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(1614) Dutch trader, Adriaen Block, sailed up Connecticut River, landed near Hartford
(1633) Dutch purchased land from Pequot Tribe, made permanent settlement; Plymouth Colony sent William Holmes to establish trading post at Windsor
(1634) Weatherford founded, oldest permanent setttlement in state
(1635) First English settlers arrived in Windsor; Fort erected at Saybrook
(1636) Massachusetts colonists arrived, founded Hartford
(1637) War between settlers and Pequot Indians; Capt. John Mason led colonists to victory
(1638) New Haven founded
(1639) First constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted; John Haynes chosen as first Governor
(1643) Connecticut joined in formation of New England Confederation
(1650) Legislature adopted Code of Laws
(1662) Governor Winthrop received royal charter for Connecticut Colony from King Charles II
(1675-1676) Connecticut participated in King Philip's War; Indians were massacred
(1687) King James revoked charter, took colonists' legal rights; Charter Oak incident occurred
(1689) Connecticut government resumed under charter
(1701) Collegiate School authorized
(1717) Collegiate School moved to New Haven, changed name to Yale
(1740) Tinware manufactured at Berlin; religious "Great Awakening" occurred
(1745) Connecticut troops led by Roger Wolcott captured Louisburg
(1765) English Parliament passed Stamp Act
(1767) English Parliament passed Townshead Act
(1774) Connecticut extended jurisdiction over Susquehanna Company in northern Pennsylvania; Connecticut sent representatives to First Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia
(1775) Connecticut men helped seize Ft. Ticonderoga; first gun powder mill started in East Hartford; militiamen from Connecticut left for Massachusetts for "Lexington Alarm"
(1776) Declaration of Independence signed; Nathan Hale captured by British
(1777) British troops raided Danbury
(1779) British troops raided New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk
(1781) Benedict Arnold, British forced captured Fort Griswold, burned many buildings; one major Revolutionary War battled occurred at New London
(1783) Protestant Episcopal Church formed at Woodbury
(1784) Connecticut relinquished Westmoreland area to Pennsylvania; act passed for emancipation at age of twenty-five for all Negroes
(1787) At Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, the Connecticut Comprise enacted allowing equal representation in Congress, House of Representatives by population
(1788) Federal Constitution approved; Connecticut became Nation's fifth state
(1792) First turnpike established from New London to Norwich
(1795) Connecticut Western Reserve lands sold for $1,200,000, proceeds used to establish School Fund
(1802) Brass industry began at Waterbury
(1806) Noah Webster published first edition of his dictionary
(1814) Hartford Convention held at Old State House
(1815) First steamboat on Connecticut River to Hartford
(1817) Reformers defeated Federalists in politicial revolution; school for deaf founded in Hartford
(1818) New Constitution adopted; ended system of established church
(1820) Capt. Nathaniel Palmer, Stonington, discovered continent of Antarctica
(1822) Capt. John Davis, New Haven, first to set foot in Antarctica
(1828) Farmington Canal opened from New Haven to Farmington
(1832) First Connecticut railroad incorporated
(1835) Colt patented revolver
(1838) Railroad completed between New Haven and Hartford
(1843) Charles Goodyear developed rubber vulcanizing process
(1844) Dr. Horace Wells used anesthesia at Hartford
(1848) Slavery abolished in Connecticut
(1858) Charter Oak Tree felled during storm
(1861 - 1865) 57,379 men, women volunteer for Civil War; more than 20,000 killed
(1868) Land at Groton given to U. S. Navy for naval station
(1875) Hartford became capital city
(1877) First telephone exchange in world opened in New Haven
(1897) Pope Manufacturing Co. began automobile manufacturing
(1900) First U.S. Navy submarine constructed
(1901) First state to enact law regarding automobile speeds
(1905) Public Accommodations Act adopted, ordered full and equal service in all places of public accommodation
(1910) U. S. Coast Guard Academy moved to New London
(1917 - 1918) Approximately 67,000 Connecticutians served in World War I
(1936) Severe damages caused by flooding in Connecticut River Valley
(1938) Hurricane caused loss of lives, much property damage; first section of Merritt Parkway opened
(1939) First section of Wilbur Cross Parkway opened
(1941 - 1945) Approximately 210,000 Connecticutians served in World War II
(1944) Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire killed 168 in Hartford
(1950 - 1952) Approximately 52,000 Connecticutians served in Korean War
(1954) World's first atomic submarine, the Nautilus, launched at Groton
(1955) Many killed and much property damage occurred due to heavy flooding
(1958) 129-miles Connecticut Turnpike opened
(1959) County governments, local justice courts abolished by General Assembly, district courts established
(1962 - 1975) Approximately 104,000 Connecticutians served in armed forces during Viet Nam War
(1964) General Assembly created six districts, reasonably equal in population
(1965) New Constitution approved by voters
(1966) First elections held for reapportioned General Assembly
(1974) Ella Grasso, first woman to be elected Governor of Connecticut
(1979) Further construction of nuclear power plants banned
(1990) Eunice Groark first woman elected lieutenant governor in Connecticut
(2001) 65 residents of Connecticut killed in September 11 attacks; Reapportionment Commission created five Congressional districts due to population shifts
(2004) Governor John Rowland resigned during corruption investigation
(2005) Civil unions granted to same-sex couples
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