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September 5th, 1774 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
rray, Earl of Dunmore, governor, arrives at Williamsburg......1772 Virginia House of Assembly appoints a committee of correspondence, and recommends similar appointments to the other colonies to promote union......March, 1773 Governor Dunmore dissolves the House of Burgesses for setting apart June 1 as a day of fasting and prayer, in sympathy with the people of Boston......May 25, 1774 First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia; Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, president......Sept. 5, 1774 Indian War......1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, at the junction of the Great Kanawha and Ohio, opposite the present town of Gallipolis, O.......Oct. 10, 1774 Speech of Patrick Henry before the convention in the old church at Richmond, urging resistance to England......March 20, 1775 Governor Dunmore removes the gunpowder at Williamsburg to a British manof-war in the James River......April 20, 1775 Governor Dunmore leaves Williamsburg, taking refuge on board the Fowey, a Bri
February (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
.1754 Virginia Assembly votes £ 40,000 for the public service; calls out 1,500 men for active duty, and appoints Washington commander-in-chief......August, 1754 Assembly allows Washington £ 300 as a compensation for his losses at the battle of Monongahela......August, 1754 Washington visits Governor Shirley at Boston to deliver to him a memorial from the officers of the Virginia regiment asking King's commissions, and also to acquaint himself with the governor's military plans......February-March, 1756 Winchester, incorporated 1752, the only settlement not deserted west of the Blue Ridge......1756 Gov. Robert Dinwiddie retires......January, 1758 [John Blair, president of the council, acting governor.] Francis' Fauquier, appointed governor, arrives......June 7, 1758 Gen. John Forbes's expedition against Fort Duquesne......July, 1758 Washington commands a regiment, and from it garrisons Fort Pitt, then considered within the jurisdiction of Virginia. He marches
July 21st, 1861 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
te government by the governor......June 8, 1861 Affair at Big Bethel, near Fortress Monroe......June 10, 1861 General Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport......July 2, 1861 Affair at Rich Mountain, W. Va.; the Confederates under Col. George H. Pegram defeated by the Federals under General Rosecrans......July 11, 1861 Battle at Carricksford, W. Va.; Confederates defeated, with the loss of their general, Robert S. Garnett......July 14, 1861 Battle of Bull Run......July 21, 1861 General Patterson relieves Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in command of the Department of the Shenandoah......July 25, 1861 Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan appointed to the Army of the Potomac......July 27, 1861 Holding or accepting office under the federal government declared treason by the State......Aug. 1, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff......Oct. 21, 1861 West Virginia votes for a separation from Virginia; vote substantially unanimous......Oct. 24, 1861 Confederate armies in Vi
January 1st, 1776 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
on board the Fowey, a British ship, at Yorktown......June 8, 1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces by Congress......June 15, 1775 Virginia convention appoints a committee of safety, with Edmund Pendleton president......July, 1775 This convention appoints Patrick Henry commander-in-chief of the Virginian forces......1775 Battle of Great Bridge, near the Dismal Swamp, 12 miles from Norfolk......Dec. 9, 1775 Lord Dunmore burns Norfolk......Jan. 1, 1776 Patrick Henry, feeling slighted, resigns as commander-in-chief......February, 1776 Patrick Henry elected a delegate to the convention......April, 1776 Convention instructs her delegates to Congress to advocate independence......May 15, 1776 Declaration of rights by George Mason adopted by the convention......June 12, 1776 Patrick Henry elected governor of Virginia......June, 177（ State constitution adopted, and colonial government ceases in Virginia......June 29, 1776
July 27th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
ntain, W. Va.; the Confederates under Col. George H. Pegram defeated by the Federals under General Rosecrans......July 11, 1861 Battle at Carricksford, W. Va.; Confederates defeated, with the loss of their general, Robert S. Garnett......July 14, 1861 Battle of Bull Run......July 21, 1861 General Patterson relieves Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in command of the Department of the Shenandoah......July 25, 1861 Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan appointed to the Army of the Potomac......July 27, 1861 Holding or accepting office under the federal government declared treason by the State......Aug. 1, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff......Oct. 21, 1861 West Virginia votes for a separation from Virginia; vote substantially unanimous......Oct. 24, 1861 Confederate armies in Virginia reorganized under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston......Nov. 9, 1861 Union troops occupy Big Bethel......Jan. 3, 1862 At Hampton Roads the Confederate ram Merrimac, Capt. Franklin Buchanan, sinks the Feder
September, 1608 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
by his daughter Pocahontas......December, 1607 Captain Newport returns with supplies and 120 immigrants......Jan. 8, 1608 Newport returns to England with a shipload of worthless earth, supposed to contain gold......April 10, 1608 Capt. John Smith explores the region of the Chesapeake Bay, nearly 3,000 square miles, as far north as Wyoming Valley......July 24, 1608 Newport arrives with supplies and about seventy immigrants, among them two women, the first in this colony......September, 1608 Smith returns to Jamestown......Sept. 7, 1608 He is made president of the council......Sept. 10, 1608 Smith compels the colonists to labor six hours each day......1608-9 New charter granted the London Company under the title of Adventurers and planters of the City of London, with ample privileges......May 23, 1609 Nine vessels, with more than 500 emigrants, many swine, and a few horses, sail from England for Virginia......June 12, 1609 Capt. John Smith, disabled by a
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