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November 20th, 1866 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
Brandenburg, Ky., July 8, pursued by Federals under General Hobson. They move eastward, covering 700 miles in twenty days (Morgan's raid)......July, 1863 Hugh McCulloch appointed Secretary of the Treasury......March 7, 1865 Law making colored people competent witnesses......1865 Convention of colored citizens of Indiana at Indianapolis to devise means to obtain full citizenship......Nov. 6, 1866 National convention of the Grand Army of the Republic held at Indianapolis......Nov. 20, 1866 Governor Morton resigns, being elected United States Senator, and is succeeded by Lieut.-Gov. Conrad Baker......January, 1867 Legislature ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution......Jan. 29, 1867 Robbers of an express car on the Jeffersonville Railroad, May 22, 1868, are arrested, and on their way to Brownston for trial the train is stopped by a so-called vigilance committee of Seymour, a confession extorted from the prisoners, who are hanged, July 20. Four other
1844 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
.....1830 Indiana Historical Society incorporated......1831 Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana begun......Feb. 22, 1832 State bank chartered......1834 Internal improvement law, a State loan of $10,000,000 to be expended by a board of internal improvement......January, 1836 Madison and Lafayette Railroad commenced......1836 Indiana Asbury University (since 1884 De Pauw), at Greencastle, chartered and opened......1837 University of Notre Dame (R. C.), at Notre Dame, chartered 1844, and opened......1845 State failing to pay its interest on the public debt for several years, compromises with creditors, who take property for one-half of the indebtedness and onehalf in bonds......1846 Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Indianapolis, Oct. 7, 1850, adopted......Feb. 10, 1851 New constitution, ratified by vote, 109,319 to 26,755, goes into operation......Nov. 1, 1851 Butler University, at Irvington, chartered in 1850, opened......1855 State Senat
1846 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
ed persons calls forth a proclamation from Governor Baker, expressing his determination to suppress mob violence......Nov. 23, 1871 Indiana State grange organized......1872 Portion of the northern State prison at Michigan City, in erection from 1863 to 1870, is destroyed by fire......July 13, 1872 Amendment to the constitution, providing that no law or resolution shall ever be passed that shall recognize any liability of this State to pay or redeem any certificates of stock issued in 1846 for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal, ratified......Feb. 18, 1873 Second annual meeting of the national congress of agriculture at Indianapolis, 200 delegates from twenty-five States......May 28, 1873 Jeffersonville depot of the Quartermaster's Department of the United States completed......1874 Purdue University, the land-grant college of Indiana, at Lafayette, chartered 1862, opened......1874 Commission appointed by the legislatures of Indiana and Kentucky, governed b
September 1st (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
ricans, thirty-seven killed, 151 wounded. Indians defeated......Nov. 7, 1811 Prophetstown, deserted by the Prophet, is destroyed together with a quantity of corn......Nov. 8, 1811 One man and twenty-one women and children massacred at the Pigeon Roost settlement, Scott county, by Shawnee Indians......Sept. 3, 1812 Night attack of Indians on Fort Harrison successfully resisted by the garrison under Capt. Zachary Taylor......Sept. 4-5, 1812 Fort Wayne invested by the Indians about Sept. 1, and the garrison relieved by 2,000 Kentucky troops and 700 citizens of Ohio under General Harrison......Sept. 12, 1812 Deserted Indian villages in the vicinity of Fort Wayne destroyed by detachments of troops......Sept. 13-19, 1812 Expedition under Lieut.-Col. John R. Campbell leaves Dayton, O., Dec. 14, 1812; burns the Indian villages on the Mississinewa River......December, 1812 Seat of government fixed at Corydon, Harrison county, by act approved......March 11, 1813 Books,
1845 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
several years, compromises with creditors, who take property for one-half of the indebtedness and onehalf in bonds......1846 Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Indianapolis, Oct. 7, 1850, adopted......Feb. 10, 1851 New constitution, ratified by vote, 109,319 to 26,755, goes into operation......Nov. 1, 1851 Butler University, at Irvington, chartered in 1850, opened......1855 State Senate refused to go into an election of United States Senator, creating a vacancy, in 1845, and a second time rerefuses......1855 Great frauds in sale of swamp lands, whereby State lost about $1,500,000, exposed......1859 D. C. Stover, clerk in Agent of State's office, issues $2,500,000 of forged State securities......1859 Lieut.-Gov. A. A. Hammond succeeds Governor Willard, who dies at St. Paul, Minn......Oct. 3, 1860 Governor Lane elected United States Senator; Lieutenant-Governor Morton succeeds......January, 1861 Caleb B. Smith appointed Secretary of the Interi
