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Henry Hudson Sailed into Delaware Bay
Henry Hudson sailed into Delaware Bay on August 28,1609 hired by a Dutch company. He not come ashore on Delaware land but reported that the area would be a good settlement area. -
Fort Christina and the First European Settlment
On January 1, 1638 Swedish and Finnish colonists from the ships Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip built a timber and earth fort along the Christina River which is now Seventh Street Peninsula in Wilmington Delaware. Settlers named the fort after the 12 year-old queen of Sweden. It was the first Swedish settlement in America. -
William Penn Takes Over Land that will Become Delaware
King Charles ll handed over a piece of his land holdings to WIlliam Penn to satisfy a debt the king owed to Penn's father. This land included present day Delaware. Penn imediately set sail to Delaware and set foot on Delaware soil at New Castle. Penn took over this piece of land on January 1 1682. -
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, also known as the Battle of Iron Hill, was fought on September 3, 1777. It was fought between America with Britain and Germany as allies. This was the only battle on Delaware grounds that took place during the American Revaloutionary War. -
Delaware Becomes a State
Delaware was one of the 13 colonies participating in the Revaloutionary War, and on December 7, 1787 Delaware was the first colony to ratify the Constutution thereby becoming the first official state of America. -
Eleutherian Mills
Eleuthere Irenee founded Eleutherian Mills on January 1, 1802. Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives by the Du Pont family buisness. -
The Delaware Memorial Bridge
On August 16, 1951 the Delaware Memorial Bridge opened connecting Delaware and New Jersey. The bridge is dedicated to the people who died World War ll, The Korean War, and The Vietnam War. -
Delaware Turnpike
On November 14, 1964 the Delaware Turnpike was opened completing a nonstop highway between Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. This highway was later renamed the Jhon F. Kenney Memorial Highway. -
First Female Governor of Delaware
On Jannuary 1, 2000 Ruth Ann Minner was elected the governor of Delaware. Ruth Ann Minner is an American polotician and a buisness women. She is the 72nd governor and the first female governor of Delaware too. -
9/11
Terrorists hijack four U.S aircraft and crash 2 into the Twin Towers in New York City, 1 in the Pentagon in Virginia, and 1 in a Pennsylvania field. Thousands of people were killed including the terrorists themselves.
