1819

William Wyatt Bibb

1819 was 52 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• March 23: The first pioneers settled in Jones Valley at Ruhamah.
• August 2: The Alabama Constitution of 1819 was adopted by the territorial general assembly.
• October 28: John Williams Walker was elected by an almost unanimous vote of the state legislature as the first U.S. Senator from Alabama.
• October 28: Levi Reid became the first Jefferson County Sheriff.
• November 8: William Wyatt Bibb became the first elected Governor of Alabama.
• December 13: Jefferson County was established, split from Blount County.
• December 13: Tuscaloosa was incorporated.
• December 14: Alabama was admitted to the U.S. as the 22nd state by Congress.
• Samuel Massey and Warren Truss settled near what is now Advent Circle.
• Branchville was first settled.
• Benjamin and Morning Richardson Tarrant settled in Jefferson County.
• The Tarrant Post Office was established.
• Falls of the Cahawba was made the first seat of Cahawba (Bibb) County
• Williamson Hawkins slew a bear with an ax.

Religion

• March 27: Ruhama Baptist Church was organized.
• Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley, Enon Baptist Church, and Hebron Baptist Church were founded.

Works

Buildings

• Peter Ingle residence

Individuals

Births

• Margaret Rowan

Context

In 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Spain ceded Florida to the United States. The SS Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Notable births included Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Notable deaths included Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Hugh Williamson, and Oliver Hazard Perry.

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