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United States (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
ours......1802 Caesar Rodney, of Delaware, appointed Attorney-General of United States......Jan. 20, 1807 James A. Bayard, one of the negotiators of the treatyed on New Castle Railroad......1831 Louis McLane, of Delaware, appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury......Aug. 8, 1831 State constitution revised b Railroad, 16 1/2 miles long, completed......1832 Louis McLane appointed United States Secretary of State......May 29, 1833 Explosion of 5,000 lbs. of powder ......April 18, 1847 Title to Pea Patch Island, derived from Delaware by United States and from New Jersey by James Humphrey, many years in litigation, awarded to United States by Hon. John Sargeant, referee......Jan. 15, 1848 John Middleton Clayton, of Delaware, negotiates the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with the British govern State......1862 Governor Cannon undertakes military supervision for the United States of election for Congressman; opposition in public meeting at New Castle dec
Christiana creek (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
istiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law, Johan Pappegoia, governor of the colony......October, 1652 Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort without bloodshed, and renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654
France (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
tates as representatives from Delaware......Sept. 17, 1787 Delaware first State to adopt the federal Constitution, and without amendments......Dec. 7, 1787 New constitution, framed by a convention at New Castle, changes the name to The State of Delaware, and goes into operation without submission to the people......June, 1792 Act appropriating receipts from marriage and tavern licenses for a school fund......1796 James A. Bayard, of Delaware, appointed minister plenipotentiary to France......Feb. 19, 1801 Du Pont powder-mills near Wilmington established by Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont de Nemours......1802 Caesar Rodney, of Delaware, appointed Attorney-General of United States......Jan. 20, 1807 James A. Bayard, one of the negotiators of the treaty of Ghent, signed......Dec. 24, 1814 Caesar Rodney appointed minister plenipotentiary to Buenos Ayres......Jan. 27, 1823 Act passed establishing free schools......1829 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal completed at cost o
Sweden (Sweden) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
ill, with no western boundary specified......March 29, 1638 Protest against Swedish settlement by William Kieft, director-general of the New Netherlands, on claimade a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and Wes Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at Fort Casimir, in the ship Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the colony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes renames it Fort Trinity......May, 1654 Vice-Governor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1 Dutch rule......Sept. 16-25, 1655 Governor Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware......Oct. 1, 1655 Stuyvesant co
Altenhof (Brandenburg, Germany) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
eeds for land, chiefly for lots in New Amstel, now New Castle. The first made......April 12, 1656 Dutch West India Company transfers to the city of Amsterdam Fort Casimir and the adjacent territory of New Amstel, which becomes known as the Colony of the City......Aug. 16, 1656 Jaquet is removed for mismanagement, and Jacob Alrich appointed in Holland as governor of New Amstel......April, 1657 William Beekman appointed vice-governor of the Colony of the Company, with headquarters at Altena, now Wilmington,......Oct. 28, 1658 Beekman secures a deed of land from the Indians, and erects a fort at the Hoorn-kill......May 23, 1659 Governor Alrich dies; Alexander Hinoyosa succeeds......Dec. 30, 1659 Colony of the Company surrenders its rights to the Colony of the City......Feb. 7, 1663 Colony passes into British control under the Duke of York......Oct. 1, 1664 New Amstel surrenders to Sir Robert Carr, sent to subject the country by Charles II., and called New Castle..
South river (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
and with New Castle as its centre. An arc of this circle forms the northern boundary of the State, and separates it from Pennsylvania in about lat. 39° 50′. Delaware River and Bay separate if from New Jersey on the east, and Maryland lies to the south and west. Area, 2,050 square miles, in three counties. Population, 1890, 168,493; 1900, 184,735. Capital, Dover. Henry Hudson discovers the Delaware River......Aug. 28, 1609 Lord de la Warr, governor of Virginia, enters the bay called by his name......1610 Samuel Godyn, a director in the Dutch West India Company, purchases 16 Dutch square miles from the natives, at the mouth of the Delaware.....Delaware......July 25, 1630 David Petersen de Vries makes a small settlement at the Hoorn-kill, now Lewes, just within the entrance to Delaware Bay, and calls it Swanendael......March, 1631 De Vries having left the colony soon after, returns to find it destroyed by the Indians; all the settlers killed......Dec. 5, 1632 Owners of Swane
Christiana (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
Peter Minuit, a former director of the Dutch West India Company at Manhattan. They locate at Christiana, within the present limits of Wilmington, build a fort and erect a church within its walls, as, Lieut. Peter Hollender, commissioned governor of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana just as the colony had resolved to break up......April 11, 1640 Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden......Nov. 2, 1640 Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden, arrives at Christiana with two vessels of waChristiana with two vessels of war......Feb. 15, 1643 Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between ChristianaChristiana......March 11, 1644 Dutch States-General and West India Company secure from the Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana Creek and Canarosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the Indians, and erect Fort Casimir, now New Castle......July 19, 1651 Governor Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in-law,
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
surrenders its rights to the Colony of the City......Feb. 7, 1663 Colony passes into British control under the Duke of York......Oct. 1, 1664 New Amstel surrenders to Sir Robert Carr, sent to subject the country by Charles II., and called New Fort Christiana......1667 Temporary council of Deputy-Governor Carr and six others, swearing allegiance to the Duke of York, established at New Castle......1668 Konigsmarke, better known as the Long Finn, instigating rebellion against the Duke of York in Delaware, is arrested and imprisoned in New York; afterwards transported to the Barbadoes......Dec. 20, 1669 George Fox, the Friend, holds a large meeting in New Castle......1672 New Castle incorporated and a constable's court erecoints magistrates who had been removed by the Dutch......1674 William Penn arrives at New Castle with deed from Duke of York for a circle of 12 miles around New Castle, and lands between this tract and the sea......Oct. 28, 1682 Act of union an
Pea Patch Island (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
1 Louis McLane, of Delaware, appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury......Aug. 8, 1831 State constitution revised by a convention of thirty delegates at Dover......Nov. 8, 1831 Wilmington made a city......1832 New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad, 16 1/2 miles long, completed......1832 Louis McLane appointed United States Secretary of State......May 29, 1833 Explosion of 5,000 lbs. of powder at Du Pont's powder-mills, Wilmington......April 18, 1847 Title to Pea Patch Island, derived from Delaware by United States and from New Jersey by James Humphrey, many years in litigation, awarded to United States by Hon. John Sargeant, referee......Jan. 15, 1848 John Middleton Clayton, of Delaware, negotiates the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with the British government......April, 1850 A new constitution framed and submitted to the people, but rejected......Oct. 11, 1853 Amendment to constitution changing day of State elections......Jan. 30, 1855 Henry Dickinson,
Holland (Netherlands) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-delaware
nor Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon, Rising assumes supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden......1654 Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegiance to Holland, and brings the colony under Dutch rule......Sept. 16-25, 1655 Governor Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware......Oct. 1, 1655 Stuyvesant commissions Johan Paul Jaquet governor of the Dutch ch West India Company transfers to the city of Amsterdam Fort Casimir and the adjacent territory of New Amstel, which becomes known as the Colony of the City......Aug. 16, 1656 Jaquet is removed for mismanagement, and Jacob Alrich appointed in Holland as governor of New Amstel......April, 1657 William Beekman appointed vice-governor of the Colony of the Company, with headquarters at Altena, now Wilmington,......Oct. 28, 1658 Beekman secures a deed of land from the Indians, and erects a
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