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Hanover County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
enters upon possession with a party from Pennsylvania......1732 Richard Henry Lee, born at Stratford, on the Potomac......Jan. 20, 1732 George Washington, born at Westmoreland county......Feb. 22, 1732 Patrick Henry, born at Studley, Hanover county......May 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 reducti776 Patrick Henry elected governor of Virginia......June, 177（ State constitution adopted, and colonial government ceases in Virginia......June 29, 1776 Kentucky made a county of Virginia......1776 Henry Clay born in The Slashes, Hanover county......April 12, 1777 Maj. George Rogers Clarke sent by Governor Henry with an expedition against the British fort at Kaskaskia (now in Illinois), and captures it......July 4, 1778 He also occupies Vincennes......August, 1778 All terri
Fishers Hill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
ec. 13, 1862 Battle of Chancellorsville......May 2-4, 1863 Federals under Millroy driven out of Winchester by the Confederate General Ewell......June 15, 1863 Grant's campaign in Virginia begins......May 4, 1864 Gen. B. F. Butler forbids civil government in Norfolk by F. H. Pierpont as loyal governor of Virginia.......June 30, 1864 Maj.-Gen. Philip H. Sheridan appointed to the Army of the Shenandoah......Aug. 7, 1864 Battle of Winchester......Sept. 19, 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill......Sept. 22, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek......Oct. 19, 1864 Confederates abandon and partly burn Richmond......April 2, 1865 Surrender of Lee at Appomattox......April 9, 1865 Francis H. Pierpont recognized as governor of Virginia by a proclamation of President Johnson......May 9, 1865 Governor Pierpont assumes office......May 26, 1865 Fourteenth Amendment rejected by Virginia......1866 By act of Congress the federal government assumes the government of Virginia.....
The Downs (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
[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, Capt. John Ratcliffe—with 105 emigrants, sail from the Downs, England, destined for Virginia......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....<
James Valley (Nebraska, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
t Richmond......Oct. 5, 1869 Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments ratified......Oct. 8, 1869 Act admitting Virginia into the Union without further conditions, approved......Jan. 26, 1870 General Canby turns the State over to the civil authorities......Jan. 27, 1870 Governor Walker proclaims the final reconstruction of the State......Feb. 8, 1870 Capitol at Richmond falls, the galleries giving way; about sixty persons killed and 120 injured......April 27, 1870 Freshets in the James and Shenandoah valleys; $5,000,000 worth of property destroyed......September, 1870 Burning of the Spotswood Hotel at Richmond......Dec. 25, 1870 State board of health organized in Virginia......1872 General Grant has a majority for President of 1,975 over Horace Greeley......1872 State board of immigration established......1873 Completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad between Richmond and Huntington on the Ohio, length 421 miles......1873 Richmond and Atlantic Air li
Cumberland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
igate the proceedings of the French on the Ohio; Washington leaves Williamsburg with a few attendants......Oct. 30, 1753 Christopher Gist meets Washington at Cumberland and accompanies him......Nov. 14, 1753 They arrive at Logstown......Nov. 24, 1753 They reach Fort Le Boeuf on French Creek, Pa., about 15 miles south of e to the Great Meadows......April, 1754 Washington attacks a small party of French near the Great Meadows......May 28, 1754 General Braddock starts from Fort Cumberland for Fort Duquesne with 2,150 men......June 7-8-10, 1754 Washington surrenders Fort Necessity, a rude stockade at the Great Meadows, to the French after a spirited defence, and with military honors leads out its garrison......July 3, 1754 Fort Cumberland, about 55 miles northwest of Winchester, built......1754 Consternation on the western frontier of Virginia in consequence of Braddock's defeat......1754 Virginia Assembly votes £ 40,000 for the public service; calls out 1,5
Plymouth (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
