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1492
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Christopher Columbus arrives in the New World |
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1773
|
Boston
Tea Party |
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1775
|
Revolutionary
War officially begins with the Battles of Lexington
and Concord. |
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1776
|
Declaration
of Independence |
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1778
|
Continental
Congress approves Articles of Confederation |
| Fort
Steuben erected for the protection of surveyors |
1786
|
Continental
Congress adopts the "Dollar" and decimal
coinage |
| |
1787
|
Delegates
at the Philadelphia convention approve the
Constitution |
| |
1789
|
George
Washington sworn in as 1st President of the United
States
U.S.
Congress adopts the Bill of Rights
|
| Fort
Steuben destroyed by fire |
1790
|
US
Coast Guard is established |
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1791
|
Bill
of Rights ratified by 3/4 of states and becomes part
of Constitution |
| Steubenville
laid out by Bezaleel Wells and James Ross. First sale
of town lots on August 25. Water Street is the first
street in Steubenville |
1797
|
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| First
recorded birth (James Hunter) in Steubenville |
1798
|
US
Marine Corps is established |
First
land office established in Steubenville.
Price for land at the time: $2.00/acre
with a minimum purchase of 320 acres |
1800
|
Ohio
Territory is organized |
| Ohio
admitted into the Union as a State |
1803
|
Louisiana
Purchase |
| Steubenville
incorporated as a town |
1805
|
Lewis
and Clark reach Pacific Ocean |
| Western
Herald and Gazette established as first newspaper.
(predecessor of the Steubenville Herald Star.) |
1806
|
Lewis
and Clark return from exploring the Louisiana
Territory |
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1812
|
War
of 1812 |
| Edwin
M. Stanton born. He later became President Lincoln's
Secretary of War.
First
woolens made in US at Bezaleel Wells and S. Patterson
mills
|
1814
|
Star-Spangled
Banner becomes official national anthem
War of
1812 ends
|
| Steubenville
Female Seminary founded by Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty.
Closed in 1898 after educating about 5,000 women. |
1829
|
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| Edwin
M. Stanton admitted to the practice of law |
1836
|
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1846
|
Mexican
War begins with the battle of Palo Alto |
| |
1848
|
Mexican
War ends |
| Steubenville
incorporated as a city |
1851
|
|
| First
High School in Steubenville opens
Union
Cemetery opens
|
1854
|
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| First
Panhandle Bridge (railroad) built over the Ohio River |
1857
|
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1861
|
Confederate
States of America formed
Confederate
Congress adopts their Constitution
Assault on
Fort Sumter
President
Lincoln declares a state of insurrection in the
Southern States
|
| Edwin
M. Stanton appointed Secretary of War under Lincoln |
1862
|
Emancipation
Proclamation |
| |
1863
|
Battle
of Gettysburg |
| |
1865
|
Confederate
States surrender ending the Civil War |
| |
1868
|
President
Andrew Johnson impeached. He was acquitted by the
Senate three months later |
| |
1869
|
Transcontinental
Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah |
| Steubenville
city limits extended |
1871
|
|
| Steubenville
Pottery organized. 25 citizens started the company
with $25,000 worth of stock. Last firing date was
December 15, 1959 |
1879
|
|
| Great
Flood in the Ohio River, highest water ever known
until that time |
1884
|
|
| Centennial
of Steubenville |
1897
|
|
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1898
|
Spanish-American
War |
| Gill
Hospital opened on North Sixth Street. Closed in 1968. |
1901
|
President
William McKinley (from Ohio) assassinated |
| Carnegie
Library dedicated on South Fourth Street where it
still stands as the Main Library of the Public Library
of Steubenville and Jefferson County |
1902
|
|
| Market
Street Bridge opens on July 2 spanning 1794 feet
across the Ohio River |
1905
|
|
| Stanton
portrait unveiled in the Jefferson County Courthouse
Centennial
of the Steubenville Herald Star
|
1906
|
|
| Ohio
Valley Hospital opens as the first public hospital in
the city |
1912
|
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1914
|
World
War I begins |
| |
1915
|
British
liner Lusitania sunk killing 128 Americans |
| |
1917
|
United
States enters World War I |
| |
1918
|
Armistice
signed ending World War I |
| |
1919
|
Treaty
of Versailles, officially ending World War I |
| Fort
Steuben Bridge opened on August 17. First Ohio River
suspension bridge with a concrete floor. |
1928
|
|
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1929
|
Black
Tuesday at the Stock Market signals the start of the
Great Depression |
| Ohio
River Valley Flood is the worst in the river's
history. The highest recording during the flood was
52.6 feet with an elevation of 686.3 |
1936
|
Jesse
Owens wins four gold medals at Berlin Olympics. Hitler
refuses to meet him. |
| |
1939
|
World
War II |
| Current
Steubenville High School building built at a cost of
nearly $1 million. Labeled as "First Million
Dollar High School" in Ohio |
1940
|
Benjamin
Davis becomes the first African-American General in
the US Army |
| |
1941
|
Japan
attacks Pearl Harbor. United States enters World War
II. |
| |
1944
|
D-Day
invasion at the beaches in Normandy, France |
| |
1945
|
United
Nations established
End of
World War II
|
| College
of Steubenville opens its doors to 258 students from
four states |
1946
|
Cold
War begins |
| Steubenville
celebrates 150th birthday |
1947
|
|
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1949
|
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established |
| |
1950
|
Korean
War |
| WSTV-TV
goes on the air with facilities at the top of Altamont
Hill. |
1953
|
|
| Charles
"Chip" Demarco receives a patent for his
invention of the first electric pizzelle iron |
1956
|
|
| St.
John Hospital opens on Johnson Road |
1960
|
|
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1962
|
Cuban
Missile Crisis |
| |
1964
|
United
States begins military presence in Vietnam |
| Jefferson
County Technical Institute chartered as a public
two-year institution. The school became Jefferson
Technical College in 1977 and later became Jefferson
Community College in 1995. |
1966
|
|
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1969
|
American
astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first human to walk on
the moon |
| |
1973
|
Vietnam
War ends |
| WSTV-TV
becomes WTOV-TV |
1978
|
|
| |
1979
|
Iran
Hostage Crisis |
| College
of Steubenville becomes officially known as Franciscan
University of Steubenville |
1980
|
|
| Veterans
Memorial Bridge opened on May 4 after four decades of
planning |
1990
|
|
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1991
|
Persian
Gulf War |
| |
1992
|
United
States and Russia sign a peace treaty officially
ending the Cold War |
| Steubenville
celebrates its 200th birthday |
1997
|
|
| |
1998
|
President
William Jefferson Clinton impeached |
| |
1999
|
NATO
air strikes against Yugoslavia
Panama
Canal turned over to Panama on December 31
|
| Public
Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County's
Centennial |
2002
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