Biography of the united states

Outline of the history of the United States

Overview of and topical guide to United States history

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the history of the United States.

By period

Named eras and periods

These multi-year periods are commonly identified in American history. The existence and dating of some of these periods is debated by historians.

Political parties

These periods are commonly identified as the large changes within political parties. Newer Party Systems are typically disputed by experts and historians due to the complexity of changes in political parties.

Wars

See List of wars involving the United States.

Timelines and lists

15th century

1490s

  • On October 12, 1492, three Spanish ships under the command of Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) landed on the Lucayan island of Guanahani which he names San Salvador (The Savior).
  • On November 14, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Columbus lands on a large inhabited island which he names Santa Cruz (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Columbus then visits and names San Tomas (Saint Thomas) and San Juan (Saint John). Columbus names the archipelago Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, now the Virgin Islands).
  • On November 19, 1493, Columbus lands on the large Taíno island of Borikén which he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Rico and part of the United States).

16th century

1500s

1510s

1520s

  • On March 6, 1521, three Spanish ships under the command of Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) land on the Island of Guam after a seemingly endless eleven week voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Magellan names the archipelago Las Isles de las Velas Latinas (The Islands of the Latine Sails). When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies, natives take iron from the ships. Magellan renames the archipelago Las Islas de los Ladrones (The Islands of the Thieves).

1530s

  • In May 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto lands nine ships at southern Tampa Bay in Florida with 620 men and 220 horses.

1540s

  • In 1540, Hernando de Soto leads his expedition through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi.
  • In May 1541, Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and explores Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
  • A Spanish expedition led by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands at a bay of the Pacific Ocean which he names San Miguel (Saint Michael, now San Diego, California) on September 28, 1542.

1550s

1560s

1570s

1580s

1590s

17th century

1600s

1610s

1620s

1630s

  • The Town of Boston is chartered and named capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, September 7, 1630
  • English Puritans establish the Saybrook Colony along the Connecticut River, 1635
  • English Puritans establish the River Colony along the Connecticut River, March 3, 1636
  • Roger Williams establishes the Colony of Providence, June 1636
  • Pequot War, July 20, 1636 – May 26, 1637
  • Swedish establish the colony of Nya Sverige (New Sweden) along the Delaware River, March 29, 1638
  • English establish the Newe-Haven Colony, April 14, 1638
  • Anne Hutchinson establishes the first of the colonies of Rhode Island, 1638

1640s

1660s

  • King Charles II of England grants the River Colony a royal charter as the Colony of Connecticut, May 1662
  • King Charles II of England grants a royal charter for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663
  • England seizes New Netherland from the Netherlands, August 27, 1664. England splits New Netherland into the Province of New-York and the Province of New-Jersey.
  • The Colony of Connecticut annexes the New-Haven Colony, January 5, 1665
  • Second Anglo-Dutch War, March 4, 1665 – July 31, 1667

1670s

  • Third Anglo-Dutch War, April 7, 1672 – March 5, 1674
  • The Province of New-Jersey is split into the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey, March 18, 1673
  • King Philip's War, June 8, 1675 – August 12, 1676

1680s

  • Pueblo Revolt in Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, August 10, 1680 – September 14, 1692
  • King Charles II of England grants William Penn a charter for the Province of Pennsylvania, March 4, 1681
  • William Penn leases the three lower counties on the Delaware River (Delaware) from James, Duke of York, March 1682
  • William Penn writes the first Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (including the three lower counties on the Delaware River), April 2, 1682
  • Dominion of New-England in America, June 3, 1686 – May 18, 1689
    • England creates the Dominion of New-England in America to rule the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, the Colony of New-Plymouth, the Province of New-Hampshire, the Province of Main, and the Narraganset Country or King's Province, June 3, 1686
    • England adds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the Connecticut Colony to the Dominion of New England in America, September 9, 1686
    • England adds the Province of New-York, the Province of East Jersey, and the Province of West Jersey to the Dominion of New-England in America, May 7, 1688
    • The government of the Dominion of New-England in America collapses, May 18, 1689. The Colony of Massachusetts Bay, the Colony of New-Plymouth, the Province of New-Hampshire, the Province of Main, the Narraganset Country or King's Province as the Dominion of New-England in America, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the Connecticut Colony, the Province of New-York, the Province of East Jersey, and the Province of West Jersey resume their previous self-governance.
  • King William's War, 1689 – September 20, 1697

