United States History Timeline ......

Explore the rich and diverse history of America on our website. From ancient civilizations to modern times, below content offers a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of America's past. Discover the stories and events that shaped a nation, its culture and society, through our well-researched and well-written articles.

• 1492 AD: --------- Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas.

• 1620 AD: --------- Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.

• 1776 AD: --------- Declaration of Independence is adopted.

• 1787 AD: --------- United States Constitution is drafted.

• 1803 AD: --------- Louisiana Purchase from France.

• 1861-1865 AD: --------- American Civil fought between the Union and the Confederacy.

• 1865 AD: --------- Civil War ends; 16th President Abraham Lincoln assassinated.

• 1869 AD: --------- First transcontinental railroad completed.

• 1890 AD: --------- Sherman Antitrust Act.

• 1914-1918 AD: --------- World War I began. On April 6, 1917, the United States of America officially entered World War I.

• 1920 AD: --------- 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote.

• 1929 AD: --------- The Great Depression begins. It was the greatest and longest economic recession in modern world history.

• 1941-1945 AD: --------- U.S. enters the World War II.

• 1945 AD: --------- Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• 1950-1953 AD: --------- On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered the Korean War.

• 1960 AD: --------- John F. Kennedy elected as the President.

• 1963 AD: --------- Martin Luther King Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" speech.

• 1969 AD: --------- Apollo 11 lands on the moon.

• 1970 AD: --------- First Earth Day; Environmental movement gains momentum.

• 1973 AD: --------- U.S. Supreme Court giving women in America the right to have an abortion before the foetus is viable outside the womb.

• 1981 AD: --------- Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began.

• 1990 AD: --------- Gulf War started.

• 2001 AD: --------- Terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11; War on Terror begins.

• 2008 AD: --------- Financial crisis and economic recession.

• 2008 AD: --------- Democratic Senator Barack Obama becomes the first black president of the United States.

• 2010 AD: --------- Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enacted.

• 2020 AD: --------- National emergency declared over the Covid-19 pandemic.

• 2021 AD: --------- Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. as President.