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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
et, dies at Hartford......June 10, 1865 Legislature which convened at Hartford, May 3, adjourns after the longest session on record up to date......July 21, 1865 An exciting election for governor; President Johnson's influence favoring James E. English; Joseph R. Hawley, Republican, elected by only 541 majority......April, 1866 Legislature ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution......June 30, 1866 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution......March 16, 1869 Election for governor being close, a joint committee of the General Assembly, appointed to examine returns May 3, report total vote 94,860; for Marshall Jewell, Republican, 47,473; for James E. English, Democrat, 47,373; scattering, 14; declare Jewell elected......May 10, 1871 Governor Jewell assumes office......May 16, 1871 Noah Porter elected president of Yale University in place of Theodore D. Woolsey, resigned......1871 Temperance party, represented by about 100 deleg
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
with the English under General Oglethorpe, is recalled to Spain and executed......1736 Don Manuel Joseph de Justis, sent in place of Governor Moral, is succeeded by Don Manuel de Monteano......1737 General Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia, arrives at the mouth of St. John's River and captures Fort San Diego......May 24, 1740 General Oglethorpe destroys Fort Moosa, which he finds deserted, but afterwards places there a garrison of Highlanders under Colonel Palmer......June, 1740 English, reinforced by a Carolina regiment, open the siege of St. Augustine......June 24, 1740 Three hundred Spaniards capture Fort Moosa; Colonel Palmer killed in action......June 25, 1740 General Oglethorpe hearing of the arrival of Spanish vessels with supplies for besieged, and many of his men being sick and discouraged, raises the siege......July 20, 1740 Spanish fleet of thirty-six sail, under Governor Monteano, enters harbor of St. Simons, Ga., and after four hours engagement Ogleth
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
cil of safety fully organized; George Walton, president......Dec. 11, 1775 Battalion of troops ordered raised at Continental expense for protection of Georgia, organized......Jan. 7, 1776 Governor Wright arrested by Maj. Joseph Habersham and put under parole......Jan. 18, 1776 Provincial Congress organize; elect Hon. Archibald Bullock president, issue bills of credit for military stores, and draw up temporary constitution for Georgia......Jan. 22, 1776 Governor Wright escapes to English ship Scarborough, and writes a letter to people, offering peace, but is not heeded......Feb. 11, 1776 Captain Rice, charged by the council of safety to dismantle shipping at Savannah to prevent capture by the British, is surprised and imprisoned on a vessel which the British had boarded. To accomplish his release the council of safety fired several vessels, arrested all members of royal council in Savannah, and menaced officers of ships at Tybee......March 2, 1776 Lord North's bill p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indiana, (search)
thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon......1719 Sieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de Ouabache (English, Wabash), now Vincennes......1727 [Supposed to have been settled about 1722.] Mission established at Post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin......1749 Garrison at Ouiatenon, under Lieutenant Jenkins, surrenders to Indians, who distribute the English prisoners among neighboring French traders......1763 On a proclamation by the British commandant, Edward Abbott, many inhabitants of Post Vincennes swear allegiance to Great Britain......May, 1777 Inhabitants of Vincennes throw off
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
er the Lecompton constitution; vote for governor, 4,097......Jan. 4, 1858 Result of a people's vote on the Lecompton constitution was: Against, 10,226; for, with slavery, 138; for, without slavery, 23; election held......Jan. 4, 1858 Last meeting of the Topeka legislature; no quorum......March 4, 1858 Free-State constitutional convention at Minneola, March 23, adjourned to Leavenworth, March 25, frames The Leavenworth constitution ......April 3, 1858 Compromise bill known as the English Swindle and Lecompton Junior passed, admitting Kansas under Lecompton constitution amended, approved......May 4, 1858 Governor Denver takes oath of office......May 12, 1858 Leavenworth constitution adopted by the people......May 18, 1858 Attack on free-State men by a party of twenty-five under Charles A. Hamilton, at Marais des Cygnes; five killed and five severely wounded......May 19, 1858 Twenty men leave Lawrence for Pike's Peak. One of the first expeditions to the gold re
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
