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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1639 | 14 january | UK colony of Hartford | John Haynes (I) | 
| 1640 | Edward Hopkins (I) | ||
| 1641 | John Haynes (II) | ||
| 1642 | George Wyllys | ||
| 1643 | John Haynes (III) | ||
| 1644 | Edward Hopkins (II) | ||
| 1645 | John Haynes (IV) | ||
| 1646 | Edward Hopkins (III) | ||
| 1647 | John Haynes (V) | ||
| 1648 | Edward Hopkins (IV) | ||
| 1649 | John Haynes (VI) | ||
| 1650 | Edward Hopkins (V) | ||
| 1651 | John Haynes (VII) | ||
| 1652 | Edward Hopkins (VI) | ||
| 1653 | John Haynes (VIII) | ||
| 1654 | Edward Hopkins (VII) | ||
| 1655 | Thomas Welles (I) | ||
| 1656 | John Webster | ||
| 1657 | John Winthrop, Jr. (I) | ||
| 1658 | Thomas Welles (II) | ||
| 1659 | John Winthrop, Jr. (II) | ||
| 1662 | 23 april | UK colony of Connecticut | |
| 1676 | 15 april | William Leete | |
| 1683 | 26 april | Robert Treat (I) | |
| 1687 | 1 november | Associated state at New England | Sir Edmund Andros | 
| 1689 | Robert Treat (I) | ||
| 1698 | Fitz-John Winthrop | ||
| 1707 | 27 november | Gurdon Saltonstall | |
| 1724 | 1 october | Joseph Talcott | |
| 1741 | 11 november | Jonathan Law | |
| 1750 | 6 november | Roger Wolcott | |
| 1754 | Thomas Fitch | ||
| 1766 | William Pitkin | ||
| 1769 | 1 october | Jonathan Trumbull | |
| 1784 | 13 may | Matthew Griswold | |
| 1786 | 11 may | Samuel Huntington | |
| 1788 | 9 january | 5^ state of USA |