Wayne, Anthony (Mad Anthony)

1745 – He was born Anthony Wayne on the 1st day of January this year in East town Township, Pennsylvania in Chester County, near present-day Paoli, Pennsylvania. He was educated as a surveyor at his uncle's private academy in Philadelphia.

1774 – He became a leader in Chester County and served in the Pennsylvania legislature this year until 1775.

1776 – He became colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania troops. He and his regiment were part of the Continental Army's unsuccessful invasion of Canada.

1777 – On the 21st day of this year, his service resulted in the promotion to brigadier general.

1779 – His command overcame British fortifications at Stony Point, a Cliffside redoubt commanding the southern Hudson River. The success of this operation provided a boost to the morale of an army which had at that time suffered a series of military defeats. Congress awarded him a medal for the victory.

1784 - After the war, he returned to Pennsylvania and served in the state legislature for a year in this year.

1788 - He was a delegate to the state convention which ratified the Constitution in this year.

1791 – He served a year in the Second United States Congress as a U.S. Representative of Georgia but lost his seat during a debate over his residency qualifications and declined running for re-election in 1792.

1794 – He mounted an assault on Blue Jacket's confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, just south of present-day Toledo, Ohio, which was a decisive victory for the U.S. forces, ending the war.

1796 – On the 15th day of December this year, he died at age 51.