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| May 20, 1498 |
Italian explorer John Cabot leaves Dursey Head (Ireland) and makes a 2nd trip to explore North America. It is possible that while on the trip Cabot explored the coast of Georgia
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John Cabot's 2nd Voyage |
| July 25, 1498 |
In a letter written by Pedro de Ayala, sent to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, he protested that the "new-found-land" of Henry VII had been discovered by "Genoese like Columbus" and was within the realm of the Spanish monarchy. Apparently, John Cabot had sailed far enough south by this time for Ayala, then in the Carribean, to know where he was.
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| June 8, 1501 |
Spanish sailors are instructed in the Reales cedulas con Hojeda to sail north and claim all lands for the Spanish monarchy. This is also a response made to English claims for New World land.
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| June 24, 1521 |
Francisco Gordillo, sailing on orders of Lucas Vazques de Ayllon, lands somewhere in the vicinity of present-day southern South Carolina. He captures some 60 Indians at a place he calls Chicora. |
| May 3, 1525 |
Pedro de Quejo lands at the Rio de la Cruz (River of the Cross), builds a stone pillar and heads north towards the site of Gordillo's earlier landing, Chicora |
| September 29, 1526 |
The first colony on mainland America is established by Lucas Vazques de Ayllon. Recent research has led some to believe the location of the settlement to be on Georgia's Sapelo Island
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| March 30, 1539 |
Six ships with 350 men land on the coast of La Florida to prepare a camp for Hernando DeSoto and his men |
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Hernando deSoto |
| June 11, 1559 |
Tristane de Luna (Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano) sets sail from Vera Cruz to La Florida with orders to establish a gulf port and an overland route to Santa Elana.
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Tristan de Luna |
| August 14, 1559 |
Tristane de Luna's expedition lands at present-day Pensacola Bay and establishes the city of Santa Maria de Filipinos
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Tristan de Luna |
| September 19, 1559 |
Tristane de Luna's expedition is struck by a terrible storm, destroying much of his fleet. The storm was so fierce that a caravel ended up in an inland grove.
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Tristan de Luna |
| January 30, 1561 |
Having failed to create an overland route between present-day Pensacola and Port Royal, SC, Tristane de Luna is relieved of duty and ordered to report to King Phillip II of Spain
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Tristan de Luna |
| March 9, 1561 |
[circa] Angel De Villafane arrives at Ichuse (Pensacola) and moves inland to find of de Luna's expedition. |
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Tristan de Luna |
| April 30, 1562 |
Frenchman Jean Ribault sights land, a point he calls the French Cape (probably near St. Augustine) and heads north along the coast of Florida
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Jean Ribault |
| May 1, 1562 |
Jean Ribault lands in the vicinity of a "great river," perhaps the St. John's.
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Jean Ribault |
| May 27, 1562 |
Having slowly explored the coast of Georgia, giving French names to many of the rivers and islands, Jean Ribault pulls into a harbor he names Port Royal
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Jean Ribault |
| June 25, 1564 |
Rene de Laudonniere lands at the mouth of the St. John's River and begins to fortify the position with a palisade. This will become Fort Caroline
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| August 27, 1565 |
Spanish ambassador to England Guzman de Silva reports that English privateer John Hawkins built a fort on the St. John's River before Rene de Laudonniere (this is probably not true)
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Rene Goulaine De Laudonniere |
| April 1, 1566 |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles, governor of Florida, visits St. Catherine's and meets with Guale, a chief who controls the lower half of Georgia's coast. Menendez builds two forts, one on Cumberland Island and one on St. Catherines
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| December 1, 1566 |
Juan Pardo begins his first expedition from Santa Elana, in search of a land route to Mexico
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| July 24, 1567 |
Privateer John Hawkins, who had been granted permission to land and refit his vessels at San Juan de Ulloa, a "craggy tor" in the harbor of Vera Cruz, is attacked by the Spanish fleet. Only two ships escape: Hawkins on his command ship, the Minion and the Judith (which belonged to his cousin, Sir Francis Drake).
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| November 6, 1577 |
Humphrey Gilbert publishes a tract titled "A Discourse How Hir Majestie May Annoy the King of Spayne" which details exploring the coast between Newfoundland and Florida and establishing a colony there to raid the West Indies, attack Spanish merchant vessels and discover the Northwest Passage. Gilbert would explore the coast the following year in a little known voyage. Sir Walter Raleigh, who is Gilbert's half-brother, is closely associated with this trip.
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| April 26, 1582 |
Spanish Ambassador Bernadino de Mendoza accuses the English of plotting to land 10,000 troops in La Florida to establish a permanent colony.
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| November 12, 1583 |
In a published article, George Peckham details Sir Humphrey Gilbert's second journey to the New World, including visits to southern Canada and New England.
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| March 25, 1584 |
Queen Elizbeth grants a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh to establish the first English colony in the New World. Rather than sailing due west from England and landing in Newfoundland, Raleigh opts to head south, then turn west at the Canary Islands, along the route first established by Columbus. Once in the New World, Raleigh followed the coast north (sailing past Georgia) to Roanoke Island.
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| June 26, 1586 |
Sir Francis Drake, having sailed up the Southeastern coast, arrives at Roanoke Island.
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| July 1, 1587 |
[circa] Spanish establish missions and garrisons at San Pedro de Mocama and Santa Catalina de Guale (St. Catherines Island) |
| September 17, 1597 |
Juanillo, traveling to present-day St. Catherine's Island, kills the Spanish missionary (Santa Catalina de Guale)
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| April 3, 1606 |
Bishop Altamirano arrives at Cumberland Island to tour the Spanish missions on what is today the coast of Georgia
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| April 10, 1606 |
First Virginia charter granted by James I (England). The grant includes land north of the 34th parallel, up to 100 miles inland.
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| October 30, 1629 |
Carolina Charter of 1629 is signed. This gave all land from the 31st parallel to the 36th parallel to the colony of Carolina. The grant included most of Georgia. |
| July 18, 1670 |
Madrid Treaty between Spain and England is signed. Article 2 divides all "kingdoms, states, colonies, forts, cities,..." between the two countries based on their current settlers. It essentially places all of the Georgia coast in Spanish hands. |
| December 22, 1696 |
James Oglethorpe born, Godalming, County Surrey, England
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James Oglethorpe |
| December 16, 1714 |
George Whitefield (Whitfield) born, Gloucester, England
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Columbia County, Georgia |
| May 8, 1716 |
James Wright born, London, England
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James Wright |
| September 25, 1718 |
John Stuart, who will become Indian Agent for the British Government, born, Inverness, Scotland
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| August 29, 1721 |
Henry Ellis born in Monaghan, England
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| March 17, 1725 |
Lachlan McIntosh born near Raits, in Badenoch, Scotland.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| October 17, 1725 |
John Wilkes, a member of the House of Commons who was a strong supporter of American independence is born in England
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John Wilkes
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| October 11, 1727 |
King George II crowned king of England (coronation) |
| July 25, 1729 |
All but one of the Carolina Proprietors return their land to England
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| April 3, 1730 |
Sir Alexander Cuming receives the Cherokee, who "submit to the King of England." This took place at Nequesee and included Moytoy, who was crowned emperor of the Cherokee on the same day.
