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January
21, 1733
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Oglethorpe, Peter
Gordon, Colonel William Bull, Jonathan Bryan and others set sail
to find a site to settle south of the Savannah River.
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
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James
Oglethorpe
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January
29, 1733
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Sailing from Beaufort on
six smaller boats, the settlers head for the site on the
Savannah River selected by Oglethorpe
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James
Oglethorpe
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February
9, 1733
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Colonists complete the
first structure in the city of Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah's
first building
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May
14, 1733
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The James arrives in
Savannah with supplies, store and people for the colony
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James
Oglethorpe
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May
21, 1733
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First treaty with the
Creek Indians. When Oglethorpe landed, Tomochichi had granted
Oglethorpe the right to use the land on the Savannah River, but
explained that chiefs of the Creek Nation needed to also approve
the transfer of land.
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Creek
Indians
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Oglethorpe
signs treaty with Creek
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March
12, 1734
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First group of
Salzburgers arrive in Savannah, aboard the Purysburg
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Salzburgers
in Georgia
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March
23, 1734
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James Oglethorpe,
Tomochichi, Toonahowie, and others leave Savannah on a journey
to England
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Tomochichi's
trip to England
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December
27, 1734
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The ship Prince of
Wales arrives in Savannah. On board are James
Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Toonahowie, and others who visited
England, and Salzburgers who are moving to Georgia. The
Salzburgers are directed by Oglethorpe to Ebenezer.
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James
Oglethorpe
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Tomochichi's
trip to England
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Salzburgers
in Georgia
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January
10, 1736
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Scottish Highlanders
under the command of Hugh MacKaye arrive in Savannah on the
Prince of Wales.
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March
7, 1736
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John Wesley gives his
first sermon (not in a church) in Savannah
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The
Wesleys in Georgia
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March
13, 1736
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John Wesley's first
church service in Savannah is attended by some 20 worshippers
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The
Wesleys in Georgia
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July
20, 1736
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Five Chicasaw warriors
visit John Wesley in Savannah.
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
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May
7, 1738
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George Whitfield arrives
in Savannah. He begins work on establishing the orphanage known
as Bethesda
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June
7, 1738
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Thomas Causton,
magistrate of Savannah is replaced by Henry Parker. A review of
of the records reveal gross mismanagement of funds
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Storekeeper
Thomas Causton
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October
10, 1738
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Oglethorpe returns to
Savannah from Frederica
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Fort
Frederica
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James
Oglethorpe
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October
19, 1738
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In a letter to the
Trustees, Oglethorpe accuses Thomas Causton, former magistrate
of Savannah, of "squandering the resources of the
colony," and continues to state "If this had not
happened the Colony...[would be] in a flourishing
condition"
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James
Oglethorpe
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July
17, 1739
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Oglethorpe starts a
journey to the Creek capitol of Coweta, accompanied by
Lieutenant Dunbar, Ensign Leman and Cadet Erye. They left
Savannah, headed to Uchee Town, north of Ebenezer, then headed
west along the old Creek Trading Path.
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Creek
Indians
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James
Oglethorpe
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April
15, 1741
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The Trustees divide
Georgia into two counties, Savannah, with William Stephens as
executive and Frederica, with James Oglethorpe as executive
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Fort
Frederica
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James
Oglethorpe
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July
20, 1747
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Mary Musgrove, with her
husband Thomas Bosomworth and about 200 Creek Indian warriors,
marches into Savannah and proclaims herself the Queen of the
Creek. She demands payment for services rendered to the colony
of Georgia.
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Creek
Indians
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August
10, 1747
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Queen of the Creeks,
Mary Musgrove, claims ownership of much of Georgia, including
the land from Savannah to Pipe Makers Bluff
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Creek
Indians
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January
15, 1751
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A Provincial Assembly is
called to convene in Savannah. One of the major discussions will
be the annexation of Georgia into South Carolina
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April
1, 1751
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Culminating an effort to
revive the silk industry, a reeling plant is completed in
Savannah
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June
13, 1751
|
Captain Noble Jones and
220 members of the Georgia Militia parade in Savannah.
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February
16, 1757
|
Henry Ellis arrives in
Savannah, carrying his orders to replace John Reynolds as
Governor. Reynolds immediately sets sail on the Charming Martha,
leaving Ellis in charge.
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Governors
of Georgia, 1733-1800
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September
4, 1765
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John and William Bartram
arrive in Savannah.