1690s

18th century

1700s

1710s

1720s

1730s

1740s

1750s

  • Spain establishes El Presidio Reál San Ignacio de Tubac in Sonora y Sinaloa (now Arizona), June 2, 1752
  • The Kingdom of Great Britain and the British Empire adopt the Gregorian calendar, September 14, 1752
  • French and Indian War, May 28, 1754 – February 10, 1763

1760s

  • Pontiac's Rebellion, 1763–1767
  • Royal Proclamation of 1763, October 7, 1763
  • War of the Regulation, 1764–1771
  • Spain establishes El Presidio Reál de San Diego in California, May 14, 1769

1770s

  • British troops kill five civilians in Boston on March 5, 1770
  • Spain establishes colony of Las Californias, June 3, 1770 – March 26, 1804
  • Dunmore's War, 1773–1774
  • The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Massachusetts Government Act on May 20, 1774
  • American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
    • Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775
    • The Province of New Hampshire adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Hampshire, January 5, 1776
    • The Province of South Carolina adopts a constitution for an independent State of South Carolina on March 15, 1776
    • The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 4, 1776
    • The Colony of Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 18, 1776
    • The Colony of Virginia adopts a constitution for an independent Commonwealth of Virginia on June 29, 1776
    • The Province of New Jersey adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Jersey on July 2, 1776
    • The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776
    • The Republic of New Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on January 15, 1777
    • The Republic of New Connecticut changes its name to Vermont on June 2, 1777
    • Battles of Saratoga on September 19 and October 7, 1777
    • Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781
    • Siege of Yorktown, September 28 – October 19, 1781
    • Treaty of Paris signed on September 3, 1783
  • Spain establishes El Presidio Reál de San Francisco de Asis in Las Californias, September 17, 1776
  • English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands which he names the Sandwich Islands, January 18, 1778

1780s

  • The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts takes effect on October 25, 1780, changing the name of the State of Massachusetts Bay.
  • Spain establishes El Presidio Reál de Santa Barbara in Las Californias, April 21, 1782
  • Northwest Indian War, 1785 – August 3, 1795
  • Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – May 25, 1787
  • The Philadelphia Convention writes a new Constitution of the United States, May 25 – September 17, 1787
  • The Congress of the Confederation organizes the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, July 13, 1787
  • The State of Delaware becomes the 1st state to ratify the Constitution, December 7, 1787
  • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania becomes the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution, December 12, 1787
  • The State of New Jersey becomes the 3rd state to ratify the Constitution, December 18, 1787
  • The State of Georgia becomes the 4th state to ratify the Constitution, January 2, 1788
  • The State of Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the Constitution, January 9, 1788
  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the 6th state to ratify the Constitution, February 6, 1788
  • The State of Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the Constitution, April 28, 1788
  • The State of South Carolina becomes the 8th state to ratify the Constitution, May 23, 1788
  • The Constitution takes effect when the State of New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to ratify the document, June 21, 1788
  • The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the Constitution, June 25, 1788
  • The State of New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the Constitution, July 26, 1788
  • A new government under the Constitution is formed on March 4, 1789
  • George Washington becomes the 1st president of the United States on April 30, 1789
  • The State of North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, November 21, 1789

1790s

  • The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations becomes the 13th state to ratify the Constitution, May 29, 1790
  • The Vermont Republic is admitted to the Union as the State of Vermont (the 14th state) on March 4, 1791
  • Whiskey Rebellion, 1791–1794
  • The United States Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, takes effect on December 15, 1791
  • The United States sells the Erie Triangle to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 3, 1792
  • The District of Kentucky of the Commonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the 15th state) on June 1, 1792
  • The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, February 7, 1795
  • The Territory South of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee (the 16th state) on June 1, 1796
  • John Adams becomes the 2nd president of the United States on March 4, 1797
  • The Territory of Mississippi is organized, April 7, 1798
  • Quasi-War, 1798–1800

