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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
1787Dec, 10

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first principal. When opened on April 15, 1817, it was called the "Connecticut Asylum (at Hartford) for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons," but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf.

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    Arthur Phillip

    Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
  • 14May

    Constitutional Convention (United States)

    In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
  • 20Jun

    Federal Convention

    Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
  • 6Aug

    Constitutional Convention (United States)

    Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 12Dec

    United States Constitution

    Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.