| 1604 | | 26 Jun:
The French settle on Saint Croix Island in what is now Maine.tCE NPS |
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| 1607 | | 19 Aug:
Popham Colony is established in New England. It survives for only a year.CSM MFS |
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| 1717 | | 27 Feb:
A series of four successive snowstorms create the Great Snow of 1717.NEHS NWS |
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| 1758 | | 27 Jul:
British and colonial forces defeat French and Canadian forces at the Battle of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.BB CTHist |
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| 1780 | | 9 Oct:
An expedition sets off from Harvard College to observe a solar eclipse from Penobscot Bay in Maine which is still controlled by Britain.USNA JSTOR |
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| 1816 | |
The previous year, Mt. Tambora erupted producing so much ash and gas the sunlight was blocked from warming the earth causing the "Year Without Summer".USGS |
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| 1877 | | 13 Mar:
15 year old Chester Greenfield of Farmington, Maine patents the earmuff.MIT ME |
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| 1888 | | 11 Mar:
The Great Blizzard of March 1888 or the Great White Hurricane, hits the northeastern United States.HI LoC |
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| 1911 | | 10 Jul:
The highest temperature recorded in Maine is 105°F at North Bridgton.NetState RCS |
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| 1925 | | 19 Jan:
The lowest temperature recorded in Maine is -48°F at Van Buren - which has since been broken with a -50°F at Black Bear River on 16 Jan 2009.NetState CC |
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| 1978 | | 11 Aug:
The first successful transatlantic crossing in a balloon, the Double Eagle II, takes place.SI  |
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| 1987 | | 3 Jul:
In a little over a day, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand complete the first Atlantic crossing in a hot air balloon.LT GN |
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