May 23
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 1759 Samuel Waldo, landowner and proprietor of the Waldo Patent, or Muscongus Grant, which covered much of midcoast Maine, dies.
May 22
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 Maine Merchant Marine Day. The annual Governor’s “proclamation shall invite and urge the people of the State to observe the day in schools…
May 21
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 1847 First publication date of the Lewiston Falls Journal newspaper, published by Wm. H. Waldron & Company. 1853 First issues of the Brunswick…
May 20
May 20 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 1816 Voters support statehood for Maine 10,391 to 6,501, but the low turnout mutes the impact on Massachusetts. 1848 Meteorite falls near…
May 19
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 1834 Catherine “Kate” Furbish was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, first botanic artist in the “Garden of Maine” 1861 Maine vessel A. B.…
May 18
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 1605 George Weymouth’s expedition lands on Monhegan Island, then explores Maine coast. 1861 Bath-built vessel Milan and Rockland-built Ocean Eagle are captured by…
May 17
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 1725 Birth date in Massachusetts of Ephraim Ballard, early settler and political leader in Hallowell, who was the husband of midwife Martha Ballard.…
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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 9
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 British ship Margaretta sails into Machias harbor with news of the battles of Lexington and concord. Machias residents plan to capture the…
May 8
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 1868 Birth date of Gail Laughlin, first woman lawyer elected to the Maine State Legislature. 1821 James Phinney Baxter, Portland businessman and father…
May 7
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 1792 First state-sanctioned election on the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. Though separation lost, the vote was close. 1813 Martha Ballard, whose diary…
May 6
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 May 6th is Nurses Day beginning Nurses Week to May 12th. Maine’s Dorothea Dix during the Civil War served as Superintendent of…
May 5
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 1842 First publication of the newspaper the Brunswicker, published by T. S. Mclellan & Co. 1848 The second documented Maine meteorite falls at…
May 4
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 1908 Clifford G. McIntire, Director of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Natural Resources Department and U.S. Congress member, was born in Perham 1968…