George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) commanded the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775
–1783). After serving as President of the United States (1789 to 1797), he briefly was in charge of a new army in 1798. ... He played the leading military role in the American Revolution. In November 1781, John Hanson became the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. Many people have argued that John Hanson, and not George Washington, was the first President of the United States, but this is not quite true. How did he die?
The cause of George Washington's death was a throat infection. On December 12, Washington was out on horseback supervising farm activities and it began to snow. ... By the next morning, Washington had a sore throat. His conditioned worsened and late in the evening on December 14, 1799, George Washington died of quinsy.
