Sterling & Harrow, Ltd.

The Adventures of
Sterling & Harrow

1620: Nov. 9 The Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Nov. 11 The Mayflower Compact is signed by 41 male colonists.
1624: First Dutch colonists arrive in New York.
1626: A Dutch colonist buys the island of Manhattan and names it New Amsterdam.
1629: One of several land grants made by the English crown in the 1620s is named New Hampshire.
1630: March John Winthrop and 900 Puritan followers establish Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1631: Dutch establish the first European settlement in Delaware at Lewes.
1633: The first permanent European settlers in Connecticut come from the Massachusetts Bay colony.
1634: First settlement in Maryland established on lands owned by Lord Baltimore.
1636: June Roger Williams founds Providence and Rhode Island.
1638: Anne Hutchinson is banished from Massachusetts and moves to Rhode Island. Swedes establish first permanent settlement in New Sweden (now Delaware) at Fort Christina (now Wilmington).
1660: Dutch establish the first settlement in New Jersey at Bergen (now Jersey City).
1663: King Charles II of England establishes the colony of Carolina.
1664: The Dutch New Netherland colony becomes English New York.
1666: French establish the first permanent European settlement in Vermont on the Isle of La Motte near Lake Champlain.
1673: Dutch military forces retake New York from England. The British Navigation Act of 1673 is established by Parliament. Expedition of Louis Joliett and Jacques Marquette down the Mississippi River.
1674: Treaty of Westminster returns Dutch colonies in America to England.
1675: King Philip’s War erupts in New England between colonists and Native Americans.
1676: Aug. 12 King Philip (Metacomet, chief of the Wapanoas) is killed, ending the war in southern New England.
1680: Aug. 21 Pueblo Indians drive out the Spanish and take possession of what would later become Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1681: Pennsylvania is founded on land granted to Quaker William Penn.
1682: French explorer La Salle claims the lower Mississippi Valley (Louisiana) for France.
1689: Parliament draws up the Declaration of Right detailing the unconstitutional acts of King James II. James’ daughter and her husband, his nephew, become joint sovereigns of Britain as King William III and Queen Mary II. Parliament passes the Bill of Rights. Toleration Act grants rights to Trinitarian Protestant dissenters. Catholic forces loyal to James II land in Ireland from France and lay siege to Londonderry. Late in the summer, cousins, Robert Fitz Sterling and John de Harrow, both age 19 set out on a trip from London to explore the island of Britain. Their plan is to journey northward through York to Edinburgh, and move on from there to the Highlands of Scotland. They never return home.
1690: Wintering in York, the young Sterling and Harrow meet Lucinda and Althea Davis, daughters of a cartographer. They begin to court the young ladies. King William defeats the Irish and French armies of his father-in-law at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1691: The Treaty of Limerick allows Cathloics in Ireland to exercise their religion freely, but severe penal laws soon follow. The French War begins. Francisco de Vargas reconquers New Mexico and enters the San Luis Valley.
1692: The Glencoe Massacre occurs.
1694: Death of Queen Mary; King William now rules alone. Foundation of the Bank of England. Triennial Act sets the maximum duration of a parliament to three years
1695: Lapse of the Licensing Act.
1697: Peace of Ryswick between the allied powers of the League of Augsburg and France ends the French War. Civil List Act votes funds for the maintenance of the Royal Household.
1701: The Act of Settlement settles the Royal Succession on the Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover. Death of the former King James II in exile in France. The French king recognizes James II’s son as King James III. King William forms a grand alliance between England, Holland and Austria to prevent the union of the Spanish and French crowns. The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out in Europe over the vacant throne.
1702: Death of King William III in a riding accident. He is succeeded by his sister-in-law, Queen Anne. England declares war on France as part of the War of the Spanish Succession.
1704: British, Dutch, German and Austrian troops, under the Duke of Marlborough, defeat the French and Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim. British, Bavarian and Austrian troops under Marlborough defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies, and expel the French from the Netherlands. The British capture Gibraltar from Spain.
