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1733 - James Wimble and three other men begin to sell plots for a settlement under names such as "New Carthage", "New Liverpool", "Newton" or "New Town". [1] [2] [3]1739 Town incorporated and renamed "Wilmington" after the Earl of Wilmington, the patron of the governor of North Carolina Gabriel Johnston.
Wilmington College became a four-year liberal arts college on July 1, 1963, when the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation allowing it to award bachelor's degrees. Six years later, July 1, 1969, the college was elevated to university status under its present name, becoming the fifth campus of the University of North Carolina system
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "History of Wilmington, North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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1898: Alfred Moore Waddell, who represented North Carolina in the House of Representatives from 1871 to 1879 and was a former mayor of Wilmington, gives a speech in Thalian Hall railing against ...
View history; General ... Pages in category "Timelines of cities in North Carolina" ... Timeline of Wilmington, North Carolina;
Physicians, especially in the city's early years, were some of Wilmington's leading residents, and thus were in a position to influence local events. Wilmington's medical history: Famous ...
Hinton James c. 1800s, first student to attend the University of North Carolina [3]? ... Wilmington history; Timeline of Wilmington, North Carolina; References