Maryland at a Glance/9
MARYLAND CAPSULE CHRONOLOGY TO 1968

c. 10,000 B.C. ................... Indians known to have lived in Maryland by this date.

c.1000 B.C. ..................... Indian introduction of pottery.

c.800 B.C. ....................... Indian introduction of domesticated plants.

c.1000 A.D. ..................... Permanent Indian villages established.

1498 .............................. John Cabot sailed along Eastern Shore off present-day Worcester County.

1524 .............................. Giovanni da Verrazano passed mouth of Chesapeake Bay.

1572 .............................. Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish governor of Florida, explored

Chesapeake Bay.
1608 .............................. Capt. John Smith explored Chesapeake Bay.

1629 .............................. George Calvert, 1 st Lord Baltimore, left Avalon in Newfoundland, visited

Virginia.
1631 .............................. Kent Island settled by Virginians under William Claibome.

1632. June 20 .................. Maryland Charter granted to Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, by

Charles I.

1633. Nov. 22 .................. The Ark and the Dove set sail from Cowes, England, for Maryland.

1634. March 25 ................ Landing of settlers at St. Clement's Island.

1634/5, Feb. 26 ............... First General Assembly met at St. Mary's.

1645 .............................. Ingle's Rebellion.

1647/8, Jan. 21 ................ Margaret Brent denied right to vote in General Assembly.

1649. April 20 ................. Religious toleration law enacted.

1650. April 6 ................... General Assembly divided into an Upper and Lower House.

1652, March 29 ................ Parliamentary commissioners hold jurisdiction over colony, curtailing

proprietary authority.
1655, March 25 ................ Puritans from Virginia defeated Gov. William Stone's forces at Battle of

the Severn.
1657, Nov. 30 .................. Lord Baltimore's claim to Maryland reaffirmed.

1664 .............................. Slavery sanctioned by law; slaves to serve for life.

1683, May 15 .................. Headright system of land grants ended.

1685, Aug. 31 .................. Printing press of William Nuthead used at St. Mary's City by this date.

1689. July-1690, May ........ Maryland Revolution of 1689.

1690. May-1692, April ....... Interim government of Protestant Associators.

1692, April-1715 .............. Crown rule; Maryland governed as a royal colony rather than as a

proprietary province.
1692 .............................. Church of England made the established church. Royal assent to

establishment act given in 1702.
1694/5, Feb. .................... Capital moved from St. Mary's City to Annapolis.

1696 .............................. King William's School founded at Annapolis.

1715 .............................. Restoration of proprietary rights to Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore.

1718 .............................. Catholic disenfranchisement.

1727, Sept. ...................... Maryland Gazette began publication at Annapolis.

1729 .............................. Baltimore Town established.

1732 .............................. Establishment of boundary line with three lower counties of Pennsylvania,

which later became Delaware.
1744, June 30 .................. Indian chiefs of the Six Nations relinquished by treaty all claims to land in

colony.
1747 .............................. Tobacco inspection law enabled Maryland to control the quality of

exports.
1755 .............................. Gen. Edward Braddock's expedition through Maryland to the west.

1763-1767 ....................... Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed boundary line with

Pennsylvania.
1765, Nov. 23 .................. Stamp Act resistance at Frederick.

1772, March 28 ................ Cornerstone laid for State House in Annapolis.

1774, June 22 .................. First Provincial Convention met at Annapolis.

1774. Oct. 19 .................. Burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis harbor.

1775. March 22 ................ "Bush Declaration" signed, Harford County.

1775, July 26 ................... Association of Freemen formed.