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William
Bartram
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November
5, 1765
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Demonstration of sailors
in Savannah to protest the new Stamp Act
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Stamp
Act
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November
6, 1765
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First meeting of the
Sons of Liberty at MacHenry's Tavern in Savannah
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September
16, 1769
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A group of Georgia
merchants (mostly from Savannah) meet at the home of Alexander
Creighton and decided to no longer import British goods rather
than pay duties on these goods.
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January
28, 1770
|
George Whitefield
delivers a sermon to the Royal Governor, his council and the
General Assembly in Savannah, Georgia
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George
Whitefield
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April
11, 1773
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William
Bartram arrives in Savannah
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William
Bartram
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March
31, 1774
|
Head Turkey, a Creek on
the way to Savannah to negotiate a peace treaty is murdered near
Augusta by Thomas Fee. Fee would later escape jail, but Royal
governor Wright's offer of a $100 reward appeases the Creek
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James
Wright
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Creek
Indians
|
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January
17, 1775
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Lower House called to
order in Savannah
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January
18, 1775
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Provincial congress
called to order in Savannah
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May
11, 1775
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600 pounds of gunpowder
removed from the Savannah armory by Radicals led by Noble
Wimberly Jones
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June
4, 1775
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Patriots in Savannah
spike cannon assembled to celebrate the king's birthday
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June
5, 1775
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Liberty pole erected in
front of Peter Tondee's tavern, Savannah
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February
11, 1776
|
Royal Governor James
Wright, who had been placed under house arrest in January, flees
the Governor's mansion in Savannah. He remains with the British
Fleet, then anchored off the coast near the Savannah River
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James
Wright
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August
6, 1776
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400 South Carolina
troops arrive in Savannah to participate in the First Florida
Expedition
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August
8, 1776
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Declaration of
Independence read to Council of Safety in Savannah
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Archibald
Bulloch
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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Reading
of the Declaration of Independence in Savannah
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August
10, 1776
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Declaration of
Independence read to citizens in Savannah
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Archibald
Bulloch
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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Reading
of the Declaration of Independence in Savannah
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August
22, 1776
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Lead elements of the
First Florida Expedition leave Savannah
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October
1, 1776
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State convention to
create constitution held in Savannah
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State
Constitution of 1777
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May
16, 1777
|
Button Gwinnett, with
his second George Wells and Lachlan McIntosh, with his second
Col. Joseph Habersham square off in a duel just east of
Savannah, Georgia. At 12 paces (about 60 feet), the General and
Gwinnett fire pistols. McIntosh sustains an wound in his leg
while Gwinnett is shot in the hip. Unaware of the severity of
Gwinnett's wound, McIntosh asks if Gwinnett wants to duel again.
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Button
Gwinnett
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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|
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Lachlan
McIntosh
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May
26, 1777
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Second Florida
Expedition returns to Savannah
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Second
Florida Expedition
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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November
19, 1778
|
Battle of Bulltown Swamp
(near Savannah), Battle of Spencer's Hill
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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December
29, 1778
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British capture
Savannah; Battle of Brewton Hill
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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January
2, 1779
|
Archibald Campbell
leaves Hessians to guard Savannah and begins a march to Augusta.
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City
of Augusta, Georgia
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September
12, 1779
|
French forces under the
command of Admiral Charles Henri DEstaing land at Beaulieu, a
plantation south of Savannah.
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September
16, 1779
|
General Benjamin Lincoln
and Admiral Charles Henri D'Estang lay siege to Savannah
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|
Benjamin
Lincoln
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|
Georgia
and the American Revolution
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October
6, 1779
|
Battle of Savannah
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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December
1, 1780
|
George Gauphin (Galphin)
dies in Savannah before his trial before British authorities for
treason.
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Savannah,
Georgia births and deaths
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January
28, 1782
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General Wayne captures
provisions intended for British Savannah from an outpost on the
Altamaha
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'Mad'
Anthony Wayne
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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June
14, 1782
|
Royal Governor James
Wright receives orders to abandon Savannah, which he does a week
later.
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James
Wright
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June
23, 1782
|
General "Mad"
Anthony Wayne intercepts a large force of Creek Indians
attempting to relieve the British in Savannah. Unknown to
General Wayne, he kills Creek Chief Emistesigo (leader of the
tribe).
