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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for June 1;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| June 1, 1588 |
Vincente Gonzalez leaves St. Augustine in search of a rumored English colony on the Southeastern coast of the present-day United States. He explores much of the Georgia coast
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| June 1, 1711 |
Queen Anne's Act (the British Postal Act) goes into effect in English colonies in North America. When Georgia is founded, postal service is governed by this act.
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| June 1, 1768 |
Benjamin Franklin becomes Georgia's colonial agent |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| June 1, 1773 |
Royal Governor James Wright and British Indian Agent John Stuart conclude a meeting to resolve boundary disputes with the Treaty of Augusta, which ceded some 675,000 acres from the Creek Nation to the state of Georgia.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
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Taliaferro County, Georgia |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| June 1, 1785 |
Oglethorpe meets John Adams, first minister to the Court of St. James
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James Oglethorpe |
| June 1, 1787 |
William Houston arrives at the Constitutional Convention
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| June 1, 1818 |
Surveyors designate the Camak Stone as the western end of Georgia and Tennessee. They are about 1 mile south of the actual border, the 35th parallel. |
| June 1, 1830 |
Hall, Habersham, Carroll, Dekalb and Gwinnett Counties are now responsible for enforcing civil law in the Cherokee Nation, at least as far as the state of Georgia is concerned
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Original Cherokee County |
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Hall County, Georgia |
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Habersham County, Georgia |
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Carroll County, Georgia |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| June 1, 1830 |
Georgia annexes the entire Cherokee Nation
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| June 1, 1832 |
Thomas Sumter died, near Stateburg, SC
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Thomas Sumter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| June 1, 1886 |
All Georgia railroads are required to regage to a width of 4' 81/2", to comply with the northern railroads. Prior to this time railroads in Georgia (and some other southern states) had been gaged at 5'0" |
| June 1, 1887 |
Future Gov. Hoke Smith buys an interest in the Atlanta Journal and becomes president of the paper
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| June 1, 1892 |
Grady Hospital in Atlanta accepts its first patients. |
| June 1, 1900 |
Mary Phagan born, Marietta, Georgia
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Marietta, GA |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| June 1, 1903 |
Tornado strikes Gainesville, Georgia and Hall County
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| June 1, 1948 |
France announces it will join Britain and the United States, and allow its quarter of Germany to merge with "Bizonia" and form "Trizonia" (West Germany) |
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General Lucius D. Clay |
| June 1, 1980 |
President Jimmy Carter visits Vernon Jordan in Fort Wayne, Indiana as Jordan is recovering from an attempted assassination.
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Jimmy Carter |
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Vernon Jordan |
| June 1, 1980 |
Ted Turner briefly introduces CNN (Cable News Network) from Atlanta. David Walker and Lois Hart then begin the first show.
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| June 1, 1981 |
Carl Vinson dies, Milledgeville
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Carl Vinson, Father of the Two Ocean Navy
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| June 1, 2007 |
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Folkston Post Office celebrated the release of a new "Okefenokee Swamp" Postage Stamp. The stamp is part of the Scenic American Landscape series. |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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