Timeline of George Washington's Life |
| 1732 |
(February 22) Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| 1749 |
Official Surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia |
| 1751 |
Washington goes to Barbados |
| 1753 |
Major Washington carried British ultimatium to the French in the Ohio River Valley |
| 1754 |
Colonel Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in the French and Indian War |
| 1755 |
(July 9) Colonel Washington was with General Edward Braddock when ambushed by the French and Indians. |
| 1755-1758 |
Colonel Washington commanded Virginia's frontier troops. |
| 1759 |
(January 6) Married Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis |
| 1774 |
Elected delegate to the First Continental Congress |
| 1775 |
Elected delegate to the Second Continental Congress |
| 1775 |
(June 15) Elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army |
| 1776 |
(July 4) The Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress. |
| 1781 |
(October 19) Victory at Yorktown |
| 1787 |
(May 25) Elected President of the Constitutional Convention |
| 1789 |
Elected first President of the United States - the United States flag had 13 stars |
| 1789 |
(June 1) Washington signed the first act of Congress concerning the administration of oaths. |
| 1789 |
Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of State) |
| 1789 |
North Carolina becomes a state. |
| 1789-1799 |
The French Revolution ended absolute monarchy in France. |
| 1790 |
Washington approved plans for the U.S. Capitol. |
| 1790 |
The first national census took place - 3,929,214 people were counted over a period of nine months. |
| 1790 |
Rhode Island becomes a state. |
| 1791 |
(December 15, 1791) The Bill of Rights became law. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States guarantee basic liberties to Americans. |
| 1791 |
The Cabinet held its first recorded meeting. |
| 1791 |
Congress chartered the Bank of the United States. |
| 1791 |
Congress established the District of Columbia. |
| 1791 |
Vermont becomes a state. |
| 1792 |
Congress established a national mint. |
| 1792 |
Rival national political parties began developing in the United States. |
| 1792 |
Kentucky becomes a state. |
| 1793 |
Re-elected President of the United States |
| 1793 |
(April 22) Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation to keep the United States out of the war between France and Great Britain. |
| 1793 |
(September 18) Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. |
| 1793 |
The cotton gin was invented. Led to mass production and increase of slave labor. |
| 1794 |
The Whisky Rebellion brought the first test of Federal power. Washington sent troops to crush an uprising by Pennsylvania farmers who refused to pay a federal whisky tax. |
| 1795 |
Washington signed the unpopular Jay Treaty to maintain trade with Great Britain. |
| 1796 |
Tennessee becomes a state. |
| 1796 |
Published his Farewell Address, refusing a third term. |
| 1797 |
U.S. population was 4,900,000 in 1797 when Washington retired. |
| 1797 |
The French Army under Napoleon drove the Austrians from Italy. |
| 1798 |
(July 4) Commissioned Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the new United States Army |
| 1799 |
(Dec 14) Died at Mount Vernon at the age of 67 |
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