1946: Emir Abdullah becomes the first King of independent Transjordan
1949: US recognizes the Jordanian government
1950: The first US Minister to Jordan, Gerald A. Drew, presents credentials to King Abdullah I (February 24)
1951: King Abdullah I assassinated
1953: Prince Hussein officially accedes to the throne and is recognized as King of Jordan by United States and Britain
1954: US begins large-scale aid to, and investment in, Jordan
1957: The Eisenhower Doctrine set forth a call for independence and integrity of every nation of the Middle East.
1957: King Hussein asks for US support in the event of Soviet or Israeli intervention in the country
1994: Peace Agreement signed between Jordan and Israel
1958: America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST) opens an advising center in Amman—development of educational ties between the United States and Jordan.
1954: U.S. and Jordan sign an agricultural commodities agreement in the 1954 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
1966-7: Arab-Israeli War sends thousands of Palestinian refugees into Jordan
1969: King Hussein makes an official visit to the United States; presents his six-point peace plan
1973: Arab-Israeli War
1977: U.S. and Jordanian officials meet several times to discuss the Middle East peace process
1979: Egypt and Israel sign the peace treaty between the two countries
1988: King Hussein relinquishes Jordan’s claim on the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the River Jordan
1991: Peace talks about the Middle East begin again with the U.S. and Jordan
1993: Israel and Jordan sign a ‘common agenda’, paving the way for future peace negotiations
1994: (July) Washington Declaration signed; Israel and Jordan declare peace, opening the way for a formal peace treaty
1994: (October) The Israel-Jordan Peace Agreement is signed.
1998: King Hussein dies from complications from cancer
1999: Prince Abdullah accedes King Hussein’s throne
2000: Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement is signed
2005: King Abdullah introduces the Amman Message, declaring Islam’s core values of peace and of tolerance
2008: A bipartisan, congressional group, Friends of Jordan Caucus, formed in the United States to strengthen relations