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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 18
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 18, 1562 |
French explorer Jean Ribault leaves France with a party of Hugonauts and heads to Port Royal to establish a colony.
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Rene Goulaine De Laudonniere |
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Jean Ribault |
| February 18, 1736 |
Oglethorpe arrives at St. Simon
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James Oglethorpe |
| February 18, 1780 |
Stephen Heard begins term as governor
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| February 18, 1794 |
The U. S. Supreme Court rules against the state of Georgia in Chisholm v. Georgia |
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Chisholm v. Georgia |
| February 18, 1796 |
Act rescinding the Yazoo Land Act becomes law
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| February 18, 1796 |
Under pressure from reformists led by U.S. Senator and Revolutionary War hero James Jackson, the Yazoo Land Act is rescinded.
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James Jackson |
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Georgia headright grants |
| February 18, 1818 |
John Paulding dies, Duchess County, New York
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| February 18, 1854 |
Georgia Western Railroad chartered
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Georgia Western Railroad |
| February 18, 1854 |
Charlton County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Charlton County, Georgia |
| February 18, 1863 |
Cornerstone laid for the Macon Armory
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 18, 1950 |
WSB Barn Dance went off the air
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WSB Atlanta |
| February 18, 1956 |
Dr. Thomas H. Brewer, who help create a Columbus chapter of the NAACP in 1937 and was an important figure in the Primus King case, is murdered by Lucio Flowers, a white policeman. Brewer was shot 7 times in front of his office in Columbus
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The Road to Integration
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Columbus, Georgia |
| February 18, 1993 |
Billy Issacs released from Georgia prison
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Alday family murders
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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