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| May 4, 1730 |
Sir Alexander Cuming set sails to England with 7 Cherokee
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| June 22, 1730 |
Cherokee have an audience with the king of England
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| February 22, 1732 |
George Washington born, Pope's Creek Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia |
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George Washington |
| November 17, 1732 |
Ann sails from Gravesend, England |
| December 21, 1732 |
The Trustees of the colony of Georgia issue grants of land to Roger and James Lacey, Joseph Hetherington and Philip Bishop in present-day Thunderbolt. |
| January 30, 1733 |
After a storm forces them to land in South Carolina, colonists once again set sail for Oglethorpe's site.
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James Oglethorpe |
| February 1, 1733 |
Oglethorpe and the settlers land on the site of present-day Savannah. They meet John and Mary Musgrove, who trade with nearby Indians
Georgia celebrates February 12 as her founding because of the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. |
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James Oglethorpe |
| May 21, 1733 |
First treaty with the Creek Indians. When Oglethorpe landed, Tomochichi had granted Oglethorpe the right to use the land on the Savannah River, but explained that chiefs of the Creek Nation needed to also approve the transfer of land. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
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Oglethorpe signs treaty with Creek |
| June 15, 1733 |
After a long sickness Dr. Herbert, the colony's minister, dies at sea while returning to England. |
| July 4, 1733 |
Trustees grant additional land in Thunderbolt. |
| December 21, 1733 |
First land allotment takes effect. Although the land had been designated in July, the deeds were not executed until this date. Included in the designation are recently arrived Jewish Colonists.
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James Oglethorpe |
| January 27, 1734 |
Heading South along the coast, Oglethorpe stops at St. Simon's Island, where he spends the night. It is during his stay on the island the Oglethorpe decides to build Fort St. Simon, Fort Frederica and New Inverness
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Fort Frederica |
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James Oglethorpe |
| January 28, 1734 |
Oglethorpe names Jekyll Island in honor of his friend Sir Joseph Jekyll
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James Oglethorpe |
| March 23, 1734 |
James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Toonahowie, and others leave Savannah on a journey to England
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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| March 27, 1734 |
Oglethorpe arrives in Charleston on the first leg of a trip that will take him to England. With him are Tomochichi and other Indians
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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James Oglethorpe |
| April 7, 1734 |
James Oglethorpe leaves for England on the Aldbourough
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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James Oglethorpe |
| August 1, 1734 |
The King of England receives Tomochichi, his wife and son and other Indians at his palace in Kensington
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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James Oglethorpe |
| December 27, 1734 |
The ship Prince of Wales arrives in Savannah. On board are James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Toonahowie, and others who visited England, and Salzburgers who are moving to Georgia. The Salzburgers are directed by Oglethorpe to Ebenezer.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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James Oglethorpe |
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Tomochichi's trip to England
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Salzburgers in Georgia |
| December 0, 1735 |
Edward Telfair born, Towns Head, Scotland
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| April 10, 1735 |
Button Gwinnett born, England
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Button Gwinnett |
| January 10, 1736 |
Scottish Highlanders under the command of Hugh MacKaye arrive in Savannah on the Prince of Wales.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| January 19, 1736 |
Highlanders arrive at New Inverness (Darien)
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| February 6, 1736 |
The Wesleys disembark on The Peeper (now Cockspur Island)
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| February 22, 1736 |
Oglethorpe crosses the bay from Frederica to Darien and visits the Highlanders in New Inverness. He approves the construction of a fort on the site of Fort King George and the name of the fort (Fort Darien). He allots land to the male heads of households for farming and lays out a city.
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Fort Frederica |
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James Oglethorpe |
| February 27, 1736 |
Christian Priber petitions the South Carolina government for a "warrant of survey" (land) |
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Christian Priber |
| March 18, 1736 |
Oglethorpe heads south from Fort Frederica (St. Simons Island) to continue scouting the coast of Spanish-controlled Florida
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Fort Frederica |
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James Oglethorpe |
| August 11, 1736 |
Unhappy over an incident with James Oglethorpe, Charles Wesley leaves for England.
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| November 29, 1736 |
Oglethorpe returns to England to petition the crown for money to defend Georgia
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James Oglethorpe |
| December 2, 1736 |
Richard Montgomery born, County Dublin, Ireland
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| December 3, 1736 |
Charles Wesley arrives in England at the end of his return trip from Georgia
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| September 20, 1737 |
Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence and namesake of Carroll County, Georgia, born, Annapolis, Maryland
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Charles Carroll |
| December 2, 1737 |
John Wesley returns to England
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| September 28, 1738 |
42nd Regiment of Foote falls in for the first time at Fort Frederica, on St. Simons Island. |
| January 14, 1739 |
George Whitefield ordained a minister in the Church of England
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George Whitefield |
| January 14, 1739 |
First Convention of El Pardo. England signs a preliminary agreement with Spain, leaving to a board of commissioners to be appointed by both countries the determination of the Spanish-English border (Georgia-Florida). England never ratifies the agreement.
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First Convention of The Pardo (El Pardo) |
| August 21, 1739 |
Creeks confirm their cession of land to Georgia in a second treaty
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James Oglethorpe |
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Treaty of Coweta |
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Creek Indians |
| September 13, 1739 |
Oglethorpe learns that the governor of Rhode Island has given permission for privateers to raid Spanish vessels at sea. |
| October 23, 1739 |
England declares war on Spain. Commonly called the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins lost his ear to Spanish raiders who boarded his ship, the Rebecca, in 1731. After addressing the Lower House in 1738, and holding up a bloody ear, war was declared on Spain.
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Fort Frederica |
| November 15, 1739 |
A party of Spanish regulars land on Amelia Island and conceal themselves in the woods. The following day they kill two of MacKaye's Highlanders
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James Oglethorpe |
| January 1, 1740 |
At the head of a fleet that included some 15 boats and 200 men, General Oglethorpe decides to raid two Spanish forts in response to an earlier attack by the Spanish on Amelia Island. The raiding party is a combined force of Highland Rangers, soldiers from Fort Frederica, and Creek, Chickasaw, and Uchee Indians.
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James Oglethorpe |
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Creek Indians |
| January 11, 1740 |
Oglethorpe and his raiding party returns to Fort Frederica. He had entered the St. John's River and burned Fort Picolata. Then his men quickly captured Fort St. Francis de Pupa (variously spelled as St. Francis de Papa and San Francisco de Pupo), just over 20 miles from St. Augustine. He stations the Highland Rangers at Fort St. Francis de Pupa, under the command of Hugh MacKaye, Jr., and leaves an armed sloop. |
| May 17, 1740 |
Oglethorpe is joined by Capt. McIntosh and a company of Highlanders and some Carolina troops
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James Oglethorpe |
| March 14, 1741 |
George Whitefield leaves for England
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George Whitefield |
| June 6, 1742 |
Nathanael Greene, commander of the Southern Department during the Revolutionary War, born, in Potoworout, Rhode Island
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Nathanael Greene |
| March 22, 1743 |
The magazine at Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island explodes.
