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City of Augusta, Georgia
| May 8, 1736 |
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha at St. James' Palace in London |
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| June 14, 1736 |
Oglethorpe orders Noble Jones to survey Augusta.
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James Oglethorpe |
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| February 8, 1772 |
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, mother of King George III and the woman for whom the city of Augusta is named, dies. |
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| June 1, 1773 |
Royal Governor James Wright and British Indian Agent John Stuart conclude a meeting to resolve boundary disputes with the Treaty of Augusta, which ceded some 675,000 acres from the Creek Nation to the state of Georgia.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
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Taliaferro County, Georgia |
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| June 7, 1773 |
William Bartram leaves Augusta as part of a team sent to survey the "New Purchase"
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| July 3, 1775 |
Heading west to Creek country from Silver Bluff on the Savannah River (near Augusta), William Bartram spends the night at Ocmulgee Old Fields (now Ocmulgee Mounds National Park).
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Creek Indians |
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| May 1, 1776 |
200 Creek Indians meet with representatives of the Georgia government in Augusta.
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Creek Indians |
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Creek Indians at Augusta |
| January 2, 1779 |
Archibald Campbell leaves Hessians to guard Savannah and begins a march to Augusta. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| January 31, 1779 |
British take Augusta
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| February 14, 1779 |
British withdraw from Augusta
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| February 15, 1780 |
George Wells is killed in a duel by James Jackson, Augusta, Georgia
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James Jackson |
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| May 12, 1780 |
British regain control of Augusta
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| September 14, 1780 |
Battle of Fort Grierson (Augusta)
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| September 18, 1780 |
Battle of Augusta
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| April 13, 1781 |
Skirmish near Augusta
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| June 5, 1781 |
Augusta falls, having been under siege since April, 1781, by Elijah Clarke, Andrew Pickens, and Col. "Light Horse" Henry Lee.
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Andrew Pickens |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| August 17, 1781 |
Augusta becomes the capitol of Georgia
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| May 31, 1783 |
In Augusta, the state of Georgia concludes a treaty based on the Long Swamp Treaty, which cedes a large tract of land in present-day north Georgia. Although the treaty ceded significant portions of Cherokee (and disputed Creek) land, it did not come close to meeting the demands of Andrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke, who want all land east of the Chattahoochee River
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Hart County, Georgia |
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Stephens County, Georgia |
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Banks County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
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Franklin County, Georgia |
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| February 22, 1785 |
Last meeting of the Georgia Legislature in Savannah. Augusta would become the next state capital
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| October 11, 1787 |
U. S. Constitution is printed in the Savannah Gazette of the State of Georgia and two days later in Augusta |
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| October 26, 1787 |
The Georgia General Assembly decides to send the question of ratification to a special convention to be held in Augusta, Georgia. |
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Augusta Convention |
| January 2, 1788 |
Delegates to the Augusta Convention sign the letter of ratification, making Georgia the fourth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. It was the first state in the Deep South to do so.
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| May 18, 1791 |
George Washington arrives in Augusta
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George Washington in Georgia |
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George Washington |
| January 9, 1792 |
John Milton elected mayor of Augusta
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| March 21, 1794 |
Augusta educator Emily Tubman (nee Thomas) born in Ashland, Virginia
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Emily Tubman |
| January 23, 1796 |
Augusta is two feet under water after the Savannah River leaves its banks
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| April 19, 1796 |
Nathaniel Twining announces stagecoach service between Savannah and Augusta. It becomes the first successful service between the cities. An earlier attempt, in 1786 failed in less than a year. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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| January 23, 1812 |
Earthquake felt across Georgia, as far south as Augusta. Part of the New Madrid, Missouri series of quakes
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Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
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Missouri earthquake shakes Georgia |
| December 21, 1833 |
The Georgia legislature approves the construction of a railroad connecting Augusta to the Chattahoochee River.