19th century

1800s

  • The Territory of Indiana is organized, May 7, 1800
  • Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4, 1801
  • First Barbary War, 1801–1805
  • The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803
  • The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803
  • Spain creates the colony of Alta California from northern portion of Las Californias, March 26, 1804 – August 24, 1821
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition, May 14, 1804 – September 23, 1806
  • The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, June 15, 1804
  • Battle of Sitka, October 1804
  • The Territory of Orleans is organized and the District of Louisiana is created, October 1, 1804
  • The Territory of Michigan is organized, June 30, 1805
  • The Territory of Louisiana is organized, July 4, 1805
  • Pike Expedition, July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807
  • The Territory of Illinois is organized, March 1, 1809
  • James Madison becomes the 4th president of the United States on March 4, 1809

1810s

  • Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821
  • The Republic of West Florida declares its independence from Spain, September 23, 1810
  • The United States unilaterally annexes the Florida Parishes of Spanish Florida Occidental, October 27, 1810
  • Tecumseh's War, 1811
  • A tremendous earthquake strikes the region around New Madrid in the Territory of Louisiana (Missouri), February 7, 1812
  • The Territory of Orleans is admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana (the 18th state) on April 30, 1812
  • The Territory of Louisiana is renamed the Territory of Missouri on June 4, 1812
  • War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • The United States declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on June 18, 1812
    • Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813
    • Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814
    • Burning of Washington on August 24, 1814
    • Battle of Plattsburgh, September 6–11, 1814
    • Battle of Baltimore, September 12–15, 1814
    • Treaty of Ghent signed on December 24, 1814
    • Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815
  • Creek War, 1813–1814
  • First Seminole War, 1814–1819
  • Second Barbary War, March 3, 1815 – December 23, 1816
    • The United States declares war on Algiers, March 3, 1815
  • The Territory of Indiana is admitted to the Union as the State of Indiana (the 19th state) on December 11, 1816
  • The Territory of Alabama is organized, March 3, 1817
  • James Monroe becomes the 5th president of the United States on March 4, 1817
  • The Territory of Mississippi is admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi (the 20th state) on December 10, 1817
  • The Territory of Illinois is admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois (the 21st state) on December 3, 1818.
  • The Territory of Arkansaw is organized, July 4, 1819
  • The Territory of Alabama is admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama (the 22nd state) on December 14, 1819

1820s

  • The District of Maine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is admitted to the Union as the State of Maine (the 23rd state) on March 15, 1820
  • The Adams-Onis Treaty establishes the boundary between the United States and the Kingdom of Spain, February 22, 1821
  • The southeastern portion of the Territory of Missouri is admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri (the 24th state) on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the Missouri Territory becomes unorganized.
  • The Territory of Florida is organized, March 30, 1822
  • The Russo-American Treaty establishes the boundary between Russian Alaska and the Oregon Country at the parallel 54°40′ north, January 12, 1825
  • John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th president of the United States on March 4, 1825
  • Winnebago War, 1827
  • Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th president of the United States on March 4, 1829

1830s

  • Nat Turner's slave rebellion, August 21–22, 1831
  • Black Hawk War, 1832
  • Second Seminole War, 1835–1842
  • Toledo War, 1835–1836
  • Texas Revolution, October 2, 1835 – October 2, 1836
  • Texas-Indian Wars, May 19, 1836 – June 2, 1875
  • The Territory of Arkansaw is admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas (the 25th state) on June 15, 1836
  • The Territory of Wisconsin is organized, July 3, 1836
  • The United States buys the Platte Purchase from the recently relocated Iowa, Sac, and Fox nations, September 17, 1836. The purchase includes the region east of the Missouri River, south of Sullivan Line, and west of the mouth of the Kaw (Kansas) River.
  • The Territory of Michigan is admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan (the 26th state) on January 26, 1837
  • Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th president of the United States on March 4, 1837
  • The Platte Purchase is annexed to the State of Missouri, March 28, 1837
  • Missouri Mormon War, August 6 – November 1, 1838
  • The Territory of Iowa is organized, July 4, 1838
  • Aroostook War, 1838–1839
  • Honey War, 1839

