Some Notable Revolutionary Anniversaries, and a Few Others Between Washington's Birth and Death. (The Revolutionary War proper Began April 19, 1775; A CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS. Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1732. Joist Hite, John Lewis and others first settled the Valley of Virginia, 1732. The South Carolina Gazette founded at Charleston, 1732. Company formed in England in 1732 for the Settlement of Georgia (the last of the Original Thirteen Colonies), and Colonial Charter granted, June 9, 1732. First Settlement of Georgia made at Savannah, by General James Edward Oglethorpe and others, February 1, 1733. The Importation Act became a law in 1733. Amelia County created by Virginia out of Prince George County in 1734. Orange County created by Virginia out of Spottslyvania County (formed in November, 1720, to commence May 1, 1721), August, 1734, to commence January 1, 1735. William Pitt (afterwards Earl of Chatham) entered the British Parliament in 1735. Christian, Beverly, Patton, Preston, Borden and others made settlements in the Valley of Virginia, 1735-36. First issue of The Virginia Gazette appeared at Williamsburg, August, 1736. Unsuccessful Expedition of the French, who descend the Ohio River, against the Chickasaws, 1736. Augusta County created by Virginia out of Orange County, November, 1738. (The county was not actually organized, however, until December, 1745.) Frederick County created by Virginia out of Orange County, in 1738. War between England and Spain, 1739. Oglethorpe invades Florida, and makes an unsuccessful attempt on St. Augustine, 1740. The French conclude a Peace with the Chickasaws, 1740. Louisa County created by Virginia out of Hanover County, in 1742. A Spanish Fleet invades Georgia but retires with loss, 1742. War proclaimed between England and France, 1744. Rapin De Thoyer's Map issued, giving wild guesses at the geography of the Great West, 1744. Indian Treaty at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June-July, 1744. Albemarle County created by Virginia out of Goochland County, in 1744. First County Court of Augusta County assembled at Staunton, Virginia, December 9, 1745. Princeton College, New Jersey, founded in 1746. Lunenburg County created by Virginia out of Brunswick County in 1746. John Paul Jones born at Arbigland, Kirkbean, Kircudbrightshire, on Solway Firth, Scotland, July 6, 1747. Colonel James Patton conducts exploration west of Cumberland Mountains in Southwest Virginia and what is now East Tennessee, April, 1748. Colonial Congress, marking the tendency toward national union, held at Albany, New York, in summer of 1748. Treaty of Aix la Chapelle between France and England, terminating King George's War (known abroad as the "War of the Austrian Succession"), October, 1748. Ohio Land Company, consisting of thirteen Virginians and Marylanders and one London Merchant, formed in 1748. Chesterfield County created by Virginia out of Henrico County, in 1748. Frye & Jefferson's Map of Virginia, published, 1749. Loyal Land Company composed of forty-six members formed in 1749. The Governor and Council of Virginia granted to the "Ohio Company" 500,000 acres of land south of the Ohio River and to the "Loyal Company" 800,000 acres of land next to the North Carolina line and "running to the westward and to the North Seas to include the said quantity," July 12, 1749. Celeron de Bienville deposits inscribed leaden plates at intervals along the Ohio, claiming the Valley for France, in 1749. Dr. Thomas Walker at head of exploring party, employed by Loyal Land Company, setting out on March 6, 1750, enters Kentucky through Cumberland Gap, April 13, 1750. Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky, born near the North Mountain, in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Maryland, December 11, 1750. Christopher Gist, of Maryland, as Agent for the Ohio Land Company, starting from the Old Town, on the Potomac River, September 11, 1750, explores region along the Ohio River, as far as the Great Falls (Louisville) for choice lands, 1750-51. Indian Treaty of Log's Town below and near Forks of the Ohio, in what is now Pennsylvania, but was then thought to be a part of the District of West Augusta, in Virginia, January 13, 1752. Georgia becomes a royal province, June, 1752. Lewis Evans' first Map issued, 1752. Peter Fontaine, a surveyor, by order of the Governor of Virginia, made a map, giving what was then known of the Western part of Virginia, 1752. Governor and Council of Virginia renew grant of 800,000 acres of land to "Loyal Company" and extend time for surveying and seating this land, June 14, 1753. Bedford County created by Virginia out of Lunenburg County, in 1753. The French begin to build chain of Forts on headwaters of the Ohio, to enforce their boundary claims, in 1753. Prince Edward County created by Virginia out of Amelia County, in 1753. Major George Washington and Christopher Gist bear messages of protest from Governor of Virginia to French Commander of Fort Le Boeuf, demanding that the French cease their encroachments and quit the English territories, December 11, 1753. Washington, on his return, recommends that a Fort be built at the "Forks of the Ohio," January, 1754. |