1707: The Act of Union unites the kingdoms of England and Scotland and transfers the seat of Scottish Government to London.
1708: The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Oudenarede. The French incur heavy losses. Queen Anne vetoes a parliamentary bill to recognise the Scottish militia. This is the last time a bill is vetoed by the sovereign.
1709: Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Malplaquet.
1710: A Tory ministry is formed, under Harley, with the impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell and the fall of the Whig government.
1711: Outbreak of the Tuscarora War between Native Americans and North Carolina settlers.
1712: May The Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina.
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht is signed by Britain and France, thus concluding the War of the Spanish Succession. Robert Sterling, son of Robert Fitz Sterling, and David Harrow, son of John de Harrow, at age 20, are given control of Davis Cartographers by their aging fathers.
1714: Death of Queen Anne at Kensington Palace. She is succeeded by her distant cousin, the Elector George of Hanover, as King George I. A new parliament is elected with a strong Whig majority, led by Charles Townshend and Robert Walpole.
1715: The Jacobite Rebellion begins in Scotland with the aim of overthrowing the Hanovarian succession and placing the Old Pretender -- James II’s son -- on the throne. The rebellion is easily defeated.
1716: The Septennial Act sets General Elections to be held every seven years.
1717: Townshend is dismissed from government by George I, causing Walpole to resign. The Whig party is split. Convocation is suspended
1718: New Orleans is founded by France.
1719: South Sea Bubble bursts, leaving many investors ruined after speculating with stock of the South Sea Company.
1721: Sir Robert Walpole returns to government as First Lord of the Treasury. He remains in office until 1742 and effectively becomes Britain’s first Prime Minister.
1722: Death of the Duke of Marlborough. The Jacobite Atterbury Plot is hatched.
1726: First circulating library in Britain opens in Edinburgh. Jonathan Swift publishes his Gulliver’s Travels.
1727: Death of great British scientist, Sir Isaac Newton and of King George I (in Hanover). The latter is succeeded by his son as King George II.
1728: Jewish colonists in New York City build the first American synagogue.
Vitus Bering, a Dane in the service of Russia, discovers the Bering Sea and Bering Strait.
1729: Alexander Pope publishes his Dunciad.
1730: Baltimore is founded in the Maryland colony.
1732: June Georgia, the 13th English colony, is founded.
1733: The Excise Crisis occurs and Walpole is forced to abandon his plans to reorganise the customs and excise.
1737: Death of King George II’s wife, Queen Caroline.
1738: John and Charles Wesley start the Methodist movement in Britain.
1739: Britain goes to war with Spain in the War of Jenkins’ Ear. The cause: Captain Jenkins’ ear was claimed to have been cut off during a Naval Skirmish. England declares war on Spain, resulting in conflicts among English and Spanish colonists in Florida and Georgia.
1740: Commencement of the War of Austrian Succession in Europe.
1741: Vitus Bering discovers Alaska and trades with the Indians there.
1743: George II leads British troops into battle at Dettingen in Bavaria.
1745: Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. There is a Scottish victory at Prestonpans.
1746: The Duke of Cumberland crushes the Scottish Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden.
1748: The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle brings the War of Austrian Succession to a close.
1751: Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales. His son, Prince George, becomes heir to the throne.
1752: Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in Britain. Ill-fated RL&H Expedition to Swan Creek. Riggins and Heath were lost and presumed dead. Only Mister Larabie survives.
1756: Britain, allied with Prussia, declares war against France and her allies, Austria and Russia. The Seven Years’ War begins. Outbreak of the French and Indian War.
1757: Robert Clive wins the Battle of Plassey and secures the Indian province of Bengal for Britain. William Pitt becomes Prime Minister.
1758: The first Indian reservation in America is founded in New Jersey.
1759: Wolfe captures Quebec and expels the French from Canada (ed. note: too bad that didn’t take, eh?)
