- Horatio Gates is born in Maldon, Essex County, England.
1745
- Horatio Gates is commissioned a Lieutenant in the British Army.
1749 June - Horatio Gates begins serving as aide-de-camp to Colonel Edward Cornwallis in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1754 January - Horatio Gates returns to London. October - Horatio Gates marries Elizabeth Phillips.
1755 March - Horatio Gates joins his new regiment in Maryland. July 9 - Horatio Gates is present at Braddock's Defeat near Fort Dusquesne, where he is wounded.
1758
- Horatio Gates' son, Robert, is born.
1762 March - Horatio Gates returns to England. August - Horatio Gates sails back to New York.
- Horatio Gates serves as an aide to Robert Monckton, Royal Governor of New York until 1763.
1763
- Horatio Gates returns to England.
1769
- Horatio Gates resigns from the British Army.
1772 August - Horatio Gates sails for Virginia, where he buys a farm.
1775 May 29 - Horatio Gates hears news of Lexington and Concord. June 2 - Horatio Gates is at George Washington's home Mount Vernon offering his services. June 17 - Horatio Gates is commissioned into the Continental Army as a Brigadier General and named Adjunct General, in which capacity he serves until June 5, 1776.
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