March 14
March 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 1773 Birth date of U.S. Senator (1820-1827) John Holmes. 1781 Birth date of Jonathan G. Hunton of Readfield, Governor of Maine 1830. 1925…
March 15
March 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 1820 Maine Statehood becomes Official; annual Statehood Day proclaimed by the Governor to “observe the day in schools and other suitable places with…
March 16
March 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 1793 Incorporation of the town of Buckfield 1830 Incorporation of the town of Cranberry Isles 1840 Incorporation of the town of Old Town…
March 17
March 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 Birth date of Benjamin White, Jr., who became the first Democratic Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, in which…
March 18
March 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 Birth date of Governor Abner Coburn in what is now Skowhegan. A founder of the Maine Republican Party, he served…
March 19
March 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 1835 Incorporation of the town of Otis 1836 Incorporation of the towns of Amity and Linneus 1839 Incorporation of the town of Argyle…
March 2
March 2 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 1797 Incorporation of the town of Waterford 1841 Incorporation of the town of Arrowsic 1858 Incorporation of the…
March 20
March 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 1777 Incorporation of the town of Thomaston 1804 Birth date in Portland of Neal Dow, alcohol prohibitionist and Prohibition Party candidate for President…
March 21
March 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 1636 First court authorized in Maine sits at Saco 1788 Incorporation of the towns of Bowdoin and Orrington 1838 …
March 22
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1794 Birth date of John Hubbard of Hallowell, physician and Governor of Maine 1850-1853, known…
March 23
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1831 Birth date of James Phinney Baxter in Gorham, historian and father of Governor Percival…
March 24
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1909 Incorporation of the town of Portage Lake. 1914 Adoption at Bangor of the Progressive…
March 25
March 25 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1636 Incorporation of the town of Agamenticus, now the town of York…
March 26
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1846 Floods ravage Livermore Fall on the Androscoggin, Hallowell on the Kennebec, and Bangor on…
March 27
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1819 Birth date in Woodstock of Sidney Perham, a U.S. Congressman and Governor…
March 28
March 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 Maple Sunday is the 4th Sunday in March. 1893 Ballot law of 1891 is amended to create the “Big Box” format, making it…
March 29
March 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 Birth date of Nehemiah Abbott, in the Maine House of Representatives (1842, 1843, 1845), in Congress (1857-1859), and Mayor of…
March 3
March 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 1808 Incorporation of the town of Pownal 1809 Incorporation of the town of Malta, now Windsor 1855 Incorporation of the town of Morrill…
March 30
March 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 1713 Treaty of Utrecht gives “all Nova Scotia or Acadia” and the city of Port Royal to the English from previous French control.…
March 31
March 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 The fourth Sunday in March is Maple Sunday, celebrating Maine’s maple syrup industry. 1605 George Weymouth’s expedition to…