August 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 1849 Incorporation of the City of Augusta. 1850 Legislature authorizes first boys reformatory to be built in South Portland. 1863 Rockland-built vessel Anglo…
August 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 1803 An armed force of 208 men leaves Fort Richmond in 17 whaleboats to attack the Indians at Norridgewock. 1917 Second Maine…
August 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 1607 Popham colonists land at their colony site on the Kennebec River. 1803 Birth date of Nathan Clifford, Maine Attorney General, Maine House…
August 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 1794 Birth date in Brunswick of Governor (1834-1838) Robert Pinckney Dunlap, who also served in the Maine House and Maine Senate. 1864 Rockland-built…
August 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 1864 Harpswell-built vessel P. C. Alexander and another Maine-built vessel Pearl are captured by Confederate raiders. 1980 Former Independent Governor (1975-1979) James B.…
August 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 1761 Birth date in Portland of Edward Preble, who has been called the “Father of the American Navy,” commanded U.S. naval forces during…
August 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 1635 The vessel Angel Gabriel was wrecked at Pemaquid Point during a deadly storm affecting the New England coast. 1779 The American Penobscot…
August 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 Charles Turner, Jr. and a party of eleven make first recorded climb of Mount Katahdin. 1864 Birth date of John Andrew Peters,…
August 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 1676 Death in battle of Native American King Philip, weakening King Philip’s warriors; war ends in 1678 1822 Birth date in Gorham of…
August 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 1856 First publication of the newspaper the Bath Daily Sentinel published by James M. Lincoln. 1864 Maine-built vessels A. Richards, Atlantic, Carrie Estelle,…
August 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 1622 A “Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Fernando Gorges and John Mason” was made by King James of England. 1864…
August 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 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling the boundary dispute with England was signed. 1866 Shepard Cary, legislator and member of Congress (1844-1845), dies.
August 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 1849 Incorporation of the Town of Yarmouth 1850 Incorporation of the Town of West Gardiner
August 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 1607 Popham colonists arrive at Pemaquid for a brief visit with the natives before continuing to their destination on the Kennebec. 1726 Birth…
August 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 1861 Eastport-built vessel Santa Clara is captured by Confederate raiders. 1877 Birth date in Lewiston of Republican U.S. Representative (1917-1931) and U.S. Senator…
August 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 1898 The fourth documented Maine meteorite lands at Andover. 1900 Bishop of Portland James Augustine Healy, America’s first Black Bishop, dies. 1970 The…
August 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 1801 Samuel P. Morrill, a member of Congress born in Chesterville, dies in his hometown 1861 Stockton-built vessel Windward and Searsport-built Itaska are…
August 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 1801 Birth date of John Otis, member of the Maine House of Representatives and State Senate, he was also a member of the…
August 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 1801 Birth date of Franklin Clark, member of the Maine State Senate, the Maine Executive Council, and the U.S. Congress 1811 Birth date…
August 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 1865 Birth date of Cornelia Stanwood, ornithologist-photographer 1901 Augusta Masons’ Tenders Union and Bangor Laborers Protective Union are organized 1924 Bangor Hydroelectric Company…