This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of United States, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (2)
Historic cities (3)
- Cahokia · 600 CE
- New York City · 1624 CE
- Washington D.C. · 1790 CE
Events on this geography (top 80)
- 1776 CEUnited States Declaration of Independence
- 1941 CEAttack on Pearl Harbor
- 1945 CECharter of the United Nations
- 1607 CEFounding of Jamestown
- 1620 CEMayflower and Plymouth Colony
- 1770 CEBoston Massacre
- 1823 CEMonroe Doctrine
- 1835 CETexas Revolution
- 1844 CEFirst Telegraph Message
- 1865 CEassassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1867 CEAlaska Purchase
- 1886 CEHaymarket affair
- 1890 CEWounded Knee Massacre
- 1944 CEBretton Woods system
- 1949 CEFormation of NATO
- 1978 CECamp David Accords
- 1995 CEDayton Agreement
- 1995 CEOklahoma City bombing
- 1999 CEColumbine High School massacre
- 2001 CEAmerican Airlines Flight 11
- 2001 CEUnited Airlines Flight 93
- 2001 CEAmerican Airlines Flight 77
- 2007 CEVirginia Tech shooting
- 2008 CELehman Brothers Bankruptcy — Global Financial Crisis
- 2012 CESandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- 2013 CEBoston Marathon bombings
- 2016 CEOrlando nightclub shooting
- 2017 CE2017 Las Vegas shooting
- 2020 CEmurder of George Floyd
- 2021 CEJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack
- 2022 CEChatGPT and the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
- 1622 CEIndian massacre of 1622
- 1689 CE1689 Boston revolt
- 1853 CEGadsden Purchase
- 1857 CEMountain Meadows massacre
- 1863 CENew York City draft riots
- 1864 CESand Creek massacre
- 1881 CEassassination of James A. Garfield
- 1901 CEassassination of William McKinley
- 1914 CELudlow Massacre
- 1921 CETulsa Race Massacre
- 1927 CEBath School disaster
- 1929 CESaint Valentine's Day Massacre
- 1956 CEMontgomery bus boycott
- 1968 CEassassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- 1968 CEassassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1970 CEKent State shootings
- 1980 CEmurder of John Lennon
- 1981 CEattempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
- 1984 CESan Ysidro McDonald's massacre
- 1993 CE1993 World Trade Center bombing
- 1997 CENorth Hollywood shootout
- 2001 CEUnited Airlines Flight 175
- 2009 CE2009 Fort Hood shooting
- 2012 CE2012 Aurora shooting
- 2014 CE2014 Isla Vista killings
- 2015 CEmurders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
- 2016 CE2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
- 2017 CE2017 Lower Manhattan attack
- 2017 CESutherland Springs church shooting
- 2018 CEPittsburgh synagogue shooting
- 2018 CEWatts family murders
- 2018 CESanta Fe High School shooting
- 2019 CE2019 El Paso shooting
- 2020 CEIsrael–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement
- 2022 CE2022 Buffalo shooting
- 2023 CE2023 Lewiston shootings
- 2024 CEkilling of Brian Thompson
- 2025 CEassassination of Charlie Kirk
- 2025 CE2025 New Orleans truck attack
- 2025 CEkilling of Iryna Zarutska
- 1782 CEGnadenhutten massacre
- 1784 CEAwa'uq Massacre
- 1795 CETreaty of Greenville
- 1831 CENat Turner's slave rebellion
- 1856 CEPottawatomie Massacre
- 1859 CEJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
- 1863 CEBear River Massacre
- 1863 CELawrence Massacre
- 1867 CEAlaska Purchase
Architectural sites (5)
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- Which civilizations lived on the lands of United States?
- Maya Civilization, United States of America.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of United States?
- Cahokia (600 CE), New York City (1624 CE), Washington D.C. (1790 CE).
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of United States?
- 3 historic cities are recorded within the borders of United States.