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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for September 10
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| September 10, 1565 |
Jean Ribault, having followed the Spanish fleet north, put into Ft. Caroline. Informed of the Spanish movement from Havana, Ribault, Laudonniere and others leave to attack the Spanish settlement by sea.
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Jean Ribault |
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Rene Goulaine De Laudonniere |
| September 10, 1736 |
Responding to the threat of Spanish troops, General Oglethorpe writes his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll, and mentions that Spain has 1,500 regulars in St. Augustine while there is only militia in Georgia
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James Oglethorpe |
| September 10, 1775 |
Non-importation agreement by provincial congress goes into effect
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| September 10, 1775 |
Captain Oliver Bowen and Major Joseph Habersham are ordered to Tybee Island to watch for a ship bringing powder for the Royalists
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| September 10, 1777 |
The state of Georgia authorizes printing of specie, paper money exchangeable for Continental dollars on demand
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| September 10, 1837 |
Abbott Hall Brisbane and another man place a stake at the site of the "zero mile marker" for the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The location is at the corner of present-day Wall St. and Central Av. in downtown Atlanta. |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| September 10, 1863 |
Battle of Davis Crossroads |
| September 11, 1863 |
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Civil War - 1863 |
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Battle of Davis Crossroads |
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
| September 10, 1871 |
Fire consumes the Gwinnett County courthouse.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| September 10, 1894 |
Begun in Nashville and Savannah, the National (later United) Daughters of the Confederacy is organized |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| September 10, 1912 |
Authorities arrest four black men for their participation in the sexual assault of Mae Crowe. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| September 10, 1924 |
In the Democratic gubenatorial primary, William Harris defeated Thomas Hardwicke. Harris was a member of the Klan, Hardwicke adamently opposed to the organization. |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| September 10, 1930 |
Russell, running for Governor of Georgia against a field of five candidates, receives a plurality of votes, but less than 50%, forcing the election into a runoff.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| September 10, 1958 |
Ernest Vandiver wins the Democratic gubernatorial primary, assuring his victory in the general election
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Ernest Vandiver, Jr. |
| September 10, 1963 |
Groundbreaking for St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, Georgia
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| September 10, 1976 |
Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop at his brother Billy's gas station in Plains |
| September 10, 2003 |
Atlanta's Piedmont Park begins planning an expansion into 53 acres of undeveloped land the city purchased with the original park |
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Piedmont Park |
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