Georgia (U.S. state): Timeline

1732   James Oglethorpe James Oglethorpe

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 is granted a royal charter Royal Charter

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 for the colony of Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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1788   Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 ratifies the United States Constitution United States Constitution

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 and becomes the 4th U.S. state U.S. state

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1798   The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 and South Carolina South Carolina

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 and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain

1825   The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 to the United States United States

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 government, and migrate west.

1861   American Civil War American Civil War

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: Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 secedes from the Union United States

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1870   Reconstruction Reconstruction

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: Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 becomes the last former Confederate Confederate States of America

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 states to be readmitted to the Union United States

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, and the CSA is dissoluted.

1922   Rebecca Felton of Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman United States Senator United States Senate

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1953   Censorship Censorship

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: Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 approves the first literature censorship board in the United States United States

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1960   Robert F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy

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 calls Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King

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, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, and secures his release from jail on a traffic violation in Atlanta, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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1967   Segregationist Lester Maddox Lester Maddox

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 is sworn in as Governor Governor

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 of Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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1972   Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis

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, Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee

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, and Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson

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 are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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1994   Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 Representative Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich

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 leads the United States Republican Party in taking control of both the House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

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 and the Senate United States Senate

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 in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secured control of both houses of U.S. Congress. George W. Bush George W. Bush

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 is elected Governor of Texas.

1996   The 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia

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, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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, United States United States

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, is opened by U.S. President Bill Clinton Bill Clinton

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2004   The G8 Summit takes place over the next 2 days on Sea Island, in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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, USA United States

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2004   Hurricane Frances makes landfall in Florida Florida

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. After killing 2 people in the Bahamas, Hurricane Frances kills 10 people in Florida Florida

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, 2 in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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 and 1 in South Carolina South Carolina

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2005   Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state)

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; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.