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Fort Frederica |
| July 22, 1743 |
Oglethorpe returns to England
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James Oglethorpe |
| March 3, 1744 |
George Wells born, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
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| August 10, 1747 |
Queen of the Creeks, Mary Musgrove, claims ownership of much of Georgia, including the land from Savannah to Pipe Makers Bluff
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| December 14, 1747 |
Mico Malatchi made Head of the Creek nation (Muscogee Confederacy). Malatchi then gives Thomas and Mary Bosomworth Ossabaw, St. Catherines and Sapalo islands
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Creek Indians |
| June 8, 1748 |
William Few born, Baltimore, Maryland
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William Few |
| January 1, 1749 |
Probable date of the birth of George Walton, justice of the courts, governor and leader of the executive branch and signer of the Declaration of Independence, in Goochland (now Cumberland County), Virginia
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George Walton
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| May 11, 1750 |
Three Puritans arrive to survey the land between the Ogeechee and Altamaha for possible colonization.
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Liberty County, Georgia |
| February 9, 1752 |
George Handley born, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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| July 11, 1752 |
First grant of land to Puritans who settlers halfway between the Ogeechee and Altamaha Rivers. They established Midway and received a grant of 31,950 acres of land.
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Liberty County, Georgia |
| August 6, 1752 |
Second grant of land to settlers of Midway
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Liberty County, Georgia |
| December 12, 1754 |
William Clifton, a barrister from England who had been appointed Attorney General by the king, presents a plan for creating a system of courts in the colony of Georgia. This was the genesis of the system still in use in today. |
| October 8, 1755 |
A small group of Arcadians, expelled from Canada by the British, land in Georgia and establish a colony. |
| May 17, 1756 |
England declares war on France beginning the French and Indian War |
| August 3, 1756 |
Royal order issued for Governor Reynolds to return to England and answer for his conduct
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| July 7, 1757 |
Gov. John Reynolds arrives in England. He resigns as royal governor and returns to his rank in the royal navy.
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| September 21, 1757 |
James Jackson born, Moreton, Hamstead, Devonshire, England
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James Jackson |
| October 4, 1757 |
Land for city of Sunbury granted to Mark Carr.
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| April 28, 1758 |
James Monroe born, Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| July 23, 1759 |
Georgia offers Mary Musgrove Bosomworth 2100 pounds in exchange for her claims to Ossabaw and Sapelo islands. They permit her live on St. Catherine's until her death in 1763. |
| December 2, 1761 |
James Wright is instructed to consult with Parliament prior to obtaining "Indian lands." |
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James Wright |
| April 5, 1763 |
South Carolina governor Thomas Boone begins to grant Georgia land south of the Altamaha, mostly to speculators but some to wealthy friends.
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| April 23, 1763 |
An article written by John Wilkes attacks the Earl of Bute (Prime Minister of England).
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John Wilkes
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| May 30, 1763 |
The Board of Trade, ruling English authority in the matter, instructs South Carolina governor Thomas Boone to cease granting Georgia land and withdrawing the land he had already granted
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| October 7, 1763 |
Following the French and Indian War, King George III declares the boundaries of Georgia and Florida (now in possession of England). This is different from the Proclaimation of 1763.
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| November 10, 1763 |
Creek Indians cede coastal land from the Altamaha to the St. Mary's to Georgia.
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| May 14, 1765 |
Samuel Bowen, who had been imprisoned for 4 years while in China, purchases a tract of land in Thunderbolt. He had already asked Heny Yonge, a friend, to plant the soy bean seeds he brought with him from China
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| October 10, 1765 |
England raises postage fees.
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| February 1, 1768 |
Forfeit date for the land granted to Wrightsboro Quakers. They were required to have 10 families to keep the grant. They had 40.
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James Wright |
| December 6, 1768 |
Wrightsboro residents petition Gov. James Wright for additional land
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James Wright |
| July 3, 1769 |
Governor Wright asks for a leave of absence to return to England to deal with his personal business
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James Wright |
| November 2, 1769 |
Governor Wright granted leave of absence to return to England
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James Wright |
| December 11, 1770 |
The king agrees to hold elections for new land acquired by Georgia.
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| June 11, 1773 |
Royal governor James Wright issues a proclamation describing land recently ceded by the Creek Indians, encouraging farmers and artisans to settle with their families.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
| January 16, 1774 |
War breaks out with the Creek over the settlement of recently ceded lands
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Creek Indians |
| June 6, 1775 |
George Galphin is paid for debts covered by treaty of 1773 with the Creek Indians. Galphin, a radical of note, had been refused money owed to him by the state of Georgia. Georgia had sold the land ceded by the Creek in 1773 to settlers for 1.25 dollars per acre. From the sum accumulated, the debts of the traders were to be paid, including the debts owed to Galphin. Wright knew Galphin was a radical and as such refused to pay him. Finally, Galphin demanded an audit of his claims and payment, which occurred on this date.
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James Wright |
| July 6, 1775 |
Provincial congress adopts 16 resolutions dealing mostly with restricting trade with England and other English colonies
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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 17, 1775 |
Capt. Bowen, Capt. Barnwell, (SC) Capt. Joyner (SC) and Major Joseph Habersham seize an armed British schooner off Tybee Island under the command of Captain Maitland.
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| June 28, 1776 |
Bombardment of Sullivans Island (Fort Sullivan, now Fort Moultrie) begins
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| June 28, 1776 |
Before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Lt. Colonel Thomas Sumter, under the command of William Moultrie, aided in the defense of Sullivan's Island and Fort Moultrie.
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Thomas Sumter |
| June 7, 1777 |
Georgia passes its first headright law, allowing the leader of the executive branch to give land to individuals to "strengthen the state." No land is granted under this law.
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Georgia headright grants |
| September 16, 1777 |
Georgia amends the headright provision to also create a land sales office. No land is granted or sold under this act.
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Georgia headright grants |
| April 19, 1778 |
Georgia ship capture three British vessels off the coast of St. Simons Island |
| November 27, 1778 |
Under the command of Scotsman Archibald Campbell, a force comprised of the Seventy First Foot, the Wisenbach and Woellwarth Hessian regiments and loyalist battalions from New York and New Jersey set sail for Tybee Island. Their orders are to take Savannah |
| December 23, 1778 |
British force lands at Tybee Island
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| January 5, 1779 |
Stephen Decatur is born, Sinnepuxent, Maryland
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Stephen Decatur
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| September 12, 1779 |
French forces under the command of Admiral Charles Henri D’Estaing land at Beaulieu, a plantation south of Savannah. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| January 23, 1780 |
Georgia passes a headright law offering families 200 acres of land, plus 50 acres per person, to migrate to Georgia. Some land is surveyed to be granted, but none is actually granted under this law.
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Georgia headright grants |
| July 25, 1782 |
Lt. Col. James Jackson, leading a group of Georgia militia briefly engage British forces on Skidaway Island. This is the final action in the coastal war.
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James Jackson |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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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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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| November 1, 1783 |
Creek Indians agree to a land cession of lands in northeast Georgia, claimed by both the Creek and Cherokee Indians
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Creek Indians |
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Johnson County, Georgia |
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Washington County, Georgia |
| July 15, 1784 |
Because of the huge amount of fraud Georgia's Executive Council suspends the granting of land in Franklin and Washington Counties
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Washington County, Georgia |
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Franklin County, Georgia |
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Georgia headright grants |
| February 22, 1785 |
The General Assembly addresses the headright issues with a new act establishing a set procedure for granting headright land by delegating the authority to grant land to land courts in each county
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Georgia headright grants |
| June 30, 1785 |
James Oglethorpe dies, Cranham Hall, County Essex, England
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James Oglethorpe |
| November 20, 1785 |
James Wright dies, Westminster, England |
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James Wright |
| December 15, 1786 |
William Schley born, Fredrick, Maryland |
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William Schley |
| April 24, 1787 |
Georgia and South Carolina meet to resolve boundary disputes. Georgia gets all land claimed by South Carolina north of the Savannah to the northern end of the Tugaloo.
