January 17
January 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 1811 Birth date of Democratic Governor (1844) David Dunn of Poland. 1889 First publication of the newspaper Deer Isle Gazette, published by H.…
January 18
January 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 Searsport-built vessel Investigator is captured by Confederate raiders. 2001 The Boothbay Register reports that the Maine Yankee nuclear plant…
January 19
January 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 1788 Birth date in Hebron of Governor (1822-1827) Albion Parris, elected U.S. Senator (1827-1828), served as Comptroller of the U. S. Treasury (1836-1850).…
January 2
January 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 First publication of the newspaper the Castine Journal and Universal Advertiser, printed by David J. Waters. 1841 Portland Anti-Slavery…
January 20
January 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 1792 Incorporation of the Town of Monmouth. 1859 First publication of the newspaper the Cruiser in South Freeport, handwritten…
January 21
January 21 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 1814 Incorporation of the Town of Milo 2020 Governor Janet Mills delivers the State of the State address…
January 22
January 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 1812 Town of Hollis gets its name after having it changed from the original Phillipsburg. 1844 Edward Kavanaugh, member of Congress…
January 23
January 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 1923 Maine Ku Klux Klan King Kleagle, F. Eugene Farnsworth, gains widespread public attention after delivering his first lecture in Portland.…
January 24
January 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 1692 Abenaki Indians burn the village of York (Candlemas Massacre) * 1816 Incorporation of the town of Kingfield. 1825…
January 25
January 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 1821 Incorporation of the town of Concord. 1871 Birth date in Boston of Maud Wood Park, first President of the League of Women…
January 26
January 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 1739 Incorporation of the town of Brunswick. 1814 Incorporation of the town of Phippsburg. 1826 Incorporation of the towns of Cutler, East Machias,…
January 27
January 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 1893 James G. Blaine dies at the Seward House in Washington, D.C. 1915 The Bath bark William P. Frye was stopped by Germans…
January 28
January 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 1657 Birth date in France of Jesuit Father Sebastian Rasle, killed when English colonials raided Norridgewock in 1724. 1789 Incorporation of…
January 29
January 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 1822 Incorporation of the town of Dutton (now Glenburn) and Parkman. 1833 Incorporation of the town of Waltham. 1834 Incorporation of the town…
January 3
January 3 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 1872 First publication of the newspaper the North Star of Caribou published by by W. T. Sleeper & Company. 1923 Dora Bradbury…
January 30
January 30 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 1789 Incorporation of the town of Cushing. 1792 Incorporation of the town of Sidney. 1797 Birth date of…
January 31
January 31 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 Topsham. 1801 Incorporation of the town of Strong. 1824 Incorporation of the…
January 4
January 4 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 1832 Maine legislature holds it first session in the new State Capitol 1875 First publication of the newspaper the Chase’s Mills Chronicle.…
January 5
January 5 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 1786 A report issued by the second convention to discuss the possibility of Maine separating from Massachusetts, held the previous day,…
January 5
January 5 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 1884 First publication of the newspaper the Biddeford Daily Journal by C. H. Prescott. 1900 The Bangor Painters, Decorators…