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| 1777 |
| | | George Washington, heavily defeated in a battle at Brandywine, is forced to relinquish Philadelphia to the British | |
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| 1785 |
| | | French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington from the life at Mount Vernon | |
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| 1789 |
| | | George Washington, unanimously elected first president of the United States, is inaugurated on Wall Street in New York | |
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| 1789 |
| | | Alexander Hamilton becomes secretary of the treasury in the administration of George Washington, whose federalist views he shares | |
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| 1792 |
| | | George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA | |
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| 1793 |
| | | George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Congress building on Capitol Hill | |
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| 1794 |
| | | George Washington uses military force to assert government authority on rebels in Pennsylvania refusing to pay a federal tax on whisky | |
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| 1796 |
| | | George Washington selects the Cherokee Indians for an experiment in adaptation to 'civilization' | |
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| 1796 |
| | | George Washington, resisting pressure for him to accept a third presidential term, delivers a farewell address to guide the nation's future | |
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| 1931 |
| | | The George Washington Bridge links New York with New Jersey, and is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 3500 feet (1066m) | |
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