1. July 15, Richard Ward appointed governor of Rhode Island (1740-May 1743).

1. Coventry in Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island. Attractions & Recreation : Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum, Tiogue Lake, Woodland

1. August 7, Nathanael Greene, born in Potowomut, Kent County, Rhode Island. General in the War of Independence (1775-1783).

1. May, William Greene appointed governor of Rhode Island (1743-May 1745).

1. May, Gideon Wanton appointed governor of Rhode Island (1745-May 1746).

1. Barrington town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part of Bristol County and the town of Warren.

2. Bristol under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, annexed to Rhode Island. Seat of Bristol County and named Bristol in England. Coordinates 41°40'N-71°16'W.
3. Warren, transferred from Massachusetts to Bristol County in Rhode Island.
4. Brown University, former Rhode Island College, founded in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
5. The Town of Cumberland created in Providence County, Rhode Island, as part of Rehoboth later Attleboro.
6. May, William Greene appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1746-May 1747).

1. The Beavertail Lighthouse, near Jamestown, Newport County, was the first lighthouse built in Rhode Island.

2. Bristol County established and became part of the Rhode Island Colony.
3. The town of Cumberland incorporated in Rhode Island.
4. The Redwood Library designed by Peter Harrison, and build in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. The oldest lending library in the U.S.
5. Warren incorporated in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
6. May, Gideon Wanton appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1746-1748).

1. William Greene, appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1748-1755).
2. A census showed the population of Warren in Bristol County, Rhode Island, to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.

1. Kent County established in Rhode Island.
2. The Georgian style John Hunt House, built around 1750, for Lt. John Hunt Jr. in East Providence, Rhode Island.

1. Maxwell House built in Warren, Rhode Island by Reverend Samuel Maxwell. The Massasoit Historic Association owns the house and is maintained as a working museum.

1. Babcock-Smith House built for Dr. Joshua Babcock in Westerly, Rhode Island. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
2. Cranston, separated from Providence, and incorporated as town in Providence County, Rhode Island. Named for Samuel Cranston, governor of Rhode Island (1698-1727). Coordinates 41°47'N-71°26'W.

1. Stephen Hopkins, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1755-1757).
2. Gilbert Suart born in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Artist painter of portrait of George Washingthon on the dollar bill.
3. Maxwell House, a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
4. May 10, Robert Gray, born in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Explorer, trader and Captain of the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate the globe, he also discovered the Columbia River.

1. William Greene, appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1757-February 22, 1758).

1. March 14, Stephen Hopkins appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1758-1762).

1. March 6, Johnston incorporated as town in Providence County, RI. Named for colonial attorney general August Johnston. Area 24.4 sq.mi. (63km²). Attractions & Recreation : e.g. Clemence Irons House, Dame Farm, Johnston War Memorial Park
2. April 18, first meeting of Johston town freemen, Providence County, Rhode Island.

1. Warren in Bristol County, became a well known Rhode Island whaling port.

1. Samuel Ward, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1762-1763).
2. Touro Synagogue, dedicated in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Oldest synagogue in the United States.

1. Stephen Hopkins, appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1763-1765).
2. The Touro Synagogue completed in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. The oldest synagogue in the U.S. designed by Peter Harrison.

1. Samuel Ward, appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1765-1767).

1. February 10, Henry Smith born in Providence, Rhode Island. Governor of Rhode Island (1805-1806).

1. Stephen Hopkins, appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1767-1768).

1. Josias Lyndon, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1768-1769).

1. Joseph Wanton appointed governor of Rhode Island (1769-November 7, 1775).
2. July, the 'Liberty' a sloop harassing Colonial coasters and fishermen, was captured by angry residents of Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island.

1. The western part of Warren town separated and incorporated as Barrington in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°44'N-71°16'W.
2. Abraham Greene House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. Varnum House Museum, built by James Mitchell Varnum in East Greenwhich, Rhode Island. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1. Rhode Island, first colony to prohibit importation of slaves.

