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1609: Henry Hudson sails his ship, the Half Moon, up Delaware Bay, and became the first European to visit the area
1613: The explorer, Cornelius Jacobsen May, arrives in the area and trades with local Indians
1638: Dutch settlers on two ships, led by Peter Minit, arrive in the Wilmington area, naming it Christina
1655: The Governor of New York, Peter Stuyvesant, along with a large fleet, capture all of New Sweden, thus ending Swedish rule in the colonies
1682: William Penn, the new owner of both Delaware and Pennsylvania, sails up the Delaware River on his way to Philadelphia
1704: Becomes British Colony
1776: Caesar Rodney, suffering from cancer, makes his famous ride from Wilmington to Philadelphia on horseback, and casts the deciding vote for the Declaration of Independence
1787: Delaware ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the First State
1802: Du Pont gunpowder mill established
1812: Delaware's Captain Thomas MacDonough's victory in the battle of Lake Champlain, during the War of 1812, becomes that war's turning point
1829: Delaware Canal opens
1862: At the Civil War battle of Antietam, half of the state's Continental Army soldiers were killed. Delaware troops were among the most effective soldiers of the Continental Army, distinguishing themselves in battle. Because of their reputation as fighters, they were called Blue Hens after the famous bluish cocks they took with them on their campaigns
1910: U.S. Battleship Delaware commissioned
1935: Nylon invented at Du Pont Company
1951: Delaware memorial Bridge opens, connecting New Jersey
1978: By order of the U.S. Supreme Court, Delaware began the busing of children from the inner-city neighborhoods of Wilmington to the more affluent suburbs, thus helping to establish busing across the nation
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