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Alexander Hamilton

American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)

11 dated entries naming Alexander Hamilton, drawn from 8 separate years between 1757 CE and 1804 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1757August 9 – Elizabeth Schuyler, wife of Alexander Hamilton, co-founder of New York's first orphanage (d. 1854)source
  • 1780December 14 – Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamiltonsource
  • 1782January 22 – Philip Hamilton, son of American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton (d. 1801)source
  • 1789September 11 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.source
  • 1790January 14 – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton submits his proposed plan for payment of American debts, starting with $12,000,000 to pay the foreign debts of the confederation, followed by $40 million for domestic debts, and $21.5 million for the war debts of the states. The plan is narrowly approved 14-12 in the Senate, and 34-28 in the House.source
  • 1790July 26 – Alexander Hamilton's Assumption Bill, giving effect to his First Report on the Public Credit, is passed in the United States Congress, allowing the federal government to assume the consolidated debts of the U.S. states.source
  • 1790June 20 – Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.source
  • 1793February 27 – The Giles Resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives, asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.source

19th century

  • 1801November 24 – Philip Hamilton, son of American soldier and statesman, Alexander Hamilton (b. 1782)source
  • 1804July 11 – Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, shoots former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton during a duel; Hamilton dies the next day.source
  • 1804November 18 – Philip Schuyler, general in the American Revolution, a United States senator from New York, father of Angelica Schuyler Church and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton (b. 1733)source

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