On this date Episcopal bishop of Wisconsin, Jackson Kemper, was born in New York. After attending Columbia College, he headed west to work as a missionary. He went on to found the Nashotah House and Racine College in Wisconsin. He constantly urged more extensive outreach to the Native American community and advocated translating the scriptures and church services into Indian languages. Kemper served as a bishop in Wisconsin from 1859 until his death in 1870. [Source: Society of the Archbishop Justus]
1814 - War of 1812 Ends
On this date the Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the the War of 1812 which was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815 (news of the treaty took several months to reach the frontiers of No. America). The treaty provided for the cessation of hostilities, the restoration of conquests, and a commission to settle boundary disputes. John Quincy Adams served as the chief negotiator for the United States. The treaty formalized U.S. possession of land which included present-day Wisconsin. [Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School]
1857 - First Wisconsin High School Graduates
On this date the first graduating high school class in the State of Wisconsin consisted of ten scholars graduating from Racine High School. [Source: Racine History Timeline]
1864 - (Civil War) Skirmish at Elizabethtown, Kentucky
The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry fought in a skirmish at Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
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