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Common Flicker, Marsh River Bog Preserve, Newcastle (April 2009)
| 1606 | James I, King of England, signs the first charter giving a company, the Virginia Company, the right to establish colonies on the shores of North America. This begins the process of establishing the Jamestown and Popham colonies. |
| 1641 | Incorporation of the City of Agamenticus, now the Town of York |
| 1837 | State Geologist speaks to the Maine Institute of Natural Science, later to become the Maine Audubon Society. | ||
| 1890 | Lewiston Granite Cutters Union is organized | ||
| 1907 |
Sidney Perham, a U.S. Congressman and Governor (1871-1874), dies in Washington, D C. The Aroostook County of town of Perham is named in his honor. |
| 1963 |
Kittery built U.S.S. Thresher sinks in a diving exercise, 220 miles east of Boston; all 123 aboard were lost. |
| 1991 | Northern Maine’s St. John River Basin endures three days of flooding resulting in $14 million of damages. |