September 10th, 1814 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
, and records destroyed by the burning of the office of the recorder of Knox county......January, 1814 One thousand Miamis, reduced to destitution, assemble at Fort Wayne to obtain food......January, 1814 Settlement of Harmony, on the Wabash, 50 miles from its mouth, formed by a German community under Frederick Rapp, from Pennsylvania......1814 Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana at Madison, incorporated by legislature......Sept. 6, 1814 Bank of Vincennes incorporated......Sept. 10, 1814 Congress passes an enabling act for Indiana; the northern boundary a line drawn east and west 10 miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan......April 19, 1816 Ordinance accepting the enabling act passed by a convention which meets at Corydon, June 10......June 29, 1816 State constitution adopted by convention......June 29, 1816 Jonathan Jennings inaugurated first governor at Corydon......Nov. 7, 1816 Indiana admitted into the Union by act approved......Dec. 11
March 4th, 1869 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
xpress car on the Jeffersonville Railroad, May 22, 1868, are arrested, and on their way to Brownston for trial the train is stopped by a so-called vigilance committee of Seymour, a confession extorted from the prisoners, who are hanged, July 20. Four other prisoners, lodged in jail at New Albany, are hanged by seventy masked men......Dec. 12, 1868 Schuyler Colfax elected Vice-President......1869 Democrats break up the legislature to prevent ratification of Fifteenth Amendment......March 4, 1869 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution......May 13-14, 1869 Seizing and hanging of certain negroes suspected of the murder of a family in Clark county by a mob of disguised persons calls forth a proclamation from Governor Baker, expressing his determination to suppress mob violence......Nov. 23, 1871 Indiana State grange organized......1872 Portion of the northern State prison at Michigan City, in erection from 1863 to 1870, is destroyed by fire.....
1850 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
R. C.), at Notre Dame, chartered 1844, and opened......1845 State failing to pay its interest on the public debt for several years, compromises with creditors, who take property for one-half of the indebtedness and onehalf in bonds......1846 Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Indianapolis, Oct. 7, 1850, adopted......Feb. 10, 1851 New constitution, ratified by vote, 109,319 to 26,755, goes into operation......Nov. 1, 1851 Butler University, at Irvington, chartered in 1850, opened......1855 State Senate refused to go into an election of United States Senator, creating a vacancy, in 1845, and a second time rerefuses......1855 Great frauds in sale of swamp lands, whereby State lost about $1,500,000, exposed......1859 D. C. Stover, clerk in Agent of State's office, issues $2,500,000 of forged State securities......1859 Lieut.-Gov. A. A. Hammond succeeds Governor Willard, who dies at St. Paul, Minn......Oct. 3, 1860 Governor Lane elected United Sta
March 5th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
d time rerefuses......1855 Great frauds in sale of swamp lands, whereby State lost about $1,500,000, exposed......1859 D. C. Stover, clerk in Agent of State's office, issues $2,500,000 of forged State securities......1859 Lieut.-Gov. A. A. Hammond succeeds Governor Willard, who dies at St. Paul, Minn......Oct. 3, 1860 Governor Lane elected United States Senator; Lieutenant-Governor Morton succeeds......January, 1861 Caleb B. Smith appointed Secretary of the Interior......March 5, 1861 Six regiments raised and mustered in within a week after the call of the President for troops, made......April 15, 1861 Jesse D. Bright expelled from United States Senate for treason......March 2, 1862 Legislature broken up by Republicans to prevent passage of military bill ......1863 John P. Usher appointed Secretary of the Interior......Jan. 8, 1863 Second Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate, Captain Hines, cross the Ohio at Flint Rock, and are captured......June 16, 1863 C
September 6th, 1814 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
by act approved......March 11, 1813 Books, papers, and records destroyed by the burning of the office of the recorder of Knox county......January, 1814 One thousand Miamis, reduced to destitution, assemble at Fort Wayne to obtain food......January, 1814 Settlement of Harmony, on the Wabash, 50 miles from its mouth, formed by a German community under Frederick Rapp, from Pennsylvania......1814 Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana at Madison, incorporated by legislature......Sept. 6, 1814 Bank of Vincennes incorporated......Sept. 10, 1814 Congress passes an enabling act for Indiana; the northern boundary a line drawn east and west 10 miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan......April 19, 1816 Ordinance accepting the enabling act passed by a convention which meets at Corydon, June 10......June 29, 1816 State constitution adopted by convention......June 29, 1816 Jonathan Jennings inaugurated first governor at Corydon......Nov. 7, 1816 Indian
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