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On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College.Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert, a slaveowner, descendant of the Barons Baltimore, fervent believer in agricultural education, and a future U.S. Congressman, purchased 420 acres (1.7 km 2) of the Riversdale Plantation in College Park for $21,000.
Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), a future U.S. Representative (Congressman) and descendant of the first Lord Baltimore, purchased 420 acres (1.7 km 2) of the Riversdale Mansion estate nearby today's College Park, Maryland. [16] Later that year, Calvert founded the school and was the acting president from 1859 to 1860. [17]
1643 – The New England Confederation is founded. 1643–45 – War between the Native Americans and the Dutch settlers. 1644 – Parliament grants charter to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Saybrook Colony incorporated into the Connecticut Colony. 1644–46 – Second Native American Massacre. The Plundering Time in ...
California was part of New Spain until that kingdom dissolved in 1821, becoming part of Mexico until the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), when it was ceded to the United States under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The same year, the California gold rush began, triggering intensified U.S. westward expansion.
After the Spanish colonial era the Presidio of Sonoma in Sonoma, California was founded in 1834. [39] Founded by Vicente Francisco de Sarría in 1817, Mission San Rafael Arcángel, was the last mission founded during the Spanish period. To support the presidios and the missions, half a dozen towns (called pueblos) were established in California.
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1975 – Chinese Historical Society of Southern California founded. 1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded. [63] 1977 – X (musical group) formed. 1978 L.A. Weekly begins publication. President Carter makes his first visit (May 4) Los Angeles Conservancy founded. 1979 – Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan. [55]
The German Reich declares war on the United States, December 11, 1941; The United States declares war on the German Reich and the Italian Empire, December 11, 1941; Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943; The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, June 5, 1942; Allied Forces invade Sicily, July 9, 1943