Halifax skyline from Dartmouth, NS.

* 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.

From 1763 to 1784 the island was administratively part of the colony of Nova Scotia and governed from Halifax.

Carrington argued that a warrant from a Government minister, the Earl of Halifax was valid authority, even though there was no statutory provision or court order for it.

The fort was partially overrun after a month-long siege, but the attackers were ultimately repelled after the arrival of British reinforcements from Halifax.

The most significant incident from this war which occurred in the Maritimes was the British capture and detention of the American frigate USS Chesapeake in Halifax.

The Halifax metropolitan area has come to dominate peninsular Nova Scotia as a retail and service centre, but that province's industries were spread out from the coal and steel industries of industrial Cape Breton and Pictou counties, the mixed farming of the North Shore and Annapolis Valley, and the fishing industry was primarily focused on the South Shore and Eastern Shore.

The NDP has elected Members of Parliament ( MPs ) from New Brunswick, but most of the focus of the party at the federal and provincial levels is currently in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.

The carnage resulted in Schrader and Earnhardt, Jr. rushing to Earnhardt, Sr. Earnhardt was extricated from his car and taken to Halifax Medical Center.

Through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation however, King's College was able to relocate to Halifax and entered into a partnership with Dalhousie University which continues to this day.

Other members of the board include people from the university community such as four approved representatives from Dalhousie Student Union, as well as those in the larger surrounding community of Dalhousie, such as the Mayor of Halifax.

Based on Haliburton's writings, there have been claims that modern hockey originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, by King's College students and was named after an individual, as in “ Colonel Hockey's game .” Others claim that the origins of hockey come from games played in the area of Dartmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia.

Though the French and the Italians were serious about Mussolini's peace plan, which called for an immediate ceasefire and a four-power conference à la Munich to consider Poland's borders, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax stated that unless the Germans withdrew from Poland immediately, then Britain would not attend the proposed conference.

Mount Saint Vincent University Entrance from the Bedford Highway, Halifax

The capital of Nova Scotia was changed from Annapolis Royal to the newly established Halifax in 1749.

Trained by the British Special Operations Executive ( SOE ), the pair returned to the Protectorate by parachute, jumping from a Handley Page Halifax, on 28 December 1941.

Traveling 4, 176 miles ( 6, 720 km ) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia, in a 1912 REO special touring car, mechanic / driver Fonce V. ( Jack ) Haney and journalist Thomas W. Wilby made the first trip by automobile across Canada ( including one short jaunt into northeastern Washington State when the Canadian roads were virtually impassable.

* date unknown – Anne Lister, A wealthy Lesbian from Halifax, famous for her openly lesbian life style and her extensive, coded diaries ( d. 1840 )

* March 20 – At an emergency meeting in London to deal with the Romanian crisis, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet suggests to Lord Halifax that the ideal state for saving Romania from a German attack is Poland.

** The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.

Beset by delays of all kinds, the expedition was finally ready to sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia in early August.

They were forced to rely more and more on support from the Whigs, and particularly from the Whig Junto — Lords Somers, Halifax, Orford, Wharton and Sunderland — whom Anne disliked.

On May 5, Montgomery and the 17th Foot sailed from Cork for Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving in July.

* Halifax, Nova Scotia and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

* Halifax and Dartmouth ( Canada ) were forcibly merged in 1996 along with Bedford and Halifax County to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.

While Dartmouth and its neighbouring city of Halifax, the town of Bedford and the Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved at this time, the former city forms part of the urban core of the larger regional municipality and is officially labelled the " capital district " by the HRM government.

At the time that the City of Dartmouth was dissolved, the provincial government altered its status to a separate community to Halifax however its status as part of the metropolitan " Halifax " urban core existed prior to municipal reorganisation in 1996.

Dartmouth is still the geographic name that is used by all levels of government for mapping, 9-1-1, planning, and is recognised by the Halifax Regional Municipality as a place-name for civic addressing.

To guard against Mi ' kmaq, Acadian and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax ( 1749 ), Dartmouth ( 1750 ), Bedford ( Fort Sackville ) ( 1751 ), Lunenburg ( 1753 ) and Lawrencetown ( 1754 ).

Dartmouth is represented municipally in Halifax Regional Council by the following districts:

The HRM community council for Dartmouth is the Harbour East Community Council and community council meetings are held in the council chamber of the Halifax Regional School Board building ( formerly the Dartmouth City Hall ) on the first Thursday of every month.

As a community, Dartmouth has often tended to distinguish itself from the community and former city of Halifax, even under the present municipal amalgamation.

Dartmouth is also the Halifax Regional Municipality's Public Works Eastern Region.

The city was not only a bedroom community for Halifax but also had commerce and industries of its own, including the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, a molasses plant dating back to the days of the triangular trade with the West Indies, the shopping district of Dartmouth Crossing, as well as many federal government jobs.

Ferry running between Halifax and Dartmouth, docked at Dartmouth Ferry Terminal.

Dartmouth is linked to Halifax by the oldest continuously operating salt water ferry service in North America with the first crossing having taken place in 1752.

During the early 20th century, ferries shuttled pedestrians and vehicles between the downtown areas of Halifax and Dartmouth.

A railway trestle was built across Halifax Harbour in the late 19th century to bring rail service to Dartmouth however it was destroyed by a storm, requiring the present railway connection built around Bedford Basin.

* RMS Atlantic, a steamship that sank off Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1873

Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia the provincial capital.

* Propeller Brewing Co., Halifax, Nova Scotia " Spring Bock ," a Heller Bock style

" Eastern Coyote: Story of Its Success ", Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The War of 1812 had some effect on the shipping industry in the Maritime colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island ; however, the significant Royal Navy presence in Halifax and other ports in the region prevented any serious attempts by American raiders.

The major communities of the region include Halifax and Sydney in Nova Scotia, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton in New Brunswick, and Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island.

Nova Scotia has a growing metropolitan area surrounding Halifax, but a contracting population in industrial Cape Breton, and several smaller centres in Bridgewater, Kentville, Yarmouth, and Pictou County.

* 1917 – Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1, 900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Dalhousie University ( commonly known as Dalhousie or Dal ) is a public research university with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and a fourth, the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Dalhousie was founded as a result of the desires of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to establish a non-denominational college in Halifax.

Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building, the heart of Dalhousie University's Studley CampusDalhousie University's primary campuses are situated in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, spanning the Halifax Peninsula near Halifax Harbour, while the Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus is located in rural Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Some examples are Kingston Harbour in Jamaica, Subic, Zambales in the Philippines ; Sydney Harbour in Australia ; Pearl Harbor in Hawaii ; San Francisco Bay in California ; Visakhapatnam Harbour in Andhra Pradesh, India ; and Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada.

* Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada