January 12
January 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 1797 Birth date in Hallowell of U.S. Senator (1841-1847) George Evans, Speaker of the Maine House and member of the U.S.…
January 11
January 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 1777 Incorporation of the Town of Fryeburg. 1929 Shipwreck of the three masted schooner Wawenock on Brimstone Ledge with a load…
January 10
January 10 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 1791 Portland Head Light is put in service. 1823 Incorporation of the Town of North Salem, now Salem Township in…
January 9
January 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 1880 Shipwreck of the two masted schooner Mateira off Green Point, a mile west of Quoddy Head. The crew of five was saved.…
January 8
January 8 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 1770 As a result of rains the day before, the “Great Freshet of 1770” caused substantial flooding along the lower…
January 7
January 7 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 Hannibal Hamlin resigns his U.S. Senate seat to become Governor of Maine, serving only two months before resuming his Senate…
January 6
https://maineanencyclopedia.com/january-6/ January 6 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 1854 Early American novelist Sally Sayward Barrell (Madame Wood) of Portland dies. She developed her own style using American…
January 5
January 5 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 1884 First publication of the newspaper the Biddeford Daily Journal by C. H. Prescott. 1900 The Bangor Painters, Decorators…
January 5
January 5 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 1786 A report issued by the second convention to discuss the possibility of Maine separating from Massachusetts, held the previous day,…
January 3
January 3 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 1872 First publication of the newspaper the North Star of Caribou published by by W. T. Sleeper & Company. 1923 Dora Bradbury…