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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for May 29
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| May 29, 1749 |
Oglethorpe's regiment at Frederica is disbanded
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Fort Frederica |
| May 29, 1773 |
Bethesda Orphanage "burns to the ground." It is believed to be the work of an arsonist. |
| May 29, 1784 |
A general brawl erupts at the headright distribution for Franklin and Washington County.
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Washington County, Georgia |
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Franklin County, Georgia |
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Georgia headright grants |
| May 29, 1813 |
Second battle of Sackett's Harbor. Sackett's Harbor, site of Madison Barricks, a US military post which included a Naval Station established in 1813. It was from this station that the US attacked the Canadian town of York (now Toronto).
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Daniel Appling |
| May 29, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson captures the capital of Spanish Florida, Pensacola.
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| May 29, 1835 |
Samuel Worcester and his party arrive at Dwight Mission in present-day Oklahoma
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| May 29, 1864 |
Battle of Dallas
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| May 29, 1865 |
Andrew Johnson rescinds Sherman's Special Order 15, returning the confiscated and abandoned land to its original owners.
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| May 29, 1886 |
An ad appears for Coca-Cola in the Atlanta Journal. This is the earliest known ad for the soft drink
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
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Coca-Cola |
| May 29, 1980 |
Vernon Jordan is shot by racist Joseph Paul Franklin.
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Vernon Jordan |
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