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Jan 1, 1540
spanish explorer travels to georgia
Hernando de Santo, the Spanish explorer, first traveled to parts of Georgia -
georgia waw founded
it was founded. Kind Georgia the second granted James Oglethorpe a charter to create a colony. King George the second signed of the last of the colonies. -
arrived in savannah
116 settlers arrived in modern-day Savannah aboard the HMS ANNE -
defeated spanish
Oglethorpe defeated Spanish invaders in the Battle of Bloody Marsh -
royal colony
Georgia was governed as a royal colony. The charter expired in 1752 and became a royal colony in 1775 -
Declaration of independence
Georgia signs the Declaration of Independence from Britain. -
surrendered
General Cornwallis surrendered his British troops -
4th state!!
Georgia ratifies the Constitution and joins the United States as the 4th state -
georgia gold rush begins
Gold is found in northern Georgia and the Georgia Gold Rush begins. -
abraham lincolin became president
Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States -
invation
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Georgia, captured Atlanta and began his infamous March to the Sea. They were cutting a two hundred mile swath of fire and destruction reaching all the way to Savannah. -
georgia was expelled from union
Georgia was expelled from the Union because it refused to ratify the 15th Amendment (guaranteeing all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race). -
georgia is readmitted to the union
Georgia was readmitted to the Union, with Atlanta declared the 5th state capital in its young history. -
evacuated georgia
United States forces evacuate Georgia -
jim crow law
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law -
18 year old voters
Georgia became the first state to allow 18-year-olds to vote. -
colored children attended all white schools
Black children attended all-white schools in Georgia for the first time. -
Martin Luther King Junior is assasinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated; funeral held in Atlanta; riots occurred in Albany, Fort Valley, Macon and Savannah -
maynard h was elected mayor
Maynard H. Jackson, Jr., was elected mayor of Atlanta, and became the first black mayor of a major Southern city -
georgia governor was elected president
Former Georgia Governor James Earl Carter was elected President of the United States -
summer olimpics held in georgia
Olympic Summer Games held in Georgia; bomb set off in Centennial Olympic Park, one killed, over 100 injured; first Olympic games with tickets sold over internet -
police found dead bodies
Police found over 80 decomposed bodies at crematorium -
coretta scott ing died
Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, died at age 78 -
nuclear plants built
Two nuclear plants to be constructed in Georgia - first to be built in over 30 years -
bid for republican
Georgia resident and former house speaker, Newt Gingrich, announced bid for Republican nomination for president.