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Creek
Indians
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'Mad'
Anthony Wayne
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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July
10, 1782
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British evacuate
Savannah after successful campaign by General "Mad"
Anthony Wayne
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'Mad'
Anthony Wayne
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Georgia
and the American Revolution
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July
11, 1782
|
James Jackson and
American forces enter Savannah
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James
Jackson
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July
13, 1782
|
Savannah becomes the
capitol of Georgia
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February
22, 1785
|
Last meeting of the
Georgia Legislature in Savannah. Augusta would become the next
state capital
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City
of Augusta, Georgia
|
|
October
3, 1787
|
William Pierce leaves
New York on the sloop Friendship headed for Savannah.
With him are copies of the Constitution proposed by the
Constitutional Convention and approved by Congress.
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October
10, 1787
|
William Pierce arrives
in Savannah with the Constitution, a copy of the congressinal
resolution and letters from Abraham Baldwin and William Few to
Governor George Mathews, which he transmits to the governor.
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Abraham
Baldwin
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William
Few
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January
20, 1788
|
First African Baptist
Church founded, Savannah, Georgia. It is the first
African-American church in the United States.
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February
1, 1788
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Patent for steamboat
issued to Briggs and Longstreet of Savannah
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
|
|
December
23, 1789
|
Savannah incorporates
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March
8, 1790
|
John Houstoun begins a
term as mayor of Savannah
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John
Houstoun, Patriot
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May
12, 1791
|
George Washington
reaches Savannah via ship and is greeted by, among others, Noble
W. Jones, Lachlan McIntosh, Joseph Habersham, and John Houstoun
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John
Houstoun, Patriot
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Lachlan
McIntosh
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George
Washington in Georgia
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George
Washington
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March
12, 1792
|
Joseph Habersham begins
a term as mayor of Savannah
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February
13, 1796
|
Georgia legislature
establishes a Mayor's Court in Savannah. This would eventually
become the County Court.
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April
19, 1796
|
Nathaniel Twining
announces stagecoach service between Savannah and Augusta. It
becomes the first successful service between the cities. An
earlier attempt, in 1786 failed in less than a year.
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City
of Augusta, Georgia
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|
January
10, 1800
|
Savannah, Georgia
records 18 inches of snow
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November
12, 1811
|
An American seaman,
sailing under a French flag, begins a fight with local sailors
who question his motives for sailing on a foreign vessel. The
fight explodes across Savannah's riverfront, beginning three
days of riots. The riots caused an international incident and
the French began raiding American shipping.
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May
8, 1819
|
President James Monroe
arrives in Savannah, staying at the home of William Scarbrough,
a local merchant.
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May
22, 1819
|
S. S. (Steamship)
Savannah leaves the city of Savannah for Liverpool.
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July
12, 1819
|
Thomas Charlton begins
term as mayor of Savannah
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January
11, 1820
|
Great Savannah Fire -
helped by a high wind, fire destroyed most of the downtown area.
When the fire reached Ellis Square it touched off gunpowder,
spreading the fire throughout the city.
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March
19, 1825
|
Marie Joseph Paul Yves
Roch Gilbert du Montier, the Marquis de Lafayette, arrives in
Savannah.
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Marquis
de Lafayette
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December
24, 1828
|
Julia Henrietta
Scarborough marries Savannah cotton factor Godfrey Barnsley
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Godfrey
Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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December
25, 1832
|
Whites open a hospital
for black slaves, Savannah, GA
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September
8, 1834
|
W. W. Gordon begins term
as mayor of Savannah
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July
3, 1850
|
Diocese of Savannah is
established, earliest presence of Catholics in the state (Oglethorpe
had banned them).
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October
11, 1853
|
Casimer Pulaski monument
dedicated, Savannah
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December
8, 1856
|
James P. Screven begins
term as mayor of Savannah
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September
16, 1857
|
Jingle Bells, written by
James Pierpont of Savannah, is copywrited
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November
8, 1860
|
Flag of Independence
raised in Savannah
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|
Civil
War - 1860
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|
May
17, 1862
|
Union soldiers from
Tybee/Fort Pulaski attempt to land near Savannah (Thunderbolt).
They are driven back.
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Civil
War - 1862
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|
October
31, 1863
|
Jeff Davis begins a
short stay in Savannah
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Jefferson
Davis
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May
18, 1864
|
Major General Lafayette
McLaws is placed in command of the defenses of Savannah, Georgia
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Lafayette
McLaws
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December
21, 1864
|
William Tecumseh Sherman
captures Savannah
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|
Civil
War - 1864
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William
Tecumseh Sherman
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March
to the Sea
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January
16, 1865
|
From his field
headquarters in Savannah, General William Tecumseh Sherman
issues Special Field Orders, No. 15, giving "negroes now
made free by the acts of war" abandoned coastal land from
Charleston to the St. Johns River in Florida
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Slavery
in Georgia
|
|
December
20, 1866
|
Georgia Legislature
grants a charter to the Savannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Railroad
Company to build rail lines to Thunderbolt, the Isle of Hope and
Skidaway Island.
