Founding of Dartmouth College
On December 13, 1769, Dartmouth College received its charter.
On December 13, 1769, Dartmouth College received its charter.
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted to the Union as the 20th state.
On November 16, 1907, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory were merged to create the state of Oklahoma.
On November 7, 1811, future president William Henry Harrison clashed with Tecumseh’s warriors at the Battle of Tippecanoe, a precursor to the War of 1812.
In a battle lasting only 15 minutes on August 15, 1812, the Potawatomi Indians attacked Fort Dearborn near present-day Chicago, Illinois, and burned it to the ground.
On August 3, 1795, the United States and a group of Native American tribes (known as the Western Confederacy) signed the Treaty of Greenville, establishing the boundary between American and Native American territory.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution and was admitted to the Union.
Just 29 years after gaining independence, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world by declaring war on June 18, 1812, in what would become America’s “Second War of Independence.”
America’s first First Lady was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731 (by the Old Style calendar), on her parents’ Chestnut Grove Plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia.