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1. 1744 · 1744-05-19

   Mecklenburg County and Charlotte Town were both named for Princess Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born May 19, 1744 in the German duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married Britain's King George III on September 8, 1761 and became queen consort.

   Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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2. 1750

   Anson County was formed in 1750 from Bladen County (which had itself been formed in 1734 from New Hanover County); Anson County was named for George, Lord Anson, First Lord of the British Admiralty, and originally encompassed the future Mecklenburg County, home to Catawba and Waxhaw Indian communities along the Pee Dee and Catawba river systems.

   Catawba NationOld Waxhaw Presbyterian Church

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3. 1763 · 1763-04-26

   George Alexander, Mecklenburg County's first Register of Deeds, made the county's first deed-book entry on April 26, 1763.

   George AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. Alexander

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4. 1767 · 1767-01-15

   On January 15, 1767, Abraham Alexander, Thomas Polk, and John Frohock purchased 360 acres from George Augustus Selwyn for ninety pounds as the site for the town of Charlotte; commissioners then laid out one hundred acres in half-acre lots on a grid of streets, with the east-west trading path becoming Trade Street and the Great Wagon Road becoming Tryon Street (named for royal governor William Tryon).

   Trading Path (NC highway marker L-36)George AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. AlexanderThomas PolkAugustus BechtlerWilliam TryonJohn FrohockGeorge Augustus Selwyn

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5. 1768 · 1768-12-03

   On December 3, 1768, the North Carolina colonial legislature granted a charter establishing Charlotte Town, named for Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III, in an effort by local founders to win royal favor.

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6. 1772

   King George III disallowed the charter of Queen's College in 1772, reportedly doubting the wisdom of formally chartering a Scots-Irish Presbyterian institution in the backcountry for fear it would perpetuate anti-royalist, dissenting sentiment; news of the royal rejection reached North Carolina in June 1773, effectively ending the initial chartering effort.

   Queen's CollegeElizabeth College

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7. 1864

   In late 1864, as Union General George Stoneman's cavalry threatened the region, Navy Yard equipment was removed from Charlotte and shipped to Lincolnton for safekeeping; the war ended before the machinery could be reassembled and put back into operation there.

   Confederate Navy Yard / Mecklenburg Iron Works (site)Confederate Navy YardGeorge Stoneman

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8. 1865

   The Confederate cabinet members present with Davis in Charlotte in the war's final days included Attorney General George Davis, Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm, and Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin; the meeting venue moved from the Bank of North Carolina to the Phifer House in part because Trenholm was confined to bed by illness.

   Bank of North CarolinaGeorge DavisGeorge TrenholmJudah P. Benjamin

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9. 1883 · 1883-02-03

   The February 3, 1883 issue of the Charlotte Messenger carried the masthead 'THE MESSENGER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY —AT— CHARLOTTE, N.C. —BY— WILLIAM C. SMITH,' with corresponding editors George W. Clinton of Chester, S.C. and R.L. Thornton of Washington, D.C. listed alongside Smith.

   Charlotte MessengerJane Berry SmithGeorge W. ClintonR.L. Thornton

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10. 1911

    Developer George Stephens announced plans for Myers Park in 1911, and Boston landscape architect John Nolen produced the neighborhood's original master plan that year, featuring curving streets that followed natural topography and a 110-foot-wide boulevard (Queens Road) as its spine.

    Marshall ParkW.R. MyersJohn NolenGeorge Stephens

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11. 1915

    George Stephens, Myers Park's developer, built his own wood-shingled house at 821 Harvard Place in 1915, the same year several Southern Power Company executives also built homes in the new suburb.

    Marshall ParkSouthern Power CompanyW.R. MyersGeorge Stephens

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12. 1922

    George Stephens resigned from active management of the Stephens Company in 1922 and moved to Asheville, after which new management showed less interest in Nolen's and Draper's planning principles and Draper's involvement in Myers Park ended.

    Marshall ParkW.R. MyersJohn NolenGeorge StephensEarle Sumner Draper

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13. 1987

    George Shinn purchased the Charlotte NBA expansion franchise for $32.5 million, financing it partly with proceeds from selling a group of small colleges he had consolidated under Rutledge Education Systems.

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14. 1987 · 1987-04-05

    NBA commissioner David Stern telephoned Charlotte businessman George Shinn to tell him his ownership group had been awarded the league's 24th franchise, to begin play in Charlotte in 1988.

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15. 1999

    George Shinn was acquitted at trial of sexual assault allegations but admitted to extramarital affairs; the scandal badly damaged his public standing in Charlotte and became a significant factor in the Hornets' later departure from the city.

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16. 2020 · 2020-05-29

    On May 29, 2020, hundreds of protesters marched down Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte following George Floyd's murder; some threw rocks and bottles at police and damaged police vehicles, store windows were smashed and looting occurred at University Park Shopping Center, and police deployed pepper-spray projectiles; City Councilman Braxton Winston was among those arrested.

    Ford Motor CompanyMarshall Park

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17. 2020 · 2020-05-30

    On May 30, 2020, George Floyd protests expanded into Uptown Charlotte, with demonstrators blocking traffic on Interstate 277; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters, and the city was placed under a State of Emergency.

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