Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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Prior to 18th century
- 1672 – Charles Town settled by English immigrants, mostly from Barbados (approximate date).[1]
- 1681 – St. Philip's Episcopal Church founded.[2]
18th century
- 1708 - African slaves comprise majority of population in the colony; blacks make up majority of population in the city and state until the early 20th century
- 1719 – Town renamed "Charlestown" (approximate date).[1]
- 1729 – St. Andrew's Society founded.
- 1732 – South Carolina Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1734 – South Carolina Jockey Club constituted.[4][5]
- 1736 – Dock Street Theatre opens.[6]
- 1737 – South-Carolina Society founded.[7]
- 1740 – Fire.[8]
- 1748 – Charleston Library Society organized.[9]
- 1750 – Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim founded.
- 1752 – September: Hurricane.[8]
- 1761 – St. Michael's church built.[1]
- 1766
- St. Cecilia Society formed.
- German Friendly Society founded.
- 1767 – Exchange built.
- 1770 – Population: 11,000 people.
- 1773 – Museum founded by the Charleston Library Society.[10]
- 1774 – Charleston Tea Party protest.
- 1780 – Siege of Charleston.
- 1782 – December 14 – British occupation ends.[1]
- 1783
- Town renamed "Charleston."[1]
- Charter received.[1]
- Richard Hutson becomes mayor.
- City Guard organized.
- 1784 – Scotch Presbyterian church incorporated.[11]
- 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded.[12]
- 1790
- State capital moves from Charleston to Columbia.
- College of Charleston opens.[1]
- 1790- Brown Fellowship Society founded, a mutual aid society for free people of color[13]
- 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated.
- 1792
- 1794 – Charleston Mechanic Society formed.[14]
- 1798 – Bank of South Carolina established.
- 1799 – Yellow fever outbreak.[15]
19th century
- 1800- Charleston has largest Jewish population of any city in the US
- 1801 – Hibernian Society founded.
- 1803 – Courier newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1806 – Franklin Library Society founded.[16]
- 1807 – Washington Light Infantry founded.
- 1810 – Castle Pinckney built.
- 1813 – Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina founded.[10]
- 1815 – Religious Tract Society of Charleston organized.
- 1819
- Charleston Mercury newspaper begins publication.
- New England Society of Charleston organized.[17]
- Siegling Music House founded.[18]
- 1820 – Population: 23,000 people.
- 1822 – Denmark Vesey's alleged rebellion of slaves thwarted.
- 1823
- Charleston Port Society founded.[19]
- Medical College of South Carolina incorporated.
- 1824
- Apprentices' Library Society incorporated.[20]
- Charleston Museum opens.
- 1839
- Charleston Hotel built.[21][22][23]
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church built.
- 1841
- Market Hall built.
- Charleston Arsenal built.
- 1843 – South Carolina Military Academy opens.[1]
- 1849 – South Carolina Institute for the Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry organized; annual Fair begins.[24][25]
- 1850
- Magnolia Cemetery built.
- Roper Hospital established.
- 1852 – Museum founded by the College of Charleston.[10]
- 1853 – Elliott Society of Natural History established.[10]
- 1854
- Young Men's Christian Association of Charleston chartered.[26]
- Old Bethel United Methodist Church rebuilt.
- Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar consecrated.
- 1855 – South Carolina Historical Society founded.
- 1856 – Ryan's Mart slave market established.
- 1858 – Carolina Art Association established.[27]
- 1859 – Charleston Marine School opens.[19]
- 1860
- April – City hosts Democratic National Convention.
- December – Popular outcry for secession from the Union.
- 1861
- January 9 – Citadel cadets fire on Union ship Star of the West.
- April – Battle of Fort Sumter.
- Population: 48,409 people.[28]
- Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor built.
- Confederate Naval Sailor and Marines' Cemetery built.[29]
- 1862 – Battle of James Island.
- 1863
- July–September 7 – Siege of Charleston Harbor.
