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The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
1894 T.P. Lucas's novel Ruins of Brisbane in the Year 2000. 1895 The Gabba set aside as cricket ground. 1895 Queensland Art Gallery established. 1896 Capsize of the ferry Pearl. 1896 Brisbane Public Library (now State Library) established. 1897 Electric trams introduced. 1899 Ministry of Anderson Dawson sworn in, the world's first Labour ...
Date Event Change Map July 4, 1776 Thirteen colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain in North America collectively declared their independence as the United States of America, [a] though several colonies had already individually declared independence: [8]
The name Brisbane is named to honour Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773–1860) who was Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. [1] [2] When it was given its name and declared as a town in 1834, to replace its penal colony status, [3] Brisbane was still part of the Colony of New South Wales.
1823 Guatemala (Federal Republic of Central America) 1841 Guatemala: Haiti: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo [14] [15] 1625 Saint-Domingue 1804 Haiti [14] [15] Honduras: Pre-Columbian Honduras: 1525 New Spain 1821 Honduras 1823 Honduras (Federal Republic of Central America) 1840 Honduras: Jamaica: Pre-Columbian Jamaica
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
A map of the City of Brisbane from Schedule II of the City of Brisbane Act 1924 (Qld) that established the city. Includes the boundaries of the local authorities that were amalgamated to form the city, and the state electoral districts that formed the electoral wards of the new City Council Source
On 2 June the decision to form a rugby union association was made at the Exchange hotel in Brisbane. [20] The same year Queensland's population passed the 250,000 mark. In 1887, the Brisbane-Wallangarra railway line was opened, and in 1888 there was a 483-mile (777 km) line opened between Brisbane and Charleville.