1760: Death of King George II. He is succeeded by his grandson as George III. The new king gives a Royal Charter to the grandsons of Robert Fitz Sterling and John de Harrow (Robert Sterling III and William Harrow). Davis Cartographers is changed to Sterling and Harrow, Mapmakers to the King. Having thoroughly mapped the British Isles over the previous 71 years, the current pair move their young families to the American Colonies to map the growing territories. As a result, the fourth generation of Sterlings and Harrows are raised as Americans.
Sept. 18 France cedes Quebec to England.
1761: Laurence Sterne publishes his Tristram Shandy.
1762: The Earl of Bute is appointed Prime Minister. He becomes very unpopular and employs a bodyguard. Mister Larabie, last surviving member of RL&H dies, leaving a map of the RL&H Expedition to Swan Creek.
1763: Feb. 10 The French and Indian War ends with the Treaty of Paris. Sterling and Harrow: The Swan Creek Adventure.
1765: The American Stamp Act raises taxes in the colonies in an attempt to make their defence self-financing.
1766: Repeal of the American Stamp Act.
1768: James Cook explores the Hawaiian Islands.
1769: James Watt patents the Steam Engine. Captain James Cook’s first voyage to explore the Pacific.
1770: Lord North begins service as Prime Minister. The Falkland Island Crisis occurs.
Edmund Burke publishes his Thoughts on the Present Discontents.
1771: The Encyclopedia Britannica is first published.
1773: American colonists (The Sons of Liberty) protest at the East India Company’s monopoly over tea exports to the colonies, at the so-called Boston Tea Party. Robert Harrow (18 years old) and Robert Sterling IV (19 years old) quarrel over Independence vs. Loyalty. Sterling refuses to take part in the Revolution, and an angry Harrow disappears from Boston. The fathers of the boys are both Loyalists, feeling they owe their livelihood to the crown. The World’s first cast-iron bridge is constructed over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale.
1774: Parliament passes the Coercive Acts in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.
Mar. 22 Juan Bautista de Anza expedition arrives at the mission San Gabriel, near what is now Los Angeles, California.
Sept. 5 First Continental Congress convened.
1775: Mar. 23 Patrick Henry delivers his “give me liberty or give me death” speech to Virginia Assembly in Richmond.
Apr. 19 Revolutionary War begins with battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
May 10 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. All colonies are represented.
June 10 The Continental Army is the first standing army in the U.S.
The Loyalist Sterling and Harrow find themselves the victims of some personal attacks when they refuse to participate in the hostilities. They will not fight for the Revolution (out of love for their king), nor for the crown (out of love for the missing Robert Harrow, who is believed to have joined the Colonial Army). The elder pair advise the young Robert Sterling IV to go into hiding, as, being 21, he is likely to incur a more violent wrath from those encouraging him to join to Revolutionaries.
James Watt further develops his steam engine.
Dec. 22 Congress creates a Navy. Juan Bautista de Anza and Francisco Tomas Graces lead group of settlers overland to San Francisco.
1776: July 4, the American Congress passes their Declaration of Independence from Britain. Edward Gibbons’ publishes his Decline and Fall and Adam Smith, his Wealth of Nations. Dominguez-Escalante expedition seeks northern route from Santa Fe to Monterey.
1777: June 14 Congress establishes stars and stripes design of the American flag.
Nov. 15 The Articles of Confederation are adopted, but not yet ratified, by Congress.
1778: France and the United States form an alliance.
1781: Mar. 1 The Articles of Confederation are ratified by Congress.
Oct. 19 The Americans obtain a great victory of British troops at the surrender of Yorktown.
1782: End of Lord North’s time as Prime Minister. He is succeeded by Rockingham in his second ministry. Ireland obtains short-lived parliament.
1783: Feb. 4 England declares hostilities are at an end.
Apr. 11 The United States declares hostilities are at an end. A battled-scarred Robert Harrow, at age 28, returns home to find his father is dead of influenza, and the Sterling’s are moved away. Sterling and Harrow, Mapmakers to the King, is no more.
Sept. 3 A peace treaty between England and the United States is signed in Paris.
