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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for February 3;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| February 3, 1780 |
Heard's Fort, built by Stephen Heard in 1774, is named capitol of Revolutionary Georgia
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| February 3, 1786 |
Greene County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Nathanael Greene |
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Greene County, Georgia |
| February 3, 1788 |
John Reynolds, first royal governor of Georgia, died after suffering a stroke
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| February 3, 1842 |
Sidney Clopton Lanier born, Macon, Georgia |
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Sidney Lanier |
| February 3, 1856 |
Andrew Jackson Miller, who is generally recognized as the earliest proponent of women's rights in Georgia, dies in Richmond County, Georgia
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Andrew Jackson (A. J.) Miller |
| February 3, 1865 |
Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War.
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Alexander Stephens |
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Civil War - 1865 |
| February 3, 1924 |
Former President Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Augusta and practiced law in Atlanta, died in Washington, D. C.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Woodrow Wilson |
| February 3, 1930 |
Lee Hugh Phillips born, Stockbridge, Georgia
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| February 3, 1945 |
Eighth Air Force participates in a massive B-17 raid against Berlin, Germany. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| February 3, 1971 |
An explosion at a Thiokol chemical plant killed 34 people and injured 150.
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Thiokol Chemical Explosion near Woodbine, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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