1 O/Maryland Manual

1810 ....................Properly qualification ended in voting for electors for president, vice-
president, and congressmen.

1810....................Free blacks disenfranchised.

1814, Aug. 24.............Battle of Bladensburg.

1814, Sept. 12.............British repulsed at Battle of North Point.

1814, Sept. 13.............Bombardment of Fort McHenry, which inspired Francis Scott Key to

write "Star-Spangled Banner. "

1818 ....................National Road completed from Cumberland to Wheeling.

1819, March 6.............In M'Culloch v. Maryland, U. S. Chief Justice John Marshall interpreted

Constitution to signify implied powers of federal government.

1824-1829 ...............Chesapeake and Delaware Canal constructed.

1826 ....................Jewish enfranchisement.

1827, Feb. 28 .............Baltimore and Ohio Railroad chartered.

1828-1848 ...............Chesapeake and Ohio Canal constructed (to Cumberland by 1848).

1837,  May 17 .............The Baltimore Sun began publication.

1838,  Oct. 3 ..............Governor and State senators first elected by voters rather than by

legislature.

1844,  May 24 .............Samuel F. B. Morse demonstrated telegraph line from Washington, D. C.,

to Baltimore.

1845,  Oct. 10 .............U. S. Naval Academy founded.

1850,  Nov. 4-1851, May 13.. Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851.

1851,  June 14.............Second State Constitution adopted.

1854-1859 ...............Rise of Know Nothing Party. Baltimore riots named city "Mobtown. "

1859, Oct. 6 ..............Maryland Agricultural College opened at College Park.

1859, Oct. 16 .............John Brown launched raid from Maryland on federal arsenal, Harper's

Ferry

1861, April 19.............Sixth Massachusetts Union Regiment attacked by Baltimore mob.

1861, April 26.............General Assembly met in special session at Frederick while federal troops

occupied Annapolis.

1861,  May 13 .............Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Union forces occupied Baltimore.

1862,  Sept. 17.............Battle of Antietam.

1863,  June................Confederates invaded Maryland en route to Gettysburg.

1864,  April 27-Sept. 6 ......Constitutional Convention of 1864.

1864, July 6...............Hagerstown held for ransom by Confederates.

1864, July 9...............Frederick held for ransom by Confederates.

1864, July 9...............Battle of Monocacy

1864, Oct. 12-13, 29 .......Gov. Bradford declared Third State Constitution adopted after soldiers'

vote was added to election totals. A test oath was required of all
voters.

1864, Nov. 1 ..............Maryland slaves emancipated by State Constitution of 1864.

1867, May 8-Aug. 17.......Constitutional Convention of 1867.

1867, Sept. 18.............Fourth State Constitution adopted.

1876,  Oct. 3 ..............The Johns Hopkins University opened in Baltimore.

1877,  Jan. 16..............Maryland-Virginia boundary demarcated by Jenkins-Black Award.

1877, July 20-22...........Baltimore and Ohio Railroad strike riot at Baltimore.

1886, Jan. 5...............Enoch Pratt Free Library opened in Baltimore.

1888-1889 ...............Oyster Wars; Maryland and Virginia watermen fought on Chesapeake

Bay

1890 ....................Australian secret ballot in elections adopted.

1894 ....................First child labor law passed.

1902 ....................Workmen's compensation law enacted, first such law in U. S.