Events in Chesapeake History
- 1632-06-20 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
Battle That Gave Birth To The USA
1781-09-05 American Revolutionary War: French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British forces under Admiral Thomas Graves and Samuel Hood at the Battle of the Chesapeake [Battle of the Virginia Capes] and trap General Lord Charles Cornwallis
- 1829-10-17 Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
- 1964-04-15 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
- 1964-05-21 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
Famous People from Chesapeake
John Smith (1580-1631)
1580-01-06 English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), born in Lincolnshire, England
- 1968-12-29 Darren Perry, American NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Chesapeake, Virginia
- 1981-03-09 Clay Rapada, American baseball player, born in Chesapeake, Virginia
- 1982-11-13 Michael Copon, American actor (Power Rangers Time Force), born in Chesapeake, Virginia
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr