Timeline Friday 4 March 1791

Events on Friday 4 March 1791 1

• 1791 Vermont admitted as 14th U.S. state First state added to the Union after the original thirteen On 4 March 1791 Vermont became the fourteenth state of the United States, the first to join after the original thirteen colonies. It had functioned as an unrecognized independent republic since 1777. Its admission set the precedent for incorporating new states into the Union.