On this day
12July
- 1824
The first court in the Territory was held in Brown county; James D. Doty was appointed Judge the same year.
- 1829
Levi Inman was born, a native of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.
- 1836
About forty men, described as "respectable and wealthy gentlemen," broke into the building housing Birney's abolitionist press in Cincinnati and destroyed it, shredding newspapers and dragging the broken press through the streets.
- 1840
Jonathan L. was born.
- 1841
Geesley Saberson Hollen entered land in the town of Newark.
- 1844
Griswold Weaver succeeded Stephen Perley as postmaster at Clinton.
- 1860
Horace Fessenden died in Porter Township.
- 1863
A soldier was in the battle at Jackson, Miss.
- 1866
A paper was read before the [State Historical] Society.
- 1870
The first union Synod of Wisconsin met in the North Presbyterian Church of Milwaukee.
- 1876
A daughter, Maud, was born at Baraboo.
- 1877
Births and a marriage: Spencer (July 13), Jacob Elsworth (July 15), Minnie K. (July 17), and the marriage of Prof. A. Smith to Martha Jane McCall (July 12).
On this day
12July
- 1824
The first court in the Territory was held in Brown county; James D. Doty was appointed Judge the same year.
- 1829
Levi Inman was born, a native of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.
- 1836
About forty men, described as "respectable and wealthy gentlemen," broke into the building housing Birney's abolitionist press in Cincinnati and destroyed it, shredding newspapers and dragging the broken press through the streets.
- 1840
Jonathan L. was born.
- 1841
Geesley Saberson Hollen entered land in the town of Newark.
- 1844
Griswold Weaver succeeded Stephen Perley as postmaster at Clinton.
- 1860
Horace Fessenden died in Porter Township.
- 1863
A soldier was in the battle at Jackson, Miss.
- 1866
A paper was read before the [State Historical] Society.
- 1870
The first union Synod of Wisconsin met in the North Presbyterian Church of Milwaukee.
- 1876
A daughter, Maud, was born at Baraboo.
- 1877
Births and a marriage: Spencer (July 13), Jacob Elsworth (July 15), Minnie K. (July 17), and the marriage of Prof. A. Smith to Martha Jane McCall (July 12).