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The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely populated lifestyles and towards reorganized polities elsewhere.
- Colonial History of The United States
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- Prehistory of The United States
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- History of Native Americans in The United States
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- History of the United States (1865–1917)
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References. External links. Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899 . 1860s. Presidency of James Buchanan. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins.
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Federal government
1. President: Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) (until April 15), Andrew Johnson (D-Tennessee) (starting April 15) 2. Vice President: 2.1. until March 4: Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) 2.2. March 4–April 15: Andrew Johnson (D-Tennessee) 2.3. starting April 15: vacant 3. Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase (Ohio) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Schuyler Colfax (R-Indiana) 5. Congress: 38th (until March 4), 39th(starting March 4)
January–March
1. January 13 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Fort Fisher begins when United States forces launch a major amphibious assault against the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. 2. January 15 – American Civil War: United States forces capture Fort Fisher. 3. January 27 – American Civil War: Troop-transport steamship Eclipseexplodes, killing 38. 4. January 31 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Leebecomes general-in-chief. 5. February 17 – American Civi...
April–June
* April 1 – American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Leebegins his final offensive. 1. April 2 – American Civil War: "Evacuation Sunday" – Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which is taken by Union troops the next day. 2. April 3 – American Civil War: Richmond is captured by Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant. 3. April 9 – American Civil War: General...
July–September
1. July 5 – The U.S. Secret Serviceis founded. 2. July 6 – The Nationpolitical magazine begins publication. 3. July 7 – Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, the 4 conspirators condemned to death during the trial are hanged: David Herold, George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell and Mary Surratt. Her son, John Surratt, escapes execution by fleeing to Canada, and ultimately to Egypt. She is the first woman executed by federal authorities, and the last until 1953. 4. July 21 – Wild B...
January 5 – Johnson N. Camden Jr., U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1914 to 1915 (died 1942)January 10 – Mary Ingalls, blind older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (died 1928)January 11 – Willie Franklin Pruitt, poet and activist (died 1947)January 28 – Verina Morton Jones, African American physician, suffragist and clubwoman (died 1943)March 10 – Amy Spain, slave, hanged (born c.1848)April 2 – A. P. Hill, Confederate general killed in the American Civil War (born 1825)April 15 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (born 1809)April 26 – John Wilkes Booth, actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (born 1838)Media related to 1865 in the United Statesat Wikimedia CommonsBooknotes interview with Jay Winik on April 1865: The Month That Saved America, July 29, 2001."1865". Timeline. Digital Public Library of America. Archived from the originalon June 6, 2014.The history of the United States begins with the arrival of Indigenous peoples around 15,000 BCE, followed by European colonization starting in the late 15th century.
Contents. hide. Beginning. Pre-Columbian America. Colonial America. American Revolution. The Federal Period (1781–1815) Expansion Industrialization And Slavery (1815–1861) Civil War. Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Progressive era and imperialism. World War I. Boom and bust (1919–1939) World War II. Postwar era (1945–1991)
