Permanent historical factsheet

Panama Canal

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1846–1914Date range
3Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1846

James Knox Polk12 December 1846

Isthmus of Panama · Government / Democratic Party Government

Mallarino Bidlack Treaty creates an early legal basis for future American canal policy in Panama

1913

George GoethalsOctober 1913

Panama Canal · Government / Democratic Party Government

Completes the management of the construction of the Panama Canal

Thomas Woodrow WilsonOctober 1913

Panama Canal · Government / Democratic Party Government

President Wilson opens the Panama Canal

1914

George GoethalsJanuary 1914

Panama Canal · Government / Democratic Party Government

Appointed Governor of the Canal Zone

Thomas Woodrow Wilson1914

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

A Treaty is signed allowing Colombia certain privileges in Panama

Names involved

George GoethalsJames Knox PolkThomas Woodrow Wilson

Provenance

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