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August 24th, 1814 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
ngton placed in the hands of three commissioners......1800 Congress assumes jurisdiction of the District, and continues in force the existing laws of Maryland and Virginia......Feb. 27, 1801 Washington incorporated by Congress; with a mayor appointed by the President and a council elected by the people......May 3, 1802 Navy-yard at Washington established......March 27, 1804 Public buildings in Washington burned and destroyed by the British after the battle of Bladensburg......Aug. 24, 1814 Georgetown College, founded in 1789, chartered as a university......May 1, 1815 American Colonization Society, for colonizing free people of color in Liberia, founded at Washington......1817 New charter granted Washington, and mayor elected by the people......May 15, 1820 Columbian College, Washington, incorporated......1821 Corner-stone of first lock in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal laid near Georgetown in presence of President Jackson......May 29, 1829 Building of the gov
December 31st, 1851 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
eceived from Virginia......July 9, 1846 Corner-stone of the Smithsonian Institution laid......May 1, 1847 Corner-stone of the Washington Monument laid......July 4, 1848 National Soldiers' Home, 2 miles north of Washington, established by act of Congress......March 3, 1851 Corner-stone of south extension of the Capitol laid......July 4, 1851 Principal room of the library of Congress burned, 35,000 volumes destroyed......Dec. 24, 1851 Louis Kossuth visits Washington......Dec. 31, 1851 First national agricultural convention, 151 members from twenty-two States, Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts, president, meets at Washington......June 24, 1852 Congress appropriates $50,000 for an equestrian statue of Washington on public grounds near the Capitol......Jan. 25, 1853 Government hospital for the insane of the army and navy established near Uniontown, 1853; opened......1855 Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, founded by Amos Kendall, chartered by Co
July 1st, 1878 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church held at Washington......Oct. 5, 1898 Gas explosion in the Capitol wrecks the Supreme Court room......Nov. 7, 1898 General Garcia, the Cuban leader, dies at Washington......Dec. 11, 1898 Congress appropriates $10,000 for the celebration of the establishment of the seat of government at Washington......Feb. 28, 1899 President of the board of commissioners of the District of Columbia are as follows: Seth Ledyard Phelps, president......July 1, 1878, to Nov. 29, 1879 Josiah Dent, president......Nov. 29, 1879, to July 17, 1882 Josiah Rodman West, president......July 17, 1882, to March 29, 1883 James Barker Edmonds, president......March 29, 1883, to April 1, 1886 William Benning Webb, president......April 1, 1886, to May 21, 1889 John Watkinson Douglass, president......May 21, 1889, to March 1, 1893 John Wesley Ross, president......March 1, 1893, to June 1, 1898 John Brewer Wight, president......June 1, 1898, to
December 25th, 1789 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
er such district (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ......Sept. 17, 1787 Act of Maryland to cede to Congress 10 miles square in the State for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 23, 1788 Act of Virginia ceding 10 miles square or less upon the Potomac for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 3, 1789 Georgetown incorporated......Dec. 25, 1789 Act of Congress locating the district for a seat of government......July 16, 1790, and March 3, 1791 President Washington appoints Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll, of Maryland, and David Stuart, of Virginia, commissioners to survey the federal district......Jan. 22, 1791 Nineteen proprietors agree upon terms for sale of lands to the government. Lots for public buildings to be paid for at $125 per acre, streets free; other lots to be the joint property of the owners and the publi
June 1st, 1898 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
882 Josiah Rodman West, president......July 17, 1882, to March 29, 1883 James Barker Edmonds, president......March 29, 1883, to April 1, 1886 William Benning Webb, president......April 1, 1886, to May 21, 1889 John Watkinson Douglass, president......May 21, 1889, to March 1, 1893 John Wesley Ross, president......March 1, 1893, to June 1, 1898 John Brewer Wight, president......June 1, 1898, to May 9, 1900 Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland, president......May 9, 1900 Florida 882 Josiah Rodman West, president......July 17, 1882, to March 29, 1883 James Barker Edmonds, president......March 29, 1883, to April 1, 1886 William Benning Webb, president......April 1, 1886, to May 21, 1889 John Watkinson Douglass, president......May 21, 1889, to March 1, 1893 John Wesley Ross, president......March 1, 1893, to June 1, 1898 John Brewer Wight, president......June 1, 1898, to May 9, 1900 Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland, president......May 9, 1900 Florida
