in the State of Connecticut
The Timeline
Important Dates in Connecticut's History
INTRODUCTION: Connecticut History Overview
1614--Adriaen Block, representing the Dutch, sails up the Connecticut
River.
1611-1630--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY
WORLDWIDE
1633--Dutch
fort erected, the House of (Good) Hope, on the future site of Hartford.
Plymouth Colony sends William Holmes to found a trading post at Windsor.
1634--Wethersfield founded by John Oldham and
people from Massachusetts.
1635--Saybrook founded by John Winthrop, Jr.
and fort erected by Lion Gardiner.
1636--Thomas Hooker and company journey from
Newtown (Cambridge). Massachusetts to found Hartford.
1637--Pequot War.
1638--The New Haven Colony
1639--Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted
by Freemen of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor; John Haynes chosen
first Governor; George Fenwick second governor of Saybrook colony; Henry
Whitfield helps establish the town of Guilford.
1631-1640--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1643--Connecticut joins in forming the New England
Confederation.
1644--Construction of the ”The Phantom Ship”
authorized.
1646--New London founded by John Winthrop, Jr.
(Ann Dudley Winthrop)
1650--Code of laws drawn up by Roger Ludlow and
adopted by legislature.
1641-1650--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1657--First
iron works begun in New Haven (Branford).
1660--Regicides John Dixwell, William Goffe and
Edward Whalley flee to New Haven
1651-1660--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1611-1650--WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS
OF THEIR AGE
1662--John
Winthrop,Jr. obtains a charter for Connecticut.
1665--Union of New Haven and Connecticut Colonies
completed. Matthew Griswold
1661-1670--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1675-76--Connecticut
participates in King Philip's War which was fought in Rhode Island and
Massachusetts.
1671-1680--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1687--Andros
assumes rule over Connecticut; Charter Oak episode occurs.
1689--Connecticut resumes government under charter;
French and Indian War begins.
1681-1690--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1693--New
York Governor Benjamin Fletcher confronts Connecticut Governor.
1698--Fitz-John Winthrop elected governor of
Connecticut; Colchester settled.
1691-1700--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1651-1700--WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS
OF THEIR AGE
1701--Collegiate
School authorized by General Assembly.
1702--Queen Anne’s War bypasses Connecticut.
1708--Saybrook Platform permits churches to join regional consociations.
1701-1710--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1717--Collegiate School moves to New Haven; called
Yale the next year.
1711-1720--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1721-1730---AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1731--Disputed
Connecticut/New York boundary line settled (confirmed in 1891).
1740--Manufacture of tinware begun at Berlin by Edward and William Pattison.
1740's--Johnathan Edwards and the height of
religious "Great Awakening".
1731-1740--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1745--King
George’s War (French & Indian War), Connecticut troops under Roger Wolcott
help capture Louisburg.
1741-1750--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1701-1750--WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS
OF THEIR AGE
1755--Connecticut
Gazette of New Haven, the Colony's first newspaper, printed by James
Parker at New Haven; Nathan Hale born in Coventry.
1751-1760--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1763--Brick
State House erected on New Haven Green.
1764--Connecticut Courant, the oldest American
newspaper in continuous existence to the present, launched at Hartford
by Thomas Green.
1765--Sharp opposition to Stamp Act.
1766--Governor Thomas Fitch who refused to reject
the Stamp Act defeated by William Pitkin.
1767--Thomas and Samuel Green launch newspaper which after many changes
becomes New Haven Journal-Courier.
1769--Connecticut officially extends jurisdiction
over Susquehanna Company area in Northern Pennsylvania.
1761-1770--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1774--Silas
Deane, Eliphiat Dyer, and Roger Sherman represent Connecticut at First
Continental Congress.
1775--Several thousand militia rush
to Massachusetts in "Lexington Alarm."
1771-1775--AND ELSEWHERE IN HISTORY WORLDWIDE
1751-1775--WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS
OF THEIR AGE
By our charter, the Lexington Alarm signals the end of colonial history for the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
1775--Benedict Arnold, Fort Ticonderoga first gun powder mill, Bunker Hill
EPILOGUE
1776--Samuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William
Williams and Oliver Wolcott sign the Declaration of Independence; large
majority of Connecticut people under Governor Jonathan Trumbull support
the Declaration.
APPENDIX
The Constitution State
The Theological Disputes
The American Colonies
The Declaration of Independence
The Indians of Connecticut
The Colonial Military
The Colonial Schools
The Flags and Seals of Connecticut
The Colonial Towns of Connecticut