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York (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
628 Population, 5,000......1629 George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, arrives in Virginia in the autumn of......1629 Ministers of the gospel are ordered to conform in all things to the canons of the Church of England......1629-30 Governor Potts superseded as governor by Sir John Harvey......March, 1630 Trouble with Maryland as to land titles......1632-44 Virginia divided into eight counties or shires, viz., Elizabeth City, Warwick, James City, Charles City, Henrico, Isle of Wight, York, and Accomac......1634 William Clayborne, a Virginian contestant, sent to England by Governor Harvey to answer for attempting to establish his claim against Maryland......1635 Governor Harvey deposed by the Virginia Assembly, and commissioners appointed to impeach him in England. He accompanies the commission......1635 John West acting governor during the absence of Governor Harvey......1635-36 Harvey, reinstated by Charles, returns......1637 Sir Francis Wyatt succeeds Harvey
Christopher Newport (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
and Edward M. Wingfield the exclusive right to occupy the land from lat. 34° to 38° N.......April 10, 1606 Three vessels—Susan Constant, of 100 tons, Capt. Christopher Newport; Goodspeed, of forty tons, Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold; and Discovery, twenty tons, Capt. John Ratcliffe—with 105 emigrants, sail from the Downs, England, ....April 26, 1607 They enter the James River and land at a place they name Jamestown. May 13, 1607 Edward M. Wingfield chosen president......1607 Christopher Newport sails to England for provisions and more settlers......June 15, 1607 Bartholomew Gosnold, the projector of the settlement, dies and is buried at Jamestowdians and captured; his companions killed......December, 1607 Condemned to death by Powhatan, he is saved 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......Apr<
James Monroe (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
thout permission from the Assembly......October, 1785 Legislature authorizes the five counties of Kentucky to elect five delegates each to consider an independent government......November, 1785 James Rumsey moves a boat by steam on the Potomac......March, 1786 Lynchburg, on the James River, laid out......1786 Kentucky favors separation at a convention held at Danville....... Sept. 7, 1787 Convention at Richmond on the federal Constitution......June 2, 1788 Patrick Henry, James Monroe, George Mason, etc., oppose it; James Madison, Edmund Pendleton, John Marshall, etc., advocate it. It is ratified, 89 to 79......June 25, 1788 Virginia cedes 40 square miles south of the Potomac to the United States for a federal district......1790 [This land was restored to Virginia by Congress in July, 1846.] Government armory and manufactory located at Harper's Ferry ......March 4, 1798 Patrick Henry dies......June 6, 1799 George Washington dies ......Dec. 14, 1799 In
Thomas W. Bocock (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
tate Male Normal College by act approved......March 5, 1888 Jan. 19 (Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday) made a legal holiday by legislature at session ending......March 1, 1890 Mercie's equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee unveiled at Richmond......May 29, 1890 Monument to the Confederate dead unveiled at Fredericksburg......June 10, 1891 Statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; oration by General Early......July 21, 1891 Thomas W. Bocock, born in 1815, for fourteen years a Congressman and for four years speaker of the Confederate congress, dies in Appomattox county......Aug. 5, 1891 Appomattox Court-house building destroyed by fire......Feb. 3, 1892 Legislature ratifies a final settlement of the State debt with the bond-holders. Nineteen million dollars in bonds, to run 100 years, at 2 per cent. for ten years and 3 per cent. for ninety years, to be issued for the $28,000,000 outstanding......February, 1892 S
William Byrd (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
eley, being recalled by the King, sails for England......April 27, 1677 Governor Berkeley succeeded by Sir Herbert Jeffreys, who dies......December, 1678 William Byrd builds a mill and tradinghouse upon the present site of Richmond, the place known as Byrd's warehouse ......1679 Sir Henry Chicheley governor until......MayByrd's warehouse ......1679 Sir Henry Chicheley governor until......May 10, 1680 [Succeeded by Lord Culpeper.] John Buckner brings a printing-press to Virginia and prints the session laws, but is obliged to give bonds to print nothing more till the King's pleasure be known; all printing forbidden in the colony......1682 Lord Culpeper succeeded by Lord Howard, of Effingham......1684 GovernMay 29, 1736 First newspaper in Virginia, the Virginia Gazette, published by William Parks, appears at Williamsburg......August, 1736 Richmond settled by William Byrd......1739 Virginia raises a regiment to assist in the reduction of Carthagena, West Indies. Lawrence Washington, half-brother of George Washington, is a ca
Edward Maria Wingfield (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
