Pennsylvania: Timeline

1681   Charles II of England Charles II of England

Charles II was the King of England [i], King of Scots [i], and King of Ireland [i] from 30 January [i] ... 

 grants a land charter to William Penn William Penn

William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania [i], the British [i] North America [i]n ... 

 for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.

1758   Seven Years' War Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War, some of the theatres [i] of which are called the Pomeranian War and ... 

: French and Indian War French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the nine-year North American chapter of the Seven Years' War [i]. ... 

: Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape Lenape

The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American [i] ... 

.

1763   Pontiac's War - Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet Henry Bouquet

Henry Bouquet was a prominent British Army [i] officer in the French and Indian War [i] and Pontiac's War [i] ... 

 defeat Chief Pontiac Chief Pontiac

Pontiac or Obwandiyag, was a Native American [i] Ottawa [i] ... 

's Indians at Bushy Run in the Pennsylvania backcountry.

1777   Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolution American Revolution

The American Revolution was a political movement that ended British [i] control ... 

ary war victory for British Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain ... 

 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

1778   American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, was a war between... 

: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the Continental Army.

1787   Pennsylvania becomes the second U.S. state U.S. state

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.

1789   At Federal Hall Federal Hall

Federal Hall, once located at 26 Wall Street [i] in New York City [i], was the first capitol [i] of the ... 

 in New York City New York City

[i] in the [[United States]... 

, the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

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 holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg Frederick Muhlenberg

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, was an American [i] minister and politician who was ... 

 of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.

1794   Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.

1848   Geneva College in Pennsylvania is founded.

1851   Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1889   South Fork Dam collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the Johnstown Flood.

1897   Harrisburg Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of the Commonwealth [i] of Pennsylvania [i], United States [i] ... 

, the Pennsylvania state capitol, is destroyed by fire.

1897   In the Lattimer Massacre, a sheriff's posse killes more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania.

1911   The Pan Sophic Club, Pennsylvania's oldest independent fraternity, is founded at Grove City College in Grove City, PA.

1937   Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) of the United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

 to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday National holiday

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.

1964   Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, as part of a 'stop-Goldwater' movement.

1967   Four hundred students seize the administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania.

1985   Forty-one tornado Tornado

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus [i] ... 

es hit in Ohio Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern [i] state [i] of the United States [i]. ... 

, Pennsylvania, New York New York

New York is a state [i] in the northeastern [i] United States [i]. ... 

 and Ontario Ontario

Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada [i]'s ten provinces [i] ... 

, leaving 76 dead.

1987   R. Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shoots and kills himself at a press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery Bribery

Bribery is a crime [i] implying a sum or gift given alters the behaviour of the person in ways not consi ... 

, fraud, conspiracy Conspiracy (crime)

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, and racketeering.

1987   Pennsylvania celebrates its bicentennial 1787

1787 was a common year starting on Monday [i] . ... 

 statehood.

1991   Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over Merion, Pennsylvania.