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| November 20, 1789 |
The Virginia Yazoo Company (headed by Patrick Henry), the Tennesse Company and the Carolina Company apply for land grants from the state of Georgia
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 21, 1789 |
First Yazoo Land Act becomes law granting 5,000,000 acres of vacant land to three companies
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 21, 1789 |
The Georgia Assembly, unsuccessful in dealing with the headright issue, agrees to sell land to the South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company and the Tennessee Yazoo Land Company. The deal, selling some 20 million acres falls through when the companies try to pay with near worthless specie
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Georgia headright grants |
| December 21, 1789 |
Grants to speculative land companies (The South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company, and the Tennessee Company) are made by Governor Edward Telfair. These would later fall apart over disagreement of the currency to be used to pay for the land. Patrick Henry is a member of the Virginia Yazoo Company.
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| March 21, 1794 |
Augusta educator Emily Tubman (nee Thomas) born in Ashland, Virginia
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Emily Tubman |
| December 3, 1794 |
"..it would be right and proper to sell a part of the western territory of this State during the present session." With these words began the Yazoo Land Fraud
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| January 7, 1795 |
Governor George Mathews signs into law a bill that agrees to sell almost 40 million acres to speculators at the starting the Yazoo Land Fraud. This corrupt deal led to the downfall of many popular politicians of the day.
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Georgia headright grants |
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James Gunn |
| January 13, 1795 |
Land is deeded to The Georgia Company, The Georgia-Mississippi Company, The Tennessee Company and the Upper Mississippi Company under the corrupt Yazoo Act. Georgia Governor George Mathews signs the deed. |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck |
| February 17, 1795 |
President George Washington, speaking about the Yazoo Land Act states "...These acts embrace an object of such magnitude and in their consequences may so deeply affect the peace and welfare of the United States..."
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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George Washington |
| February 23, 1795 |
The U. S. Congress denounces the Yazoo Land Act
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| August 22, 1795 |
During the Yazoo Land Fraud, James Gunn, Mathew M'Allister, George Walker, Zachariah Cox, Jacob Walburger, William Longstreet and Wade Hampton, by deed, convey a portion of the Georgia Company's land to James Greenleaf. Greenleaf's later sale of the land results in the landmark U. S. Supreme Court ruling, Fletcher v. Peck. |
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James Gunn |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck |
| January 14, 1796 |
Responding to public pressure, almost all legislators who profited from the Yazoo Land Act are removed from office. U.S. Senator James Jackson, now a member of the state legislature, convenes the so-called "Reform Legislature"
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James Jackson |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| January 22, 1796 |
Report of the Yazoo Land Fraud presented to the Reform Legislature
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| February 13, 1796 |
Gov. Irwin signs a bill rescinding the Yazoo Land Act. It will take 6 years and a landmark Supreme Court ruling for the state to settle claims resulting from this legislation
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| February 15, 1796 |
The Yazoo Land Fraud comes to an end as James Jackson and other expunge the event from Georgia history by buring all records related to the incident on the steps of the capitol, then in Louisville, Georgia. They missed one copy, sent to George Washington.
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James Jackson |
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George Washington |
| February 18, 1796 |
Act rescinding the Yazoo Land Act becomes law
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| February 18, 1796 |
Under pressure from reformists led by U.S. Senator and Revolutionary War hero James Jackson, the Yazoo Land Act is rescinded.
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James Jackson |
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Georgia headright grants |
| February 21, 1796 |
At the state capital in Louisville, Georgia's reform politicians burn every copy of the Yazoo Land Act except for one sent to General George Washington. It is the only known copy of the act to survive
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Georgia headright grants |
| December 29, 1797 |
John Wilkes dies, England
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John Wilkes
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| April 7, 1798 |
U. S. Congress authorizes three commissioners to negotiate with Georgia for the cession of all or part of the lands encompassed by the Yazoo Land Act of 1795
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| July 25, 1801 |
John Milledge purchases more than 600 acres of land, which he donates to the University of Georgia. It becomes the school's only home, Athens, Georgia.
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
| April 26, 1802 |
Georgia cedes the land involved in the Yazoo Land Fraud (and the associated legal problems) to the United States. In exchange the state receives 1.25 million dollars and the promise of removal of the Cherokee Indians from the present-day boundaries of the state. President Thomas Jefferson announces the cession of Yazoo Act lands to the U. S. government
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| May 11, 1803 |
Land Lottery Act passed by Georgia legislature. Georgia needed to divest new lands ceded by the Creek, and did not want to return to the corrupt headright practice. A lottery to be held in 1805 that gave advantages to veterans was chosen.
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Georgia headright grants |
| August 26, 1805 |
Godfrey Barnsley born, Derbyshire, England
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| June 26, 1806 |
Georgia's first land lottery (1805) proved so successful that a second land lottery was enacted to be held in 1807
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| October 17, 1807 |
James Couper sells 4 acres of land to the United States for construction of the St. Simons lighthouse. The land had been the site of Ft. Saint Simon.
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| December 22, 1808 |
Christ Church on St. Simons Island (Glynn County) is chartered
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| November 27, 1809 |
Francis "Fannie" Kemble (Butler) born, London, England
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Fannie Kemble (Butler) |
| February 16, 1810 |
Chief Justice John Marshall in Fletcher vs. Peck renders Peck's title to land purchased during the Yazoo Land Fraud as valid
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck |
| January 10, 1815 |
British troops land on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia. |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| February 9, 1816 |
Cherokee delegation arrives at Washington D. C. to meet President Madison and negotiate a land dispute. They are greeted by an Executive Mansion in ruins (it was not called the White House at this time) and a city destroyed by the British.
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| March 22, 1816 |
Cherokee sign two treaties with the United States, ceding South Carolina for $5,000 and establishing Cherokee claim to almost all the currently held land.
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| July 8, 1817 |
Signed at Cherokee Agency (Rattlesanke Springs) in the Cherokee Nation. Near present-day Sweetwater, TN, the Treaty of Cherokee Agency ceded land in northeast Georgia
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| November 18, 1818 |
Settlement for Yazoo Land Fraud claims is complete, with the government spending almost 4.3 million dollars to pay the claimants
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 15, 1818 |
The Third Georgia Land Lottery is authorized. It is held in 1820
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| March 22, 1820 |
Stephen Decatur dies, Washington, D. C. from wounds received during a duel with Commodore James Barron at Bladensburg, Maryland
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Stephen Decatur
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| June 29, 1820 |
George III, who ruled England during the American Revolution, dies. He had relinquished his duties as king of England to his son, King George IV, in 1811 because of extended illness.