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August
21, 1876
|
Yellow fever strikes
Savannah. Within a month 40 people died.
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August
27, 1881
|
Hurricane smashes the
Georgia coast in the vicinity of Savannah
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November
26, 1890
|
"Georgia State
Industrial College for Colored Youths" created near
Savannah.
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December
10, 1892
|
Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery (Alabama) Railroad is placed into receivership
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August
13, 1893
|
"Nancy Hanks,"
Central Railroad and Banking Company (precursor to Central of
Georgia) rail service between Savannah and Atlanta is ended
because the rails and railbed were too rough for high-speed
service. A number of the locomotives had left the tracks.
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April
18, 1894
|
In a letter to Caroline
Meriwether Goodlett, Anna Davenport Raines explains that both
Nashville and Savannah have organizations called "Daughters
of the Confederacy" and requesting permission to continue
its use, unaware that the Savannah chapter had begun using the
name first.
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September
10, 1894
|
Begun in Nashville and
Savannah, the National (later United) Daughters of the
Confederacy is organized
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April
27, 1896
|
General Lafayette McLaws
[CS, Longstreet] addresses the Confederates Veterans Association
of Savannah and changes the story he gave in his official
report, taking James Longstreet to task for the failure at
Gettysburg
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Lafayette
McLaws
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|
|
James
Longstreet
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|
July
1, 1900
|
Combining the old
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad (renamed to the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad in 1895) with other assets, 35
year-old John Skelton Williams creates Seaboard Air Line
Railway.
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December
27, 1901
|
Savannah Electric
Company is incorporated
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|
January
15, 1902
|
Savannah Electric
Company purchases the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railroad.
|
|
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|
January
23, 1903
|
An intensity VI
earthquake struck Savannah. Epicenter-Tybee Roads
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|
Earthquakes
that have struck Georgia
|
|
January
2, 1906
|
Savannah's City Hall is
dedicated
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|
March
18, 1908
|
First of three
"Great Savannah Races".
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|
March
19, 1908
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March
15, 1910
|
A Navy tug boat, the
Nina, on the way to Havana harbor on a mission to salvage the
Maine, disappears after being sighted off the coast at Savannah,
Georgia
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|
March
12, 1912
|
Juliette Gordon Low
organizes the Girl Guides in Savannah. This is the precursor to
today's Girl Scouts
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|
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|
|
Juliette
Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts
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|
June
20, 1912
|
An intensity V
earthquake struck Savannah
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|
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|
|
Earthquakes
that have struck Georgia
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|
December
31, 1917
|
Seaboard Air Line
Railroad inaugural service on a new rail line between Savannah
and Charleston greatly reduces the time it takes to travel
between these two cities.
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|
October
28, 1921
|
Savannah Electric
Company merges with the Savannah Power Company to form Savannah
Electric & Power
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|
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|
February
0, 1923
|
WRAB is licensed in
Savannah, GA
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|
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|
September
30, 1928
|
Service is inaugurated
from the Savannah Municipal Airport by Eastern Air Express to
Miami and New York
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|
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|
November
2, 1930
|
Thunderbolt Casino and
Amusement Park (Savannah) burns down.
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|
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|
November
18, 1933
|
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt speaks in Savannah
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|
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|
|
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
|
|
November
18, 1933
|
While in Warm Springs,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt journeys to Savannah for Georgia's
150th year celebration, speaking in Fitzgerald and Cordele
during the trip
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|
|
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
|
|
January
28, 1942
|
53 days after Pearl
Harbor the Eighth Air Force is activated, headquartered at the
National Armory on Bull Street in Savannah
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|
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|
Eighth
Air Force
|
|
August
21, 1946
|
Savannah trollies make
their final run.