1784: Jan. 14 The Treaty of Paris is signed, bringing an official end to the Revolutionary War. Parliament passes the East India Act.
1786: The Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Statute for Religious Freedom, penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1779.
1787: The Federalist Papers are published.
May 25 The Constitutional Convention opens.
July 13 With the signing of the Northwest Ordinance, the Northwest Territory is established.
Sept. 17 The U.S. Constitution is approved by the Constitutional Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
Dec. 7 Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 12 Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 18 New Jersey ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1788: King George III suffers his first attack of "madness" (caused by porphyria).
Jan. 2 Georgia ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Jan. 9 Connecticut ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Feb. 6 Massachusetts ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Apr. 28 Maryland ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
May 23 South Carolina ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
June 21 New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state. The Constitution is officially ratified.
June 25 Virginia ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
July 26 New York ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1789: Apr. 30 George Washington takes office as 1st President of the United States.
Aug. 7 Congress establishes the Ohio territory.
Nov. 21 North Carolina ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1790: Edmund Burke publishes his Reflections on the Revolution in France.
May 26 Congress organizes territory south of Ohio.
May 29 Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state. The nation’s first census records 3.9 million people.
1791: James Boswell publishes his Life of Johnson and Thomas Paine, his Rights of Man.
Mar. 4 Vemont ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 15 The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, are adopted by Congress.
1792: Coal gas is used for lighting for the first time. Mary Wollstonecraft publishes her Vindication of the Rights of Women.
June 1 Kentucky becomes a state.
1793: Outbreak of War between Britain and France.
1795: Feb. 7 Congress ratifies the 11th Amendment to the Constitution.
1796: Vaccination against smallpox is introduced.
June 1 Tennessee becomes a state.
1797: Mar. 4 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States.
1798: T.R. Malthus publishes his Essay on Population.
Apr. 7 Congress organizes the Mississippi territory.
1799: Napoleon is appointed First Consul in France
1800: May 7 Congress organizes the Indiana territory.
1801: Mar. 4 Thomas Jefferson inaugurated as 3rd President of the United States.
1802: Peace between England and France is established.
1803: Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. Britain declares war on France.
1803: Mar.1 Ohio becomes a state.
Apr. 30 Congress approves the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.
1804: June 15 Congress ratifies the 12th Amendment to the Constitution. Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri.
1805: Nelson destroys the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, but is killed in the process.
Jan. 11 Congress establishes Michigan territory.
1808: Peninsular War to drive the French out of Spain begins.
1809: Feb. 3 Congress establishes Illinois territory.
Mar. 4 James Madison inaugurated as 4th President of the United States.
1809: Mar. 4 James Madison inaugurated as 4th President of the United States.
1810: Final illness of George III begins
1810: Sept. 16 Mexico wins independence from Spain.
1811: There are Luddite disturbances in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. The King’s illness leads to his son, the Prince of Wales, becoming Regent.
1812: Apr. 30 Louisiana becomes a state.
June 4 Congress establishes Missouriterritory. June War of 1812 begins.
1813: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is published. The monopolies of the East India Company are abolished.
1814: Dec. 24 War of 1812 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
1814: Peninsular War to drive the French out of Spain end.
1815: The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Peace is established in Europe at the Congress of Vienna.
1815: June 18 The Battle of Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
1816: Dec. 11 Indiana becomes a state.
1817: Mar. 3 Congress establishes Alabama territory. Mar. 4 James Monroe becomes the 5th President of the United States.
Dec. 10 Mississippi becomes a state.
1817: Mar. 4 James Monroe inaugurated as 5th President of the United States.
1818: Mary Shelley’s publishes her Frankenstein.
1818: Dec. 3 Illinois becomes a state.
1819: Mar. 2 Congress establishes Arkansas territory.
Dec. 14 Alabama becomes a state.
1820: Death of the blind and deranged King George III. He is succeeded by his son, the Prince Regent, who becomes King George IV. A radical plot to murder the Cabinet, known as the Cato Street Conspiracy, fails.
