December 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 1725 “Dummer’s Treaty” is signed by four sagamores representing the eastern Indian tribes, agreeing to peace and to the authority of the English.…
December 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 1897 Birth date in Skowhegan of Republican U.S. Senator (1949-1973) Margaret Chase Smith and officially designated as Margaret Chase Smith Day, which “shall…
October 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 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec arrives at Long Falls. 1785 Birth date of Ebenezer Herrick, who attended the Maine constitutional convention,…
October 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 Poetry Day “recommending that in the week following schools, churches, libraries, clubs and organizations, the newspapers, radio and television give recognition to the…
October 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 1775 The Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec reaches Middle Carry Pond and portages boats to West Carry Pond. 1836 Birth date of Llewellyn…
October 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 ratified by Great Britain. 1870 Samuel Cony of Augusta, Maine Governor from 1864…
September 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition reaches Skowhegan and makes camp. 1872 Ephraim K. Smart, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate,…
September 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition to Quebec enters the Kennebec River and reaches Swan Island. 1868 University of Maine opens with twelve students and two…
September 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 1852 Birth date in Buckfield of Seba Smith, considered the father of Downeast humor writing, whose Portland Courier was Maine’s first daily newspaper. 1918 …
September 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition moves out from Cambridge, Massachusetts on its way through Maine to Quebec. 1902 Lewiston Typographical Union is organized 1954 Hurricane…
September 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 1828 Birth date in Brewer of Joshua L. Chamberlain, Civil War General, Governor (1867-1871), and President of Bowdoin College. 1869 A violent gale drives…
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 1817 Birth date of Ephraim W. Farley, member of the Maine House of Representatives, and elected as a Whig to the U.S. Congress.…
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 1807 Edward Preble, who has been called the “Father of the American Navy,” and commanded U.S. naval forces during the Tripolitan War, 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 1856 First publication of the newspaper the Bath Daily Sentinel published by James M. Lincoln. 1864 Maine-built vessels A. Richards, Atlantic, Carrie Estelle,…
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 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 1853 Opening of Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, joining Montreal and Portland for the first time with the completion of the…
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 1658 Incorporation of the towns of Falmouth and Scarborough 1772 Incorporation of the town of Buxton 1848 Incorporation of the town of Milbridge…
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 1876 James G. Blaine resigns his seat in Congress and begins service in the U.S. Senate, having been Speaker of the U. S.…
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 1838 Maine Congress member Jonathan Cilley is killed in a duel near Washington, D.C. by Congress member William Graves from Kentucky 1863 Joshua…