2. The first circus in the U.S. performed in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
3. Dr. Peter Turner House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. Dr. Babcock appointed first postmaster of Westerly in Rhode Island.
2. October, British ships fired upon the town of Bristol in Bristol County, Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions was revoked.
3. November 7, Nicholas Cooke, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1775-May 1778).

1. JULY 4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2. The British occupied Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island.
3. May, Rhode Island became the first colony to declare its independence from Great Britain.

1. William Greene, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1778-1786).
2. Revolutionary War battle ships intentionally sunk during the siege of Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island. Sunk by the British to avoid French vessels from landing to help the American's effort for Independence.
3. May 25, Warren raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. October 25, Before leaving Rhode Island, the British burned the Brenton Point barracks in Newport and Beavertail lighthouse.

1. April 7, William Ellery Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Harvard graduate (1798), Unitarian theologian, author, clergyman, congregationalist, moralist and minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1840, burried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His statues standing in Boston Public Garden and Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island

1. George Washington met Generals Lafayette and Rochembeau in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, to plan the final battles of the Revolution.
2. General Washington attended a town meeting in the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
   

1. Beavertail lighthouse near Jamestown in Newport County, operational again after being burned by British forces in 1779.

1. 4th of July celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. April 15, Walter Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. University of Pennsylvania M.D. graduate, physician, and one of the founders in 1832 of the Boston Lying-In Hospital. Professor of obstetrics, midwifery and medical jurisprudence at Harvard. First to use ether as an anesthetic in obstetrics. Officer of the Massachusetts Medical Society and editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Died on July 27, 1876 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
2. May 3, John Collins, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1786-May 5, 1790).

1. Quaker Meetinghouse and the windmill rebuilt, destroyed during British occupation, in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island.

1. First United Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established in Warren, Bristol County.

1. Rhode Island population, 68,825 residents.
2. May 17, Arthur Fenner, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1790-October 15, 1805).
3. May 29, Rhode Island RI, 13th state admitted to the Union

   Rhode Island Today : Capital Providence. Area 1,545 sq.mi.(4.002km²), 50th largest state. Counties 5 : Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington. Attractions & Recreation : Beavertail State Park, Blackstone River Bikeway, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Blackstone River Visitor Center, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, Brenton Point State Park, Burlingame Campground, Burlingame State Park, Charlestown Breachway, Colt State Park, Dame Farm, East Bay Bike Path, East Beach, East Matunuck State Beach, Fisherman's State Park, Fort Adams State Park, Fort Wetherill, Goddard Memorial State Park, Haines Memorial State Park, Heritage Harbor Museum, John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge, Lincoln Woods State Park, Misquamicut State Beach, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, Roger Wheeler State Beach, Roger Williams National Memorial, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, RISD Museum, Salty Brine State Beach, Scarborough State Beach, Snake den State Park, Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, World War II Memorial State Park.
4. Central Falls estbalished in te Black Valley region in Rhode Island.
5. December, the first water-powered textile mill build by English manufacturer Samuel Slater on the banks of the Blackstone River at Pawtucket in Rhode Island.

1. Rhode Island population, 69,122 residents.
2. Fort Dumplings established, overlooking East Passage in Newport County, Rhode Island.

1. Warren town's first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
2. February 26, Esek Hopkins died in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. First commodore of the United States Navy during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Born, April 26, 1718 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.

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1. September 3, Prudence Crandall, born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. School teacher who attempted to educate Negro girls in a Connecticut school.
2. December 20, Samuel Hopkins died in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Theologian, writer, Congregationalist opposing slavery. Born on September 17, 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

1. The East Greenwich Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse) built by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. February 10, Henry Smith appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1805-May 7, 1806).
2. October 15, Paul Mumford, appointed acting governor of Rhode Island.
3. October 23, John Russell Bartlett, born in Providence, Rhode Island. Bibliographer and Rhode Island Secretary of State.
4. November 5, Thomas Wilson Dorr, born in Providence, Rhode Island. Lawyer and constitutional reformer (Dorr Rebellion).

