George Washington

<h2 id="c19">Appendix</h2> <p>The following is a chronological statement of the principal events connected with this narrative:</p> <table class="center"> <tr><td>1732</td><td>Birth of Washington.</td></tr> <tr><td>1748-51</td><td>Surveyor.</td></tr> <tr><td>1751</td><td>Adjutant of Virginia troops.</td></tr> <tr><td>1753</td><td>Commander of a military district.</td></tr> <tr><td>1753-54</td><td>Mission to French authorities.</td></tr> <tr><td>1754</td><td>Appointed lieutenant-colonel.</td></tr> <tr><td>1755</td><td>Braddock&rsquo;s defeat.</td></tr> <tr><td>1758</td><td>Reduction of Fort Duquesne.</td></tr> <tr><td>1759</td><td>Marriage.</td></tr> <tr><td>1775</td><td>Delegate to Continental Congress.</td></tr> <tr><td>1775</td><td>Appointed commander-in-chief.</td></tr> <tr><td>1776</td><td>British evacuate Boston.</td></tr> <tr><td>1776</td><td>American defeat, Long Island.</td></tr> <tr><td>1777</td><td>Victory of Princeton.</td></tr> <tr><td>1777</td><td>Defeat at Germantown.</td></tr> <tr><td>1778</td><td>Drawn battle at Monmouth.</td></tr> <tr><td>1781</td><td>Surrender of Cornwallis.</td></tr> <tr><td>1783</td><td>Resigned his commission.</td></tr> <tr><td>1787</td><td>President of Constitutional Convention.</td></tr> <tr><td>1789</td><td>Elected President of the United States.</td></tr> <tr><td>1793</td><td>Re&euml;lected President of the United States.</td></tr> <tr><td>1796</td><td>Farewell address to the people.</td></tr> <tr><td>1799</td><td>Death.</td></tr> </table> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />