18th Century Timeline

• 1737 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church founded
• 1755 - Yankee Doodle is written mocking the Norwalk regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Fitch.
• 1776 - Nathan Hale embarks on his spy mission from Norwalk.
• 10 July 1779 - British General Tryon lands at Calf Pasture Beach and burns Norwalk to the ground the next day.
• 1787 - First Methodist sermon delivered in Norwalk.