- July 11 – First Battle of Fort Wagner.
- July 18 – Second Battle of Fort Wagner.
- September 8 – Second Battle of Fort Sumter.
- 1864 – February 17 – Sinking of USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor.[30]
- 1865
- Union troops occupy city.
- Daily News begins publication.[1]
- Avery Normal Institute established.
- 1867 – Porter Military Academy formed.
- 1869 – Carolina Rifle Club organized.[23]
- 1870
- Charleston Female Seminary established.
- Savannah and Charleston Railroad reopened.
- 1872 – St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church built.
- 1882 – City of Charleston Fire Department established.
- 1886 – August 31 – Earthquake.
- 1889 – William Enston Homes built.
- 1890 – East Shore Terminal Company formed.
- 1891 – Central Baptist Church built.
- 1895 – Century Club for women organized.[31]
- 1896 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
- 1899 – Charleston City Federation of Women's Clubs organized.[31]
20th century
- 1901 – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition opens.
- 1903 – Charleston Terminal Company created.
- 1906 – Hampton Park created.
- 1907
- Union Station built.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist opens.
- 1908 – Gaud School established.
- 1909- Ashley Hall established
- 1911 – People's Office Building constructed.
- 1912
- 1913 – Charleston Library Society building constructed.[32]
- 1927 – Gloria Theatre opens.
- 1929 – John P. Grace Memorial Bridge opens.
- 1930 – Charleston County Library established.
- 1931 – Footlight Players theatre group formed.
- 1947 – Historic Charleston Foundation established.
- 1949 – Johnson Hagood Stadium opens.
- 1959 – J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. becomes mayor.
- 1964 – Porter-Gaud School formed.
- 1966 – New Cooper River Bridge opens.
- 1969 – Charleston Hospital Strike.
- 1972 - City of North Charleston incorporated, adjacent to City of Charleston.
- 1973 – Trident Technical College established.
- 1975 – Joseph P. Riley, Jr. becomes mayor.[33]
- 1977 – Spoleto Festival USA begins.
- 1980
- Charleston Royals baseball team founded.
- Population: 69,510.[34]
- 1981 – Citadel Mall opens.
- 1989 – Hurricane Hugo.
- 1990 – Waterfront Park created.
- 1991 - Melvin's BBQ in business.[35]
- 1992 - Charleston Grill in business.[36]
- 1993
- North Charleston Coliseum opens.
- Charleston Battery soccer team founded.
- 1994 – Charleston Tibetan Society founded.[37]
- 1997
- Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority formed.
- Charleston City Paper begins publication.
- Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park stadium opens.
21st century
- 2000 – South Carolina Aquarium opens.
- 2003 – Charleston School of Law established.
- 2004 – Charleston Comedy Festival begins.
- 2005 – Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge opens.
- 2006 – Central Mosque of Charleston founded.[37][38]
- 2007
- Old Slave Mart museum opens.[6]
- Sofa Super Store fire.
- 2008 – TD Arena opens.
- 2010
- Husk restaurant in business.[39]
- The Charleston Promise Neighborhood incorporated.
See also
- History of Charleston, South Carolina
- List of mayors of Charleston, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Charleston, South Carolina
- Media in Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, South Carolina in the American Civil War
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 "Charleston", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Edward McCrady (1901), An historic church, the Westminster Abbey of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., printers
- ↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Halsey Map". Preservation Society of Charleston. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ John Beaufain Irving (1857), The South Carolina Jockey Club, Charleston, S.C: Russell & Jones, OCLC 4512292
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 S. Dewan (Sep 9, 2010). "36 Hours in Charleston, S.C.". New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Joshua W. Toomer (1837), An oration, delivered at the celebration of the first centennial anniversary of the South-Carolina Society, Charleston: Printed by A. E. Miller, OCLC 6225496
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
- ↑ Sholes' directory of the city of Charleston. 1882.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Lester D. Stephens (2003). "The Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina: A Forum for Intellectual Progress in Antebellum Charleston". South Carolina Historical Magazine (South Carolina Historical Society) 104.