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| January 3, 1837 |
The Augusta Chronicle (and Sentinel) begins publication
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| March 15, 1845 |
Augusta City Council officially endorses Henry Cumming's proposal to build a canal for drinking water and to power textile mills
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| September 15, 1845 |
First Augusta to Atlanta train
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| February 22, 1847 |
Augusta Factory, a textile mill, was organized
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| January 25, 1861 |
The federal arsenal in Augusta is taken by the Georgia Militia
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Civil War - 1861 |
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| November 16, 1864 |
Sherman leaves Atlanta having reorganized his men into two "wings" of two corps apiece. The Left Wing is commanded by Henry Slocum, the Right Wing by O. O. Howard. Sherman's strategic plan is for the Left Wing to make a feint on Augusta while the Right Wing makes a feint at Macon, forcing the remaining Confederate troops to be split between the two towns.
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March to the Sea |
| November 19, 1864 |
Left Wing arrives in Rutledge. General John Geary is detached from the main column and ordered to make a feint on Augusta. He encounters resistance at Buckhead and burns bridges over the Oconee River and destroys a rail depot in the town.
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March to the Sea |
| January 13, 1865 |
Flooding destroys property in east-central Georgia including Augusta and Hamburg
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| April 18, 1865 |
Confederate Powder Works in Augusta ceases operation
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Civil War - 1865 |
| November 8, 1909 |
William H. Taft, President of the United States, speaks in Augusta
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| January 3, 1916 |
Former U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Augusta resident Joseph R. Lamar dies
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| February 3, 1924 |
Former President Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Augusta and practiced law in Atlanta, died in Washington, D. C.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Woodrow Wilson |
| September 27, 1927 |
The Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company is incorporated in the city of Augusta, Georgia. It is now known as Georgia-Pacific. |
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| May 15, 1930 |
Painter Jasper Johns, Jr., a leader in the Pop Art movement, is born in Augusta, Georgia
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| July 14, 1931 |
Bobby Jones announces his intent to build a golf course (Augusta National) on the old Fruitland Manor Corp. property he had recently purchased. This course is today home to the Masters Tournament.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| January 13, 1933 |
Augusta National Golf Club formally opens
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| March 22, 1934 |
Play begins at the first Augusta National Invitational Tournament, later the Masters.
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Bobby Jones |
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Masters Tournament |
| March 25, 1934 |
Horton Smith wins the Augusta National. Bobby Jones finishes 13th, his best showing ever.
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Masters Tournament |
| March 6, 1936 |
While in Augusta, Georgia, heavyweight champ Jim Braddock states that he is not afraid of the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis
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| March 28, 1936 |
Bobby Jones sets a course record of 64 at the Augusta National course
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| January 12, 1937 |
Augusta decides to use buses instead of streetcars
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| April 12, 1948 |
Tying the course record, Georgian Claude Harmon wins the Masters at Augusta
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Masters Tournament |
| August 11, 1953 |
Terry Gene Bollea ("Hulk Hogan") born, Augusta
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| March 31, 1956 |
After meeting Red Foley at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Brenda Lee appeared as a guest star on his Ozark Mountain Jubillee, Foley's national television show.
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Brenda Lee
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| April 9, 1973 |
Georgian Tommy Aaron wins the Masters in Augusta
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Masters Tournament |
| December 8, 1979 |
The (Nitty Gritty) Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt hit the top 40 records with "An American Dream." which spends 19 weeks on the Billboard chart, eventually peaking at #13. In the first verse is the line "Augusta Georgia is just no place to be."
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| October 28, 1981 |
Edward M. McIntyre elected first black mayor of Augusta
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| October 22, 1983 |
Gunman smashes through gate at Augusta National Golf Club, held five people hostage and made threats against President Reagan, who was staying on the grounds during the incident. |
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| October 23, 1983 |
While staying at the Augusta National Golf Club President Reagan is told of the car bomb attack on the U. S. Marine headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| March 21, 1989 |
Trial of Jim Williams moved to Augusta
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| December 22, 1995 |
Butterfly McQueen, best known for her role as "Prissy" in Gone With The Wind died in a tragic accident in Augusta, Georgia involving a kerosene heater that caught the dress she was wearing on fire. She ran outside and attempted to roll on the ground. A passing teenager smothered the fire with a blanket, but the badly burned actress died 10 hours later.
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Gone With The Wind
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| January 1, 1996 |
Richmond County and the city of Augusta merge
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| April 14, 2002 |
Tiger Woods wins his second consecutive and third overall Masters Tournament in Augusta
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Masters Tournament |
| May 8, 2005 |
James Brown dedicates statue of himself in downtown Augusta |
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James Brown |
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