November 14
November 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 1889 Thomas W. Hyde, founder of shipbuilding company Bath Iron Works in the community in which he was raised, dies. 1947 Great fire on…
November 13
November 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 1875 First publication of the newspaper the Fort Fairfield Aurora by the Fort Fairfield Publishing Association. 2000 Federal government designates the Atlantic Salmon an…
November 12
November 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 1718 Incorporation of the town of Falmouth. 1917 Birth date of Dahlov Zorach Ipcar, writer, illustrator, and artist 1932 A statue erected in memory…
November 11
November 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 Veterans Day, once called Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I, in which 35,061 Maine soldiers served and 1,026 died. 1811 Birth…
November 10
November 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 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling the boundary dispute with England was proclaimed as official, having been ratified by the U. S. and Great Britain. 1854…
November 9
November 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition through Maine to attach Quebec reached Point Levis, opposite Quebec City. 1802 Birth date in Albion of Elijah Parish Lovejoy…
November 8
November 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 1830 Birth date in Leeds of Oliver Otis Howard, who was a Civil War general and, after the war, assisted in founding the predominantly…
November 7
November 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 1776 Incorporation of the town of Warren 1837 Fearless, anti-slavery journalist Elijah Lovejoy, killed by a mob in Illinois in 1837, is later inducted…
November 6
November 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 1790 James Bowdoin II, after whom Bowdoin College is named, a major landowner in Maine, dies. 1861 Stephen Coburn of Skowhegan wins a special…
November 5
November 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 1884 The Henry Hyde was launched in Bath, the largest ship built in Maine to that date. It broke apart on Virginia Beach in…
November 4
November 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 1799 Massachusetts Bay Colony, foreshadowing the anti-slavery movement, declares freedom of two Africans and orders their return to Africa at public expense. 1828 Birth…
November 3
November 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 1799 Incorporation of the town of Boothbay 1828 Wilhelm Reich, a Freudian analyst born in Austria who believed he had discovered “orgone,” a healing…
November 2
November 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 1799 Birth date of U.S. Senator (1833-1836) Ether Shepley, a justice of the Supreme Court of Maine and its Chief Justice (1848-1855). 1828 Birth…
November 1
November 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 1821 First publication of the newspaper the Lincoln Intelligencer in Wiscasset published by John Dorr. 1855 First publication of the newspaper the United States…
October 31
October 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 1764 First publication of the newspaper the Maine Patriot and State Gazette in Augusta by James Dickman. 1778 Israel Washburn, Maine governor in…
October 30
October 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 1764 Incorporation of the Town of Gorham 1778 Birth date of Benjamin Ames, a Democratic-Republican from Bath, acting governor 1821-1822 and President of…
October 29
October 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 1727 Earthquake strikes Maine at 10:40 p.m. 1836 Dedication of the historic Bingham Free Meetinghouse. 1861 Searsport-built vessel Alina, Castine-built Baron de Castine,…
October 28
October 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 1862 Maine Central Railroad Company incorporates as a business corporation. Damariscotta-built vessel Lauretta is captured by Confederate raiders. 1891 Shipwreck of the two…
October 27
October 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 1780 A Harvard scientific expedition viewed a total eclipse of the sun on Islesboro, after being granted permission by Colonel Campbell of the…
October 26
October 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 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec crosses through Long Pond, Arnold Pond, and arrives at the Chaudiere River 1787 Birth date of…