• This Day in History
  • Black History Trail
  • History Unclassified
  • Cities & Towns
    • Asbury Park
    • Atlantic Highlands
    • Belmar
    • Colts Neck
    • Middletown
    • Red Bank
    • Sandy Hook
    • View All Cities & Towns
  • People
    • Heroes & Celebrities
    • Black History
    • Women’s History
    • Vito Genovese
    • Pirates
    • Thomas Alva Edison
    • U.S. Presidents
  • Conflict & War
    • Crime
    • Revolutionary War
    • Battle of Monmouth
    • Colonel Tye
    • Joshua Huddy
    • Ft. Monmouth
    • The Soviet Spies
    • World War I
  • More
    • Disasters
    • Landmarks
    • Origins
    • Science
    • Ships & Shipwrecks
    • The Life-Saving Service
    • Sports
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Events
  • FAQs
  • Contact

Header Ribbon

Search Timeline: From: To:
Use "and" and "not" operators to further your search
MonmouthCounty-logo

Monmouth Timeline

  • This Day in History
  • Cities & Towns
  • People
  • Revolutionary War
  • Crime
  • Ships & Shipwrecks
  • More

What Happened On This Day In Monmouth County History?

December 31, 2020

Thrice-Told Tales That Urgently Need Retelling

Book review by John R. Barrows Stories of Slavery in New Jersey, by Rick Geffken, ©2021 The History Press, Charleston, S.C., forward by Walter D. Greason, Ph.D.  206 pages, $21.99.  Available January 4, 2021. There are a number of good...
Continue Reading
Search Timeline: From: To:
Use "and" and "not" operators to further your search

Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.
March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – A National Historic Site

CPL Horace Marvin Thorne. U.S. Army image courtesy Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Public Domain.
December 21, 1944

Medal of Honor: Horace Marvin “Buddy” Thorne

The Middletown Militia Secures their Prize, by Steve Schreiber.
December 28, 1779

The Capture of the British Privateer Britannia by the Middletown Militia

by Maureen Foster
The sign marking the African American burial ground in Tinton Falls. Photo by John R. Barrows.
December 29, 1675

How Enslavement Came to Monmouth County

by Rick Geffken
January 1, 1930

Paramount Theatre

Kidd-NY-Harbor
January 3, 1703

William Leeds and Captain Kidd: Pious Men of God or Treacherous Pirates?

by Rick Burton
January 5, 1973

Bruce Springsteen Releases a Historic Debut Album

January 6, 1832

Wreckers! The Land Pirates of Monmouth County

John R. Barrows
Photograph of Project Diana at Camp Evans, ©InfoAge Science & Technology Museums, used with permission.
January 10, 1946

Project Diana: The Beginning of the Space Age

January 12, 1850

Monmouth County’s Wreck-Master Comes to the Rescue of the Doomed Ayrshire

John R. Barrows
The “figurative map” of 1614, w:Adriaen Block. Nationaal Archief, Kaartcollectie Buitenland Leupe, 4.VEL 520. Nationaal Archief has declared this to be in the public domain.
January 17, 1524

The European Explorers of New Jersey

Mallory-Clyde Lines promotional postcard, public domain
January 24, 1935

45 Lives Lost after SS Mohawk Collision with SS Talisman off Sea Girt

Footer

Monmouth Timeline Inc.

Timeline Links

  • This Day in History
  • Cities & Towns
  • People
  • Revolutionary War
  • Crime
  • Ships & Shipwrecks
  • More

Quick Links

  • Home
  • About
  • Events
  • FAQs
  • Contact

Copyright © 2025 · Monmouth Timeline · Custom Web Design by JSMT Media

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Bibliography
  • Historical Organizations