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South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
, 1890 Vote for governor: Davis, Democrat, 22,249; Ladd, Republican, 20,995; Larry, Prohibition, 1,829; Burton, National, 384......April 1, 1891 Soldiers' home at Bristol dedicated......May 21, 1891 Herbert W. Ladd, Republican, elected governor by the legislature......May 26, 1891 Ex-Gov. Henry Lippitt dies at Newport, aged seventy-three......June 5, 1891 New State-house authorized and $1,500,000 in bonds ordered issued......1893 Plurality election amendment to the constitution adopted......Nov. 28, 1893 D. Russell Brown re-elected governor......April, 1894 Ocean House at Newport burned......Sept. 9, 1898 Roger Williams Park received $200,000 from Anna H. Man, and $200,000 from Charles H. Smith......1900 The trading-stamp law declared unconstitutional......1900 New City Hall, Newport, completed......October, 1900 Constitutional amendment changing time of election, adopted......November, 1900 New State-house completed......1901 South Carolina
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
oops land and take possession of Rhode Island......Nov. 28, 1776 Gen. John Sullivan, appointed by Washington to succeed Gen. Joseph Spencer in command in Rhode Island, arrives at Providence......April 17, 1777 Col. William Barton, of Providence, with forty men, guided by a negro, Quako Honeyman, captures Gen. Richard Prescott at his quarters, about 5 miles from Newport......July 10, 1777 [Prescott is afterwards (May, 1778) exchanged for Gen. Charles Lee, captured by the British in New Jersey, December, 1776.] Articles of Confederation adopted by Rhode Island......Feb. 9, 1778 British destroy seventy flat-bottomed boats and property on the Kickemuit River, and burn the church and a number of houses at Warren......May 25, 1778 William Ellery, Henry Marchant, and John Collins sign the Articles of Confederation......July 9, 1778 French fleet of eleven sail-of-line ships, under Count d'estaing, appearing off Brenton's Reef, six British war-vessels attempt to leave the h
Liberty, Ind. (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
State board of health established......1878 Legislature elects Alfred H. Littlefield, Republican, governor, there being no choice at the election in April......May 25, 1880 Act passed abolishing the tribal authority and relation of the Narraganset Indians......1880 Congress awards the first-class gold medal to Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson, keeper of Lime Rock light-house, who, since 1859, had saved thirteen lives at the risk of her own......1881 Senator Ambrose E. Burnside, born at Liberty, Ind., 1824, governor of Rhode Island, 1866-69, dies......Sept. 3, 1881 Colored voters of Rhode Island, in convention at Newport, resolve hereafter to act independently of the Republican party......Oct. 18, 1882 Amendment to the State constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, goes into effect......July 1, 1886 Compulsory education act passed requiring at least twelve weeks of school attendance, six of them consecutive, by all children bet
Lake Erie (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
State, goes into operation......1791 First known copyright granted under the United States law is made to Rev. William Patten, of Newport, for a book entitled Christianity the true theology......May 9, 1795 Marine corps of artillery chartered at Providence......1801 College of Rhode Island changed to Brown University in honor of Nicholas Brown......1804 British occupy Block Island......1813 Commodore Oliver H. Perry leaves Newport to take command of the American squadron on Lake Erie......1813 Friends' school at Portsmouth established in 1784, but discontinued after four years, is revived and established at Providence......1814 President James Monroe visits Rhode Island......June 30, 1817 Rhode Island Historical Society incorporated......1822 Reception given General Lafayette at Providence......Aug. 23, 1824 Commodore Perry dies, aged thirty-four, of yellow fever, on the United States schooner Nonesuch in the harbor of Port Spain, island of Trinidad; bur
Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
's garrisoned house at South Kingston about Dec. 15, 1675. Governor Winslow attacks the fort of the Narragansets in a swamp at South Kingston, and after about three hours fighting fires the fort and wigwams......Dec. 19, 1675 Warwick destroyed by Indians......March 16, 1676 Canonchet, chief of the Narragansets, captured, refuses to ransom his life by making peace, is turned over for execution to friendly Indians, who send his head as a token of love and loyalty to the commissioners at Hartford......April 4, 1676 Massacre in a cedar swamp near Warwick of 171 Indians by a party of English who did not lose a man......July 3, 1676 King Philip shot through the heart by an Indian while attempting to escape from a swamp near Mount Hope......Aug. 12, 1676 Governor Benedict Arnold dies June 20, 1678, and is succeeded by William Coddington......Aug. 28, 1678 Governor Coddington dies Nov. 1, 1678, and is succeeded by deputy-governor John Cranston......Nov. 15, 1678 Maj. Pel
Gravelly Point (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