- ↑ Historic points of interest in and around Charleston, S. C. (Confederate re-union ed.), Charleston, South Carolina: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1896, OCLC 5733616
- ↑ "Medical Society of South Carolina". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Robert L. Harris, Jr., “Charleston’s Free Afro-American Elite: The Brown Fellowship Society and the Humane Brotherhood,” South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 82 no. 4 (1981)
- ↑ Bradford L. Rauschenberg (2003). "Evidence for the Apprenticeship System in Charleston, South Carolina". Journal of early southern decorative arts 29.
- ↑ David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Carolina, South". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- ↑ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ William Way (1920), History of the New England Society of Charleston, South Carolina, for one hundred years, 1819-1919, Charleston: The Society, OCLC 1743246
- ↑ The News and Courier – August 15, 1970
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 James David Altman (1987). "The Charleston Marine School". South Carolina Historical Magazine (South Carolina Historical Society) 88.
- ↑ Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Acts relating to corporations and the militia. 1840
- ↑ Southern Patriot; Date: 10-26-1839
- ↑ The News and Courier – Feb 16, 1981
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Guidebook". Charleston Multimedia Project. Charleston County Public Library. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Constitution of the South-Carolina Institute. Charleston: Printed by Walker & James. 1849.
- ↑ South Carolina Institute (1870). Premium list: Fair of 1870. Charleston, South Carolina: Walker, Evans & Cogswell.
- ↑ Young Men's Christian Association of Charleston (1857), 3rd Annual Report, Charleston: Walker & Evans, East Bay
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 American Art Annual. NY. 1916.
- ↑ Charleston (S.C.). City Council (1861), Census of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, OCLC 002441766
- ↑ William D. Stevens and Jonathan M. Leader (2006). "Skeletal Remains from the Confederate Naval Sailor and Marines' Cemetery, Charleston, SC". Historical Archaeology 40. JSTOR 25617374.
- ↑ U.S. Navy history website
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 The News and Courier – January 17, 1939
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington, D.C., OL 14997563M
- ↑ "South Carolina BBQ". University of Mississippi, Southern Foodways Alliance. Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ "A Taste of Charleston, Old-School and New", New York Times, June 2014
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Pluralism Project. "Charleston, South Carolina". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ Jack Bass; W. Scott Poole (2009), The Palmetto State: the making of modern South Carolina, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, OCLC 290459602
- ↑ "A Southern Chef Doesn’t Stray Far", New York Times, February 2011
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Census of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1848.
- City Directory. 1852; 1882; 1888
- City government annual report. 1870.
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1870). "Charleston". Bibliotheca Americana 3. New York. OCLC 13972268.
- Arthur Mazÿck (1875), Guide to Charleston illustrated, Charleston, S. C: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, OCLC 6033164
Published in the 20th century
- City of Charleston. Year Book. 1903; 1907; 1910
- South Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture (1908), "Charleston", Handbook of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, OCLC 407046
- Edward Hungerford (1913), "Where Romance and Courtesy Do Not Forget", The Personality of American Cities, New York: McBride, Nast & Company
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Charleston", South Carolina: a Guide to the Palmetto State, American Guide Series, Boston: Houghton Mifflin
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Charleston, South Carolina", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, ABC-CLIO
(fulltext via Open Library)
- "The South: South Carolina: Charleston", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
Published in the 21st century
- David F. Marley (2005), "United States: Charleston", Historic Cities of the Americas 2, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 531+, ISBN 1576070271
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charleston, South Carolina. |
- "Timeline". Charleston Multimedia Project. Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston County Public Library.
- Boston Public Library. Maps of Charleston, S.C., various dates 18th-19th century
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Charleston, S.C., various dates.
Coordinates: 32°47′00″N 79°56′00″W / 32.783333°N 79.933333°W
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