1840s

  • William Henry Harrison becomes the 9th president of the United States on March 4, 1841
  • John Tyler becomes the 10th president of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841
  • The extralegal Provisional Government of Oregon governs the Oregon Country, May 2, 1843 – August 14, 1848
  • Illinois Mormon War, June 7, 1844 – September 17, 1846
  • Treaty of Wanghia, July 3, 1844
  • The Territory of Florida is admitted to the Union as the State of Florida (the 27th state) on March 3, 1845
  • James K. Polk becomes the 11th president of the United States on March 4, 1845
  • The Republic of Texas is admitted to the Union as the State of Texas (the 28th state) on December 29, 1845
  • Mexican–American War, April 23, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • Biddle Expedition arrives at Uraga Harbor in Japan, July 20, 1846
  • The southeastern portion of the Territory of Iowa is admitted to the Union as the State of Iowa (the 29th state) on December 28, 1846. The remainder of the Iowa Territory becomes unorganized.
  • Cayuse War, November 29, 1847 – June 11, 1855
  • The southeastern portion of the Territory of Wisconsin is admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin (the 30th state) on May 29, 1848. The remainder of the Wisconsin Territory becomes unorganized.
  • The Territory of Oregon is organized, August 14, 1848
  • The Territory of Minnesota is organized, March 3, 1849
  • The extralegal State of Deseret governs the Great Basin region, May 3, 1849 – September 9, 1850
  • Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th president of the United States on March 4, 1849

1850s

  • Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th president of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on July 9, 1850
  • The State of California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state on September 9, 1850
  • The Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah are organized, September 9, 1850
  • The Territory of Washington is organized, February 8, 1853
  • Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th president of the United States on March 4, 1853
  • Perry Expedition arrives at Uraga Harbor in Japan, July 14, 1853
  • The Territory of Kansas and the Territory of Nebraska are organized, May 20, 1854
  • Sioux Wars, August 19, 1854 – December 29, 1890
  • James Buchanan becomes the 15th president of the United States on March 4, 1857
  • Utah Mormon War, May 28, 1857 – July 8, 1858
  • The eastern portion of the Territory of Minnesota is admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota (the 32nd state) on May 11, 1858. The remainder of the Minnesota Territory becomes unorganized.
  • The extralegal Territory of Jefferson governs the Southern Rocky Mountains region, October 24, 1859 – February 28, 1861
  • The western portion of the Oregon Territory is admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon (the 33rd state) on February 14, 1859. The remainder of the Oregon Territory is annexed to the Washington Territory.