g to the London Company......March 12, 1612 Capt. Samuel Argall, in a foraging expedition, entices Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, on his vessel and takes her to Jamestown......1612 Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe by the Rev. Alexander Whitaker at Jamestown......April 5, 1613 First establishment of fixed property in the soil; the company granting fifty acres to every freeman in fee-simple......1615 Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, reaching Plymouth......June 12, 1616 [Pocahontas soon after presented at the Court of James.] Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for Virginia, aged twenty-two, leaving one child......March 21, 1617 Capt. Samuel Argall returns to Virginia as deputy-governor with 100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary......May 15, 1617 First seal (colonial) of Virginia......1617 Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and supplies; he dies on the passage......April 18, 161
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
s garrison......July 3, 1754 Fort Cumberland, about 55 miles northwest of Winchester, built......1754 Consternation on the western frontier of Virginia in conuaint himself with the governor's military plans......February-March, 1756 Winchester, incorporated 1752, the only settlement not deserted west of the Blue Ridge..itt, then considered within the jurisdiction of Virginia. He marches back to Winchester and takes his seat in the Assembly, resigning his commission after more than evacuated by the Confederates......March 10, 1862 Battle of Winchester, or Kernstown, Gen. James Shields commanding Federal forces; Gen. Stonewall Jackson, ConfedMay 11, 1862 Confederates under Stonewall Jackson drive General Banks from Winchester......May 25, 1862 Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate fof Chancellorsville......May 2-4, 1863 Federals under Millroy driven out of Winchester by the Confederate General Ewell......June 15, 1863 Grant's campaign in Vi
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
Grant's campaign in Virginia begins......May 4, 1864 Gen. B. F. Butler forbids civil government in Norfolk by F. H. Pierpont as loyal governor of Virginia.......June 30, 1864 Maj.-Gen. Philip H. Sheridan appointed to the Army of the Shenandoah......Aug. 7, 1864 Battle of Winchester......Sept. 19, 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill......Sept. 22, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek......Oct. 19, 1864 Confederates abandon and partly burn Richmond......April 2, 1865 Surrender of Lee at Appomattox......April 9, 1865 Francis H. Pierpont recognized as governor of Virginia by a proclamation of President Johnson......May 9, 1865 Governor Pierpont assumes office......May 26, 1865 Fourteenth Amendment rejected by Virginia......1866 By act of Congress the federal government assumes the government of Virginia......March 2, 1867 General Schofield assigned to the 1st Military District......March 13, 1867 General Schofield prescribes regulations for registering voters for a S
Loudoun (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
e taking down a Confederate flag......May 24, 1861 Slaves around Fortress Monroe entering the Federal lines are declared contrabrand by Gen. B. F. Butler......May 27, 1861 Occupation of Newport News by the Federals......May 27-29, 1861 Federal troops cross the Ohio at Wheeling and at Parkersburg.......May 27, 1861 Occupy Grafton, W. Va......May 30, 1861 Affair at Philippi, Confederates retreat to Beverly......June 3, 1861 Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard proclaims to the people of Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties that the Federals are warring for beauty and booty ......June 5, 1861 Virginia troops transferred to the Confederate government by the governor......June 8, 1861 Affair at Big Bethel, near Fortress Monroe......June 10, 1861 General Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport......July 2, 1861 Affair at Rich Mountain, W. Va.; the Confederates under Col. George H. Pegram defeated by the Federals under General Rosecrans......July 11, 1861
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-virginia
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 ye Monument to Confederate dead unveiled at Portsmouth......June 15, 1893 Riot at Roanoke, eighteen killed, twenty-seven wounded......Sept. 20, 1893 Jubal A. Early, Confederate general, dies at Lynchburg......March 2, 1894 Monument at Fredericksburg, erected to the memory of the mother of Washington, unveiled......May 10, 1894 University of Virginia partly destroyed by fire......Oct. 27, 1895 Confederate States' Museum at Richmond dedicated......Feb. 22, 1896 Monument to Confede
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