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Washington (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
315,612.19 by the Supreme Court......Dec. 1, 1890 Constitutional convention which meets at Jackson, Aug. 12, 1890, adjourns Nov. 1, having promulgated a new constitution to take effect......Jan. 1, 1891 Monument to Confederate dead unveiled at Jackson......June 3, 1891 A fire started by an insane inmate, J. D. Brown, consumes the main building of the State insane asylum at Jackson; the inmates, nearly 600, are saved except Brown......Feb. 16, 1892 Lucius Q. C. Lamar died at Washington, D. C.......Jan. 23, 1893 Sixty-four thousand two hundred dollars authorized for relief of Confederate soldiers and widows for the year ......1893 Agricultural College textile school created......1900 Historical commission authorized......1900 One hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year for two years, as pensions to Confederate soldiers, appropriated......1900 Constitutional amendments providing for legislative apportionment, and poll-tax adopted......November, 1900 New
Pontotoc Creek (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
.Oct. 18, 1820 Legislature appoints a committee to locate the seat of government by act of Feb. 12, 1821, and by a supplemental act styles the new capital Jackson......Nov. 28, 1821 Board of internal improvement, consisting of the governor and three commissioners, organized......1829 Planters' Bank chartered......Feb. 10, 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, by which the Choctaws cede the rest of their lands in Mississippi to the United States......Sept. 28, 1830 Treaty at Pontotoc Creek; the Chickasaws cede their lands in Mississippi and agree to remove from the State......Oct. 20, 1832 Convention for framing a new constitution meets at Jackson, Sept. 10, 1832, and completes its labors, Oct. 26. Constitution ratified at the next general election......1832 Appropriation made for the erection of a State-house and executive mansion at the capital......Feb. 26, 1833 Act approved incorporating the Mississippi Union Bank and providing for $15,500,000 in State stock
Leake county (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
uth to the Gulf of Mexico, affording a coast-line of about 80 miles. Alabama forms the entire eastern boundary. It is limited in latitude between 30° 13′ and 35° N., and in longitude between 88° 7′ and 91° 41′ W. Area, 46,340 square miles, in seventy-five counties; population, 1890, 1.289,600; 1900, 1,551,270. Capital, Jackson. Fernando De Soto, on his expedition, enters the present State of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw......December, 1540 Indians attack and burn Chickasaw, which De Soto had fortified and occupied as winter quarters......February, 1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose......April, 1541 Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Carolina......1663 Louis Joliet and Pere Jacques Marquette descend the Mississippi as far as lat. 33°......1673
Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
end the Mississippi as far as lat. 33°......1673 La Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth......1682 Lemoine d'iberville plants a colony on the bay of Biloxi......May, 1699 Iberville, Bienville, and Chevalier de Tonti ascend the Mississippi to the present site of Natchez......February, 1700 Fort Rosalie, at Natch Three hundred emigrants, destined for the lands of Madame de Chaumonot, arrive at Pascagoula......Jan. 3, 1721 Seat of government of Louisiana removed from Biloxi to New Orleans......1723 Chopart, commander of Fort Rosalie, demands that Great Sun, head of the Natchez tribe of Indians, should vacate White Apple village, aip Island, under construction since 1855......Jan. 20, 1861 State convention ratifies the constitution of the Confederate States......March 26, 1861 Town of Biloxi captured by Federal naval force under Capt. Melancthon Smith......Dec. 31, 1861 Confederate government removes the State archives from Jackson to Columbus for
De Soto, Jefferson County, Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
, enters the present State of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw......December, 1540 Indians attack and burn Chickasaw, which De Soto had fortified and occupied as winter quarters......February, 1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose......April, 1541 Mississippi included in the proprietarDe Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose......April, 1541 Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Carolina......1663 Louis Joliet and Pere Jacques Marquette descend the Mississippi as far as lat. 33°......1673 La Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth......1682 Lemoine d'iberville plants a colony on the bay of Biloxi......May, 1699 Iberville, Bienville, and Chevalier de Tonti ascend the Mississippi to the present site of Natchez......February, 1700 Fort Rosalie, at Natchez, erected by Bienville, governor of Louisiana, and completed......Aug. 3, 1716 Miss
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
