Timeline of Tampa, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

19th century

• 1824 - Fort Brooke established by U.S. Army in the Territory of Florida.^[1]
• 1831 - Tampa Bay post office established.^[2]
• 1845 - Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida.^[1]
• 1848 - 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane.
• 1849 - Village of Tampa incorporated.
• 1850 - Oaklawn Cemetery established.^[3]
• 1855 - Town of Tampa incorporated.
• 1856 - Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
• 1859 - First Baptist Church established.^[3]
• 1861 - Town becomes part of Confederate States of America.
• 1862 - June 30-July 1: Battle of Tampa.
• 1863 - October 16–18: Battle of Fort Brooke.
• 1873
  • Yellow fever outbreak.^[2]
  • Tampa Guardian newspaper in publication.^[4]
• 1877 - Gainesville-Tampa stagecoach begins operating.^[2]
• 1882 - Hillsborough High School opens.
• 1884 - South Florida Railroad begins operating.^[2]
• 1885 - Board of Trade established.^[5]
• 1886
  • Sanchez & Haya cigar factory begins operating.^[6]
  • Ybor Factory Building constructed.
• 1887
  • Ybor City becomes part of Tampa.^[5]
  • Tampa Electric Company established.^[7]
• 1888 - Plant Park laid out.^[2]
• 1889 - Florida Railway begins operating.^[2]
• 1890
  • Tampa Business College established.^[8]
  • Telephones begin operating.^[7]
• 1891
  • Tampa Bay Hotel built.^[2]
  • Cuban José Martí gives speech "Los Pinos Nuevos".^[9]
• 1893 - Tampa Daily Times newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1895 - Tampa Fire Department established.
• 1899
  • Burgert photo studio in business.^[10]
  • Circulo Cubano founded.^[7]

20th century

• 1900 - Tampa Woman's Club formed.^[11]
• 1901 - Jackson Rooming House in business.
• 1904 - South Florida Fair and Gasparilla Parade begin.
• 1905
  • Columbia Restaurant in business.
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church^[2] and United States Courthouse Building constructed.
• 1907
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
  • Havatampa Cigar Company in business.^[12]
• 1908 - YMCA built.^[13]
• 1912
  • Union Station opens.
  • El Centro Español de Tampa building constructed.^[2]
  • El Comercio Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.^[14]
  • Union Hotel in business.
• 1913 - Centro Asturiano de Tampa building constructed.^[2]
• 1914 - St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line begins operating.^[1]
• 1915 - Tampa City Hall built.
• 1916 - Heraldo Dominical Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.^[14]
• 1917
  • Tampa Public Library opens.^[15]
  • Circulo Cubano de Tampa rebuilt.
• 1918 - Unione Italiana building constructed.^[2]
• 1920 - Population: 51,608.
• 1922
  • WDAE radio begins broadcasting.^[16]
  • La Gaceta trilingual newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1924 - Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg built.^[2]
• 1925
  • West Tampa becomes part of Tampa.
  • Municipal Auditorium built.^[2]
• 1926
  • Junior League of Tampa founded.^[17]
  • Tampa Theatre opens.
• 1927
  • Sulphur Springs Water Tower erected.
  • Floridan Hotel in business.
• 1930 - Population: 101,161.
• 1931 - Tampa Junior College established.
• 1934 - Davis Causeway opens.^[2]
• 1938 - Janus Administration Building constructed.^[2]
• 1939 - U.S. Army Southeast Air Base established.
• 1956 - Britton Plaza Shopping Center in business.
• 1957 - Lowry Park Zoo opens.
• 1959 - Busch Gardens theme park in business.
• 1962 - Museum of Science and Industry founded.^[18]
• 1966 - Franklin Exchange Building constructed.
• 1972
  • Sant'Yago Knight Parade begins.
  • Floriland Cinema in business.^[19]
• 1978 - Cracker Country (museum) established.
• 1979 - Tampa Museum of Art founded.
• 1980 - Hillsborough Area Regional Transit established.
• 1981 - Feeding America Tampa Bay active (approximate date).^[20]
• 1982 - Ybor City Museum Society founded.^[18]
• 1984 - Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established.^[15]
• 1986 - Barnett Plaza (hi-rise) built.
• 1987
  • Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center opens.
  • Children’s Museum founded.
• 1988 - Rivergate Tower built.
• 1989 - Tampa Bay History Center founded.^[18]
• 1990 - Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival begins.
• 1992 - AmSouth Building and SunTrust Financial Centre constructed.
• 1996 - Ice Palace (arena) opens.
• 1997
  • Jim Davis becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.^[21]
  • Tampa Police Museum founded.^[18]

21st century

• 2000 - Channelside 9 Cinemas in business.^[19]
• 2001
  • The Stovall built.
  • Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts opens.
  • Ruby (programming language) conference held in city.
• 2002
  • January 5: 2002 Tampa plane crash.
  • TECO Line Streetcar System begins operating; Centennial Park Station and Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union Station open.
• 2003 - Whiting Station opens.
• 2004
  • Ford Amphitheatre opens.
  • Tampa Riverwalk construction begins.
• 2007
  • SkyPoint built.
  • Kathy Castor becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.^[22]
• 2009 - Tampa Bay History Center opens.
• 2010 - Population: 335,709.^[23]
• 2011
  • Florida Voices begins publication.^[24]
  • Bob Buckhorn becomes mayor.
  • Population: 346,037; metro 2,824,724.^[25]
• 2012 - August: 2012 Republican National Convention held.
• 2014 - Tampa Baseball Museum opens.

See also

• History of Tampa, Florida
• History of Ybor City
• List of mayors of Tampa, Florida
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, Florida

Other cities in Florida

• Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida
• Timeline of Orlando, Florida
• Timeline of Miami

References

Further reading

• Wen Galvez (1897). Tampa: impresiones de emigrado (in Spanish). Establecimiento Tipográfico Cuba. 
• Rinaldi's Guide Book to the City of Tampa, Tampa, Fla., 1915 
• "Tampa". Automobile Blue Book. USA. 1919. 
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Tampa", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M 
• Gary R. Mormino, "Tampa: From Hell Hole to the Good Life," in Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice, eds., Sunbelt Cities: Politics and Growth Since World War II (Austin, 1983)
• Frommer's Portable Tampa Bay & St. Petersburg, Frommer's, 1998, OL 9936122M 
• "South of Orlando: Tampa", Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, 2003 – via Open Library 
• Kevin M. McCarthy (2007). "Tampa". African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 99+. ISBN 978-1-56164-385-1. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tampa, Florida.

• U.S. cavalry supplies unloading at Tampa, Florida, Edison Manufacturing Company, 1898 – via U.S. Library of Congress  (short film)
• "(Tampa)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. 
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Tampa, various dates
• "Florida Studies Center Collections". University of South Florida, Libraries. 
• "Genealogy & History". Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative. 

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