1982 Event Senegal and Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) 1931 Birthday Roy Evans, general sect, British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation 1895 Event French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms 1895 Event Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1820 Birthday Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation 1815 Event 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation 1781 Event Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1781 Event Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland 1778 Event Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1777 Event Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress 1721 Birthday Roger Sherman, signer, Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution 1721 Birthday John Hanson, Maryland, 1st U.S. President under Articles of Confederation 1291 Event Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)
