Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The UK approved the first American patent.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
Pirate Captain Kidd was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.
The last group of people was hung for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.
Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
Thirteen Mennonite families arrived in Philadelphia from Germany.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.
The war between English Colonists and Native Americans in New England ended.
The New England Confederation declared war on the Wampanoag Indians.
Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge led Dutch forces to recapture New York from the English.
The US held its first horse race in Long Island, New York.
Maryland passed its first anti-amalgamation law.
The first-ever licensed kosher butcher opened in New York City.
Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
The US recorded its first tornado.
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.
The first printing press was set up in New England, US.
American colonies recorded their first astronomical event after observing a lunar eclipse.
The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.
The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Governor Winthrop.
Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
Thirty Native Americans attacked Myles Standish and a group of eighteen settlers. This became known as the 'First Encounter.'
The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
American Indian princess Pocahontas married English tobacco planter, John Rolfe.
British explorer Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
Sir Francis Drake discovered New Albion in California.
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California.
Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam, Micronesia in the Western Pacific.
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León accidentally discovered Florida.
The first Native American uprising against Spanish rule occurred in the La Navidad colony.
Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his second voyage.
