March 28
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1893 Ballot law of 1891 is amended to create the “Big Box” format, making it…
March 29
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1804 Birth date of Nehemiah Abbott, in the Maine House of Representatives (1842, 1843, 1845), in Congress (1857-1859), and Mayor of…
March 3
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1808 Incorporation of the town of Pownal 1809 Incorporation of the town of Malta, now Windsor 1855 Incorporation of the town of Morrill…
March 30
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1713 Treaty of Utrecht gives “all Nova Scotia or Acadia” and the city of Port Royal to the English from previous French control.…
March 31
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The fourth Sunday in March is Maple Sunday, celebrating Maine’s maple syrup industry. 1605 George Weymouth’s expedition to…
March 4
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1808 Incorporation of the town of Freeman, now a township in Franklin County. 1809 Incorporation of the town of Jonesborough, now Jonesboro 1831…
March 5
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1785 Incorporation of the town of Shapleigh 1805 Oxford County established 1880 Incorporation of the towns of Mapleton and…
March 6
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1787 Incorporation of the towns of Limerick and Waterborough 1792 Incorporation of the town of Hebron 1802 Incorporation of…
March 7
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1804 Incorporation of the towns of Athens and Madison 1836 Incorporation of the town of Mayfield, now Mayfield township in Somerset County 1839…
March 8
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1805 Incorporation of the town of Harrison 1831 Incorporation of the town of Houlton 1832 Incorporation of the town…
March 9
March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1774 Incorporation of the towns of Edgecomb and New Gloucester 1785 Incorporation of the town of Parsonsfield 1797 Incorporation of the town of…
Margaretta
On May 9, 1775, Captain James Moore sailed the British warship, the Margaretta, into Machias harbor with news of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The vessel had traveled to Maine to insure that a load of lumber was delivered for the British army’s barracks in Boston. In response the people of Machias erected a…
May 1
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1724 Two boats from the garrison at the fort on the St. George River are ambushed. Seventeen English killed in attack by Indians…
May 10
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia 1801 Birth date of Governor (1844-1847) Hugh Johnston Anderson of Wiscasset and Belfast. 1866 Three Navy…
May 11
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1888 The Lewiston Carpenters and Joiner’s Union is organized.
May 12
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1857 Ten year average of “ice out” on Moosehead Lake is May 12th. (See also April 30th) 1861 Machias-built vessel State of Maine…
May 13
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1790 Birthdate of Benjamin White, first Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from “The Democratic Party.” 1835 First publication of the newspaper…
May 14
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1691 Charter of William and Mary goes into effect, outlining the governance of the Province of Maine and that area between the Kennebec…
May 15
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1819 Waldoboro votes to replace its wooden cattle pound with a stronger rock pound 1874 Rufus Goodenow dies in Farmington. A Whig member…
May 16
May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1907 Shipwreck of the three-masted schooner Ellen M. Mitchell on the rocks at Jonesport. 1944 Two British Royal Navy planes collide and plunge…