1860s

  • The State of South Carolina becomes the 1st state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
  • The State of Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union on January 9, 1861
  • The State of Florida becomes the 3rd state to secede from the Union on January 10, 1861
  • The State of Alabama becomes the 4th state to secede from the Union on January 11, 1861
  • The State of Georgia becomes the 5th state to secede from the Union on January 19, 1861
  • The State of Louisiana becomes the 6th state to secede from the Union on January 26, 1861
  • The eastern portion of the Territory of Kansas is admitted to the Union as the State of Kansas (the 34th state) on January 29, 1861. The remainder of the Kansas territory becomes unorganized.
  • The State of Texas becomes the 7th state to secede from the Union on February 1, 1861
  • The 7 rebellious slave states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas create the rival Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861
  • The Territory of Colorado is organized, February 28, 1861
  • The Territory of Nevada is organized, March 2, 1861
  • The Territory of Dakota is organized, March 2, 1861
  • Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States on March 4, 1861
  • A rump government declares itself the Confederate Territory of Arizona on March 16, 1861
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Battle of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861
    • The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state to secede from the Union on April 17, 1861
    • Union naval blockade of the Confederacy, April 19, 1861 – April 9, 1865
    • The State of Arkansas becomes the 9th state to secede from the Union on May 6, 1861
    • The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 7, 1861
    • The State of North Carolina becomes the 10th state to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861
    • The State of Arkansas becomes the 9th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 18, 1861
    • The State of North Carolina becomes the 10th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 21, 1861
    • The State of Tennessee becomes the 11th state to secede from the Union on June 8, 1861
    • The State of Tennessee becomes the 11th state admitted to the Confederacy on July 2, 1861
    • First Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861
    • A rump government claiming to represent the State of Missouri declares its secession from the Union on October 31, 1861
    • A rump government claiming to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky declares its secession from the Union on November 20, 1861
    • The rump government of the State of Missouri becomes the 12th state admitted to the Confederacy on November 28, 1861
    • The rump government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky becomes the 13th state admitted to the Confederacy on December 10, 1861
    • The rump government of the Confederate Territory of Arizona becomes the only Confederate Territory on February 14, 1862
    • Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862 – April 7, 1862
    • Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862
    • The Territory of Arizona is organized, February 24, 1863
    • The Territory of Idaho is organized, March 4, 1863
    • Siege of Vicksburg, May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863
    • The northwestern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as the State of West Virginia (the 35th state) on June 20, 1863
    • Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 – July 3, 1863
    • President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1863
    • Siege of Atlanta, May 7, 1864 – September 2, 1864
    • The Territory of Montana is organized, May 28, 1864
    • The State of Nevada is admitted to the Union as the 36th state on October 31, 1864
    • Battle of Appomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865
    • Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865
      • President Abraham Lincoln dies on April 15, 1865
      • Andrew Johnson becomes 17th president of the United States on April 15, 1865
  • The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, December 18, 1865
  • The State of Tennessee becomes the 1st Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866
  • The Territory of Nebraska is admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska (the 37th state) on March 1, 1867
  • President Andrew Johnson is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, February 24, 1868
  • The State of Arkansas becomes the 2nd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on June 22, 1868
  • The State of Florida becomes the 3rd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on June 25, 1868
  • The State of North Carolina becomes the 4th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 4, 1868
  • The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, July 9, 1868
  • The State of Louisiana becomes the 5th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868
  • The State of South Carolina becomes the 6th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868
  • The State of Alabama becomes the 7th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 13, 1868
  • The Territory of Wyoming is organized, July 25, 1868
  • Ulysses S. Grant becomes the 18th president of the United States on March 4, 1869
  • The Transcontinental railroad is completed on May 10, 1869

1870s

  • The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on January 26, 1870
  • The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, February 3, 1870
  • The State of Mississippi becomes the 9th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on February 23, 1870
  • The State of Texas becomes the 10th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on March 30, 1870
  • The State of Georgia becomes the 11th and last Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 15, 1870
  • The United States attacks Korea, June 10, 1871 – July 3, 1871
  • Black Hills War, March 17, 1876 – 1877
  • The nation celebrates the Centennial of the United States of America despite news from the Little Bighorn, July 4, 1876
  • The Territory of Colorado is admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado (the 38th state) on August 1, 1876
  • Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th president of the United States on March 4, 1877

1880s

  • James A. Garfield becomes the 20th president of the United States on March 4, 1881
  • Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States upon the assassination of President James Garfield on September 19, 1881
  • The portion of the Dakota Territory south of the 42nd parallel north and west of the Missouri River is annexed to the State of Nebraska, March 28, 1882
  • Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd president of the United States on March 4, 1885
  • Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the United States on March 4, 1889
  • The Territory of Dakota is admitted to the Union as the State of North Dakota and the State of South Dakota (the 39th state and the 40th state) on November 2, 1889[1]
  • The Territory of Montana is admitted to the Union as the State of Montana (the 41st state) on November 8, 1889
  • The Territory of Washington is admitted to the Union as the State of Washington (the 42nd state) on November 11, 1889

1890s