1587 John White returns to Roanoke......Aug. 9, 1590 [He found the settlement deserted. Its fate is conjectural.] James I. of England grants the London company, including Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers, Richard Hakluyt, and Edward M. Wingfield the exclusive right to occupy the land from lat. 34° to 38° N.......April 10, 1606 Three vessels—Susan Constant, of 100 tons, Capt. Christopher Newport; Goodspeed, of forty tons, Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold; and Discovery, twenty tons, Caa......Dec. 19, 1606 They enter Chesapeake Bay, naming the capes at its entrance Charles and Henry, after the sons of King James......April 26, 1607 They enter the James River and land at a place they name Jamestown. May 13, 1607 Edward M. Wingfield chosen president......1607 Christopher Newport sails to England for provisions and more settlers......June 15, 1607 Bartholomew Gosnold, the projector of the settlement, dies and is buried at Jamestown......Aug. 22, 1607 Before au
Robert Lucas (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
tates of the United States, lies between lat. 36° 30′ and 39° 40′ N., and long. 75° 25′ and 83° 34′ W. It is bounded on the north and west by Kentucky and West Virginia, on the north and east by Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by North Carolina and Tennessee. It is 425 miles in length east and west and 205 miles in breadth north and south. Area, 40,125 square miles in 100 counties. Population in 1890, 1,655,980; 1900, 1,854,154. Capital, Richmond. Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon's supposed entry of the James River......1527 Capt. Philip Amidas and Arthur Barlow leave the Thames in two small vessels fitted out by Sir Walter Raleigh......April 27, 1584 They enter Ocracock Inlet and land on the island of Wocoken in Albemarle Sound......July 13, 1584 After exploring Albemarle and Pamlico sounds and the island of Roanoke, they take two natives, Manteo and Wauchese, to England......September, 1584 [This country lying between 34° and 45
Susquehanna Indians (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
II.......July 31, 1660 Governor Berkeley goes to England to defend the colony against the navigation act......April 30, 1661 Col. Francis Morrison acting governor......1661-62 Quakers and other separatists persecuted by fines and banishment......1662 Virginia assigned for thirty-one years to Lords Arlington and Culpeper by Charles II., at the yearly rental of forty shillings......1673 Colonists become dissatisfied with their oppressive and unequal taxes......1674-75 Susquehanna Indians, driven from the head of the Chesapeake, commence depredations on the colonists......1675 These Indians are attacked in their fort, near the present site of Washington, by 1,000 men from Virginia and Maryland, under Col. John Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington......1675 Six Indian chiefs, sent out of the fort for a parley, are killed......1675 Indians escape from the fort and spread dismay and havoc upon the plantations along the James and Rappahannock......16
Mercie (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
adjourns......March 5, 1886 Legislature convenes in extra session, March 16, 1887; among other acts passes one to punish persons fraudulently using coupons, and adjourns......May 24, 1887 Board of agriculture established by legislature, which adjourns......March 5, 1888 College of William and Mary becomes State Male Normal College by act approved......March 5, 1888 Jan. 19 (Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday) made a legal holiday by legislature at session ending......March 1, 1890 Mercie's equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee unveiled at Richmond......May 29, 1890 Monument to the Confederate dead unveiled at Fredericksburg......June 10, 1891 Statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; oration by General Early......July 21, 1891 Thomas W. Bocock, born in 1815, for fourteen years a Congressman and for four years speaker of the Confederate congress, dies in Appomattox county......Aug. 5, 1891 Appomattox Court-house
Henry Norwood (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
Population consists of 20,000 whites and 300 negroes; average yearly export of tobacco, 1,500,000 lbs.......1648 Dissenters having increased to 118, encounter all the rigor of colonial authority, and are suppressed by imprisonment and banishment......1648 Virginians continue their allegiance to Charles II. after the execution of Charles I......Jan. 30, 1649 Three hundred and thirty adherents of Charles I. come to Virginia near the close of......1649 Governor Berkeley sends Col. Henry Norwood to Breda to invite Charles II. to Virginia......1650 King Charles II. sends a new commission to Berkeley as governor, dated......June 3, 1650 Capt. Robert Dennis, one of the commissioners of the commonwealth to reduce Virginia, arrives at Jamestown......March, 1652 Colony surrenders......March 12, 1652 Provisional government organized, Richard Bennett governor......April 30, 1652 Richard Bennett succeeded by Edward Digges as governor......1655 Col. Edward Hill attacks
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