Timeline of Atlanta

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19th century[]

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  • 1821 – Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta per treaty.[1]
  • 1839 – Settlement of "Terminus" established (at what would be end of Western and Atlantic Railroad).[2]
  • 1843 – Town of Marthasville incorporated.[1]
  • 1845
    • Georgia Railroad (Augusta-Marthasville) begins operating.[1]
    • Marthasville renamed "Atlanta."[1]
  • 1846 – Macon & Western RR connects Atlanta with port of Savannah.[1]
  • 1847 – Town of Atlanta incorporated.[3]
  • 1848 - Moses Formwalt becomes mayor.
  • 1849 - Benjamin Bomar becomes mayor.
  • 1850
  • 1851 - Western and Atlantic Railroad connects Atlanta to The Midwest.[4][citation needed]
  • 1852 - Atlanta & West Point Railroad built.[1]
  • 1853 - Atlanta becomes seat of Fulton County.[1]
  • 1855
    • Atlanta Medical College established.[5]
    • Gas lighting installed in city.[6]
  • 1860
  • 1861
  • 1864
    • James Calhoun becomes mayor (1862 - 1866).
    • May–September: Union forces wage Atlanta Campaign.
    • September 2: Union forces take city.[8]
    • November 15: Burning of Atlanta by Union forces.[2]
    • Nov. 26: Col. Luther J. Glenn is appointed commander of the Atlanta Post.[9]:182
    • Dec. 5: Cap. Thomas L. Dodd is appointed the Provost-Marshal.[9]:182
    • Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta.[9]:182–185[10]:407–412
  • 1865
    • Civil War ends; slaves freed.
    • Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded.
  • 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded.[11]
  • 1868
    • Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital.[1]
    • Constitution newspaper begins publication.[12]
  • 1869 - Clark College founded.
  • 1870 - Population: 21,789.[7]
  • 1871
  • 1877 - Washington Seminary established.
  • 1878 - Southern Medical College established.[5]
  • 1879
    • Augusta Institute moves from Augusta to Atlanta and is renamed Atlanta Baptist Seminary.[14]
    • Atlanta Building and Loan Association established.[15]
  • 1880
    • Abyssinian Library established.[16]
    • Population: 37,409; Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city.[7]
  • 1881
  • 1882 - Atlanta Fire Rescue Department established.
  • 1883
  • 1885 - Georgia Institute of Technology founded.
  • 1886
    • Ebenezer Baptist Church founded.[17]
    • Atlanta goes "dry".[citation needed]
    • Coca-Cola beverage introduced.[18]
  • 1887
  • 1888 - Atlanta Camera Club organized.[20]
  • 1889
  • 1890 - Population: 65,533.[7]
  • 1891 - Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway in business.
  • 1892 - Grady Memorial Hospital opens.[5]
  • 1895
    • Cotton States and International Exposition held.[5]
    • September: Booker T. Washington gives "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.[22]
    • Atlanta Woman's Club founded.
  • 1896 - Atlanta Conference of the Study of Negro Problems begins.[23]
  • 1899 - Federal penitentiary established.[2]
  • 1900 - Population: 89,872;[7] metro 419,375.

20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

  • 1901 - Atlanta Theological Seminary established.[5]
  • 1902 - Carnegie Library opens.[24]
  • 1904 - Atlanta Art Association formed.[25]
  • 1905
  • 1906 - September 22: Atlanta Race Riot kills 27.[28]
  • 1907 - Atlanta Conservatory of Music founded.[13]
  • 1908 - Atlanta Neighborhood Union organized.[23]
  • 1909 - Architectural Arts League of Atlanta organized.[25]
  • 1910
    • Population: 154,839;[7] metro 522,442.
    • Restaurants segregated; other Jim Crow laws follow.[citation needed]
  • 1911 - Atlanta Debutante Club founded.[19]
  • 1913
    • Georgia Tech starts "evening college", now Georgia State.
    • Augusta Institute established founded in 1867 is renamed Morehouse College.
  • 1914
  • 1915
    • Emory College relocated to Atlanta.
    • November: film The Birth of a Nation premieres.
    • Ku Klux Klan refounded in Atlanta.[27][31]
  • 1916
    • Streetcar strike.[32]
    • Utopian Literary Club[26] and Atlanta Junior League[19] founded.
  • 1917 - Great Atlanta fire.
  • 1918 - 1918 influenza epidemic.[33]
  • 1919 - Commission on Interracial Cooperation active.[27]
  • 1920
    • Butler Street YMCA opens.[34]
    • Population: 200,616; metro 622,283.[7]
  • 1921 - Atlanta Junior Chamber (JCI Atlanta) established.
  • 1922 - WSB radio begins broadcasting.[35]
  • 1923 - Spring Street Viaduct opens, downtown rises above train tracks.[citation needed]
  • 1926 - Atlanta Historical Society founded.
  • 1927 - Atlanta Historical Bulletin begins publication.
  • 1928 - Atlanta World newspaper begins publication.
  • 1929
    • Atlanta University Center Consortium established.
    • City Hall built.[2]
    • January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born.
    • WGST radio begins broadcasting.[35]
  • 1930 - Population: 270,366; metro 715,391.[7]
  • 1931 - WATL radio begins broadcasting.[35]
  • 1933 - Georgia Municipal Association headquartered in city.[citation needed]
  • 1935 - Cascade Theatre opens.[36]
  • 1936
  • 1937 - WAGA radio begins broadcasting.[35]
  • 1939
    • Plaza Theatre opens.
    • Gone with the Wind world premiere draws 300,000 to streets.[citation needed]
  • 1940
  • 1941 - Central Atlanta Progress established.
  • 1944
    • Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site established.[2]
    • Southern Regional Council and Associated Klans of Georgia[citation needed] headquartered in city.
  • 1945 - Mary Mac's Tea Room in business.
  • 1946
  • 1947 - Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission established.[39]
  • 1948 - WSB-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[40]
  • 1949
    • WAGA-TV[40] and WERD-AM radio[41] begin broadcasting.
    • Atlanta Negro Voters League founded.[41]
    • Last streetcar line converted to trolleybus.[citation needed]