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| January 8, 1821 |
Treaty with the Creek at Indian Springs, Creek Nation ceded additional Creek land to Georgia
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Butts County, Georgia |
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Monroe County, Georgia |
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Pike County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| May 15, 1821 |
The Fourth Georgia Land Lottery is authorized. It is held the same year
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| August 22, 1821 |
Tornado strikes Tybee Island, smashing a portion of the U. S. Army barracks on the island
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| October 23, 1822 |
Cherokee council passes a law that states "...Resolved by the National Committee and Members of the Council, That the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, will not meet any Commissioners of the United States to hold a treaty with them on the subject of making cession of lands the property of the Cherokee Nation, as we are determined hereafter never to make any cessions of lands, having not more than sufficient for our Nation and posterity." This law made the Treaty of New Echota invalid and illegal. |
| October 27, 1822 |
William Lowndes, former U. S. Representative from Georgia, dies at sea while on a journey to England. |
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William Lowndes |
| February 12, 1825 |
William McIntosh, the son of an American Revolution hero and a Creek woman, signs the Treaty of Indian Springs. In exchange for a plantation on the Chattahoochee River, McIntosh signs away almost all remaining Creek land in Georgia
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Creek Indians |
| April 30, 1825 |
Creek Chief William McIntosh is executed for trading Creek land to the state of Georgia without consent of the Creek tribal council.
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Creek Indians |
| June 9, 1825 |
The Fifth Georgia Land Lottery is authorized. It is held in 1827
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| January 1, 1827 |
Creek relinquish ceded land in western Georgia.
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Creek Indians |
| November 15, 1827 |
Final cession of Creek land in Georgia, signed at the Creek Agency on the Flint River
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| March 17, 1828 |
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne born, County Cork, Ireland
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
| October 24, 1829 |
The Cherokee Nation, with the support of Major Ridge, his son John Ridge and Elias Boudinot, publisher of the Cherokee Phoenix, re-enact a law that prescribes death for anyone who sells lands without the authority of the nation. It is under this law that the three will be put to death 10 years later
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| January 4, 1830 |
With a force of some 30 Cherokee and the permission of federal government, Major Ridge evicts whites who have illegally settled Cherokee land along the Georgia-Alabama border about 30 miles southwest of present-day Rome, Georgia. The act infuriates Georgia politicians
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Rome, Georgia |
| December 21, 1830 |
The Sixth Georgia Land Lottery, sometimes called the Cherokee Georgia lottery, is authorized by the General Assembly. The major difference between this lottery and the preceding five lotteries is that Georgia did not have a claim to the land it was giving away: The Cherokee had never ceded it.
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| October 3, 1831 |
Georgia's gubernatorial election of 1831 pitted George Gilmer against Wilson Lumpkin. The major difference between the two was Lumpkin promised Georgia Cherokee gold and Cherokee land while Gilmer had a "reserve" plan to hold the gold mines and no plan to take the Cherokee land. Lumpkin easily won the election
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| December 24, 1831 |
Georgia Gold Lottery enacted. This lottery, whose enabling act and drawing dates were different than the Sixth Georgia Land Lottery is, for some reason, frequently combined with the earlier lottery. It is, in fact, totally separate
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| May 9, 1832 |
Treaty of Payne's Landing is signed. The treaty required that the Seminole Indians be removed to the west. A small band of the Seminoles lived in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| November 24, 1832 |
Start of the sixth land lottery. Georgia did not own the land it was giving to settlers
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
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Original Cherokee County |
| April 12, 1834 |
Treaty with the Seminole (Payne's Landing) proclaimed.
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| November 26, 1836 |
After this date settlers were allow to "disturb Indian occupants" on land they won in the sixth Georgia land lottery and the gold lottery. Georgia never legally took possession of the land.
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| May 25, 1838 |
On this date all parcels of land distributed in the 1832 land lotteries are distributed to the winning settlers. Prior to this date white settlers could not take control of land if a Cherokee resided there.
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| July 11, 1842 |
A portion of Land Lot 77 is donated by Samuel Mitchell for use by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. These 5 acres, known at the time as "State Square" are now part of Underground Atlanta and the site of the 0 mile marker for the W&ARR
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| November 28, 1849 |
The four corners of the lot containing the Gwinnett County Courthouse are deeded to lawyers for building a fence around the courthouse. Among those receiving land is Charles H. Smith, better known to Georgians (and Americans) as Bill Arp
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| June 6, 1850 |
First land lot purchased in what will become Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery
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Oakland Cemetery |
| December 7, 1860 |
City council allocates first Jewish lots at City Cemetery (now Oakland Cemetery).
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Jewish Section, Oakland Cemetery. |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| October 29, 1861 |
Combined land-sea fleet leaves Hampton Roads, Virginia
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| November 24, 1861 |
Union forces take Tybee Island
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Civil War - 1861 |
| April 10, 1862 |
Bombardment of Ft. Pulaski begins from Tybee Island |
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Civil War - 1862 |
| May 17, 1862 |
Union soldiers from Tybee/Fort Pulaski attempt to land near Savannah (Thunderbolt). They are driven back. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Civil War - 1862 |
| June 10, 1863 |
Union troops under the command of James Montgomery seize St. Simons Island. |
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Civil War - 1863 |
| June 11, 1863 |
Union troops on St. Simons Island loot and destroy Christ Church Frederica, the city of St. Simons and many of the plantations. |
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Civil War - 1863 |
| May 18, 1864 |
Battle of Woodlands fought on the estate of Godfrey Barnsley outside Adairsville
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| July 2, 1864 |
Harpers Weekly features sketch of the "Battle of Woodlands"
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| January 16, 1865 |
From his field headquarters in Savannah, General William Tecumseh Sherman issues Special Field Orders, No. 15, giving "negroes now made free by the acts of war" abandoned coastal land from Charleston to the St. Johns River in Florida
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Slavery in Georgia |
| 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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| July 16, 1866 |
The Second Freedman's Bureau Act passed over Pres. Andrew Johnson's veto, allowing former slaves to retain ownership of land in Ogeechee District.
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| December 20, 1866 |
Georgia Legislature grants a charter to the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad Company to build rail lines to Thunderbolt, the Isle of Hope and Skidaway Island. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| October 9, 1867 |
Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery makes its final purchase of land (total 88 acres).
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Oakland Cemetery |
| January 15, 1869 |
End of the Ogeechee Revolt. By this time white troops had secured the land between the Ogeechees from the former slaves that were holding it.
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| April 26, 1874 |
Oakland Cemetery dedicates a four-story granite structure commemorating "Our Confederate Dead" |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| February 12, 1876 |
James Augustine Healy is appointed Bishop of Portland, Maine, by Pope Pius the IX.
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James Augustine Healy |
| September 7, 1881 |
Poet Sidney Clopton Lanier dies, from complications of tuberculosis, which he caught at Point Lookout, Maryland a Union prisoner-of-war camp. |
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Sidney Lanier |
| January 1, 1886 |
John Stith "Doc" Pemberton, Frank Robinson, David Doe and Edward Holland formed the Pemberton Chemical Company. Robinson and Doe were selling printed advertising, Holland owned land, which he deeded to the company. |
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
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Coca-Cola |
| January 6, 1886 |
Christ Church Frederica, on St. Simons Island is consectrated.
