1638 Peter Minuit established the first permanent white settlement in Delaware called New Sweden.
1655 Peter Stuyvesant captures New Sweden claiming it for Holland.
1735 Quakers settle in Delaware.
1777 The Battle of Brandywine is fought and lost by the General Washington troops.
1787 Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution.
1800 The Duponts migrate from France to Delaware and establish a gunpowder plant.
1861-65 During the Civil War Delaware does not secede from the Union.
1951 Delaware Memorial Bridge opens.
2000- Ruth Ann Miner becomes the first woman governor of the state