent settlement in Ohio, at Marietta. 1789. Government organized under the Federal Constitution. Washington elected first president. Cincinnati founded. 1790. Indian War; Gen. Harmer defeated in Indiana. 1791. Vermont admitted into the Union. St. Clair defeated by the Indians. CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD. On the 1792. Kentucky admitted. Columbia River explored. throne of England GEORGE III. 1820 Geo. IV. xix 1794. Whiskey Rebellion in Pa. Gen. Wayne ends the Indian War. Jay's treaty with Great Britain. 1796. Tennessee admitted. Washington's Farewell Address. 1797. John Adams becomes president. 1799. Naval engagements with French vessels. Dec. 14th, death of Washington. 1800. Washington made the capital. 1801. Jefferson becomes president. Treaty with France. 1803. Louisiana purchased. U. S. frigate Philadelphia captured 1804. The Philad. retaken by Decatur. Tripoli bombarded. 1809. Madison becomes president. 1811. Harrison gains the battle of Tippecanoe. 1812. June 18th, war with Great Britain declared. Hull's invasion of Canada, retreat, and surrender. Unsuccessful attack on Queenstown. U. S. gains brilliant naval victories. 1813. Americans defeated at Frenchtown; take York, U. C.; besieged in Fort Meigs; take Fort George; repulse the British at Sackett's Harbor; also at Fort Stephenson. Sept. 10th, Perry's great victory on Lake Erie. Oct. 5th, Battle of the Thames. British take Forts George and Niagara. Jackson's campaign in the Creek country. 1814. July 5th, Battle of Chippeway. July 25th, Battle of Lundy's Lane. Americans besieged in Fort Erie. Aug. 24th, Battle of Bladensburg; British enter Washington and burn the public buildings. Sept. 11th, Battle of Plattsburg. Sept. 13th, British repulsed at Baltimore. Dec. 15th, Hartford Convention. 1815. Jan. 8th, Battle of New Orleans. Feb. 18th, peace with 1816. Treaties with southern Indians. Indiana admitted. 1818. Illinois admitted. Jackson seizes Pensacola. 1819. Spain cedes Florida to U. S. Alabama admitted. 1821. Missouri admitted. Missouri Compromise passed. On the throne of 1823. Com. Porter suppresses West Indian pirates. England 1825. John Quincy Adams inaugurated as president. 1830 WILLIAM IV. 1829. Jackson inaugurated, seventh president. 1832. Ravages of the cholera. Black Hawk's War. Nullification in S. C. U. S. Bank vetoed. 1833. Jackson removes the deposits from U. S. Bank. 1835. Second war with Seminoles. Great fire in New York. Texan Revolution commences. 1836. Battle of San Jacinto. Arkansas admitted. 1837 1837. Michigan admitted. U. S. recognizes independence of Texas. Van Buren becomes president. Financial distress. Troubles on the Canada line. VICTORIA. 1841. Harrison, inaugurated as president March 4th, dies April 4th. Tyler succeeds. Difficulties in the Cabinet. 1842. North-eastern boundary settled with England. Dorr's Re- 1845. Polk president. Texas and Florida admitted. 1847. Feb. 23d, Battle of Buena Vista. March 27th, Scott takes Contreras, Churubusco. Sept. 8th, Molino del Rey. Sept. 13th, Chapultepec. Sept. 14th, Americans enter Mexico. 1848. Discovery of gold in California. July 4th, peace with Mexico proclaimed. Wisconsin admitted. 1849. Taylor inaugurated. 1850. Descent of Lopez on Cuba. July 9th, death of the president. Fillmore succeeds. Sept. 18th, Omnibus Bill passed. California admitted. 1852. Difficulty with England on the fishery question. 1853. Pierce inaugurated. World's Fair. The Koszta difficulty. Perry enters the Bay of Jeddo. 1854. Japanese make a treaty with the U. S. Kansas and Nebraska Bill passed. Missouri Compromise repealed. 1855. Troubles in Kansas. 1857. Buchanan inaugurated. Revulsion in business. Mormon Rebellion. 1858. Minnesota admitted. On the throne of England VICTORIA. CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD. xxi 1859. Expedition to Paraguay. John Brown seizes the U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry; is taken, and with six companions hanged. Oregon admitted. 1860. Arrival of Japanese embassy. Dec. 20th, Secession ordinance passed by South Carolina. 1861. JANUARY 9th, Mississippi secedes; 11th, Alabama and Florida secede; 19th, Georgia secedes; 26th, Louisiana secedes; 30th, Kansas admitted. FEBRUARY 1st, Texas secedes; 4th, Peace Conference assembles at Washington-" Confederacy" formed at Montgomery, Ala.; 8th, Davis elected provisional president of "the Confederate States". MARCH 4th, Lincoln inaugurated. APRIL 13th, Fall of Sumter; 15th, President calls for 75,000 men; 17th, Virginia secedes; 18th, Confederates seize Harper's Ferry; 19th, Volunteers attacked in Baltimore; 20th, Confederates seize Norfolk navy yard. MAY 3d, President calls for 82,748 men; 6th, Arkansas secedes; 20th, North Carolina secedes. JUNE 3d, Union victory at Philippi, Va.; 8th, Tennessee JULY 5th, Battle near Carthage, Mo.; 11th, Union victory at AUGUST 10th, Battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo.; 29th, Forts at SEPTEMBER 10th, Union victory at Carnifex Ferry, Va.; 20th, OCTOBER 21st, Union defeat at Ball's Bluff, Va. NOVEMBER 7th, Battle of Belmont, Mo.-Capture of Port 1862. JANUARY 19th, Union victory at Mill Springs, Ky. FEBRUARY 6th, Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn.; 8th, Capture of Roanoke Island, N. C.; 16th, Capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.; 22d, Davis inaugurated for a term of six years. MARCH 6th-8th, Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.; 8th, Ram Virginia sinks the Cumberland and Congress; 9th, Engagement between the Monitor and Virginia; 14th, Capture of Newbern, N. C.; 23d, Union victory at Winchester, Va. On the throne of England VICTORIA. APRIL 4th, McClellan commences his Peninsular campaign; JUNE 3d, Lee assumes command before Richmond; 6th, SEPTEMBER 6th, Lee's army invades Maryland; 14th, Union OCTOBER 4th, Confederates repulsed at Corinth, Miss.; 8th, DECEMBER 13th, Union repulse at Fredericksburg, Va.; 29th, 1863. JANUARY 1st, Emancipation Proclamation; 11th, Capture APRIL 7th, Naval attack on Fort Sumter, S. C.; 17th, JUNE 15th, Lee's second invasion of Maryland commences; |