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Explores Chesepeaske Bay
between September 1608 and August 1609, captain john smith led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. -
English Trading Post
English Trading post was established on Kent Island in 1631. A trading post was a place or establishment where the trading of goods took place. -
Maryland Charter
Maryland Charter was granted to cecilous Calvert by king Charles 1. -
puritans founded providence
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Slavery allowed
Slaves who arrived in Maryland in the 1670s would be slaves for life. They would face a harsh environment in which they were subject to volatile diseases, a shortage of women resulting in low reproduction, abusive masters, isolation from other Africans, and restriction of mobility. -
Annapolis becomes the Capitol
Royal Governor Francis Nicholson decided a more centrally located capital was needed and chose the site of what is now Annapolis. He named the new capital Annapolis in honor of Princess Anne, who became queen of England in 1702. -
Englands queen Anne grants Annapolis its city charter
During the second half of the seventeenth century, the people of colonial Anne Arundel County had violent encounters with the Algonquins and other tribes along the shores of the Magothy River. The Indians staged raids there to try to protect their tribe and their lands from colonists, who often used devious methods to take advantage of them. Eventually the colonists won out. -
Englands queen Anne grants Annapolis its city charter
During the second half of the seventeenth century, the people of colonial Anne Arundel County had violent encounters with the Algonquins and other tribes along the shores of the Magothy River. The Indians staged raids there to try to protect their tribe and their lands from colonists, who often used devious methods to take advantage of them. Eventually the colonists won out. -
Maryland Gazzette founded
The Gazette, founded in 1727 as The Maryland Gazette, is one of the oldest newspapers in America. It's modern-day descendant, The Capital, was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014.[ -
Baltimore founded
is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 29th-most populous city in the country. It was established by the Constitution of Maryland[9] and is not part of any county; thus, it is the largest independent city in the United States. -
delaration of independence adopted
Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence later on July 4 (though most historians now accept that the document was not signed until August 2). -
British burn Washington and Bomb Fort Mckenney
Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a historical American coastal star-shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay September 13–14, 1814. -
Maryland abolishes slavery
The new constitution was passed in the fall with Prince George's in the opposition. On November 1, 1864 the slaves
were freed. By the time of the 13th Amendment slavery was part of the historical past for Maryland -
Marylander, John Wilkes Booth
At 10:15, Booth slipped into the box and fired his .44-caliber single-shot derringer into the back of Lincoln’s head. -
Johns Hopkins University founded
Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 as the first American research university. -
Baltimore and ohio railroad workers
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States after the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. This strike finally ended some 45 days later, after it was put down by local and state militias, and federal troops. -
Enoch Pratt free Library
Its establishment began on January 21, 1882 when long-time local hardware merchant, banking and steamship company executive (but born and raised in Massachusetts) and philanthropist Enoch Pratt, (1808-1896), offered a gift of a central library, four branch libraries (with two additional shortly thereafter), and a financial endowment of US $1,058,333 in a significant piece of correspondence to Mayor William Pinkney Whyte and the City Council of Baltimore. -
Baltimore Orioles won the first baseball championship
The modern Orioles franchise can trace its roots back to the original Milwaukee Brewers of the minor Western League, beginning in 1894 when the league reorganized. The Brewers were there when the WL renamed itself the American League in 1900. -
The spanish american war
a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor leading to American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Baltimore Downtown Destroyed
The Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore, Maryland, United States on Sunday, February 7 and Monday, February 8, 1904. 1,231 firefighters helped bring the blaze under control, both professional paid Truck and Engine companies from the city's B.C.F.D. and volunteers from the surrounding counties and outlying towns of Maryland, as well as out-of-state units that arrived on the major railroads. -
Wilbur Wright conducts flight training for military aviators at a new airfeild
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited[1][2][3] with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903, four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
University of Maryland school of Law
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (University of Maryland School of Law or Maryland Law) is the second-oldest law school in the United States.[4] The school was founded in 1816 as the Maryland Law Institute and began regular instruction in 1824. Because of its location, Maryland Law is part of the District of Columbia–Baltimore legal and business communities.[5] -
Annapolis celebrates
One of the original independent Audubon societies, the Audubon Naturalist Society has been a leader in environmental education, conservation issues, and natural science studies in the greater Washington metropolitan area for 100 years. The ANS is headquartered at Woodend, a 40-acre nature preserve in -
Annapolis celebrates
You will find the same atmosphere today, drawing more than 4 millions people a year to its shores. Annapolis has been welcoming visitors for more than 300 years, but it remains a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family. -
Swimmer Michael Phelps
becomes the first American to win eight medals (six of which are gold) in a single Olympic Games. -
public golf course in Havre de Grace
Annika Sorenstam claims victory in the first McDonald’s LPGA championship to be held at Bulle Rock, -
Walking became official state exercise
Maryland first state to name offical state exercise. -
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon resigned
The trial of Sheila Dixon, then mayor of Baltimore, started on November 9, 2009. It was the first of two scheduled trials for Dixon on a variety of charges. The charges stemmed from alleged corruption on the part of the mayor involving gifts she allegedly received and gift cards she allegedly stole. -
State Senate
In 2012, the state's Democratic representatives, led by Governor Martin O'Malley, began a campaign for its legalization. After much debate, a law permitting same-sex marriage was passed by the General Assembly (Maryland's bicameral legislature, composed of the Senate and House of Delegates) in February 2012 and signed on March 1, 2012.
