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April 8th, 1889 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
ment of State debt repealed, and a new law passed for funding at a discount of 24 per cent. on 6-per-cent. bonds, and others in proportion......1883 Prohibitory constitutional amendment lost by a vote of 117,504 in favor, to 145,197 against......August, 1887 General Assembly at its session adopts the Australian ballot system, creates a State board of medical examiners, and conveys to the Ladies' Hermitage Association the homestead of Andrew Jackson and 25 acres of land......Jan. 7–April 8, 1889 National Teachers' Association meets at Nashville......June 15, 1889 Remains of John Sevier removed from Alabama and interred at Knoxville......1889 Special session of the legislature held at Nashville by proclamation (Feb. 11) of the governor......Feb. 24–March 18, 1890 National League of Republican clubs meets at Nashville......March 4, 1890 First Monday in September (Labor Day) made a legal holiday by the legislature at session ending......March 30, 1891 Miners at Br
October 21st (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
el D. Streight starts from Nashville......April 11, 1863 Kingston and Knoxville, evacuated by Confederates under Gen. Simon B. Buckner, occupied by Federal troops under Gen. A. E. Burnside......Sept. 1, 1863 Chattanooga abandoned by Confederates under Gen. Braxton Bragg, Sept. 8; Cumberland Gap surrendered to Federals......Sept. 9, 1863 Confederates under Gen. James Longstreet defeat Federals at Philadelphia, east Tennessee......Oct. 20, 1863 General Grant arrives at Nashville, Oct. 21, and at Chattanooga......Oct. 23, 1863 Gen. W. E. Jones, Confederate, defeats Colonel Garrard at Rogersville......Nov. 6, 1863 Longstreet besieges Knoxville and is repulsed......Nov. 17, 1863 Grant defeats Bragg in battle of Chattanooga.......Nov. 23-25, 1863 Longstreet repulses Federals under Gen. J. M. Shackelford at Bean's Station, east Tennessee......Dec. 14, 1863 Fort Pillow captured by Confederates under Gen. N. B. Forrest, and garrison of colored troops annihilated....
October 19th, 1818 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
one in each county; 1,000 acres more for two colleges, Blount in the east and Cumberland in the west......1806 Nashville Bank, the first in Tennessee, chartered......1807 Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized......Feb. 4, 1810 John Sevier dies near Fort Decatur, Ala......Sept. 24, 1815 Gens. Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby obtain by treaty from the Chickasaws a cession of their lands north of lat. 35° and east of the Mississippi River, known as the Jackson purchase......Oct. 19, 1818 First conveyance of town lots in Memphis made......May, 1819 Madison county organized and Jackson settled......1820 Capital permanently fixed at Nashville......1826 University of Nashville, founded in 1785, incorporated as Cumberland College in 1806, reorganized in 1824, and name changed......1827 Andrew Jackson elected President of the United States......Nov. 11, 1828 John H. Eaton appointed Secretary of War.......March 9, 1829 Act for a State system of internal imp
1800 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
John Sevier inaugurated first governor of State......March 30, 1796 Tennessee admitted into the Union by act approved......June 1, 1796 William Blount, of Tennessee, expelled from the United States Senate on charge of instigating the Creeks and Cherokees to assist the British in conquering Spanish Louisiana......July, 1797 Treaty with Cherokees extinguishing claims to land granted to individuals by North Carolina......September, 1798 Great revival of religion, begun in Kentucky in 1800, spreads through Tennessee......1801 Nashville chosen as seat of government by legislature......1802 General Wilkinson builds Fort Pickering at Memphis......1803 Public reception given to Aaron Burr at Nashville......May 28, 1805 Congress grants 1,000 acres in one tract for academies in Tennessee, one in each county; 1,000 acres more for two colleges, Blount in the east and Cumberland in the west......1806 Nashville Bank, the first in Tennessee, chartered......1807 Cumberl
August 17th, 1840 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
Virgil A. Stewart......1834 Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Nashville, May 19, and completes its labors Aug. 30, 1834; ratified by a popular vote of 42,666 to 17,691......March 5-6, 1835 R. H. McEwen elected superintendent of public schools......1836 During this and the previous year the State furnished 1,651 volunteers for the Florida War......1837 Felix Grundy appointed Attorney-General......July 5, 1838 National Whig Convention meets at Nashville......Aug. 17, 1840 State hospital for the insane opened near Nashville......1840 John Bell appointed Secretary of War......March 5, 1841 Cumberland University at Lebanon chartered and opened......1842 National Whig Convention held at Nashville......Aug. 21, 1844 James K. Polk elected President of the United States......Nov. 12, 1844 Cave Johnson appointed Postmaster-General......March 6, 1845 Act for self-taxation of districts for common schools......1845 Andrew Jackson dies at the
November 5th, 1768 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
s Long Island Fort on the Holston River, where the American army winters......1758 Cherokees capture Fort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start out for Fort Prince George; after proceeding about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians......Aug. 7, 1760 Capt. James Smith and others explore the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio......1766 By treaty at Fort Stanwix the Six Nations cede the country north and east of the Tennessee......Nov. 5, 1768 Capt. William Bean settles on Boone Creek, near Watauga......1769 Company formed to hunt and explore middle Tennessee, with camp at Price's Meadows, Wayne county......1769 Written association formed for the government of the Watauga settlers, and five commissioners appointed as a governing court......1772 Col. Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, and Daniel Boone purchase from the Indians a tract of country between the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers, which they call Transylvani
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