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| October 18, 1886 |
Grover Cleveland addresses a crowd from a platform built in front of the Markham Hotel in downtown Atlanta. |
| July 1, 1887 |
Doc Walker deeds his land to the Gentleman's Driving Club for $38,000. It will become Piedmont Park. |
| October 17, 1887 |
U. S. President Grover Cleveland visits the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta
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Piedmont Park |
| October 29, 1889 |
Georgia legislature approves the sale of the remaining land in the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| December 4, 1890 |
The charter of the Chickamauga Memorial Association is finalized and submitted to the Superior Court of Walker County, Georgia. The charter, which lasted for 20 years, allowed anyone to join the group for a lifetime fee of $5.00. The objective of the organization was to acquire land and honor those who fought at Chickamauga, the bloodiest two days of American history. This is the official start of what will become the Chickamauga National Military Park.
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| January 15, 1893 |
Fannie Kemble (Butler) died, London, England
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Fannie Kemble (Butler) |
| August 27, 1893 |
Powerful storm lashes the Georgia and South Carolina coast, coming ashore on Tybee Island. Death toll reaches 2,000 according to the National Weather Service
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| April 26, 1894 |
"The Lion of Atlanta," a marble statue depicting a sleeping lion and carved in Canton, Georgia, is unveiled at Oakland Cemetery. |
| October 27, 1895 |
President Grover Cleveland visits the Piedmont Exposition (Atlanta)
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Piedmont Park |
| January 25, 1898 |
The first ever batch of Brunswick Stew is made on St. Simons Island, Georgia, a coastal island near the city of Brunswick.
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| August 15, 1898 |
Lilian Carter born, Richland, Georgia
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Lillian Carter |
| October 2, 1898 |
Campbell Island is washed away by a hurricane as it crosses the Georgia coast with an estimated maximum wind of 95 mph. It will cut across the state to the northwest, exiting near Rome. It is designated Hurricane #7
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| October 2, 1898 |
Hurricane strikes coastal Georgia near Cumberland Island, killing 179 (Georgia and North Florida), and setting storm surge records that still stand.
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| February 2, 1899 |
Andrew Carnegie agrees to give Atlanta $100,000 to build and provision a library. The city agrees to find and donate land on which to build the library, and to provide ongoing funding of the institution. |
| August 5, 1900 |
James Augustine Healy dies in Portland, Maine.
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James Augustine Healy |
| August 13, 1904 |
60 acres of land in Cobb County west of Marietta are transferred to the Dan McCook Brigade Association. This is the start of today's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| April 6, 1906 |
Tornadoes strike North Georgia, striking Woodlands, (the estate of Godfrey Barnsley) and Gainesville, Georgia
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| March 6, 1907 |
Logan E. Bleckley dies, Clarkesville, Georgia. He is interred at Oakland Cemetery
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Logan E. Bleckley |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| November 22, 1910 |
Boarding a private train in New Jersey a group of New York bankers, a presidential advisor, and a senator journey to Jekyll Island, Georgia to discuss the revision of a failed piece of legislation, the Federal Reserve Act of 1910. Their discussions are frequently, wrongly, credited with leading to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which created The Federal Reserve System.
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| May 18, 1912 |
For three innings Ty Cobb put up with insults from New York Highlanders fan Claude Lueker. Finally, Cobb charge the man, beating him fiercely. Lueker, who had lost a hand in an industrial accident could not defend himself. A. L. President Ban Johnson, who was attending the game, immediately suspended Cobb. |
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Ty Cobb |
| December 1, 1913 |
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends, by Lucian Lamar Knight, is published
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| October 7, 1916 |
Cumberland University is defeated by Georgia Tech, 222-0. While there were first downs in the game, neither team advanced to a first down. Cumberland never advanced 10 yards from the original line of scrimmage and Tech scored every time they had the ball.
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| August 10, 1921 |
Following an active day of sailing and swimming at Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada, Franklin Roosevelt lays ill, unable to move his legs. Weeks later the illness is diagnosed as polio. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| September 26, 1922 |
U. S. Senator Thomas Watson dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Chevy Chase, Maryland |
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Thomas Edward 'Tom' Watson |
| May 30, 1924 |
C. E. Woolman to become vice president of Huff Daland Dusters, Macon, Georgia.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Delta Air Lines
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| February 3, 1925 |
The Atlanta Aero Club, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber, the Atlanta Woman's Club,the American Legion, the Greater Atlanta Club and others announce support of a landing field in Atlanta. |
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Atlanta Municipal Airport |
| March 1, 1925 |
(circa) Huff Daland moves to Monroe, Louisiana
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Delta Air Lines
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| February 20, 1926 |
Amelia Knoedler Penland is born |
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Amanda (Knoedler) Penland |
| May 8, 1926 |
Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (Mrs. Joseph Madison High) donates the land on which her house is built for the express purpose of building an art museum in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| January 27, 1927 |
Kennesaw Mountain Landis issues a decision in the Ty Cobb / Tris Speaker gambling scandal, clearing them of any impropriety and ordering them reinstated by their clubs. |
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Ty Cobb |
| June 20, 1930 |
Bobby Jones wins the British Open, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| 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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| August 29, 1931 |
Celebration is held on St. Simons Island for the completion of a highway from Atlanta to Brunswick, GA. This meant it was now possible to travel to most cities on paved road.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| November 19, 1933 |
Lucien Lamar Knight dies, Clearwater, Florida. His body is returned to Georgia, where it is buried at the cemetery at Christ Church (St. Simons Island, Glynn County)
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| September 3, 1934 |
Atlanta airplane pioneer Doug Davis dies from injuries received from a crash during an air race in Cleveland, Ohio
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| February 17, 1936 |
Jim Brown born, St. Simons Island
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James Nathaniel 'Jim' Brown |
| February 6, 1938 |
Reverend Charles Lee, 71-year old rector of Christ Church on St. Simon Island is murdered by a sniper as he sat at his desk in the historic church. |
| August 9, 1939 |
Additional money is appropriated for land purchases by Kennesaw Mountain NBP
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| February 27, 1941 |
William Byron, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Maryland, died when his private plane crashed near Jonesboro, Georgia
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| April 8, 1942 |
As part of "Operation Drumbeat," the SS (Steamship) Oklahoma is attacked and sunk by German U-boat 123 within site of St. Simons Island, Georgia (Glynn County). After closing to a distance of 400 meters, Kapitanleutnant Reinhard Hardegan gave the order to fire on the merchant marine vessel. The U-boat fired a single torpedo at the unarmed oil tanker, which suffered a direct hit to its engine room. The tanker went down in minutes and 19 men of the 38 man merchant marine crew died. Hardegan then found the Esso Baton Rouge (3 dead out of a 41 man crew). Among the boats giving aid and assistance was the yacht of Coca-Cola magnate Charles Candler.
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| April 9, 1942 |
Heading south off the coast of Georgia, U-boat 123 sinks the Esparta off the coast of Cumberland Island, Georgia (Camden County).
