Oglethorpe Day 2024 is on Monday, February 12, 2024: James Oglethorpe's victory in the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh led to?

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James Oglethorpe's victory in the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh led to?

A. the demise of the Creek Nation.

B. British retreat from Georgia.

==> C. the end of the Spanish threat in Georgia.

D. the colonization of Florida and South Carolina.

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The Battle of Bloody Marsh was, however, a

critical victory for the English. By easily driving

back the Spanish during the fighting of July 7,

1742, James Oglethorpe forced Governor

Montiano to hesitate in his plans to attack

and reduce Fort Frederica. This gave the

general time to plant information in the

Spanish camp that reinforcements were on

their way. The timely arrival of English ships

a few days later convinced Montiano that the

reports were true. He withdrew back to St.

Augustine on July 15th.

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How is Georgia State day celebrated?

Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia. On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the HMS Anne, at what was to become Georgia's first city (and later the first state capital), Savannah. It is not a public holiday, but is mainly observed in schools and by some local civic groups for its historic importance to the state.

What happened this day in history?

Born

245 Diocles - Diocletian - Roman Emperor (284-305), d. 313

1696 James Oglethorpe, general, founder of Georgia

1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1862

1826 James Scott Negley, Maj Gen. U.S., d. 1901

1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1874

1832 Edward Hatch, Brig. Gen, U.S., d. 1889

1847 Togo Heihachiro, Admiral of the Fleet, Victor of Tsu-Shima, d. 1934

1856 Frank Kellogg, SecState who helped August Briand "outlaw" war

1876 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Futurist, who thought war was a good idea, d. 1942

Died

69 Emperor Vitellius (Jan 2/Apr 16-Dec 22, 69), murdered in the streets of Rome

1440 Bluebeard, serial killer, executed

1603 Sultan Mehmed III of Turkey

1815 Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary, priest, executed by Spaniards

1913 Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (1896-1913), at 69

1979 Darryl F Zanuck, producer ("The Longest Day")

Event

1379 Venetians trap the Genoese fleet in the Lagoon of Venice

1502 Cesare Borgia arrests his agent Ramiro de Lorqua in Cesena

1509 Battle of Polesella: Ferrara defeats the Venetians

1798 French Revolutionary armies invade Naples

1810 British frigate Minotaur sinks, 480 die

1841 Steam Paddle Frigate Mississippi commissioned

1861 Combat at Newport News/New Market Bridge, Va

1862 John Hunt Morgan initiates a raid from Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY, by 2 Jan

1864 Sherman gives Savannah to Lincoln as a Christmas gift

1894 Court martial of Alfred Dreyfus for treason, triggers "The Dreyfus Affair"

1919 US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman

1939 Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo

1941 B-17s based in Australia attack Japanese shipping off Mindanao

1941 German Evangelical Church bars "baptized non-aryans" from services

1941 Japanese begin major landing at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon

1941 Washington: Winston Churchill arrives to confer with FDR

1942 Australian and American troops are halted on the Sanananda Front

1943 Japanese bombers again hit Kunming in China

1944 Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe says "Nuts!"

1944 Vietnamese Liberation Army is formed by Vo Nguyen Giap

1956 Last British and French troops leave Egypt

1970 SS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka sentenced to life in prison