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  • 31 Aug 1772

    Hurricane San Ramón was the second of three hurricanes in a row to pass through and destroy houses and plantations across Puerto Rico, Barbados, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.

  • 5 Mar 1770

    The Boston Massacre occurred.

  • 16 Jul 1769

    Father Junipero Serra started his first mission in California named 'Mission San Diego.'

  • 29 Jun 1767

    The Commissioners of Customs Act was passed in the US.

  • 23 Nov 1765

    Frederick County, Maryland, US, refused to pay the British Stamp Tax.

  • 17 Mar 1762

    New York City held the world's first St Patrick's Day Parade.

  • 20 Mar 1760

    The Great Fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.

  • 30 Nov 1753

    Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Godfrey Copley Medal.

  • 1 Sep 1752

    The famous Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia, US.

  • 11 Nov 1750

    The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

  • 14 Mar 1743

    Boston became the first American city to have a town meeting.

  • 11 Jun 1742

    American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.

  • 31 Mar 1736

    Bellevue Hospital opened the NYC Almshouse, the first public hospital in the US.

  • 18 Jan 1733

    The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.

  • 14 Nov 1732

    Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.

  • 23 Jul 1726

    Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.

  • 26 Jun 1721

    Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.

  • 26 Nov 1716

    The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.

  • 14 Sep 1716

    Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.

  • 6 Jun 1716

    The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.

  • 25 Nov 1715

    The UK approved the first American patent.

  • 23 Jul 1715

    The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.

  • 6 Jul 1699

    Pirate Captain Kidd was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, US.

  • 7 Dec 1696

    One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.

  • 22 Sep 1692

    The last group of people was hung for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.

  • 19 Aug 1692

    One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.

  • 19 Jul 1692

    Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.

  • 10 Jun 1692

    Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.

  • 22 Apr 1692

    Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.

  • 29 Feb 1692

    The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.

  • 7 Oct 1691

    The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

  • 3 Feb 1690

    The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.

  • 6 Oct 1683

    Thirteen Mennonite families arrived in Philadelphia from Germany.

  • 27 Oct 1682

    Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • 19 Sep 1676

    Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.

  • 12 Aug 1676

    The war between English Colonists and Native Americans in New England ended.

  • 9 Sep 1675

    The New England Confederation declared war on the Wampanoag Indians.

  • 9 Aug 1673

    Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge led Dutch forces to recapture New York from the English.

  • 25 Mar 1668

    The US held its first horse race in Long Island, New York.

  • 20 Sep 1664

    Maryland passed its first anti-amalgamation law.

  • 15 Nov 1660

    The first-ever licensed kosher butcher opened in New York City.

  • 21 Nov 1654

    Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.

  • 5 Jul 1643

    The US recorded its first tornado.

  • 5 Jan 1643

    The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.

  • 6 Nov 1639

    The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.

  • 25 Sep 1639

    The first printing press was set up in New England, US.

  • 25 Jun 1638

    American colonies recorded their first astronomical event after observing a lunar eclipse.

  • 24 Aug 1635

    The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.

  • 5 Feb 1631

    Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.

  • 16 Sep 1630

    The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.

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