50 YEARS
BEFORE RHODE ISLAND'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
July 15, Richard Ward appointed governor of Rhode Island
(1740-May 1743).
1741
Coventry in
Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island.Attractions & Recreation :
Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum,
Tiogue Lake, Woodland
1742
August 7, Nathanael
Greene, born in Potowomut, Kent County, Rhode Island.
General in the War of Independence (1775-1783).
1743
May, William
Greene appointed governor of Rhode Island (1743-May
1745).
1745
May, Gideon
Wanton appointed governor of Rhode Island (1745-May
1746).
1746
Barrington
town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part
of Bristol County and the town of Warren.
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.
Warren, transferred
from Massachusetts to Bristol County in Rhode Island.
Brown University,
former Rhode Island College, founded in Warren, Bristol
County, Rhode Island.
The Town of
Cumberland created in Rhode Island, as part of Rehoboth
later Attleboro.
May, William
Greene appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1746-May 1747).
1747
The Beavertail
Lighthouse, near Jamestown, Newport County, was
the first lighthouse built in Rhode Island.
Bristol County
established and became part of the Rhode Island Colony.
The town of
Cumberland incorporated in Rhode Island.
Warren incorporated
in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
May, Gideon
Wanton appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1746-1748).
1748
William Greene,
appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1748-1755).
A census showed
the population of Warren in Bristol County, Rhode Island,
to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.
1750
Kent County
established in Rhode Island.
The Georgian
style John Hunt House, built around 1750, for Lt. John
Hunt Jr. in East Providence, Rhode Island.
1752
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.
1754
Babcock-Smith
House built for Dr. Joshua Babcock in Westerly, Rhode
Island. Listed in the National Register of Historic
Places.
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.
1755
Stephen Hopkins,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1755-1757).
Gilbert Suart
born in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Artist painter of
portrait of George Washingthon on the dollar bill.
Maxwell House,
a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev. Samuel Maxwell
in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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.
1757
William Greene,
appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1757-February
22, 1758).
1758
March 14, Stephen
Hopkins appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1758-1762).
1759
March 6, Johnston
incorporated as town in Providence County, Rhode Island.Attractions
& Recreation : Dame Farm, Johnston
War Memorial Park
April 18, first
meeting of Johston town freemen, Providence County,
Rhode Island.
1760
Warren in Bristol
County, became a well known Rhode Island whaling port.
1762
Samuel Ward,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1762-1763).
Touro Synagogue,
dedicated in Newport, Rhode Island. Oldest synagogue
in the United States.
1763
Stephen Hopkins,
appointed third-term governor of Rhode Island (1763-1765).
The Touro Synagogue
completed in Newport, Rhode Island. The oldest synagogue
in the U.S.
1765
Samuel Ward,
appointed second-term governor of Rhode Island (1765-1767).
1766
February 10,
Henry Smith born in Providence, Rhode Island. Governor
of Rhode Island (1805-1806).
1767
Stephen Hopkins,
appointed fourth-term governor of Rhode Island (1767-1768).
1768
Josias Lyndon,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1768-1769).
1769
Joseph Wanton
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1769-November 7,
1775).
July, the 'Liberty'
a sloop harassing Colonial coasters and fishermen, was
captured by angry residents of Newport in Rhode Island.
1770
The western
part of Warren town separated and incorporated as Barrington
in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°44'N-71°16'W.
Abraham Greene
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
1773
Varnum House
Museum, built by James Mitchell Varnum in East Greenwhich,
Rhode Island. Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
1774
Rhode Island,
first colony to prohibit importation of slaves.
The first circus
in the U.S. performed in Newport, Rhode Island.
-Dr. Peter Turner
House (historic site) built in East Greenwich, Kent
County, Rhode Island.
1775
Dr. Babcock
appointed first postmaster of Westerly in Rhode Island.
October, British
ships fired upon the town of Bristol in Bristol County,
Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions was revoked.
November 7,
Nicholas Cooke, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1775-May
1778).
1776
JULY
4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The British occupied Newport in Rhode Island.
May, Rhode Island became the first colony to declare
its independence from Great Britain.
1778
William Greene,
appointed governor of Rhode Island (1778-1786).
Revolutionary
War battle ships intentionally sunk during the siege
of Newport in Rhode Island. Sunk by the British to avoid
French vessels from landing to help the American's effort
for Independence.
May 25, Warren
raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary
War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1779
October 25,
Before leaving Rhode Island, the British burned the
Brenton Point barracks in Newport and Beavertail lighthouse.
1780
April
7, William Ellery Channing, born in Newport, Rhode Island.
Author, clergyman, congregationalist and moralist.
1781
George Washington
met Generals Lafayette and Rochembeau in Newport, Rhode
Island, to plan the final battles of the Revolution.
General Washington
attended a town meeting in the Touro Synagogue in Newport,
Rhode Island.
1784
Beavertail
lighthouse near Jamestown in Newport County, operational
again after being burned by British forces in 1779.
1785
4th of July
celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1786
April 15, Walter
Channing, born in Newport, Rhode Island. Physician and
one of the founder of the Boston Lying-In Hospital in
Massachusetts.
May 3, John
Collins, appointed governor of Rhode Island (1786-May
5, 1790).
1787
Quaker Meetinghouse
and the windmill rebuilt, destroyed during British occupation,
in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
1789
First United
Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established in Warren,
Bristol County.
1790
Rhode Island population, 68,825 residents.
May 17, Arthur Fenner, appointed governor of Rhode Island
(1790-October 15, 1805).
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.
Central
Falls estbalished in te Black Valley region in Rhode
Island.
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.
1800
Rhode Island
population, 69,122 residents.
