George Washington, 1732–1799

A biography of George Washington on one line: his Virginia boyhood and surveying, the Virginia Regiment and the French and Indian War, Mount Vernon and the people enslaved there, the House of Burgesses, eight and a half years in command of the Continental Army, the Constitutional Convention, two terms as the first president, and his last years and will. A sample built from the cited sources, chiefly Wikipedia, the Papers of George Washington (Founders Online) and Mount Vernon’s research library. **How to read it.** Chapter headings mark the stages of his life. His life’s stages, homes, commands, offices, campaigns and family are durations; everything else is a moment with its sources. Related events (a battle and the one it led to) are linked. Colours follow the first tag: family, land, slavery, war, politics and the presidency, writing, and the wider world. **Dates.** Days in Virginia time, approximated as a fixed UTC−5. Britain and its colonies used the Julian calendar (Old Style) until September 1752; dates before then are converted to the Gregorian calendar, and the date as written at the time is kept as each moment’s original historical date. He was born on 11 February 1731/32, Old Style: 22 February 1732.

115 moments · 1732-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE – 1802-05-22T00:00:00-05:00 CE · by @athan · @athan

Moments

1. Youth in Virginia 1732-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
2. Born at Popes Creek 1732-02-22T00:00:00-05:00 CE
3. Move to Little Hunting Creek 1735-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
4. Move to Ferry Farm 1738-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
5. His father dies 1743-04-23T00:00:00-05:00 CE
6. Lawrence names Mount Vernon 1743-07-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
7. Surveyor of Culpeper County 1749-07-31T00:00:00-05:00 CE
8. Sails for Barbados 1751-10-09T00:00:00-05:00 CE
9. Smallpox in Barbados 1751-11-28T00:00:00-05:00 CE
10. Lawrence dies 1752-08-06T00:00:00-05:00 CE
11. Britain switches calendars 1752-09-14T00:00:00-05:00 CE
12. Becomes a Freemason 1752-11-04T00:00:00-05:00 CE
13. Adjutant, with the rank of major 1752-12-13T00:00:00-05:00 CE
14. The Virginia Regiment 1753-07-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
15. Sent to warn the French 1753-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 CE
16. At Fort Le Boeuf 1753-12-11T00:00:00-05:00 CE
17. Back in Williamsburg: his journal 1754-01-16T00:00:00-05:00 CE
18. Lieutenant colonel 1754-03-15T00:00:00-05:00 CE
19. Jumonville Glen 1754-05-28T00:00:00-05:00 CE
20. Surrender at Fort Necessity 1754-07-03T00:00:00-05:00 CE
21. Resigns his commission 1754-11-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
22. Leases Mount Vernon 1754-12-17T00:00:00-05:00 CE
23. Aide to General Braddock 1755-05-10T00:00:00-05:00 CE
24. Braddock’s defeat 1755-07-09T00:00:00-05:00 CE
25. Colonel of the Virginia Regiment 1755-08-14T00:00:00-05:00 CE
26. Elected a burgess 1758-07-24T00:00:00-05:00 CE
27. Friendly fire near Loyalhanna 1758-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 CE
28. Fort Duquesne taken 1758-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 CE
29. Leaves the army 1758-12-15T00:00:00-05:00 CE
30. Planter and burgess 1758-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 CE
31. Marries Martha Custis 1759-01-06T00:00:00-05:00 CE
32. Owner of Mount Vernon 1761-03-14T00:00:00-05:00 CE
33. From tobacco to wheat 1766-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
34. Buys William Lee 1768-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
35. The Virginia Association 1769-05-18T00:00:00-05:00 CE
36. Patsy Custis dies 1773-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 CE
37. Jacky Custis marries 1774-02-03T00:00:00-05:00 CE
38. The Fairfax Resolves 1774-07-18T00:00:00-05:00 CE
39. Chosen for Congress 1774-08-05T00:00:00-05:00 CE
40. Revolution 1775-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 CE
41. Lexington and Concord 1775-04-19T00:00:00-05:00 CE
42. Leaves Mount Vernon for Congress 1775-05-04T00:00:00-05:00 CE
43. The Second Continental Congress 1775-05-10T00:00:00-05:00 CE
44. Chosen commander-in-chief 1775-06-15T00:00:00-05:00 CE
45. Takes command at Cambridge 1775-07-03T00:00:00-05:00 CE
46. Free Black soldiers may re-enlist 1775-12-30T00:00:00-05:00 CE
47. Guns on Dorchester Heights 1776-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 CE
48. The British leave Boston 1776-03-17T00:00:00-05:00 CE
49. The Declaration read to the army 1776-07-09T00:00:00-05:00 CE
50. Battle of Long Island 1776-08-27T00:00:00-05:00 CE