Chapel of Tasker Street M.E. The cabinet works of P.P. October 1. October 19. There where forty-eight entries and forty-one starter. December 28. Sophomores, 9 min. July 4. May 18. (Camp William Penn). Samuel R. Shaw was struck by a stone while on a boat near Pine St. Wharf, Delaware River, knocked overboard and drowned. Loss, $40,000. July 5. January 20. Stone flour mill, Mill Street, Holmelsbuth, totally destroyed by fire. The separation of North and South Carolina is officially enacted. ThoughtCo, Apr. May 9. Fire destroyed the clothing store of Bacharach & Co., which covered the triangular block bounded by ridge Avenue, and Thirteenth, Green and Mount Vernon Streets. Fire at oil-refinery of Crew, Levick & Co., 111 and 113 Union St. Loss, with damage to adjoining buildings, $30,000. August 24. From Baltimore to Philadelphia, return, 2 hours, 13 minutes. Cornerstone laid of the addition to German Hospital, corner of Corinthian Street and Girard Avenue. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius Formally transferred to the Government by Cramp & Sons. Robert Ellis Thompson, D., elected President of the Central High School. July 31. February 22. October 29. Arch Street Theatre opened, Arch Street above Sixth. National Course, Falls bridge to Rockland, one and a half miles. June 29. Time, 8 m. 51 s.; Pennsylvania, 8 m. 54 s. June 27. (2023, April 5). September 21. May 7. February 9. Ninth St., and Girard Ave., 198 ft. on Girard Ave, by 194 ft. on Hutchinson St. January 10. At the sugar refinery of George L. Broome & Co., Bread Street near Quarry, twenty-seven men struck down by falling walls. Fire destroyed Tabernacle Methodist Church, Eleventh below Oxford Street. "Bachelors' Hall," as it was commonly called, was made notorious by its festivities. August 28. August 22. Landing Day. Burning of spice mills, 137 North Front Street. June 26. January 29. Ontario Mills, Second Street and Columbia Avenue, destroyed by fire. An ordinance was introduced in City Councils, and subsequently passed, to strike from the city plan streets which would intersect the tract. Sixth Street, and Garrett & Buchanan, paper dealers. Spotted Tail, with eighteen other Indians and their wives, of the Upper Brule, Sioux tribe, arrived in this city, and the next day went upon an excursion to Cape May. June 21, 1607. Temple Theatre and Egyptian Musee, Old Masonic Hall building, Chestnut St. between Seventh and Eighth Sts., opened for the first time, with the comedy of "Sealed Instructions.". November 6. Premium. Cornerstone laid of new building of Central Presbyterian Church, on west side of Broad Street, north of Fairmount Avenue. Loss $150,000. Loss, $31,000. Loss, estimated, $50,000. Cornerstone laid of the building of the Academy of Natural Sciences, S. W. corner Nineteenth and Race Streets. of Leopard Street and Girard Avenue, occupied by Stetler & Co., millers. Queen Anne's War begins England declares war on France after the death of the King of Spain, Charles II, to stop the union of France and Spain. Draft commences in Fourth Congressional District. Station of Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad burned and adjoining property damaged. July 17. Mr. Widener estimated his loss at $50,000, on which there was about $40,000 insurance. Cornerstone laid of new Siloam Methodist Church, Wood Street above Duke (E. Susquehanna Avenue above Thompson Street). Loss $20,000. June 9. October 9. The southern section East Park Reservoir, being completed, was formally placed in use. Dedicated by the school children. Fire at the oil-cloth works of George W. Blabon & Co., Nicetown, destroying the coating, grinding and printing buildings. Reception of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. July 10. Fire at the grain storage house of Brooke & Harper, 1729-33 Market Street; loss $50,000. Production of Il Trovatore, with Brignold and Gazzaniga in the principal characters. New hall of young Maennerchor Musical Society N.W. Loss, $30,000. Continental Hotel open for visitors, and open for quests February 16. September 12. Synagogue of the Hebrew Congregation Beth-el-Emeth, Franklin Street above Green, rededicated. Northeastern