Fort Dumplings
established, overlooking East Passage in Newport County,
Rhode Island.
1802
Warren town's
first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased, Bristol
County, Rhode Island.
1803
LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
September
3, Prudence Crandall, born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.
Schoolteacher who attempted to educate Negro girls in
a Connecticut school.
1804
The East Greenwich
Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse) built
by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.
1805
October 15,
Paul Mumford, appointed acting governor of Rhode Island.
Henry Smith
appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1805-May
7, 1806).
October 23,
John Russell Bartlett, born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Bibliographer and Rhode Island Secretary of State.
November 5,
Thomas Wilson Dorr, born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Lawyer and constitutional reformer (Dorr Rebellion).
1806
The Town of
Burrillville incorporated in Rhode Island.
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.
May 7, Isaac
Wilbur appointed acting governor of Rhode Island (1806-May
6, 1807).
November 17,
Burrillville incorporated in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
1807
May 6, James
Fenner elected governor of Rhode Island (1807-May 1,
1811).
1810
Rhode Island
population, 76,931 residents.
1811
May 1, William
Jones elected governor of Rhode Island (1811-May 7,
1817).
1812
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.
Rehoboth set
off as the township of Seekonk, western part East Providence
in Rhode Island. Coordinates 41°49'N-71°23'W.
1817
Nehemiah R.
Knight, elected governor of Rhode Island (1817-January
9, 1821).
1818
Jamestown in
Newport County, Rhode Island, population grew to 504
people.
1820
Rhode Island
population, 83,059 residents.
1821
January 9,
Edward Cox elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May
2, 1821).
May 2, William
C. Gibbs elected governor of Rhode Island (1821-May
5, 1824).
1822
Rhode Island
Historical Society established.
1824
The name of
the village of Central Falls in Rhode Island, given
by Stephen Jenkins, a prominent businessman.
Construction
of Fort Adams, in Rhode Island, begun but completion
took about 30 years.
Cranston Print
Works, founded in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode
Island.
February 24,
George William Curtis, born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Author, editor, works e.g. ' The Potiphar Papers'.
May 5, James
Fenner elected second-term governor of Rhode Island
(1824-May 4, 1831).
1825
Construction
of the 45 mile Blackstone Canal began, between Worcester
and Providence in Rhode Island.
1829
January
7, James Burrill Angel, born in Scituate, Rhode Island.
Educator and diplomat, author of e.g. 'Progress
in International Law'
1830
Rhode Island
population, 97,199 residents.
St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell Warren,
built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In National
Register of Historic Buildings.
September 12,
William Sprague born in Cranston, Rhode Island. Governor
of RI and Senator
1831
May 4, Lemuel
H. Arnold elected governor of Rhode Island (1831-May
1, 1833).
1832
June, Samuel
Willard Bridgham elected mayor of Providence in Rhode
Island (1832-December 28, 1840).
1833
May 1, John
B. Francis elected governor of Rhode Island (1833-May
2, 1838).
1835
Rhode
Island's first railroad operational.
1838
May 2, William
Sprague elected governor of Rhode Island (1838-May 1,
1839).
1839
May 2, Samuel
W. King elected governor of Rhode Island (1839-May 2,
1843).
1840
Rhode Island population, 108,830 residents.
50 YEARS
AFTER RHODE ISLANDS RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
RI
1740-1840
BRISTOL COUNTY
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Topics
1746
Barrington
town transferred to Rhode Island Colony, as part
of Bristol County and the town of Warren.
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.
Warren, transferred from Massachusetts to Bristol County
in Rhode Island.
Brown University, former Rhode Island College, founded
in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1747
- Bristol County became part of
the Rhode Island Colony.
- 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
1748
-
A census showed the population of Warren in Bristol County,
Rhode Island, to be 380 people including 30 Native Americans.
1755
-
Maxwell House, a colonial-gable house, built by the Rev.
Samuel Maxwell in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1760
-
Warren in Bristol County, became a well known Rhode Island
whaling port.
1770
-
The western part of Warren town separated and incorporated
as Barrington in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Coordinates
41°44'N-71°16'W.
1775
-
October, British ships fired upon the town of Bristol in
Bristol County, Rhode Island, after demanding for provisions
was revoked.
1778
-
May 25, Warren raided by British and Hessian troops (Revolutionary
War), Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1785
-
4th of July celebration held in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1789
-
First United Methodist Church of Rhode Island, established
in Warren, Bristol County.
1802
-
Warren town's first fire engine 'the Little Hero' purchased,
Bristol County, Rhode Island.
1830
-
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, designed by architect Russell
Warren, built in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. In
National Register of Historic Buildings.
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1740-1840
KENT COUNTY
Timeline 5
Topics
1741
-
Coventry in Kent County, settled by farmers in Rhode Island.Attractions & Recreation :
Carbunkle Pond, Johnson's Pond, Paine House Museum, Tiogue
Lake, Woodland
1750
- Kent County
established in Rhode Island.
1770
-
Abraham Greene House (historic site) built in East Greenwich,
Kent County, Rhode Island.
1774
-
Dr. Peter Turner House (historic site) built in East Greenwich,
Kent County, Rhode Island.
1804
-
The East Greenwich Town Hall (originally Kent County Courthouse)
built by Oliver Wickes in Kent County, Rhode Island.
RI
1740-1840
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PROVIDENCE
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
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CELEBRITIES
BORN IN rhode island
1939
- November 14, Wendy
Carlos, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Composer, electronic musician
1953
- December 30, Meredith
Louise Vieira, born in East Providence,
Rhode Island. Emmy Award winning journalist, show hostess,
TV personality