e, 1706 Colony of Rhode Island first issues paper money (£ 5,000), to defray the expenses of war......Aug. 16 1710 Latin school in Newport opened by Mr. Galloway......1711 First quarantine act, against small-pox......1711 First edition of the laws of Rhode Island printed in Boston......1719 Thirty-six pirates, captured by Captain Solgard, of British ship Greyhound, off the southeast coast of Long Island, are brought to Newport, tried, and twenty-six sentenced and hanged on Gravelly Point, opposite the town......July 12, 1723 Property qualification for suffrage established, requiring a freehold of value of £ 100 or an annual income of £ 2......Feb. 18, 1724 Boundary-line with Connecticut signed at Westerly......Sept. 27, 1728 George Berkely, dean of Derry, afterwards bishop of Cloyne, arrives in Rhode Island and purchases a farm in Middletown, near New York......Jan. 23, 1730 [After two and a half years he returned to England, giving his farm and a collection
Mill Bridge (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
rovidence, Aquedneck, and Warwick, to secure a charter from the King......1643 Patent granted by Robert, Earl of Warwick, governor-in-chief and lord high admiral, and commissioners, to planters of the towns of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport, for incorporation of Providence Plantations in Narraganset Bay......March 14, 1643 General Court changes the name of Aquedneck to the Isles of Rhodes or Rhode Island......March 13, 1644 Grant to John Smith to establish a grist-mill above Mill Bridge in Providence, the first in Rhode Island......1646 Committees from Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick at Portsmouth, adopt the charter of 1643, choose John Coggeshall president of the colony, and give a tax of £ 100 to Roger Williams for obtaining the charter......May 19-21, 1647 Canonicus, sachem of the Narragansets, dies......June 4, 1647 William Coddington receives from the council of state in England a commission, signed by John Bradshaw, to govern Rhode Island an
Hutchings G. Burton (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
roduced at State election......April 2, 1889 John W. Davis elected governor by the legislature, there being no choice by the people......May, 1890 Celebration of the centennial of the introduction of cotton-spinning into America begins at Providence......Sept. 29, 1890 Monument to Samuel Smith Collyer dedicated at Pawtucket at close of cotton centennial celebration......Oct. 4, 1890 Vote for governor: Davis, Democrat, 22,249; Ladd, Republican, 20,995; Larry, Prohibition, 1,829; Burton, National, 384......April 1, 1891 Soldiers' home at Bristol dedicated......May 21, 1891 Herbert W. Ladd, Republican, elected governor by the legislature......May 26, 1891 Ex-Gov. Henry Lippitt dies at Newport, aged seventy-three......June 5, 1891 New State-house authorized and $1,500,000 in bonds ordered issued......1893 Plurality election amendment to the constitution adopted......Nov. 28, 1893 D. Russell Brown re-elected governor......April, 1894 Ocean House at Newpor
Joseph Spencer (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
ce, May 1, 1776; abjures allegiance to the British crown......May, 1776 Declaration of Independence celebrated in Rhode Island, which the Assembly names The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ......July, 1776 William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins, representing Rhode Island, sign the Declaration of Independence......1776 Eight thousand British troops land and take possession of Rhode Island......Nov. 28, 1776 Gen. John Sullivan, appointed by Washington to succeed Gen. Joseph Spencer in command in Rhode Island, arrives at Providence......April 17, 1777 Col. William Barton, of Providence, with forty men, guided by a negro, Quako Honeyman, captures Gen. Richard Prescott at his quarters, about 5 miles from Newport......July 10, 1777 [Prescott is afterwards (May, 1778) exchanged for Gen. Charles Lee, captured by the British in New Jersey, December, 1776.] Articles of Confederation adopted by Rhode Island......Feb. 9, 1778 British destroy seventy flat-botto
Silas Talbot (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-rhode-island
attempt to leave the harbor. They are pursued, and are run ashore and set on fire by their crews......Aug. 5, 1778 While the French fleet, dispersed by storms, refits at Boston, the British attack the Americans on Butts Hill; the Americans lose 211 men, the British somewhat more......Aug. 29, 1778 Americans under General Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island to Tiverton, Aug. 30, 1778, and the British fleet with the army of Sir Henry Clinton arrives at Newport......Aug. 31, 1778 Maj. Silas Talbot, with the sloop Hawk, captures the Pigot, a British galley which blockaded the eastern passage......Oct. 28, 1778 General Assembly grants £ 500 for distressed inhabitants of Newport......January, 1779 British embark for New York......Oct. 11-25, 1779 French army lands at Newport......July 10, 1780 Public reception given to General Washington in Newport......March 6, 1781 General Assembly authorizes manumission of slaves, makes free negroes or mulattoes born in the State
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