Mar. 14 Maine becomes a state.
1821: Aug. 10 Missouri becomes a state. Mexico wins independence from Spain. William Becknell leads a group of traders from Independence, Missouri, to what would later become Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the route that would later be known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1821-23: Famine in Ireland.
1822: Mar. 30 Congress establishes Florida territory.
1825: England: The World’s first railway service, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens.
1825: Mar. 4 John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th President of the United States.
1829: Mar. 4 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President of the United States.
1833: Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire. Parliament passes the Factory Act, prohibiting children aged less than nine from working in factories, and reducing the working hours of women and older children.
1836: Mar. 6 Mexicans defeat Americans at the Battle of the Alamo.
Apr. 20 Congress establishes Wisconsin Territory.
June 15 Arkansas becomes a state.
1837: Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist, drawing attention to Britain’s poor.
1837: Jan. 26 Michigan becomes a state.
Mar. 4 Martin Van Buren inaugurated as 8th President of the United States.
1838: June 12 Congress establishes Iowa territory.
1841: Mar. 4 William Henry Harrison inaugurated as 9th President of the United States.
Apr. 4 William Henry Harrison is the first United States President to die in office. John Tyler inaugurated as 10th President of the United States.
1845: James L. O’Sullivan first uses the phrase “manifest destiny.”
Mar. 3 Annexation of Texas by the United States. Florida becomes a state.
Mar. 4 James Knox Polk inaugurated as the 11th President of the United States.
Dec. 29 Texas becomes a state.
1845-49: Irish Potato Famine kills more than a million people.
1846: Apr. 25 The Mexican War begins.
Aug. 22 The United States annexes New Mexico, pledging to honor Spanish and Mexican land grants in northern New Mexico.
Dec. 28 Iowa becomes a state.
1848: Revolutions in Europe.
1848: Feb. 2 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war with Mexico, establishing the Rio Grande as the Mexican-U.S. boundary. The territory that would eventually become New Mexico and California becomes part of the United States.
May 29 Wisconsin becomes a state. Aug. 14 Congress establishes Oregon Territory.
1849: Mar. 3 Congress establishes Minnesota Territory.
Mar. 4 Zachary Taylor inaugurated as the 12th President of the United States.
1850: July 9 Zachary Taylor dies in office. Millard Filmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
1850: Sept. 9 California becomes a state. Congress establishes New Mexico territory.
1853: Vaccination against smallpox is made compulsory in Britain. Queen Victoria uses chloroform during birth of Prince Leopold.
1853: Mar. 2 Congress establishes Washington territory.
Mar. 4 Franklin Pierce inaugurated as the 14th President of the United States of America.
1854: The Crimean War begins, as Britain and France attempt to defend European interests in the Middle East against Russia.
1854: May 30 Congress establishes Kansas territory. Congress establishes Nebraska territory.
1856: Crimean War comes to an end.
1857: Mar. 4 James Buchanan inaugurated as the 15th President of the United States.
1857-58: The Second Opium War opens China to European trade. The Indian Mutiny erupts against British Rule on the sub-continent
1858: May 11 Minnesota becomes a state.
1859: Charles Darwin publishes his The Origin of the Species.
1859: Feb. 14 Oregon becomes a state.
1861: Jan. 29 Kansas becomes a state.
Feb. 28 Congress establishes Colorado territory.
Mar. 2 Congress establishes Nevada territory. Congress establishes Dakota territory.
1861: Mar. 2 The Civil War begins.
Mar. 4 Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States.
1863: The Salvation Army is founded in Britain.
1863: Feb. 24 Congress establishes Arizona territory.
Mar. 3 Congress establishes Idaho territory.
June 20 West Virginia becomes a state.
1864: May 26 Congress establishes Montana territory.
Oct. 31 Nevada becomes a state.
1865: Apr. 8 The Civil War ends when Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomatax.
Apr. 14 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Apr. 15 Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States.