1. The Town of Burrillville incorporated in Rhode Island.
2. April 16, Old Glocester in Providence County, Rhode Island, divided in half, with the southern half retaining the original name and the northern half called Burrillville.
3. May 7, Isaac Wilbur appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1806-May 6, 1807).
4. November 17, Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode Island.

1. May 6, James Fenner elected governor of Rhode Island (1807-May 1, 1811).

1. Rhode Island population, 76,931 residents.

1. May 1, William Jones elected governor of Rhode Island (1811-May 7, 1817).

1. The Moffett Mill constructed along the Moshassuck River in Lincoln. A two-story high building believed to be the first machine shop in Rhode Island.
2. Rehoboth set off as the township of Seekonk, western part East Providence in Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°49'N-71°23'W.

1. Nehemiah R. Knight, elected governor of Rhode Island (1817-January 9, 1821).

1. Jamestown in Newport County, Rhode Island, population grew to 504 people.

1. Rhode Island population, 83,059 residents.

1. January 9, Edward Cox elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May 2, 1821).
2. May 2, William C. Gibbs elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May 5, 1824).

1. Rhode Island Historical Society established.

1. The name of the village of Central Falls in Rhode Island, given by Stephen Jenkins, a prominent businessman.

2. Construction of Fort Adams, in Rhode Island, begun but completion took about 30 years.
3. Cranston Print Works, founded in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
4. February 24, George William Curtis, born in Providence, Rhode Island. Author, editor and journalist, works e.g. ' The Potiphar Papers'. Died on August 31, 1892 in Staten Island, New York.
5. May 5, James Fenner elected second-term governor of Rhode Island (1824-May 4, 1831).

1. Construction of the 45 mile Blackstone Canal began, between Worcester and Providence in Rhode Island.

1. January 7, James Burrill Angel, born in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island. Educator and diplomat, author of e.g. 'Progress in International Law'

1. Rhode Island population, 97,199 residents.
2. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell Warren, built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In National Register of Historic Buildings.
3. September 12, William Sprague born in Cranston, Rhode Island. Governor of RI and Senator

1. May 4, Lemuel H. Arnold elected governor of Rhode Island (1831-May 1, 1833).

1. June, Samuel Willard Bridgham elected mayor of Providence in Rhode Island (1832-December 28, 1840).

1. May 1, John B. Francis elected governor of Rhode Island (1833-May 2, 1838).

1. Rhode Island's first railroad operational.

1. May 2, William Sprague elected governor of Rhode Island (1838-May 1, 1839).

1. May 2, Samuel W. King elected governor of Rhode Island (1839-May 2, 1843).

1. Rhode Island population, 108,830 residents.

1. Barrington town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part of Bristol County and the town of Warren.
2. Bristol under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, annexed to Rhode Island. Seat of Bristol County and named Bristol in England. Coordinates 41°40'N-71°16'W.
3. Warren, transferred from Massachusetts to Bristol County in Rhode Island.
4. Brown University, former Rhode Island College, founded in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. Bristol County became part of the Rhode Island Colony.
2. Warren incorporated in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Attractions & Recreation : 2nd Story Theatre, Burr's Hill Park, Charles R. Carr Collection, Cutler Mills District, East Bay Bike Path, Firemen's Museum, First United Methodist Church, Masonic Temple, Maxwell House, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Warren Baptist Church, Warren Town Hall

1. A census showed the population of Warren in Bristol County, Rhode Island, to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.

1. Maxwell House, a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. Warren in Bristol County, became a well known Rhode Island whaling port.

1. The western part of Warren town separated and incorporated as Barrington in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°44'N-71°16'W.

1. October, British ships fired upon the town of Bristol in Bristol County, Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions was revoked.

1. May 25, Warren raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. 4th of July celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. First United Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established in Warren, Bristol County.

1. Warren town's first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell Warren, built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In National Register of Historic Buildings.

1. Coventry in Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island. Attractions & Recreation : Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum, Tiogue Lake, Woodland

1. Kent County established in Rhode Island.

1. Abraham Greene House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. Dr. Peter Turner House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. The East Greenwich Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse) built by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.

