// Bucks County History Text
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evt[1]=[[1951,'Benjamin Fairless broke ground for the Fairless Works of the United States Steel Company.']];
evt[2]=[[1737,'Judge Henry Wynkoop, pre-Revolutionary politician, was born in Northampton Township.']];
evt[3]=[[1798,'The first Delaware River Bridge, which spanned the river from Morrisville to Trenton, was chartered.']];
evt[4]=[[1681,'Charles II of England gave William Penn the charter for the province of Pennsylvania.']];
evt[5]=[[1702,'Phineas Pemberton, an influential early settler, died in Falls Township.']];
evt[6]=[[1778,'Because of the Confiscation Act passed by the Pennsylvania Assembly, Bucks County residents lost their estates if they had remained loyal to the Crown.']];
evt[8]=[[1872,'The borough of Hulmeville was incorporated.']];
evt[9]=[[1930,'Henry Chapman Mercer died at Font Hill, Doylestown.']];
evt[10]=[[1898,'Flags at Bensalem schools were flown at half-staff to commemorate the sinking of the <i>Maine</i>.']];
evt[11]=[[1911,'Henry Wynkoop\'s mansion in Richboro burned to the ground.']];
evt[12]=[[1738,'Tinicum Township separated from Plumstead Township and became "Tennecunk" Township.']];
evt[13]=[[1900,'The Inland Traction Company inaugurated service between Lansdale and Perkasie.']];
evt[14]=[[1680,'William Penn, Jr., the sixth child of William Penn, was born.']];
evt[15]=[[1780,'The Bristol Lodge #25 Ancient York Masons was granted its original warrant.']];
evt[16]=[[1974,'The Irish American Society was organized in Bucks County.']];
evt[20]=[[1763,'The cornerstone was laid for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Springfield Township.']];
evt[22]=[[1681,'Shadrack Walley received the first land grant in the Newtown area from William Penn.']];
evt[24]=[[1724,'Newtown was designated the county seat for Bucks County.']];
evt[25]=[[1816,'Judge Henry Wynkoop died in Richboro at the age of 80.']];
evt[27]=[[1789,'Although it had been founded in 1760, the Newtown Library Company finally received its charter.']];
evt[29]=[[1804,'Morrisville Borough was incorporated by an act of the Assembly.']];
evt[31]=[[1948,'Preliminary plans were made for the formation of a National Guard unit in the Sellersville/Perkasie area.']];