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| July 2, 1942 |
Eighth Army Air Corps flies the first European mission of the USAAC (United States Army Air Corps). It is a low-level bombing run against a series of small air bases in the Netherlands. For some reason this date is frequently misquoted as July 4 and the location moved to the marshalling area at Rouen. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| August 24, 1942 |
U. S. Senator Max Cleland born, Atlanta, Georgia
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Max Cleland
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| August 17, 1943 |
In simultaneous attacks on Regensburg and Schweinfurt, the Eighth (Army) Air Force conducts raids on a Messerschmitt factory (Regensburg) and ball-bearing plants (Schweinfurt) from its secret base in England. Of 376 mission aircraft 60 are lost. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| September 27, 1943 |
Using new "belly tanks" to dramatically extend the distance they can fly, P-47 bombers raid Emden, then return to the secret Eight Army Air Force in England. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| February 20, 1944 |
Start of "Big Week", six days of missions designed to destroy German aircraft production. The Eighth Air Force (England) and the Ninth Air Force (Italy) participate. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| December 5, 1945 |
Five Avenger-class torpedo bombers leave Ft. Lauderdale NAS on a training flight over the Atlantic and disappear five hours later. One credible theory to the disappearance of the planes is that they landed in the Okefenokee Swamp.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| October 25, 1947 |
Secretary of the Interior declares Kennesaw Mountain NBP as "officially established." (The land acquisition, which had been challenged in court, was approved)
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| January 1, 1948 |
Georgia ties Maryland 20-20 in the Gator Bowl
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| August 16, 1949 |
Margaret Mitchell pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. She is later buried at Oakland Cemetery.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Oakland Cemetery |
| February 17, 1951 |
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, a movie based on a book of the same title by famed Georgia writer Cora Harris, starring Susan Hayward, William Lundigan and Rory Calhoun, is released. It was filmed in Georgia, including extensive work in White County (Helen, Cleveland and Nora Mills)
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White County, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| January 1, 1952 |
Culminating a dream of Mayor William B. Hartsfield, Atlanta expands the city limits, annexing more than 118 square miles of land. Total population increased by more than 100,000 people and Atlanta rose from 32nd to the 23rd most populus city in the United States. |
| May 13, 1957 |
State of Georgia approves $250,000 to improve land purchased by the city of Calhoun and Gordon County and donated to the state. The land was the site of the first capital of the Cherokee Nation, New Echota.
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Gordon County, Georgia |
| February 5, 1958 |
An unarmed hydrogen bomb is jettisoned from a B-47 flying over Tybee Roads (the shipping lanes off Tybee Island) into Wassaw Sound after a mid-air accident
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Nuclear warhead near Savannah |
| April 13, 1961 |
Judy Garland, appearing at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, sings Over the Rainbow as her first encore
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| October 5, 1964 |
Heart of Atlanta v. U. S., the landmark case that expanded the "commerce clause" of the U. S. Constitution, is argued. |
| November 3, 1964 |
Georgia is one of six states whose electoral votes are won by Barry Goldwater. Lyndon Johnson wins by a landslide. Georgia objected to much of Johnson's "Great Society" plans.
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| April 8, 1968 |
Max Cleland is wounded by an enemy grenade in Vietnam. As a result of the explosion he lost both legs and his right arm. While in Vietnam he won the Bronze Start of Meritorious Service and the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action.
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Max Cleland
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| June 8, 1968 |
James Earl Ray is apprehended at Heathrow Airport in London, England. He will be convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King
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| October 2, 1968 |
National Trail System Act becomes law. This protects the 79 miles of The Appalachian Trail in Georgia, making it the first federal lineal park, along with the other 2000+ miles in other states. The land falls under management by the National Park Service
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| October 23, 1972 |
Cumberland Island is designated a National Seashore
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| January 22, 1973 |
Using the Roe v. Wade ruling made earlier in the day, the Supreme Court decides to dramatically widen its pro-choice ruling by striking down Georgia's more liberal abortion laws. Although it is Roe v. Wade that is normally cited, it was Doe v. Bolton that is the landmark ruling on laws prohibiting abortions.
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Roe v. Wade expanded in ruling on Doe v. Bolton |
| May 5, 1973 |
Carl Issacs, Wayne Coleman and George Dungee escape from Maryland State Prison. They pick up Billy Issacs, Carl's 15 year-old brother
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Alday family murders
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| May 14, 1973 |
Carl Issacs, Billy Issacs, and Wayne Coleman enter the Alday home in Seminole County (Donalsonville), Georgia looking for money and guns. The Maryland work camp escapees kill Jerry Alday, his father Ned, two brothers and an uncle. Jerry's wife Mary, who had witnessed some of the killing, was forced into a car and raped repeatedly before she was killed.
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Alday family murders
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Seminole County, Georgia |
| December 28, 1973 |
Georgia defeats Maryland 17-16 in the Peach Bowl
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| October 29, 1975 |
Linda Ronstadt opens the Fox Theater in Atlanta, ten months after the theater had been closed "for good." Atlanta Landmarks borrowed $1.8 million to buy the building and initiated the Save the Fox campaign.
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Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
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| January 20, 1977 |
Jimmy Carter asks Cleland to head the Veterans Administration
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Jimmy Carter |
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Max Cleland
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| January 23, 1977 |
Roots, featuring Levar Burton and an all-star cast premiers on ABC. It had been filmed in Savannah and St. Simons Island
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| April 4, 1977 |
Southern Airways Flight 242, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed during a hailstorm while attempting an emergency landing on a two-lane highway near New Hope, Georgia (west of Atlanta)
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| October 27, 1977 |
"Flipper's Ditch," at Fort Sill, OK becomes a National Historic Landmark
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| August 2, 1985 |
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashes while attempting to land at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport. The original impact was in an empty field, but the plane remained intact and "bounced" onto a 6-lane highway, then crashing into a pair of water tanks. 136 out of 167 passengers died. |
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Delta Air Lines
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| December 3, 1986 |
Plant Hatch, a nuclear power facility near Baxley, Georgia, accidentally released radioactive water into Georgia wetlands near the plant
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Nuclear warhead near Savannah |
| December 15, 1989 |
Glory, a story of African-American troops during the Civil War, starring Denzel Washinginton, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, opens in general release. Portions of the movie had been shot in Savannah and on Jekyll Island
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| October 7, 1991 |
I'll Fly Away a TV show set in fictional Bryland County, Georgia begins a two-year run on NBC. The show documented the life of the Bedfords and the Harpers, and the difference in their lifestyles in 1950's Georgia: one family was black, the other was white.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| April 20, 1993 |
In a surprise announcement, Georgia does not select the low bid contractor to handle the new Georgia lottery, but GTECH, a Rhode Island company to which who had heavily lobbied for the contract. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| October 28, 1995 |
Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers combine to beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in Game 6 of the World Series, giving Atlanta its first title ever. (The Braves had last won the Series when they were in Milwaukee in 1957).
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| September 21, 1996 |
John F. Kennedy Jr. is married on Cumberland Island
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| November 5, 1996 |
William Clinton defeats Robert Dole for President of the United States. Georgia voted for Dole. Democrat Max Cleland, who is running to fill the seat vacated by Sam Nunn's retirement, is elected U. S. Senator, defeating Republican Guy Milner.
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Max Cleland
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| May 1, 1998 |
Black Dog, an action film starring Patrick Swayze and Randy Travis is released. It was partially filmed in Atlanta and Cleveland, Georgia
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| April 12, 1999 |
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill No. 1, a landmark in the Cabbagetown area of Atlanta since the 1881 International Cotton Exposition, burns. Dramatic TV footage shows the rescue of a trapped crane operator by firefighter.