June 18th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
he Capitol......Jan. 25, 1853 Government hospital for the insane of the army and navy established near Uniontown, 1853; opened......1855 Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, founded by Amos Kendall, chartered by Congress......1857 Peace conference of five commissioners from each State assembles at Washington......Feb. 4, 1861 Balloon ascension for military purposes made at Washington, and first telegraph message from a balloon sent by Mr. Lowe to President Lincoln......June 18, 1861 Congress emancipates all slaves, to be valued by commissioners and paid for at a maximum of $300......April 16, 1862 Collegiate department of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, known as the National Deaf-Mute College, the only one in the world, publicly opened......June 28, 1864 Gen. Jubal Early, Confederate, attacks Fort Stevens, 6 miles north of Washington, and is repulsed......July 12, 1864 President Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre, Washington......Apr
April 15th, 1791 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
proprietors agree upon terms for sale of lands to the government. Lots for public buildings to be paid for at $125 per acre, streets free; other lots to be the joint property of the owners and the public trustees......March 30, 1791 President Washington proclaims the lines and boundaries of the District. A square comprising 64 square miles in Maryland and 36 in Virginia......March 30, 1791 First stone marking boundary of the District set in Jones's Point, Hunting Creek, Va.......April 15, 1791 Commissioners agree to call the federal district the Territory of Columbia, and the federal city the City of Washington, and to name the streets of the latter alphabetically one way and numerically the other......Sept. 9, 1791 Corner-stone of President's house in Washington laid......Oct. 13, 1792 Corner-stone of north wing of the Capitol laid......Sept. 18, 1793 First newspaper, the National Intelligencer, published in Washington......1800 Congress first meets in Washing
July 4th, 1848 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
r Georgetown in presence of President Jackson......May 29, 1829 Building of the government post-office, designed by Robert Mills, commenced......1839 United States Treasury building, designed by Robert Mills, completed......1841 United States Naval Observatory founded......1842 Congress retrocedes the 36 square miles received from Virginia......July 9, 1846 Corner-stone of the Smithsonian Institution laid......May 1, 1847 Corner-stone of the Washington Monument laid......July 4, 1848 National Soldiers' Home, 2 miles north of Washington, established by act of Congress......March 3, 1851 Corner-stone of south extension of the Capitol laid......July 4, 1851 Principal room of the library of Congress burned, 35,000 volumes destroyed......Dec. 24, 1851 Louis Kossuth visits Washington......Dec. 31, 1851 First national agricultural convention, 151 members from twenty-two States, Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts, president, meets at Washington......June 2
December 24th, 1851 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
.....1842 Congress retrocedes the 36 square miles received from Virginia......July 9, 1846 Corner-stone of the Smithsonian Institution laid......May 1, 1847 Corner-stone of the Washington Monument laid......July 4, 1848 National Soldiers' Home, 2 miles north of Washington, established by act of Congress......March 3, 1851 Corner-stone of south extension of the Capitol laid......July 4, 1851 Principal room of the library of Congress burned, 35,000 volumes destroyed......Dec. 24, 1851 Louis Kossuth visits Washington......Dec. 31, 1851 First national agricultural convention, 151 members from twenty-two States, Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts, president, meets at Washington......June 24, 1852 Congress appropriates $50,000 for an equestrian statue of Washington on public grounds near the Capitol......Jan. 25, 1853 Government hospital for the insane of the army and navy established near Uniontown, 1853; opened......1855 Columbia Institution for the D
December 3rd, 1789 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
clusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ......Sept. 17, 1787 Act of Maryland to cede to Congress 10 miles square in the State for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 23, 1788 Act of Virginia ceding 10 miles square or less upon the Potomac for the seat of government of the United States......Dec. 3, 1789 Georgetown incorporated......Dec. 25, 1789 Act of Congress locating the district for a seat of government......July 16, 1790, and March 3, 1791 President Washington appoints Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll, of Maryland, and David Stuart, of Virginia, commissioners to survey the federal district......Jan. 22, 1791 Nineteen proprietors agree upon terms for sale of lands to the government. Lots for public buildings to be paid for at $125 per acre, streets free; other lots to be t
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