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1768 | Incorporation of the town of Sanford |
1794 | Incorporation of the town of Cornish |
1795 | Incorporation of the town of Steuben |
1798 | Incorporation of the town of Phillipsburg, now Hollis |
1807 | Birth date of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland |
1811 | Birth date of Samuel Cony of Augusta, Maine Governor from 1864 to 1867. An ardent supporter of the Union cause, he was one of the “War Governors.” |
1811 | Incorporation of the Town of Putnam, now Washington. |
1813 | Incorporation of the President and Trustees of Colby College, formerly the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, and more recently Waterville College. |
1829 | Incorporation of the town of Oxford |
1857 | Governor Hannibal Hamlin resigns his office to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. |
1858 | Incorporation of the town of Prentiss | ||
1863 | Pittston-built vessel Washington is captured by Confederate raiders. |
1872 | Incorporation of the town of Island Falls |
1894 | First known Maine basketball game in Bucksport |
1899 | Birth date of Charles H. Best, physiologist and co-discoverer of insulin, in West Pembroke |
1911 | Incorporation of the town of Stockholm |