James Edward Oglethorpe
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1633/01/13 | James Oglethorpe and 113 colonist heading to Georgia arrive in Charles Town harbor on the frigate ANNE. | Founder | Charleston Harbor | ||||
| 1733/00/00 | General James Oglethorpe builds Fort Argyle near the confluence of the Ogeechee and Canoochee Rivers. | Work | Old Fort Argyle Site | Fort Stewart | |||
| 1733/02/01 | Gen James Oglethorpe establishes the Colony of Georgia, named for King George II of England, and lays out its first city, Savannah. | Founder | Georgia | United States of America | |||
| 1733/02/01 | James Oglethorpe founds the city of Savannah in the Colony of Georgia. Each freemen immigrates to the new colony are awarded a house lot in the city, a five-acre garden lot outside of town, and a 45-acre farm lot beyond the garden lots. | Founder | Oglethorpe Town, Sava | ||||
| 1734/00/00 | James Oglethorpe grants 2,000 acres on the Ogeechee River at Sterling Bluff to Hugh and William Sterling. The Sterlings ultimately abandoned the grant. | Work | Richmond Hill Plantation | Richmond Hill | |||
| 1736/00/00 | Fort Frederica is established by James Oglethorpe to protect the southern boundary of his new colony of Georgia from the Spanish in Florida. | Founder | Fort Frederica National Monument | St Simons Island |
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