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|
October
15, 1947
|
Shortly after being
seeded with dry ice, a hurricane turns and hits Savannah
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|
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|
October
15, 1947
|
Following an attempt to
weaken a hurricane by seeding it with dry ice, the storm does an
about face and comes ashore near Savannah
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January
18, 1950
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Georgia State Industrial
College renamed to Savannah State College
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
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April
5, 1950
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The Sandra, a freighter
with a cargo of DDT, leaves the port of Savannah en route to
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She is never seen again
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February
1, 1956
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Savannah's WSAV TV
signed on the air for the first time. It was an NBC affiliate
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October
19, 1956
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Wayne-Gordon house,
built by James Moore Wayne, (Savannah mayor, U. S. Congressman,
Supreme Court Justice), home to William Washington Gordon
(founder of Central of Georgia Railway) and birthplace of his
daughter Julliette Gordon Low, and is dedicated as a museum
after an extensive renovation
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Juliette
Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts
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May
22, 1958
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Construction begins on
the world's first merchant ship with nuclear power, The Savannah
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July
21, 1959
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Launch of the merchant
vessel Savannah, first nuclear-powered ship in its class
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March
16, 1960
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Carolyn Quilloin was
arrested after she sat down at the whites only counter in Levy's
Department Store in Savannah. She was black.
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The
Road to Integration
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September
15, 1961
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W. W. Law is fired from
his job as a Savannah postal worker after the election of G.
Elliot Hagan of Sylvania, (Screven County) GA. who made it a
campaign promise to have the NAACP leader fired from his job as
a postal worker.
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The
Road to Integration
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April
24, 1963
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W. W. Law calls for an
end to the "night marches" in Savannah, used to
encourage blacks to vote because of violence attributed to
non-participants during the marches.
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The
Road to Integration
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November
13, 1966
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Savannah Historic
District created in an attempt to preserve James Oglethorpe's
1733 plan for the city.
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October
4, 1970
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John Rousakis begins a
21-year stint as mayor of Savannah
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February
8, 1973
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Savannah records 3.6
inches of snow - most in 100 years
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May
13, 1976
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W. W. Law retires as
president of the Savannah NAACP after 26 years
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January
23, 1977
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Roots, featuring Levar
Burton and an all-star cast premiers on ABC. It had been filmed
in Savannah and St. Simons Island
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Movies
filmed in Georgia
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January
5, 1983
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Jim Williams appeal is
granted based on changes in the testimony of a Savannah
policeman
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Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil
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May
7, 1984
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Savannah is abuzz as a
new witness comes forward claiming that Danny Hansford intend to
"harm" Jim Williams
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Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil
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January
21, 1985
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Record breaking cold
weather sweeps into Georgia, with the temperature reaching -8
degrees in Atlanta, -6 degrees in Macon and 3 degrees in
Savannah
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City
of Macon, Georgia
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July
20, 1986
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Hottest temperature ever
recorded in Savannah - 105 degrees
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August
23, 1989
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Off-duty Savannah police
officer Mark Allen MacPhail, 27, was shot twice with a
.38-caliber pistol as he tried to break up an early morning
fight in the Greyhound Bus Station/Burger King restaurant on
Oglethorpe Avenue.
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December
15, 1989
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Glory, a story of
African-American troops during the Civil War, starring Denzel
Washinginton, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, opens in
general release. Portions of the movie had been shot in Savannah
and on Jekyll Island
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Movies
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August
28, 1991
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A Chatham County
Superior Court jury convicts Troy Anthony Davis of killing
Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.
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January
1, 1994
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Midnight in the Garden
of Good and Evil, a story about Jim Williams of Savannah, who
was tried four times (and convicted three times) for the murder
of Danny Hansford
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Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil
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July
6, 1994
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Release date for Forrest
Gump, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Penn Wright and Sally Field. The
movie featured locations in Savannah.
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Movies
filmed in Georgia
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October
13, 1994
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14.26 inches of rain
falls on Hunter, GA. 8.80 falls on Savannah
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June
18, 1999
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The General's Daughter,
starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy
Hutton and Daniel von Bargen, opens. It was filmed in part at
Wormsloe Plantation, Tybee Island and Savannah and grosses 102
million dollars in general release.
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Movies
filmed in Georgia
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March
11, 2000
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Two dead in a shooting
incident at Savannah High School, Savannah, Georgia
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October
29, 2000
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Premiere of The Legend
of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize
Theron and Bruce McGill. Some filming took place in Savannah and
Jekyll Island.
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Movies
filmed in Georgia
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December
20, 2000
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The Gift, starring Cate
Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Greg Kinnear, Hilary
Swank and Michael Jeter, opens in limited release. It was filmed
in Effingham County, Georgia and featured scenes shot in the
Georgia cities of Springfield, Savannah, Thunderbolt, and
Guyton.
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Chatham
County, Georgia
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
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Effingham
County, Georgia
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Movies
filmed in Georgia
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July
25, 2002
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4 murders on the streets
of Savannah make this one of the bloodiest days in recent
history
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City
of Savannah, Georgia
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