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Date |
Description |
| 1732 |
February 22 (Februry 11, old style) |
Born in Bridge's Creek ( Wakefileld), Westmoreland County, Virginia | |
| 1743 | April 12 | Father Augustine Washington dies | |
| 1749 | July 20 | Appointed surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia | |
| 1751 |
September - March 1752 |
Visited Barbados together with half brother Lawrence Washington. | |
| 1752 |
November 6 |
Appointed major in Virginia militia | |
| 1753 | October 31 - January 16, 1754 | Sent by Governor Dinwiddie to deliver ultimatum to the French at Fort Le Boeuf | |
| 1754 | March - October | Lieutenant colonel of militia in frontier campaign | |
| 1755 | April - July | Aide-de-camp to general Braddock | |
| August 1755 - December 1758 | Colonel of Virginia regiment, responsible for frontier defences | ||
| 1758 | June - November | Participated in Forbes expedition against Fort Duquesne | |
| July 24 | Elected burgess for Frederick County, Virginia | ||
| 1759 | January 6 | Married Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis after having resigned commission | |
| 1761 | May 18 | Re-elected burgess | |
| Inherited Mount Vernon estate | |||
| 1762 | October 25 | Vestryman of Trueo Parish, Fairfax County | |
| 1763 | October 3 | Warden of Pohick Church, Truro Parish | |
| 1765 | July 16 | Elected burgess for Fairfax county | |
| 1770 | October | Justice of the peace, Fairfax County | |
| 1773 | May - June | Goes on a jorney to New York City | |
| 1774 | July | Member and chairman of a meeting that adopted Fairfax County Resolves | |
| August | Attended the first Virginia provencial Convention at Williamsburg | ||
| September - October | Attended the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia as a Virginia delegate | ||
| 1775 | May - June | Delegate to the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia | |
| June 16 | Elected General and Commander in Chief of the United States Army | ||
| July 3 | Took command of the Continental troops at Boston | ||
| 1776 | March 17 | Occupied Boston | |
| August 27 | The battle of Long Island | ||
| October 28 | The battle of White Plains | ||
| December 25 - 26 | Victory over Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey | ||
| 1777 | January 3 | Established a winter quarter at Morristown, New Jersey. Success at Princeton | |
| September 11 | The battle of Brandywine | ||
| October 4 | The battle of Germantown | ||
| October 17 | The surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga | ||
| Spent the winter at Valley Forge | |||
| 1778 | June | The British evacuated Philadelphia. Battle of Monmouth | |
| Spent the winter at Middlebrook, New Jersey | |||
| 1780 | July | A French fleet and army commanded by Rochambeau arrived at Newport, Rhode Island. | |
| 1781 | August - October | The campaign at Yorktown, Virginia which culminated in the surrender of Cornvallis at October 19. | |
| 1783 | March 15 | Replied to the "Newburgh Address" by discontented officers | |
| June 8 | Circular letters to the states | ||
| June 19 | Elected president-general of the veteran organisation "Society of the Cincinnati" | ||
| December 4 | Bid farewell to the officers at Frances' Tavern, New York City | ||
| December 23 | Resigned commission to the Congress at Annapolis and retires to Mount Vernon | ||
| 1784 | September 1 - October 4 | Took on a tour west of the Appalachian Mountains to visit his land on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Amongst other he stuided the possibility of establishing an easy and short communication between the Potomac and James rivers and the waters of Ohio | |
| December | Attended the Annapolis conference on Potomac River navigation | ||
| 1785 | May 17 | Appointed President of the Potomac Company | |
| 1787 | March 28 | Elected Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia | |
| May 25 | Elected president of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia | ||
| September 17 | The Constitutional Convention prepared and signed the Constitutional draft | ||
| 1788 | January 8 | Elected chancellor of William and Mary College | |
| 1789 | February 4 | Unanimously elected President of the United States of America | |
| April 30 | Inagurated as President at Federal Hall, New York City. Appointed heads of executive departments of state, treasury and war. Set up executive branch of government | ||
| August 25 | His mother Mary Washington died at Fredericksburg, Virginia | ||
| October - November | Toured New England states exclusive Rhode Island. | ||
| 1790 | August | Visited Rhode Island | |
| September | Arrived in Philadelphia, the new temporary capital of USA | ||
| 1791 | February | Signed the bill chartering the Bank of the United States | |
| April - July | In 66 days and 1887 miles he tours the Southern States by coach | ||
| October | Selected the site for a new capital city on the Potomac river | ||
| 1792 | December 5 | Unanimously reelected to a second presidential term | |
| 1793 | March 4 | Inaugurated as President for the second term at Independence Hall, Philadelphia | |
| April 22 | Proclamation of Neutrality after French declares war on Great Britain, Spain and the Netherlands | ||
| September 18 | Laid cornerstone of federal Capitol (Washington DC) | ||
| December 31 | Thomas Jefferson resigns as Secretary of State | ||
| 1794 | September - October | Leads troops to put down Whiskey rebellion in western Pennsylvania | |
| 1795 | January 31 | Alexander Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Treasury | |
| March 3 | Signs the treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain, giving Americans access to the Mississippi river | ||
| August 18 | Signs Jay's treaty, a commercial treaty with Great Britain | ||
| 1796 | September 19 | His farewell address is published in Philadelphia Daily American Advertiser | |
| 1797 | March | Retirement. He returns to Mount Vernon, following the inauguration of John Adams as President | |
| 1798 | July 4 | Leaves retirement to accept post as commander in cheif of the US Army due to the XYZ affair and the detoriating relations to France. | |
| 1799 | December 14 |
Died at Mount Vernon and was buried in the
family vault there on December 18. Leaves instructions to free his slaves upon his death, or upon his wife Martha's death if she should outlive him |
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| 1802 | May 22 | Martha Washington died | |