1950s-1990s[]

  • 1950
  • 1952 - Buckhead annexed.[citation needed]
  • 1953 - chapter established.[26]
  • 1956 - Alexander Memorial Coliseum opens.
  • 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquartered in city.[42]
  • 1958
    • October 12: Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing.[43]
    • Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam established.[44]
  • 1959 - Trolleybuses, buses, public library desegregated.[citation needed]
    • Lenox Square mall opens.
    • Metro population hits 1 million.[citation needed]
  • 1960
  • 1961
    • Ivan Allen, Jr. becomes mayor.
    • Public schools begin token desegregation.[46]
    • Rich's desegregates restaurant.
    • John Portman opens Merchandise Mart, kicking off transformation of downtown.
    • One Park Tower built.
  • 1962
    • Peyton Road barricades built in Cascade Heights.[27]
    • 106 Atlanta art patrons die in Paris air crash.
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965 – Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium constructed.
  • 1966
    • State of Georgia Building constructed.
    • Both the relocated Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball and the expansion Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League begin play at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.
  • 1967
    • Atlanta Chiefs soccer team begins play.
    • Sister city relationship established with Salzburg, Austria.[48]
  • 1968
  • 1969
    • Coronet Theater[36] and Perimeter freeway[citation needed] open.
    • Afro-American Police League chapter established.[23]
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
    • Sister city relationships established with Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[48]
    • The Atlanta Flames are established as an expansion team of the National Hockey League.
    • The Omni Coliseum opens as the new home of the NBA's Hawks and NHL's Flames.
  • 1973 - Maynard Jackson becomes first black mayor of Atlanta.
  • 1974
    • Sevananda Natural Foods Market in business.[50]
    • Sister city relationships established with Lagos, Nigeria; Taipei, Taiwan; and Toulouse, France.[48]
  • 1975 - Centennial Tower built.
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1979
  • 1980
    • Population: 425,022;[7] metro 2,233,324.
    • All-news television network CNN begins broadcasting; Turner empire takes off.[52]
    • Al-Farooq Masjid (mosque)[44] and Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site established.
    • Flames hockey team sold and relocated to Calgary, Alberta.
  • 1981
  • 1982
    • Andrew Young becomes mayor.
    • Carter Center headquartered in Atlanta.
  • 1983
  • 1984 - Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival begins.
  • 1986
    • Jimmy Carter Library and Museum dedicated.
    • Midtown Assistance Center established.[44]
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1990 - Population: 394,017;[7] metro 2,959,950.
  • 1991
    • Atlanta Bicycle Coalition organized.
    • Land bank established.[54]
    • Drepung Loseling Institute opens.[44]
  • 1992
  • 1994 - Sister city relationships established with Bucharest, Romania;[48] and Ancient Olympia, Greece.[clarification needed]
  • 1995
    • October 28: Atlanta Braves baseball team wins 1995 World Series.
    • Atlanta Downtown Improvement District established.
    • Sister city relationship established with Cotonou, Benin.[48]
  • 1996
  • 1997
    • Centennial Olympic Stadium reconstructed as Turner Field.
    • Both the Omni Coliseum and Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium are imploded within one week of one another, with the former's footprint used to construct a new arena, while the latter became parking for Turner Field.
  • 1998
    • City website online (approximate date).[55][chronology citation needed]
    • Sister city relationship established with Nuremberg, Germany.[48]
  • 1999
  • 2000
    • Freedom Park dedicated.
    • Sister city relationship established with Ra'anana, Israel.[48]
    • Population: 416,474; metro 4,112,198.

21st century[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

2020s[]

See also[]

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