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…
July 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 1779 Birth date in Connecticut of William D. Williamson, Governor in 1821 when William King resigned, and member of Congress (1821-1823). 1820 Incorporation…
July 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 1948 William H. Gannett, father of Guy Gannett, dies. He published the very successful Comfort Magazine to promote his mail order business. 1991…
July 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 1824 Birth in Lovell of artist Jonathan Eastman Johnson 1846 Incorporation of the town of Monticello 1853 Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine created…
July 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 1799 Americans defeated in disastrous attack on British at Castine. 1848 Incorporation of the towns of East Thomaston, now Rockland, and South Thomaston.…
July 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 1911 Shipwreck of the two masted schooner Tay from St. Johns, New Brunswick off Bar Harbor.
July 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 In their final vote on the matter, Maine voters support statehood 17,091 to 7,132, setting the stage for a constitutional convention. 1862…
July 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 1779 Penobscot Expedition arrives at Castine to remove British occupiers. 1861 Dennysville-built vessel Albert Adams and Prospect-built vessel William McGilvery are captured by…
July 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 1904 Birth date in Lewiston of U.S. Senator (1953-1959) Frederick G. Payne, Governor (1949-1953) 1938 Obadiah Gardner, former U.S. Senator and master of…
July 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 Freeport-built vessel Blen is captured by Confederate raiders. 1870 The first Swedish Colonists descend from their wagon train in New Sweden at…
July 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 1900 The Houlton Aroostook Lodge, Railroad Trainmen Union No. 303 is organized. 1983 Samantha Smith, then eleven years old, returns from a visit…
July 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 1860 The plantation of Stacyville is legally organized 1970 U.S. Congress member John Lynch, who was born in Portland and served in the…