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Howland Island. Howland Island (/ ˈhaʊlənd /) is a coral island and strict nature reserve located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.
July 4: Construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins. December 3: Jackson defeats President John Quincy Adams. January 8 – Democratic Party is established. February 19 – The Boston Society for Medical Improvement is established. February 21 – The Cherokee Phœnix, the first newspaper published by Native Americans in the United ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation.
July 4: Independence Day parade marks the end of slavery and full emancipation in New York. Delmonico's cafe in business. [22] 1828 – American Institute of the City of New York founded. [26] 1829 – Workingmen's Party organized. [10] 1830 – Sociedad Benéfica Cubana y Puertorriqueña formed. [41] 1831 – University of the City of New York ...
Elizabeth Ordway Born 4 July 1828 Died 11 September 1897 (aged 69) Seattle Resting place Lake View Cemetery Other names Lizzie Occupation Teacher, suffragist Mary Elizabeth Ordway (July 4, 1828 – September 11, 1897), an early advocate for women's suffrage in Washington territory, was one of the first group of young women recruited to become teachers and wives in pioneer Seattle in the 1860s ...
Upon learning of the outbreak of war, Major General Issac Brock sent a canoe party to inform Captain Charles Roberts of the news, and orders to capture Fort Mackinac.. The British commander in Upper Canada, Major General Isaac Brock, had kept the commander of the post at St. Joseph Island, Captain Charles Roberts, informed of events as war appeared increasingly likely from the start of 1812.
Caused a volcanic winter that dropped temperatures by 0.4–0.7°C (or 0.7–1°F) worldwide. 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). [1] Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest of any on record between 1766 and ...
Signature. Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, [2] was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was the only Catholic signatory of the Declaration and the longest surviving, dying 56 years after its signing.