the extreme northeast corner. On the west the Mississippi River separates it from Arkansas and Louisiana aboveuisiana on the south, 110 miles east from the Mississippi River to the Pearl. That portion of the State east 31° N.; the western boundary the middle of the Mississippi River, with free navigation......Oct. 27, 1795 Ge0, 1798 Act of Congress approved creating Mississippi Territory, including the present State of Alabama.....ries claimed by the State, which include the Mississippi Territory, established by act of Congress......1798 supplemental regarding the government of the Mississippi Territory, and providing that settlement shall be massed boatmen employed in the navigation of the Mississippi River and others, incorporated......1804 Whole ofo the United States by Georgia, north of the Mississippi Territory and south of Tennessee, is annexed to MissisMississippi Territory by act of Congress......March 27, 1804 Aaron Burr, arrested at Natchez, gives bonds to appea
Tennessee River (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
Mississippi, One of the Gulf States of the United States, is bounded north by Tennessee. The Tennessee River touches the State in the extreme northeast corner. On the west the Mississippi River separates it from Arkansas and Louisiana above lat. 31° N., which divides the State from Louisiana on the south, 110 miles east from the Mississippi River to the Pearl. That portion of the State east of the Pearl River extends south to the Gulf of Mexico, affording a coast-line of about 80 miles. Alabama forms the entire eastern boundary. It is limited in latitude between 30° 13′ and 35° N., and in longitude between 88° 7′ and 91° 41′ W. Area, 46,340 square miles, in seventy-five counties; population, 1890, 1.289,600; 1900, 1,551,270. Capital, Jackson. Fernando De Soto, on his expedition, enters the present State of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw......December
Pascagoula (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
1716 Mississippi Company chartered with exclusive privilege of the commerce of Louisiana and New France, and obligated to introduce within twenty-five years 6,000 white persons and 3,000 negro slaves......Aug. 17, 1717 Mississippi Company grants land for settlements on the Yazoo, at Natchez, on the bay of St. Louis, and on Pascagoula Bay......1718 Three hundred settlers locate at Natchez......1720 Three hundred emigrants, destined for the lands of Madame de Chaumonot, arrive at Pascagoula......Jan. 3, 1721 Seat of government of Louisiana removed from Biloxi to New Orleans......1723 Chopart, commander of Fort Rosalie, demands that Great Sun, head of the Natchez tribe of Indians, should vacate White Apple village, about 6 miles from the fort, and surrender it to the French: a conspiracy of Indians and the massacre of the garrison follow......Nov. 29, 1729 Destruction of the Natchez by the French and Choctaws......Jan. 28–Feb. 8, 1730 Mississippi Company surrenders
Alabama river (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
opted by the legislature......Feb. 10, 1807 Congress to extend the right of suffrage in the Territory permitting the people to elect delegates to Congress......Jan. 9, 1808 Bank of Mississippi chartered......Dec. 23, 1809 Mobile district, lying south of lat. 31° and between the Pearl and Perdido rivers, is added to Mississippi by act......May 14, 1812 Expedition under Gen. F. L. Claiborne attacks the holy city of the Creek Indians, called Escanachaha, on the east side of the Alabama River, which they burn......Dec. 23, 1813 Enabling act for Mississippi passed by Congress, establishing the eastern boundary, and the Territory of Alabama created......March 1, 1817 Convention for framing a constitution meets at Washington, July 7, 1817, and completes its labors......Aug. 15, 1817 First General Assembly meets at Washington......Oct. 6, 1817 Mississippi admitted into the Union......Dec. 10, 1817 Bank of Mississippi in Natchez authorized by law to establish branch
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-mississippi
15, 1838 Legislature sanctions the sale of stock for the bank......1839 Governor McNutt by message advises repudiating the Union Bank bonds sold to the United States Bank of Pennsylvania......1841 Legislature by resolution denies that the State is under any obligation, legal or moral, to redeem the Union Bank bonds......1842 State Treasurer Richard S. Graves arrested for embezzlement of State funds to the amount of $44,838.46. He escapes from the house of the sheriff and flees to Canada......1843 Robert J. Walker appointed Secretary of United States Treasury......March 6, 1845 Law passed establishing common schools......March 4, 1846 Mississippi regiment, under command of Col. Jefferson Davis, serves in the Mexican War......1846 University of Mississippi at Oxford, chartered in 1844, is opened......1848 Governor Quitman, arrested by the United States marshal for violation of the neutrality law of 1818 in abetting the expedition against Cuba, resigns as govern
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