1635. Proprietary vessels clashed with those of William Claiborne.
1642. Kent County first cited in records of commissioner appointments.
1679. By this date, Courthouse at New Yarmouth functioned on Eastern Neck.
1698. Kent County Court moved from New Yarmouth to New Town (later Chestertown).
1706. Chestertown made a port of entry.
1707. Courthouse constructed at Chestertown.
1764, June-Sept. North-south line between Maryland and Pennsylvania (now Delaware) surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon.
1774, May 23. In protest against tax on tea, Brigantine Geddes tea cargo thrown in Chester River at Chestertown.
1776. On Sloop of War Reprisal, Lambert Wickes (c.1735-1777) took Benjamin Franklin to France.
1782. Washington College (formerly Kent Academy) established at Chestertown.
1780, Nov. 9. At Emmanuel Church in Chestertown, a conference of clergy and laity first renamed the Church of England as the Protestant Episcopal Church.
1805. Chestertown incorporated.
1814, Aug. 31. Battle of Caulk's Field, Kent County.
1858. Galena incorporated.
1863, April 17. John Leeds Barroll, newspaper publisher, arrested at Chestertown by Union soldiers for publishing article deemed treasonous.
1877. Tolchester Beach Amusement Park opened by Tolchester Steamboat Company.
1890. Millington incorporated.
1892, May 17. James Taylor lynched in Chestertown.
1906. Betterton incorporated.
1908. Rock Hall incorporated.
1908. At Still Pond, three women, Maryland's first women voters, cast ballots in municipal election.
1914, Dec. 11. William (Swish) Nicholson (1914-1996), National and American League baseball player, born in Chestertown.
1962. Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge established as a sanctuary for migratory birds.
1967. County public schools desegregated.
2004, March 2. Electronic voting system used during primary elections at polling places and for absentee ballots in all counties and Baltimore City.
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