Raleigh, North Carolina
capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and seat of Wake County
8 dated entries naming Raleigh, North Carolina, drawn from 8 separate years between 1746 CE and 1856 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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18th century
- 1746Gabriel Johnston, British Governor of the Province of North Carolina, moves to New Bern, the province's largest. New Bern replaces Edenton as the capital of North Carolina until Raleigh is established in 1792.source
- 1792March 20 – A new capital of North Carolina, and seat of the newly formed Wake County, is established after North Carolina State senator and surveyor William Christmas submits his design for the city. A few months later, the capital is officially named Raleigh, in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh.source
19th century
- 1831June 21 – The North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington are destroyed by fire in Raleigh, North Carolina.source
- 1835December 21 – The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad is chartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.source
- 1836October 25 – Construction begins on the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in North Carolina. Due to a lack of support in Raleigh, the route is revised to run from Wilmington to the Petersburg Railroad in Weldon.source
- 1840April – The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad is completed from Raleigh to near Weldon, North Carolina.source
- 1849January 27 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the North Carolina Railroad, to complete a rail line from Goldsboro through Raleigh, and Salisbury to Charlotte.source
- 1856January 29 – The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte.source