Elevated Railroad bill passed by select Councils. Cornerstone laid of the new building of Young Maennerchor Vocal Society, N. W. cor. November 17. September 19. June 26. Mayor Warwick signed the ordinance leasing the Gas Works to the United Gas Improvement Company and made public a statement giving his reasons therefor. Same day United States Banking Co., corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets, failed. The School Controllers established two schools in Southwark, two in Moyamensing, two in Northern Liberties and two in Penn Township. Colonel Bennett made a number of bequests to relatives and friends, gave 2,000 each to five charitable institutions, and devised his large residuary estate to the Methodist Orphanage. Thirteenth and Noble Streets. Obsequies of David M. Lyle, Chief engineer of Fire Department, who was found dead in his office November 25th. Twenty-third and Chestnut Sts., occupied by John Wanamaker for the manufacture of furniture and for storage purposes, and Phelan's lumber-yard, Twenty-third St., burned, together with considerable property on the south side of Chestnut between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Sts. September 6. Weavers' Riots in Kensington, (Germantown Avenue and Master Street). Won by the University of Pennsylvania by two or three lengths. August 15. Fox's new American Theatre, Chestnut Street above Tenth (re-built after the fire) was opened for performances. By resolution of City Councils, the public clocks were set thirty-six seconds faster than the current time, that being the time of the seventy-fifth meridian and the difference at Philadelphia. burned by their dresses taking fire from a stove. March 1. Public reception of Chief Engineer Melville and Seamen Noros and Nindermann, survivors f the Jeanette Arctic expedition, at Continental hotel. This cotton mill became later on an extensive concern, manufacturing cotton and woolen fabrics. The latter was sunk, and William Young, drowned. The statue of Benjmanin Franklin, erected on the South plaza of the Post Office building as a gift to the city by Justus C. Strawbridge, was unveiled by Miss Margaret Hartman Bache. January 21. March 19. The first steam ferry boat used to convey passengers from Philadelphia to Camden. March 16. July 1. September 3. Loss, $50,000. January 23. Seventh and Marriott Streets, burned. May 14. March 11. Three other firemen were severely injured and one was overcome by smoke. Schuylkill Arsenal, near Gray's Ferry, built. Ended September 8th. Church consecrated. The round-house of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was totally demolished and locomotives damaged. October 3. Roman Catholic Church of St. Agatha, Spring Garden and Thirty-eighth Streets, dedicated. At Belmont Park the trotting-horse Jay-Eye-See, on a trial with the intention of excelling the former record of a mile in 2.1, trotted one heat in 2.1-1/4. May 12. the Hammett-Souder ordinance, authorizing the Mayor to grant to the Traction Company the privilege of operating their cars by the trolley system, was passed by both branches of City Councils. Parade of firemen. July 4. Collision between two sections of the train on the return trip at May's Landing, N. J. at 6:30 P. M. One person was killed outright. Cornerstone laid of new Roman Catholic hospital of St. Agnes, corner broad and Mifflin Streets. Course 2-1/2 miles; time, 11.15m. Greaves & Bro. June 17. Intelligence of the death of President James A. Garfield, who died at Elberon, N. J., at 10.35 P.M., received before midnight. January 2. 116 Chestnut Street, occupied by Charles J. Webb & Co., wool and yarn merchants, and all its contents. Brig Sunny South, loaded with coal-oil, explodes near Chester; Capt. June 18. Parade of twenty-six commanderies of Knight Templars. The exhibition was remarkably successful. Four colored men appointed substitutes on the city police by Mayor King, they being the first in Philadelphia. Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius on her official trial trip made a speed of 21.64 knots per hour. Mrs. Twitchell acquitted. Deaths, August-November, 835. 