Dec. 6 Congress ratifies the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
1867: Canada becomes the first independent dominion in the British Empire under the Dominion of Canada Act.
1867: Mar. 1 Nebraska becomes a state.
1868: Feb. 24 The House of Representatives votes to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
May 16 The Senate acquits President Johnson.
July 9 Congress ratifies the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
July 14 The United States purchases territory from Russia that will eventually become Alaska.
July 25 Congress establishes Wyoming territory.
1869: The Suez Canal is opened.
1869: Mar. 4 Ulysses Simpson Grant inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States.
1870: English Parliament also passes the Women’s Property Act, extending the rights of married women.
1870: Feb. 3 Congress ratifies the 15th Amendment.
1875: Disraeli purchases a controlling interest for Britain in the Suez Canal.
1876: The massacre of Christians in Turkish Bulgaria leads to anti-Turkish campaigns in Britain, led by Gladstone.
1877: Mar. 4 Rutherford Birchard Hayes inaugurated as 19th President of the United States.
1878: The Congress of Berlin is held. Disraeli announces "peace with honour".
1879: The Zulu War is fought in South Africa. The British are defeated at Isandhlwana, but are victorious at Ulundi.
1880-81: The first Anglo-Boer War is fought.
1881: Mar. 4 James Abram Garfield inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States.
Sept. 19 James Garfield is assassinated. Chester Arthur becomes the 21st President of the United States.
1885: Mar. 4 Grover Cleveland inaugurated as the 22nd President of the United States.
1889: Mar. 4 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as the 23rd president of the United States.
Nov. 2 North Dakota becomes a state. South Dakota becomes a state.
Nov. 8 Montana becomes a state.
Nov. 11 Washington becomes a state.
1890: May 2 Congress establishes Oklahoma territory.
July 3 Idaho becomes a state.
July 10 Wyoming becomes a state.
1893: Mar. 4 Grover Cleveland inaugurated as the 24th President of the United States.
1896: Jan. 4 Utah becomes a state.
1897: Mar. 4 William McKinley inaugurated as the 25th President of the United States.
1898: Puerto Rico ceded by Spain to the United States after the Spanish-American War.
1898: Apr. 21 Spanish-American War begins.
Dec. 10 Spanish-American War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Puerto Rico and Guam are ceded by Spain to the United States.
1899-1902: Boer War in South Africa.
1900: Apr. 30 Congress establishes Hawaii territory.
1901: Sept. 6 President McKinley is shot in Buffalo, New York.
Sept. 14 President McKinley dies. Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.
1907: Nov. 16 Oklahoma becomes a state.
1909: Mar. 4 William Howard Taft inaugurated as the 27th President of the United States.
1912: Jan. 6 New Mexico becomes a state. Congress establishes Alaska territory.
1913: Feb. 3 Congress ratifies the 16th Amendment to the Constitution.
Mar. 4 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States.
Apr. 8 Congress ratifies the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.
Oct. 10 The Panama Canal is completed.
1914: June 28 Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, setting off World War I.
1917: The United States purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. Puerto Rico becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States.
1918: Apr. 2 The United States enters World War I.
1919: Jan. 16 Congress ratifies the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
June 28 World War I officially ends with the Treaty of Versailles.
1920: Aug. 18 Congress ratifies the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
1921: Mar. 4 Warren Gamaliel Harding inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States.
1923: Aug. 2 President Harding dies in office of a heart attack.
Aug. 2 Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States.
1926 Sterling and Harrow: The Lost Valley
1929: Mar. 4 Herbert Clark Hoover inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States.
1929: Mar. 4 Herbert Clark Hoover inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States.
Oct. 29 The stock market crashes.
1933: Jan. 23 Congress ratifies the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
Mar. 4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States.
Dec. 5 Congress ratifies the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
1936: Jul. 18 The Spanish Civil War begins.
1939: Sept. 3 World War II begins.
1941: Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor, HI, is bombed by the Empire of Japan.
Dec. 11 The United States enters World War II.
1945: Apr. 12 President Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemmorhage.