Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1850 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 January 11, 1850 Howell Cobb elected Speaker of the House over Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts by a vote of 102 to 99 on the 63rd ballot February 6, 1850 Georgia agrees to send delegates to the Nashville Convention February 13, 1850 Gordon County created   Creation of Georgia Counties   Gordon County, Georgia February 14, 1850 Clinch County created   Duncan L. (Lamont) Clinch   Creation of Georgia Counties   Clinch County, Georgia February 23, 1850 Atlanta charters its first fire company March 5, 1850 Louisville and Nashville Railroad chartered in Kentucky. March 5, 1850 The Louisville & Nashville (L&N) is chartered March 31, 1850 John Calhoun dies, Washington, D. C. from tuberculosis.   John C. Calhoun April 15, 1850 Large fire in Atlanta destroys Augustus Wheat's warehouses, store, and livery stable in the area of Auburn Ave. This precipated the formation of the Atlanta Fire Department May 9, 1850 First Western & Atlantic train passes through the tunnel at Chetoogeta Mountian, completing the link between Atlanta and Chattanooga May 24, 1850 Henry Woodfin Grady is born, Athens, Georgia   Henry Woodfin Grady June 3, 1850 The Southern Convention, more commonly called the Nashville Convention begins. Lasting 9 days, the convention had been called to unite slaveholders against Northern intrusion, including possible secession. Moderate Democrats prevailed and established a "wait and see" attitude, taking no action. June 6, 1850 First land lot purchased in what will become Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery   Oakland Cemetery July 3, 1850 Diocese of Savannah is established, earliest presence of Catholics in the state (Oglethorpe had banned them).   City of Savannah, Georgia July 23, 1850 George Walker Crawford resigns as Secretary of War August 21, 1850 Upset with the outcome of the Nashville Convention and the passage of the Compromise of 1850, Southern nationals meet in Macon to form the short-lived Southern Rights party December 6, 1850 The Georgia Platform, which outlined a program of solutions to avoid Southern secession, is passed The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859
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