Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1845 <<Previous year Next year>>
January 9, 1845 |
Organizational meeting for Augusta Canal
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February 16, 1845 |
Julia Scarborough Barnsley dies, Savannah, Georgia |
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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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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City of Augusta, Georgia
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May 8, 1845 |
The Southern Baptist Convention is formed by some 300 representatives of churches in the Southeastern United States
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May 31, 1845 |
George Washington Collier opens the his grocery store/post office at the Zero Mile Mark in Marthasville
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September 15, 1845 |
First Augusta to Atlanta train
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Richmond County, Georgia |
November 4, 1845 |
Jefferson Davis is elected to a seat in the House of Representatives from Mississippi
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Jefferson Davis |
November 21, 1845 |
Ignatius Alphohso Few, founder of Emory University, dies, Athens, Georgia |
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Ignatius Few |
December 27, 1845 |
First use of ether, in Jefferson, Georgia by Crawford Long
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December 29, 1845 |
Marthasville (pop. 2,000) is reincorporated as Atlanta |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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