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UGA was charted
The University of Georgia, founded in 1785. The University of Georgia is the oldest and largest of Georgia's institutions of higher learning. The University of Georgia was created on January 27, 1785, by the Georgia General Assembly. -
Louisville capital constructed
Louisville was laid out in 1786 as the prospective state capital. Georgia became a state in 1788. Louisville was named for Louis XVI, who was still the King of France and had aided the Continentals during the successful American Revolution. -
Springfield Baptist church established
Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia was built in 1801 by a Methodist congregation. The congregation claims continuous ties with Silver Bluff Baptist Church, founded 1774-1775 in South Carolina as one of the first black Baptist congregations in the nation. For this reason, the historian Walter Brooks suggested it was the oldest black Baptist congregation. The First Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia was organized in 1774 and also contends for this distinction. -
FIrst African Baptist church establised
First African Baptist Church is a historic church at 901 5th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia. -
The cotton gin was invented
The cotton gin was invented and the amount of cotton increased. More slaves were needed once this begun, because of the demand for cotton. The cotton gin made getting seeds out of cotton a lot easier. -
First Roman Catholic church establised
The Archdiocese of Atlanta is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its ecclesiastical territory comprises Georgia's northern counties, including the capital of Atlanta. -
The Holy Fire of Heaven occurred
The historian Eusebius writes in his Vita Constantini, which dates from around 328, about an interesting occurrence in Jerusalem of Easter in the year 162. Around 385 Egeria, a noble woman from Spain, traveled to Palestine. -
UGA classes began
The university was established in 1801 when board of trustees selected a land site. John Milledge, purchased and gave to the board of trustees the chosen tract of 633 acres on the banks of the Oconee River in northeast Georgia -
Vote to make Milledgeville new capital
Milledgeville was named after Georgia governor John Milledge. It served as the state capital from 1804 to 1868. The farmers of Georgia continued to press west and south in search of new farmland, and the town of Milledgeville, helped accommodate their needs. -
Vote to refuse Cherokee Indian gold rights
Georgains refused to allow Indians to participate in the gold rush. This was put in place, because they did not want the Cherokees to gain more money, or become wealty. -
Gold Rush discovered in Dahlonega
Was the second significant gold rush in the United States. It started in 1828 in present-day Lumpkin County, and spread to the mountains. By the early 1840s, gold became difficult to find. -
Western and Atlantic railroad charted
In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia to provide a link between the port of Savannah and the Midwest. An engineer was chosen to recommend the location where the Western & Atlantic line would terminate. The area developed into a settlement, known as "Terminus", literally meaning "end of the line". -
Southern Baptist church convention
The Southern Baptist church convention is a Christian denomination based in the United States of America. The Baptists operated independently of the state-established Anglican churches in the South, at a time when non-Anglicans were prohibited from holding political office. -
Wemon began attending UGA
Women were not aloud to attend the University of Georgia before this time, becasue men thought that women should stay home and take care of house hold chores. Women were aloud to now be educated in Georgia.