40s. June 17. Loss by the fire on the building, $10,000; on stock and machinery, heavy. Audience room of the Fifth Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) York Street near Coral, dedicated. European Expansion Jan 1, 1516. . May 13. The toboggan slide erected for the use of the public in Fairmount Park at the expense of William M. Signally, used fro the first time. At the winter quarters of Forepaugh's menagerie, Lehigh Ave. and Edgemont St. the Nubian lion, Prince, escaped from his cage and attacked the elephant, Bolivar. April 25. February 13. May 1: The United Kingdom of Great Britain is founded when the Act of the Union combines England, Scotland, and Wales. George M. Palmer, a baker residing at No. Big Mouth, Milky Way and forty-five other Indians of the Comanche, Kiowa, Arrapalio, Apache, Washita, Caddo, Delaware, Kihi and Tawa Earac tribes arrived from Washington and were taken to the Girard House (Hotel, N. E. corner Ninth and Chestnut Streets). August 28. Horticultural Hall, 383 feet long, 193 feet wide; cost, $251,937. Borden was drowned, but West kept afloat, and on reaching the Delaware was saved by a tugboat. July 16. Cornerstone of St. Anne's R.C. February 10. May 14. B. Smith, aged 22; James Barr, 20; James G. Lynch, 21. Saw-mill of Stanley & Neber, Marshall Street, below Girard Avenue, destroyed by fire. June 17. May 6. September 25. Twelfth and Reed Streets, opened with religious services, Bishop Stevens, of P.E. The Traction Company announced a reduction of fare to five cents, and transfers without extra charge. 1540 - Hernando DeSoto may have reached Carolina Lowcountry on a trek north from Florida. The Letitia house, the cottage of William Penn. March 25, 1848, the boundaries were extended to beginning at the river Delaware, on the west side of Westmoreland Street,, and extending along the river to the north side of Tioga Street; thence along Tioga to the east side of the Point Road; along the Point Road to Westmoreland Street, and along the same to the place of beginning. the second Canada inning when at night the stumps were drawn, and the game declared a draw, according to the rules. Fire at Carr & Crawley's hardware and malleable iron works, Ninth and Jefferson Sts. June 11. Loss, $60,000. German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter, Forty-second and Myrtle Streets, West Philadelphia, dedicated. Great damage in upper part of city. 1700-1750 timeline | Timetoast timelines Revenue officers accompanied by a corps of marines. Regatta of the Schuylkill Navy. Prizes: Junior single, Bachelor Club, 11 m. 50-3/4 s.; senior single, Pennsylvania; four-oared gigs, Pennsylvania, 10 m. 24-1/4 s.; pair-oared shells, West Philadelphia, 11 m. 32-1/4 s.; senior four-oared gigs, Pennsylvania, 10 m. 23-1/4 s.; senior four-oared shells, College, 9 m. 37-3/4 s.; double sculls, Pennsylvania, 10 m. 28-1/2 s.; eight-oared shells, Malta, 8 m. 54 s. July 3. 15 3/4s. October 20. Fire consumed the whole block of buildings between Emerald and Letterly, Taylor and Coral Sts., Thirty-first ward. The Board of Judges appointed James Pollock as a member of the Fairmount Park Commission to succeed the late James McManus. Cricket at Ardmore between the Canadian players and the Merion Club. Six days go-as-you-please pedestrian contest, at Chestnut Street Rink, finished. August 3. Thomas E. Conaty and Owen Burns instantly killed while riding on a car on Fourth Street above Master by the pole of a steam fire-engine drawn by runaway horses. The loss did not exceed $10,000. The jury in the case of Robert Cascaden, charged with the murder of Policeman Findlay, discharged, being unable to agree. August 7. May 31. November 9. Geo. Alexander was after adjudged insane and sent to the Danville Asylum. Loss $26,000. Course, from the Falls Bridge to Rockland, one and half mills. Immense concourse of people present. March 18. Fox's American Theatre, Chestnut Street above Tenth, with Rodger's carriage factory, and other buildings burned; loss, $300,000. Fire in the finishing department of the shovel-works of T. Rowland's Sons, on Tacony Creek. Eight-oared boat-race for the Sharpless challenge cup over the National Course, Schuylkill River, 1-1/2 