1. The Beavertail Lighthouse, near Jamestown, Newport County, was the first lighthouse built in Rhode Island.
2. The Redwood Library designed by Peter Harrison, and build in Newport, Newport County, RI. The oldest lending library in the U.S.

1. May 10, Robert Gray, born in Tiverton, Newport County, RI. Explorer, trader and Captain of the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate the globe, he also discovered the Columbia River.

1. Touro Synagogue, dedicated in Newport, Newport County, RI. Oldest synagogue in the United States.

1. The Touro Synagogue completed in Newport, Newport County, RI. The oldest synagogue in the U.S. designed by Peter Harrison.

1. July, the 'Liberty' a sloop harassing Colonial coasters and fishermen, was captured by angry residents of Newport in Newport County, RI.

1. The first circus in the U.S. performed in Newport, Newport County, RI.

1. The British occupied Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island.

1. April 7, William Ellery Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Harvard graduate (1798), Unitarian theologian, author, clergyman, congregationalist, moralist and minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Died on October 2, 1840, burried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His statues standing in Boston Public Garden and Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island

1. George Washington met Generals Lafayette and Rochembeau in Newport, Newport County, RI, to plan the final battles of the Revolution.
2. General Washington attended a town meeting in the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
   

1. Beavertail lighthouse near Jamestown in Newport County, operational again after being burned by British forces in 1779.

1. April 15, Walter Channing, born in Newport, Newport County, RI. University of Pennsylvania M.D. graduate, physician, and one of the founders in 1832 of the Boston Lying-In Hospital. Professor of obstetrics, midwifery and medical jurisprudence at Harvard. First to use ether as an anesthetic in obstetrics. Officer of the Massachusetts Medical Society and editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Died on July 27, 1876 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

1. Quaker Meetinghouse and the windmill rebuilt, destroyed during British occupation, in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island.

1. Fort Dumplings established, overlooking East Passage in Newport County, RI.

1. December 20, Samuel Hopkins died in Newport, Newport County, RI. Theologian, writer, Congregationalist opposing slavery. Born on September 17, 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

1. Jamestown in Newport County, RI, population grew to 504 people.

1. Cranston, separated from Providence, and incorporated as town in Providence County, Rhode Island. Named for Samuel Cranston, governor of Rhode Island (1698-1727). Coordinates 41°47'N-71°26'W. Attractions & Recreation : Sprague Mansion historic landmark, The Friends Meeting-House historic landmark.

1. March 6, Johnston incorporated as town in Providence County, RI. Named for colonial attorney general August Johnston. Area 24.4 sq.mi. (63km²). Attractions & Recreation : e.g. Clemence Irons House, Dame Farm, Johnston War Memorial Park
2. April 18, first meeting of Johston town freemen, Providence County, RI.

1. February 10, Henry Smith born in Providence, RI. Governor of Rhode Island (1805-1806).

1. February 26, Esek Hopkins died in Providence, Providence County, RI. First commodore of the United States Navy during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Born, April 26, 1718 in Scituate, Providence County, RI.

1. October 23, John Russell Bartlett, born in Providence, RI. Bibliographer and Rhode Island Secretary of State.
2. November 5, Thomas Wilson Dorr, born in Providence, RI. Lawyer and constitutional reformer (Dorr Rebellion).

1. April 16, Old Glocester in Providence County, Rhode Island, divided in half, with the southern half retaining the original name and the northern half called Burrillville.
2. November 17, Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode Island.

1. Cranston Print Works, founded in Cranston, Providence County, RI
2. February 24, George William Curtis, born in Providence, RI. Author, editor, works e.g. ' The Potiphar Papers'.

1. Construction of the 45 mile Blackstone Canal began, between Worcester and Providence in Rhode Island.

1. January 7, James Burrill Angel, born in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island. Educator and diplomat, author of e.g. 'Progress in International Law'

1. June, Samuel Willard Bridgham elected mayor of Providence in Rhode Island (1832-December 28, 1840).