Philadelphia
City
Where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; US capital in 1790-1800.
Held by
- since 1789 United States
Capital of
- December 6, 1790 – May 14, 1800 United States
Events here 9
- April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 American Revolutionary War
- July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
- October 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown
- March 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation
- May 25 – September 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention
- December 15, 1791 United States Bill of Rights
- August 1793 – November 1793 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
- 1844 Philadelphia nativist riots
- 1876 – November 10, 1876 Centennial Exposition