On February 13th in Political History
Part I
Part I
On February 13th in 1566 - St. Augustine, Florida, was established.
On February 13th in 1635 - The Boston Public Latin School was established. It was the first public school building in the United States.
On February 13th in 1693 - The College of William and Mary opened in Virginia.
On February 13th in 1741 - Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. Titled “The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies.” Bradford introduced his American Magazine just days before Benjamin Franklin founded his periodical called General Magazine in Philadelphia.
On February 13th in 1795 - The University of North Carolina became the first US state university to admit students with the arrival of Hinton James, who was the only student on campus for two weeks.
On February 13th in 1826 - The American Temperance Society formed in Boston.
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