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November 21st, 1800 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
ssioners 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 Washington......Nov. 21, 1800 Superintendence of Washington 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
February 4th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
f 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 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, Confederat
February 22nd, 1897 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
83 Capstone of the Washington Monument placed (monument 555 feet high)......Dec. 6, 1884 American College of the Roman Catholic Church opened at Washington......Nov. 13, 1889 The Ford Opera-house collapsed during business hours; twenty-one clerks killed and many wounded......June 9, 1893 President Cleveland opens the Pan-American medical congress in Washington......Sept. 5, 1893 Coxey's army invades Washington......April 29, 1894 The new Corcoran Art Gallery opened......Feb. 22, 1897 General convention 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,
March 16th, 1871 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
tol finished......November, 1867 Howard University chartered......1867 Corcoran Art Gallery deeded to trustees by W. W. Corcoran, the founder......May 10, 1869 Congress repeals the charters of Washington and Georgetown, and forms a territorial government for the District, with a governor and council of eleven members appointed by the President of United States for four years, and a House of Delegates elected by the people......Feb. 21, 1871 Henry D. Cooke, first governor......March 16, 1871 Alexander R. Shepherd appointed governor......Sept. 13, 1873 Congress abolishes the territorial government, substituting a temporary board of three commissioners appointed by the President......June 20, 1874 Permanent government of District constituted by Congress, in a board of three commissioners with no local legislative body......June 11, 1878 President Garfield assassinated in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station at Washington......July 2, 1881 Remains of John
September 17th, 1787 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings. Georgetown laid out under act of Assembly in eighty lots, comprising sixty acres......June 8, 1751 Constitution of the United States gives Congress power to exercise exclusive 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 Maryla
October 5th, 1898 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
American College of the Roman Catholic Church opened at Washington......Nov. 13, 1889 The Ford Opera-house collapsed during business hours; twenty-one clerks killed and many wounded......June 9, 1893 President Cleveland opens the Pan-American medical congress in Washington......Sept. 5, 1893 Coxey's army invades Washington......April 29, 1894 The new Corcoran Art Gallery opened......Feb. 22, 1897 General convention 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
1852 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
ernor......Sept. 13, 1873 Congress abolishes the territorial government, substituting a temporary board of three commissioners appointed by the President......June 20, 1874 Permanent government of District constituted by Congress, in a board of three commissioners with no local legislative body......June 11, 1878 President Garfield assassinated in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station at Washington......July 2, 1881 Remains of John Howard Payne, who died in Tunis, Africa, in 1852, interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington......June 9, 1883 Capstone of the Washington Monument placed (monument 555 feet high)......Dec. 6, 1884 American College of the Roman Catholic Church opened at Washington......Nov. 13, 1889 The Ford Opera-house collapsed during business hours; twenty-one clerks killed and many wounded......June 9, 1893 President Cleveland opens the Pan-American medical congress in Washington......Sept. 5, 1893 Coxey's army invades Washington......April
1853 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
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 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 1
March 30th, 1791 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
n. 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 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 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
June 28th, 1864 AD (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-district-of-columbia
te 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......April 14, 1865 Suffrage granted to colored citizens in the District......Jan. 8, 1867 The extensions of the Capitol finished......November, 1867 Howard University chartered......1867 Corcoran Art Gallery deeded to trustees by W. W. Corcoran, the founder......May 10, 1869 Congress repeal
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