Timeline
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"My whole life has been dedicated to the Service of my Country, in one shape or another."
1732 February 22
Birth (11 Feb 1731: old nominal birthday)
1748 March 11
Journey over the mountains begins
1753 October 31
Departs for the Wilderness (Ohio Valley)
1754 May 28
Jumonville Glen Skirmish (French and Indian War begins)
1755 July 9
Battle of the Monongahela
1755 August 14
Commissioned commander opposing “French and Indians”
1758 July 24
Elected to the House of Burgesses in Virginia
1759 January 6
Marries Martha Dandridge Custis
1765 March 22
Britain issues Stamp Act to pay for French and Indian War
1770 October 5
Journey to the Ohio begins (nine weeks)
1773 June 19
Martha “Patsy” Custis dies (stepdaughter)
1774 March 31
The first Coercive Act passes (Boston Port Act)
1774 September 5
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
1775 April 19
Battle of Lexington and Concord
1775 June 16
Accepts appointment as commander Continental army
1775 July 3
Assumes army field command at Cambridge, Massachusetts
1776 March 17
British army evacuates Boston
1776 July 9
Declaration of Independence read to Continental army
1776 August 27
Battle of Long Island (concluded 29 Aug)
1776 August 30
Continental Army escapes across East River
1776 September 7
First submarine deploys in combat (Turtle)
1776 December 26
Battle of Trenton
1777 January 3
Battle of Princeton
1777 January 25
Issues “oath of allegiance” proclamation
1777 June 13
Marquis de Lafayette arrives in South Carolina
1777 December 19
Continental army arrives at Valley Forge
1778 June 28
Battle of Monmouth
1779 December 1
Continental army arrives at Morristown
1780 September 24
Benedict Arnold flees
1781 January 20
New Jersey soldiers mutiny
1781 April 18
Lund Washington reports British at Mount Vernon
1781 September 5
Battle of the Capes
1781 October 19
Victory at Yorktown
1781 November 5
John Parke Custis dies (stepson)
1782 August 7
Creates the Badge of Military Merit (Purple Heart)
1783 March 15
Newburgh Address
1783 April 18
Announces cessation of hostilities
1783 September 3
Treaty of Paris signed
1783 December 4
British depart New York Harbor
1783 December 23
Resigns commission as commander of the Cont. army
1784 November 28
Bids final farewell to the Marquis de Lafayette
1787 May 25
Constitutional Convention begins
1787 September 17
Constitutional Convention delegates sign Constitution
1787 October 27
The Federalist No. I is published
1788 June 21
Constitution ratified
1789 April 30
Inaugurated first President of the United States
1789 August 25
Mary Ball Washington dies (mother)
1789 October 15
Embarks on New England Tour
1790 May 12
Illness progresses to pneumonia (nearly dies)
1790 July 16
Residence Act establishes District of Columbia
1791 March 3
Excise tax enacted / sparks Whiskey Rebellion
1791 March 21
Embarks on Southern Tour
1792 December 5
Unanimously elected 2nd term as President of the United States
1793 September 18
Capitol Building cornerstone laid
1796 March 25
Frances ”Fanny” Bassett Lear dies (m. George A. Washington, d.1793)
1796 May 1
Ona Judge escapes
1796 September 19
Publishes Farewell Address
1797 Unknown Date
Hercules Posey escapes
1797 March 3
Final day as President of the United States
1798 July 4
Commissioned Commander in Chief of the army (Quasi War)
1799 December 14
Death
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