| July 15, 1777 |
Baron Dekalb is commissioned a Major General in the Continental Army
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Baron DeKalb |
| July 15, 1777 |
Governor John Adam Treutlen places a $100 reward on William Henry Drayton. Drayton had been advocating the creation of a single state from Georgia and South Carolina
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John Treutlen |
| July 15, 1784 |
Because of the huge amount of fraud Georgia's Executive Council suspends the granting of land in Franklin and Washington Counties
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Washington County, Georgia |
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Franklin County, Georgia |
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Georgia headright grants |
| July 15, 1806 |
Zebulon Pike explores western areas of the Louisiana Purchase. |
| July 1, 1807 |
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Zebulon Pike |
| July 15, 1848 |
Work begins on building a tunnel through Chetoogetta Mountain (Tunnel Hill, GA)
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| July 15, 1848 |
John D. Gray Company begins construction of a railroad tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, the final link between Atlanta and Chattanooga
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 15, 1860 |
[circa] Sidney Lanier graduates from Oglethorpe College |
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Sidney Lanier |
| July 15, 1870 |
Georgia readmitted to Union
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| July 15, 1905 |
Trolley service is inaugurated between Atlanta and Marietta. The 12 mile run takes roughly 30 minutes |
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Marietta, GA |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| July 15, 1916 |
A "cyclonic storm" floods Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. A second coastal storm floods North and South Carolina |
| July 15, 1920 |
The battleship Georgia is decommissioned
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| July 15, 1941 |
Voting 10-5 the reformed board of regents removes Dean Walter Cocking from his post at the University of Georgia. Martin Pittman, President of the State Teachers College is removed for allowing black and white students to eat together. |
| July 15, 2009 |
Georgia unemployment reaches 10.1%, highest rate since records were kept. |
