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1567 A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo establishes Fort San Juan in the Native American
settlement of Joara. The fort is the first European settlement in present day North Carolina.
1587 Colony of Roanoke: A group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1711 Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietors appoint Edward Hyde to replace Thomas Cary as the governor
of the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina
. Hyde's policies are deemed hostile to Quaker interests, leading former governor Cary and his Quaker allies to take up arms against the provin
1712 After many years of settlement, the "Town on Queen Anne's Creek" is established as a courthouse for Chowan County, North Carolina. The town is renamed Edenton
in 1720 and incorporated in 1722.
1712 Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia, strengthened by settlers and Native Americans from the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina arrive at the Tuscaroran stronghold of Catechna to find it deserted.
1713 Tuscarora War: Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, effectively ending the Tuscarora nation's military strength. Two Tuscaroran allies, the Machapunga and Coree tribes, continue offensive actions against North Carolina.
1718 Blackbeard leads 300 sailors in four ships to blockade the port of Charleston
, South Carolina
in late May. The "Queen Anne's Revenge" and "Adventure" are both lost in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina one week later. Blackbeard allows Stede Bonnet to once again command the "Revenge", which is renamed the "Royal James". Bonnet rescues 25 sailors abandoned by Blackbeard on a sandbar and continues his life of piracy.
1720 The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, North Carolina is renamed Edenton
in honor of North Carolina Governor Charles Eden. It is later incorporated in 1722.
1720 The Tuscarora fled North Carolina as a result of European colonisation
1722 Edenton
is incorporated as the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of North Carolina until 1746, when the government is moved to New Bern
.
1722 Edenton
is incorporated as the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of North Carolina until 1746, when the government is moved to New Bern
.
1723 The Province of Carolina incorporates New Bern
as Newbern. The town would later become the capital of North Carolina.=
1729 Seven of the original eight Lords Proprietors sell their tracts within the Province of Carolina
back to the crown. The Province is permanently divided and reorganized into the Royal Colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina
.
1731 North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly
to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River
in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733 and later incorporated as Wilmington
in 1740.
1733 North Carolina Commissioners John Watson, Joshua Grainger, Michael Higgins and James Wimble plan the town of New Carthage (which would eventually become Wilmington, North Carolina
on the east side of the Cape Fear River
.
1746 North Carolina Governor Gabriel Johnston moves to the province's largest and most prosperous city of New Bern
. As a result, New Bern replaces Edenton
as the capital of North Carolina (a title it holds until Raleigh is established in 1792).
1747 War of the Austrian Succession
: Spanish troops invade and occupy the coastal towns of Beaufort and Brunswick in North Carolina during what becomes known as the Spanish Alarm. They are later driven out by the local militia.
1754 Surveyor William Churton lays out what will become the county seat of Orange County
, North Carolina. The town is named Corbin Town for Francis Corbin, a member of the North Carolina governor's council. Corbin Town is renamed Childsburgh in 1759 and finally Hillsborough
in 1766.
1756 Seven Years' War: French and Indian War: Militias of the Province of North Carolina build a fort on the province's western frontier to protect it against natives allied with the French. The fort is named Fort Dobbs in honor of North Carolina Governor Arthur Dobbs, who persuaded the North Carolina legislature to fund the construction a year earlier.
1759 Churton Town, the Orange County
, North Carolina county seat laid out in 1754, is renamed Childsburgh in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed Hillsborough
in 1766.
1760 Seven Years' War
: French and Indian War
: Cherokee natives allied with French
forces attack a North Carolina militia stationed at Fort Dobbs in the western part of the provin The attack is repelled by the militia.
1762 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom
, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784.
1766 Childsburgh, the Orange County
, North Carolina county seat laid out as Churton Town in 1754 and renamed in 1759, is renamed Hillsborough
in honor of Wills Hill
, Earl of Hillsborough.
1767 North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone
goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky
- in defiance of a decree from King George III
. He discovers a rich hunting ground, contested by several Native American tribes.
1774 To avoid severe flooding, Martinsborough, North Carolina is moved to higher ground three miles west. The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates Martinsborough as the new county seat of Pitt County, three years after its founding.
1776 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington
to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the town.
1782 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates Washington, North Carolina.
1784 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for Daniel Morgan
. The town is designated as the county seat for Burke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed Morgantown, which is later shortened to Morganton.
1785 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates Lincolnton, North Carolina (named for American General Benjamin Lincoln) as the new county seat for Lincoln County.
1787 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates Waynesborough and designates it the county seat for Wayne County
, North Carolina.
1789 North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution
and becomes the 12th U.S. state
.
1792 A new capital of North Carolina and county seat of the newly formed Wake County is estabished after North Carolina State Senator and surveyor William Christmas submits his design for the city. A few months later the capital is officially named Raleigh in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh
.
1793 The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States
, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the campus of the University of North Carolina
. The 12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.
1814 the USS Enterprise reaches Wilmington, North Carolina, returning from the Caribbean
.
1847 The North Carolina General Assembly
incorporates the railroad town of Goldsborough, North Carolina named for Major Matthew T. Goldsborough. The Wayne
county seat is moved from Waynesborough to the new town. Goldsborough is later shortened to Goldsboro.
1859 The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lighted for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for nineteen miles.
1861 American Civil War: Kentucky
proclaims its neutrality which will last until September 3 when Confederate
forces enter the state. North Carolina secedes from the Union
1862 The USS ''Monitor''
sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1865 American Civil War
: Confederate
General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman
at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1871 In North Carolina, William Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state
to be removed from office by impeachment
.
1889 North Carolina Legislature issues a charter for the creation of Elon College.
1903 Orville Wright flies aircraft
with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in first documented successful controlled powered heavier-than-air flight.
1906 Durham & South Carolina Railroad operates its first revenue train, Bonsal to Durham, North Carolina
.
1954 Hurricane Hazel makes U.S. landfall - it is the only recorded Category 4 hurricane to strike as far north as North Carolina.
1984 Capital punishment
: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States
since 1962, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1989 North Carolina celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
2003 Eric Rudolph, suspected in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, is captured in North Carolina behind a ''Save-A-Lot'' store.
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