miles. Loss $200,000. The thermometer touching zero. In New York and other Atlantic cities there was a panic. October 16. Maj. Ellis P. Phipps, extradited from Canada, brought back to the city and lodged in the county prison. Attendance, 108,080. Grand civic procession, showing the progress of a century in trades, manufactures and industries, also in education, with participation in the parade of societies, firemen, etc. The same afternoon a heavy rainstorm passed over this city, the total precipitation being nearly two inches. September 17. Isaiah Chase and Octavius V. Catto, both colored, are shot and , and about seventeen men are wounded. The controlling interest in the Union Passenger Railway company, 12,600 shares, purchased by a combination, principally composed of officers and stockholders of the Continental passenger Railway Company, at $100.00 a share, (this was the nucleus to the formation of combinations, eventually forming the Philadelphia rapid Transit Company). An excursion train on the Philadelphia and Atlantic (Narrow gauge) Railroad, came into collision with a freight train near Clementon; five persons killed and several injured. April 23. Warrant for the extradition of Maj. Ellis P. Phipps to Philadelphia, signed by the governor-general of Canada. Fire at station and stables of Knickerbocker Ice Company, Noble St. and Delaware Ave., nine horses and mules burned. No one was injured, and the steamer was afterward floated without injury. September 26. February 7. ; Freshmen, '86, 9 min., 30 sec. City Museum Theatre, Callowhill Street between Fourth and Fifth, destroyed by fire. Loss, $35,000. Fire at the flour mills of Detwiler & Co., 3042-44 Market Street; loss, $75,000. Loss, $150,000. Length, 230 feet; beam, 34 feet, depth of hold, 21 feet; 1500 tons register. Won by boat Longfellow of Crescent Club, over Leviathan of Undine Club. October 19. Guano & Raggio's macaroni factory. St. Michael's Church (Second and Jefferson Streets) with the Female Seminary adjourning, burned in the afternoon. George C. Boldt purchased the minority interest in the Hotel Stratford, and announced his purpose to erect on its site a hotel of a design similar to that of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. 716, p. P. C. Fulweiler, tobacco and cigars, No. September 13-22. Loss very heavy. April 8. The number of school children in this city between the ages of 6 and 16 years was reported by the Real Estate Assessors as 196, 375. Work commenced on dismantling and taking down the Coliseum Building, corner Broad and Locust Streets (site of Hotel Walton) in order to remove the same to Boston. iron steamship Josefita, intended for the Cuban trade, launched from the shipyard of Neafie & Levy. New Roman Catholic Church of St. Joachim, Frankford, dedicated. September 5. July 4. June 4. Loss, $18,000. October 12. Fire in the laboratory of the chemical works of Powers and Weightman, extending from Brown to Parrish St., and from Ninth to Knox St. Loss, estimated $200,000. Mass meeting of citizens at Academy of Music to advocate the abolishment of the Public Building Commission. November 15. August 26. November 24. Won by Fairmount Rowing Association of Philadelphia, beating Columbia, of Washington, D. C., by two-thirds of a length. Mr. Widener spent $2,000,000 in improving the property and endowing the institution. Some four hundred representatives of trade and commerce from every quarter of the globe, members of the Diplomatic corps and National, State and municipal officials, were present at the opening of the International Commercial Congress, at the National Export Exposition. The Diligent Engine played one hundred and eight nine perpendicular at Jayne's building, Chestnut Street, Below Third. January 10. July 23. September 22. Stalls in new (Zimmerman) market house, southwest corner of Frankford Avenue and Adams Street, sold and the market opened. Loss $27,5000. Chestnut Street first illuminated with the electric light (forty-nine lamps) from the Delaware to the Schuylkill. September 29. May 30. Loss about $200,000. Young America, first inning, 64; second, 47; total, 111. : 1710: 1710 Wren's St Paul's cathedral is