1716 | Incorporation of the town of Georgetown |
1722 |
In the first violence of the 4th Indian War, nine families were seized on the northern end of Merrymeeting Bay. Most were soon released; others were held to trade for hostages held by the British. |
1798 |
Incorporation of the towns of Sumner and Hartford |
1814 |
Incorporation of the towns of Hermon and Sangerville |
1817 |
Incorporation of the town of Brooksville |
1874 |
Virgil D. Parris, elected as a State Rights Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, reelected once, serving 1838-1841, dies. |
1903 |
Birth date of Louise Dickinson Rich, author of many books about Maine, most famously We Took to the Woods in 1941 |