Davidge Hall, built in 1813, is the oldest purpose-build medical building in the US, located at the Medical College of Maryland, the first public school of medicine.
Davidge Hall, College of Medicine, is the first building erected for medical education Read More »
Cpt. John Rodgers, born in Cecil County, commands frigate USS President and personally fires first shots of War of 1812.
Cpt. John Rodgers fires first shot of War of 1812 Read More »
Jacob R. Thomas, a Carroll County farmer, assembles a wheat reaping machine in 1811 and tries it out locally. It doesn’t cut well, but the first experiment with a mechanical reaper ushers in the age of agricultural machinery.
Reaper developed on Carroll County Farm Read More »
Maryland builds the beginning of an interstate road, a toll road from Baltimore to Cumberland. In a first federal project the government funds next road segment west to Ohio in 1811.
The National Road West is the government’s first project Read More »
A mud machine driven by horse power dredges Baltimore harbor from 1806 to 1819. Irish immigrants do the hard labor, becoming the early working poor.
A “Mud Machine” dredges Baltimore Harbor Read More »
Benjamin Banneker joins the 1791 survey team for DC boundaries. He later publishes six annual almanacs.
Benjamin Banneker, free man of color, is the first Black scientist Read More »
Washington College is first chartered private college in 1782 in the new US. Washington lends his name and serves on its board.
Washington College takes George Washington’s name Read More »
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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