completed. January 25. Market Street bridge over the Schuylkill destroyed by fire. May 3. Race on the Schuylkill between the Nassau boat Club of New York, and a crew of Philadelphians, won by the New Yorkers. Disorder and rioting began early in the morning, and was continued until late in the afternoon. August 22. Mayor Stuart signed the Northeastern Elevated Railway ordinance. Fast traveling on Pennsylvania Railroad from Jersey City to West Philadelphia depot, 1 hour 47 minutes, including two stoppages. Church dedicated. May 19. September 19. August 12. Loss about $70,000. Great fire. The total damage was about $100,000. Loss, $10,000. Sailed for San Francisco, October 27. Excitement among dealers in morocco leather, caused by the failure of ten firms engaged in that trade. February 3. Two others died subsequently. 1817 The University of Michigan was established in Detroit, the first public university in the state. February 8. William Mosher and Joseph Clark, abductors of Charles Brewster Ross, shot and killed while attempting burglary at the residence of Judge Van Brunt, at Bay Ridge, Long Island. Hugh Coyle and James Bradley were rescued. Many trains were snowed in and either abandoned or lost in the drifts. December 4. Edwin Forrest Home, near Holmesburg, opened. Hall of Moyamensing Lodge, No. This is considered as the foundation date of the establishing of Fairmount Park. First church built by the Swedes consecrated on Tinicum Island. 1225 Lawrence St. fell to the ground and totally destroyed; eleven persons in it at the time injured and bruised by the falling walls, joists and floors. Property entirely destroyed; loss, $50,000. Anthracite coal introduced in Philadelphia. Course, lower side of Market Street to Cooper Street. Centennial celebration of the foundation of Freemasonry in the United States among colored persons by the establishment of African Lodge at Boston, Mass. Cornerstone laid of Mount Airy Presbyterian chapel, Germantown Ave. and Mount Pleasant St. June 12. September 12. 50s. Lightning struck the oil canning shed of LaComte & Perkins, at Point Breeze, setting it in fire. May 17. His horse and carriage were found the same evening on the towpath, but no trace of the missing man's body was found until January 26. A timeline of 18th-century Britain - Britain Magazine | The official April 26. Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at Allegheny Ave. and Bellgrade St., dedicated. April 19. Draft in Third, Fourth and Seventh Wards. May 15. George Sheppard badly injured in Shackamaxon Street above Richmond, by oil of vitriol being thrown on him, as was alleged, by George Wood. September 5. August 22. Communicated to adjoining properties on Levant St. And west side of Second St. Loss, estimated, $145,000. Reading Railroad Company and Reading Coal and Iron Company suspended payment, causing great excitement. February 23. Fire at phosphate manufactory on Venango Street, near the Delaware River; loss, $75,000. November 12. May 10. January 20. September 15. William H. Bumm, George W. Bumm and Samuel P. Milligan, late teller of Shackamaxon Bank, bound over on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the bank. Great scarcity of specie and small change. August 27. Gambling establishments at Gloucester raided by Camden county constables. November. Congress moves from New York to Philadelphia, meeting at. 238. August 5. November 20. February 6. June 7: Pennsylvania bans the import of enslaved people into the colony. October 22. Explosion at cartridge factory of Prof. Jackson, Tenth Street near Moyamensing Avenue. Loss, $200,000. August 30. Course, from Walnut St. Wharf to Ridgway Park. Riots in Kensington. The line of march estimated to be three miles long. Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, formed at a meeting held at the Continental Hotel. September 28. Cornerstone laid of the First Presbyterian Church of Mantua, Thirty-fifth and Baring Streets. Fiftieth anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. November 23. May 9. Work upon the Schuylkill Water Works, at Chestnut Street wharf and Centre Square commenced.
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