Kentucky admitted (1792); Tennessee admitted (1796); John Randolph horn (1773): Philip Kearney born (1815); Jefferson Davis born (1808); Holiday in Florida, Georgia Bushrod Washington born (1762); Battle of Sandusky, Nathan Hale born (1755); John Trumbull born (1756); Resolution for independence introduced in Congress Thomas Sully born (1783); David D. Porter born (1813); John Howard Payne born (1791): Edmund Randolph Battle of Big Bethel (1861); Battle of Rich Mountain, Trinity Sunday; Joseph Warren born (1741); Eli Thayer John A. Roebling born (1806); United States Army Winfield Scott born (1786); Fitz-John Porter born (1822); Corpus Christi; Arkansas admitted (1836); patent to Battle of Camden, S. C. (1780). Battle of Bunker Hill (1775); Washington chosen com- British evacuated Philadelphia (1778); war against Great First Colonial Congress met (1754); Maine separated Death of De Soto (1542); John T. Morgan born (1824); William Penn made his treaty with the Indians (1683); St. John the Baptist; Henry Ward Beecher born (1813); Custer massacre (1876). Arthur Middleton born (1742); Constitution ratified by Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. (1864). Massacre of Wyoming, Penn. (1778); Gideon Welles born David G. Farragut born (1801); Battle of Chippewa, Can- John B. Gordon born (1832); Hawaii annexed (1898). British and Colonial forces under General Braddock defeated at Monongahela, Penn. (1755); Articles of Confederation signed (1778); Elias Howe born (1819); William F. Vilas born (1840); Port Hudson surrendered (1863); Battle of Monocacy River, Md. (1864). George M. Dallas born (1792); Robert Toombs born (1810); Wyoming admitted (1890). John Quincy Adams born (1767); duel between Hamilton and Burr (1804); Battle of Rich Mountain, W. Va. (1861). Alexander Hamilton died (1804); Henry D. Thoreau born Ordinance of 1787 passed; Nathan B. Forrest born (1821); Stony Point, N. Y., captured (1779); Battle of Lundy's District of Columbia established (1790); Santiago, Cuba, Elbridge Gerry born (1744); Timothy Pickering born First Battle of Atlanta, Ga. (1864). Stanley Matthews born (1821); first Battle of Bull Run Mary Magdalen; second Battle of Atlanta (1864). John M. Clayton born (1796); John A. Dix born (1798); St. James; Henry Knox born (1750); Battle of Lundy's George Clinton born (1739); Constitution ratified by New Fort Ticonderoga captured from the French (1759) Third Battle of Atlanta (1864). Thomas Corwin born (1794); Edwin A. Stevens born (1795); Hiram Powers born (1805). William Penn died (1718). James Kent born (1763); John Ericsson born (1803) George H. Thomas born (1816); Abram S. Hewit born (1822). AUGUST. George Ticknor born (1791); Richard Henry Dana born John P. Stockton born (1826); F. Marion Crawford born Crown Point, N. Y., captured from the French (1759); Atlantic_telegraph cable completed (1858); Battle of Mo- Transfiguration; Battle of Oriskany (1777). Joseph Rodman Drake born (1795); second bombardment Francis Scott Key born (1780); Ashburton Treaty con- David R. Atchison born (1807); Fulton's Clermont made Death of King Philip and end of his war (1676); protocol Oregon Territory organized (1848). Edward Preble born (1761); John B. Magruder born Battle of Bennington, Vt. (1777); Battle of Camden, S. David Crockett born (1786). Charles Francis Adams born (1807); Augustus J. Pleasanton born (1803) James Lenox born (1800); naval batttle between Constitution and Guerriere (1812). Robert F. Stockton born (1795); Benjamin Harrison_born (1833); battles of Churubusco and Contreras, Mexico (1847). Oliver H. Perry born (1785). James K. Paulding born (1779); Samuel P. Langley born State of Franklin, afterward Tennessee, formed (1784); St. Bartholomew; Theodore Parker born (1810); Battle Francis Bret Harte born (1839); Battle of Ream's Station (1864). James Harlan born (1820). Battle of Long Island (1776); Hannibal Hamlin born (1809); William H. English born (1822); James B. Eustis born (1834). Menendez arrived at St. Augustine, Fla. (1565); John Stark born (1728); Battle of Warrenton, Va. (1862). New Amsterdam surrendered to the English and became New York (1664); Richard Rush born (1780); Oliver Wendell Holmes born (1809); George F. Hoar born (1826); David B. Hill born (1843); Battle of Manassas, Va., begun (1862). Massacre at Fort Mimms, Ala. (1813); Battle of Manassas ended (1862). Galusha A. Grow horn (1823); Elizabeth Stuart Phelps born (1844); Battle of Jonesboro (1864). SEPTEMBER. Deerfield, Mass., burned by Indians (1675); Battle of 'Chantilly, Va. (1862). Henry George born (1839); Atlanta occupied (1864). First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia (1774); Mayflower sailed from England (1620); William L. Rose- Howell Cobb born (1815); Thomas A. Hendricks born Battle of Lake George, N. Y. (1755); Battle of Eutaw California admitted (1850). Naval Battle of Lake Erie (1813): Randall L. Gibson James Fenimore Cooper born (1789): Aaron Burr ac- Samuel Adams born (1722); Battle of Antietam began St. Matthew's; Battle of Monterey, Mexico, began and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation first issued (1862); Jewish New Year: Major André captured (1780). John Marshall born (1755); Zachary Taylor born (1784); Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean (1513). Samuel F. Dupent born (1803); Raphael Semmes born Siege of Yorktown began (1781); naval battle on Lake: Ontario (1813): Frederick MacMonnies born (1863). Michaelmas; Charles Calvert born (1699); John M. Schofield born (1831): Battle of Newmarket, Va. (1864). Sargent L. Prentiss born (1808); Samuel S. Cox born (1824). Year... Day of OCTOBER. Richard Stockton horn (1730); Rufus Choate born (1799). Charles Jared Ingersoil born (1782); George Bancroft Battle of Germantown, Penn. (1777); Rutherford B. Jonathan Edwards born (1703); James Iredell born First German immigrants arrived in Pennsylvania Cæsar Rodney born (1728); Battle of Saratoga, N. Y. Charter for Yale College granted (1701); Lewis Cass Benjamin West born (1738); Samuel J. Randall born Naval battle of Lake Champlain (1776); Theodore Columbus Day; Columbus discovered America (1492); Battle of Queenstown, Canada (1812); Bejamin H. Brew- William Penn born (1644); Francis Lightfoot Lee born (1731); Daniel Huntington born (1816); Battle of Bristow's Station (1863). Asaph Hall born (1829). Noah Webster born (1758); Jonathan Dayton born (1760); Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga (1777); Richard M. St. Luke; Thomas B. Reed born (1839); John Brown John Adams born (1735): Cornwallis surrendered at Magellan entered Magellan's Strait (1520); George Izard Henry Middleton born (1775); Theodore S. Woolsey born (1852). Thomas Pinckney born (1750); Adlai E. Stevenson born Second Federal Congress met in Philadelphia (1791); Battle of Pine Bluff, Ark. (1863). Benjamin F. Wade born (1800); Jacob D. Cox born (1828); Simon and Jude: Harvard College founded (1636); Bat- Thomas F. Bayard born (1828). Roscoe Conkling born (1829). Halloween: Theodore D. Woolsey born (1801); Joseph R. |