'Verse - αΕβ - The Timeline of the Growth of Eastport City

'Verse - αΕβ - The Timeline of the Growth of Eastport City
* 1632 - Maryland becomes a Colony of England. St. Mary's City became the colony's capital until 1695. 
* 1689 - Glorious Revolution, John Coode removed Lord Baltimore from power. 
* 1695 - The site of Maryland Capital moves to Annapolis. 
* 1707 - Maryland becomes a Colony of Great Britain until 1776. 
* 1715 - Power restored to Lord Baltimore. 
* 1720 - Aberdeen began as a farming community when Charles Calvert, the fifth Lord Baltimore, granted 1,140 acres of fertile land to (Edward Hall). Aberdeen Farming Community was located on the western edge of Chesapeake on the main road between Alexandria and Philadelphia. The road was called Old Post Road. 
* 1729 - Charles Calvert courts with Eleanor East. Eleanor becomes his mistress. 
* 1733 - To prevent the news of Henry East's relationship with Charles Calvert as his illegitimate son with Eleanor East, Charles Calvert grants East family the Aberdeen peninsula. 
* 1765 - American Revolution (1765 - 1783) Breaks out.
* 1773 - Eastford County was founded. Named for the East Family, the last proprietor of Maryland. Timothy East was born in 1741. East family had been supporter of the American independence from the British rule and had moved their entire fortunes overseas. Aberdeen Peninsula was renamed to Eastford Peninsula.
* 1780 - The Village of Northe Star (Bel Air) was founded from Northe farming community.
* 1782 - Northe Star became Eastford County Seat. 
* 1798 - Northe Star was renamed to North Star.
* 1835 - Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad scouts the Aberdeen farming village for the site of Watering Station alongside the railroad. Edmund Law Rogers saw the potential for development and three clusters of villages sprang forth. Hall's Cross Road Village, Mechanicsville, and the Village of Aberdeen.
* 1874 - North Star (Bel Air) was incorporated as a Town.
* 1892 - Eastport (Aberdeen) was incorporated as a Town. Aberdeen was now governed by a board of commissioners.
* 1917 - Northern part of Aberdeen Island was sold to the city of Eastport as a place for the Eastport University Campus. (In Alpha, Aberdeen Island was established as an Aberdeen Proving Ground by the U.S. Army.) The differences occurred because the United States was not involved in the "Great Euroasian War" but instead focused on their conflict with Mexico. 
* 1992 - The Town of Aberdeen became the City of Aberdeen with its first elected Mayor.
(Aberdeen was named after Aberdeen, Scotland, by immigrating Scots.)