| Timeline |
| 1731 |
Born 22 February in Virginia |
| 1743 |
Father dies |
| 1748 |
Works as surveyor |
| 1751 |
Visits Barbados |
| 1752 |
Inherits Mount Vernon plantation |
| 1753 |
Leads Virginia expedition to challenge French claims to the Allegheny River Valley |
| 1754 |
Serves in French-Indian War |
| 1755 |
Promoted to colonel; appointed commander of Virginia colonial forces |
| 1758 |
Elected to a term in House of Burgesses from Frederick County in the Shenandoah Valley. |
| 1759 |
Marries Martha (Dandridge) Custis on 6 January |
| 1774 |
Co-authors the Fairfax County Resolves with George Mason; serves as a delegate at First Continental Congress |
| 1775 |
Serves as Virginia delegate to Second Continental Congress; appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army; "Address to the Inhabitants of Canada" |
| 1783 |
Revolutionary War ends, Washington resigns his military commission |
| 1787 |
Presides at Constitutional Convention |
| 1789 |
Elected president |
| 1793 |
Unanimously re-elected to the presidency |
| 1799 |
Dies 14 December |