by assumption of jurisdiction......Oct. 23, 1652 Isle of Shoals, and all territory north of Piscataqua belonging to Massachusetts, erected into county of Yorkshire......1652 Kittery, incorporated in 1647, and Agamenticus made into the town of York......1652 General court of elections at Boston admits for the first time two representatives from Maine: John Wincoln, of Kittery, and Edward Rishworth, of York......May, 1653 Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise declared towns......1653 English, under Major Sedgwick subdue Penobscot and Port Royal, 1654, and the whole Acadian province is confirmed to the English, who hold it for thirteen years......1655 Towns of Scarborough and Falmouth erected (see 1786)......1658 Quakers hold their first meeting in Maine, at Newichawannock, or Piscataqua......December, 1662 Ferdinando Gorges, grandson of the original proprietor, obtains from the King an order to the governor and council of Massachusetts to restore his province in Maine
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
ueen Anne......1701 An attack of Indians on Durham is repulsed by a few women in disguise firing upon the Indians, who suppose the place well garrisoned......April, 1706 Indian hostilities cease on the arrival of news of the treaty of Utrecht, and a treaty ratified with them......July 11, 1713 George Vaughan made lieutenant-governor and Samuel Shute commander-in chief of the province......Oct. 13, 1716 Vaughan superseded by John Wentworth, by commission signed by Joseph Addison, English Secretary of State......Dec. 7, 1717 Sixteen Scottish families settle at Londonderry, and the first Presbyterian church in New England is organized by Rev. James McGregorie......1719 Capt. John Lovewell makes his first excursion against the Indians in New Hampshire......December, 1724 A grant of land made by New Hampshire to the survivors of the Lovewell defeat at Fryeburg, Me., overlaps a similar grant by Massachusetts in Bow county, which leads to a boundary litigation between Ne
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Mexico, (search)
ho is assassinated at Taos......Jan. 19, 1847 Revolt against the United States government in New Mexico, planned by Dons Diego Archuleta and Tomas Ortiz, breaks out at Taos, but is suppressed by American troops under Col. Sterling Price, and Governor Montoya, prominent in the rebellion, is tried by court-martial and executed, Feb. 7. Six others, convicted of participating in the murder of Governor Bent, are executed......Aug. 3, 1847 Santa Fe Republican, the first newspaper printed in English, issued......1847 By the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, concluded Feb. 2, 1848, and proclaimed in Santa Fe in August following, New Mexico becomes a part of the United States......August, 1848 People of New Mexico, in convention at Santa Fe, petition Congress for a territorial government, oppose the dismemberment of their Territory in favor of Texas, and ask protection of Congress against the introduction of slavery......Oct. 14, 1848 By proclamation of Governor Munroe, in April, 185
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
al Tryon retires to the Asia, an armed English ship in the harbor of New York......1775 City and county of New York ask advice from Congress how to deal with the British troops expected in the city, and the military stores captured at Ticonderoga......May, 1775 Richard Montgomery commissioned brigadier-general by Congress......June 22, 1775 Congress orders Captain Lamb to remove the cannon from the fort at New York to the Highlands; twenty-four pieces secured......Aug. 23, 1775 [English ship Asia, lying in the harbor, attempted in vain to prevent this. Alexander Hamilton, then a student in King's (Columbia) College, assisted in securing the cannon.] Col. Ethan Allen taken prisoner with thirty-eight men by the British near Montreal......Sept. 25, 1775 Montreal captured by Gen. Richard Montgomery......Nov. 13, 1775 General Montgomery attempts the capture of Quebec; he is killed and the Americans repulsed......Dec. 31, 1775 On the news of the Declaration of Indep
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
f the Grand Army of the Republic held at Milwaukee......Aug. 27, 1889 Acts passed to secure a secret ballot at elections......1889 Local option law passed, providing for a vote on the question of license on petition of 10 per cent. of the voters in any town or village......1889 Ex-Secretary Vilas chosen United States Senator......Jan. 27, 1891 Bennett school law of 1889, requiring schools recognized by the State to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and United States history in English, is repealed......1891 Ex-Gov. Harrison Ludington dies at Milwaukee, aged seventy-eight......June 17, 1891 Charles Kendall Adams, ex-president of Cornell University, accepts the presidency of the University of Wisconsin......July 30, 1892 Legislature in special session to reapportion the State......Oct. 17, 1892 Destructive fire in Milwaukee; over 300 buildings destroyed and ten lives lost; loss of property over $5,000,000......Oct. 28, 1892 R. L. D. Potter, author of Potter
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