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| June 11, 1999 |
Actor DeForest Kelley dies from stomach cancer, Woodland Hills, California |
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DeForest Kelley |
| June 18, 1999 |
The General's Daughter, starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton and Daniel von Bargen, opens. It was filmed in part at Wormsloe Plantation, Tybee Island and Savannah and grosses 102 million dollars in general release.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| June 23, 2000 |
Hearndon House, Atlanta, dedicated a National Historic Landmark
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| October 29, 2000 |
Premiere of The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and Bruce McGill. Some filming took place in Savannah and Jekyll Island.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| April 1, 2001 |
EP-3E downed on Hainan Island, China
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Fighter downs EP-3E |
| March 27, 2002 |
President George W. Bush delivers a major speech on Homeland Security at Georgia Tech
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| July 2, 2002 |
Police in Thailand arrest James Sullivan at the exclusive Springfield Beach Resort for conspiring to kill his wife Lita in 1987. A local citizen had seen Sullivan on America's Most Wanted. This date is occasionally listed as July 1, local Atlanta time. |
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James Sullivan and the murder of Lita Sullivan |
| September 10, 2003 |
Atlanta's Piedmont Park begins planning an expansion into 53 acres of undeveloped land the city purchased with the original park |
| January 1, 2004 |
Georgia Bulldogs (#11) defeat Purdue (#12) in the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Citrus Bowl) in Orlando, FL. With the game tied at the end of the 4th quarter, courtesy of a Purdue field goal with 49 seconds remaining, capping an astounding 24-point comeback by Purdue. On the first series of plays in overtime, Georgia decided to go in a fourth and one situation, scoring the winning touchdown. |
| May 7, 2004 |
Sonny Perdue orders a state of emergency in Georgia related to the G-8 Summit to be held on Sea Island. The order covered 6 Georgia counties, Chatham, Bryan, Libery, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden. |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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McIntosh County, Georgia |
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Liberty County, Georgia |
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Bryan County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Sonny Perdue |
| June 8, 2004 |
Start of G8 summit on Sea Island, Georgia includes leaders from The United States of America (George W Bush), French Republic (Jacques Chirac), Russian Federation (Vladimir Putin), United Kingdom (Tony Charles Lynton Blair), Republic of Italy (Silvio Berlusconi), Federal Republic of Germany (Gerhard Schröder), Japan (Junichiro Koizumi), and Canada (Paul Martin). Prime Minister of Ireland, His Excellency Bertie Ahern, T.D., attended the Sea Island Summit in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
| June 10, 2004 |
The G8 Summit comes to a close at Sea Island, Georgia |
| June 17, 2004 |
Guide Chris Griffin bags a legendary pig known as Hogzilla that was killed after it wandered out of swamps along the Alapaha River. The river has long been a haven for swine that escape local pig farms and begin to live off the land. The land where the pig (technically, it was a hog) was shot is in Berrien County near the town of Alapaha, Georgia. |
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Hogzilla |
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Berrien County, Georgia |
| September 5, 2004 |
Hurricane Francis makes landfall at Sewall's Point, Florida, on the state's east coast. |
| September 6, 2004 |
Hurricane Francis makes landfall on the Florida panhandle |
| November 2, 2004 |
Three-term Republican congressman Johnny Isakson of Marietta defeated Decatur Democrat Denise Majette from the U. S. House of Representatives to win the U. S. Senate seat vacated by Zell Miller. Also elected to the U. S. House were Jack Kingston (1st), Sanford Bishop (2nd), Jim Marshall (3rd), Cynthia McKinney (4th), John Lewis (5th), Tom Price (6th),John Linder (7th), Lynn Westmoreland (8th), Charlie Norwood (9th), Nathan Deal (10th), Phil Gingrey (11th), John Barrow (12th), and David Scott (13th). |
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Marietta, GA |
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Zell Miller |
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Cynthia McKinney |
| December 27, 2004 |
Bronx Zoo announces it is closing the animal preserve on St. Catherine's Island |
| March 11, 2005 |
Judge Rowland Barnes and two others are killed in a shooting at the Fulton County Courthouse. Suspect Brian Nichols was being tried for rape in Barnes' courtroom. While fleeing, Nichols murders a federal agent. |
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Atlanta courthouse attack |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| August 7, 2005 |
Amanda Penland dies |
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Amanda (Knoedler) Penland |
| August 22, 2005 |
Rep. Jack Kingston dedicates the "Forgotten Invasion" exhibit at Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum, paying tribute to the fort on Peters Point that was the site of the last battle of the War of 1812. |
| July 7, 2006 |
Judge Melvin K. Westmoreland of Fulton County Superior Court blocked a revised Georgia Voter ID law. |
| November 7, 2006 |
Sonny Perdue (Republican) defeats Mark Taylor (Democrat) by a margin of 3-2. In other races, Casey Cagle (R) was elected Lieutenant Governor over Jim Martin (D), Karen Handel (R) defeated Gail Buckner (D) for Secretary of State. U. S. House winners were :Jack Kingston, District 1; Sanford Bishop, District 2; Lynn Westmoreland, District 3; Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr., District 4; John Lewis, District 5; Tom Price, District 6; John Linder, District 7; Jim Marshall, District 8; Nathan Deal, District 9; Charlie Norwood, District 10; Phil Gingrey, District 11; John Barrow, District 12; David Scott, District 13 |
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Election of 2006 |
| May 15, 2007 |
Yolanda "Yoki" King, daughter of Martin Luther King dies in Santa Monica, California from heart problems |
| June 1, 2007 |
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Folkston Post Office celebrated the release of a new "Okefenokee Swamp" Postage Stamp. The stamp is part of the Scenic American Landscape series. |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
| July 6, 2008 |
General Electric/Universal, owner of NBC and other media properties announces an agreement with Landmark Communications to purchase Cobb County-based cable property The Weather Channel |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| July 29, 2008 |
Natural Resources Defense Council rated Georgia's beaches highest in Water Quality and Safety of all Southeastern states. Several St. Simons and Jekyll Island beaches never exceeded federal guidelines for pollution. |
| August 21, 2008 |
As Tropical Storm Fay makes its third landfall near Flagler Beach, Florida, heavy rain begins to drench south Georgia |
| November 4, 2008 |
In the general election, Republican John McCain receives 2,046,419 votes (52.3%) to Democrat Barrack Obama's 1,840,397 votes (47.0%). Libertarian Bob Barr received 28,771 (0.7). For the U. S. Senate, Republican Saxby Chambliss received 1,864,909 votes (49.8%), Democrat Jim Martin received 1840397 votes (46.8%) and Libertarian Allen Buckley received 127.785 votes (3.4%), forcing the election into a run-off. U. S. House elections sent Jack Kiingston, Sanford Bishop, Lynn Wesstmoreland, Hank Johnson, JR., John Lewis, Tom Price, John Linder, Jim Marshall, Nathan Deal, Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey, John Barrow, and David Scott to Washington |
| September 14, 2009 |
Jody Powell dies from a heart attack in his home in Maryland |
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Jody Powell |
| November 8, 2009 |
Comedian/rapper Katt Williams was arrested in Newnan, Georgia after breaking into a home. The Woodland Hills, Calif. resident was in Georgia to film a movie. |
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