Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina
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- 1680 - Settlement of English immigrants, mostly from Barbados, relocates from Albemarle Point to site of future Charles Town.[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).[3]
- 1729 – St. Andrew's Society founded.
- 1732 – South Carolina Gazette newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1734 – South Carolina Jockey Club constituted.[5][6]
- 1736 – Dock Street Theatre opens.[7]
- 1737 – South-Carolina Society founded.[8]
- 1739 - Stono Rebellion of slaves occurs near Charleston.[1][9]
- 1740 – Fire.[10]
- 1743 - Armory built.[11]
- 1745 - Town gate rebuilt.[11]
- 1748 – Charleston Library Society organized.[12][13]
- 1750 – Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim founded.
- 1752 – September: Hurricane.[10]
- 1761 – St. Michael's church built.[3]
- 1765
- Resistance to British Stamp Act 1765.[1]
- John Bartlam pottery in operation near Charleston.[14]
- 1766
- St. Cecilia Society formed.
- German Friendly Society founded.
- 1769 - Town becomes part of Charleston District.[15]
- 1770 – Population: 11,000.
- 1771 - Royal Exchange built.[11]
- 1773 – Museum founded by the Charleston Library Society.[16][13]
- 1774 – Charleston Tea Party protest.
- 1780 – Siege of Charleston.
- 1782 – December 14: British occupation ends.[3]
- 1783
- Town renamed "Charleston."[17]
- Charter received.[3]
- Richard Hutson becomes mayor.
- City Guard organized.
- 1784 – Scotch Presbyterian church incorporated.[18]
- 1786
- 1788 - Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina.[17]
- 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded.[20]
- 1790
- College of Charleston opens.[3]
- Population: 16,359.[21]
- 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated.
- 1792
- 1794 – Charleston Mechanic Society[22] and Brown Benevolent Society[23][24] founded.
- 1797 - South Carolina Weekly Museum (magazine) begins publication.[1]
- 1798 – Bank of South Carolina established.
- 1799 – Yellow fever outbreak.[25]
19th century
1800s–1850s
- 1800
- Santee Canal (Columbia-Charleston) built.[17]
- Population: 18,824.[21]
- Charleston has largest Jewish population of any city in the US.[1]
- 1801 – Hibernian Society founded.
- 1803 – Courier newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1806 – Franklin Library Society founded.[26]
- 1807 – Washington Light Infantry founded.
- 1810
- Castle Pinckney built.
- Population: 24,711.[21]
- 1813 – Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina founded.[16]
- 1815 – Religious Tract Society of Charleston organized.
- 1816 - Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church founded.
- 1819
- Charleston Mercury newspaper begins publication.
- New England Society of Charleston organized.[27]
- Siegling Music House founded.[28]
- 1820
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston established.[29]
- Population: 24,780.[21]
- 1822 – Denmark Vesey's alleged rebellion of slaves thwarted.[1][9]
- 1823
- Charleston Port Society founded.[30]
- Medical College of South Carolina incorporated.
- 1824
- Apprentices' Library Society incorporated.[31]
- Charleston Museum opens.
- 1830 - Population: 30,289.[21]
- 1833 - Charleston-Hamburg railroad begins operating.[17]
- 1839
- Charleston Hotel built.[32][33][34]
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church built.
- 1840 - Population: 29,261.[21]
- 1841
- Market Hall built.
- Charleston Arsenal built.
- 1843 – South Carolina Military Academy opens.[3]
- 1847 - Shearith Israel synagoguge built.[35]
- 1849 – South Carolina Institute for the Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry organized; annual Fair begins.[36][37]
- 1850
- Magnolia Cemetery built.
- Roper Hospital established.[38]
- Population: 42,985.[21]
- 1852 – Museum founded by the College of Charleston.[16]
- 1853 – Elliott Society of Natural History established.[16]
- 1854
- Young Men's Christian Association of Charleston[39] and B’rith Shalom congregation[35] established.
- 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.[40]
- 1859 – Charleston Marine School opens.[30]
1860s–1890s
- 1860
- April: Democratic National Convention held in city.[1]
- December: Popular outcry for secession from the Union.
- Population: 40,522.[21]
- 1861
- January 2: State troops occupy Fort Johnson on James Island.[17]
- January 9 – Citadel cadets fire on Union ship Star of the West.
- April: Battle of Fort Sumter.
- Population: 48,409.[41]
- Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor built.
- Confederate Naval Sailor and Marines' Cemetery built.[42]
- 1862
- May 13: Robert Smalls commandeers Confederate ship CSS Planter in Charleston Harbour.[9]
- June 16: 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.[43]
- 1865
- Union troops occupy city.
- Daily News begins publication.[3]
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church[23] and Avery Normal Institute established.
- Shaw School opens.[23]
- State Colored People's Convention held in city.[44]
- 1866 - Colored YMCA established.[45]
- 1867 – Porter Military Academy formed.
- 1868 - January 14: State constitutional convention held in Charleston.[17]
- 1869 – Carolina Rifle Club organized.[34]
- 1870
- Charleston Female Seminary established.
- Savannah and Charleston Railroad reopened.
- Magnolia Gardens opens.[46]
- Population: 48,956.[21]
- 1872 – St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church built.
- 1879 - United States Custom House built.[11]
- 1880 - Population: 49,984.[21]
- 1882 – City of Charleston Fire Department and Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church[23]established.
- 1883 - Samuel Dibble becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district.[47]
- 1884 - Robert Smalls becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district.[47]
- 1886 – August 31: Earthquake.[17]
- 1889 – William Enston Homes built.
- 1890
- East Shore Terminal Company formed.
- Population: 54,955.[21]
- 1891 – Central Baptist Church built.
- 1893 - August: 1893 Charleston Hurricane.[48]
- 1895 – Century Club for women organized.[49]
- 1896 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
- 1899 – Charleston City Federation of Women's Clubs organized.[49]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 55,807.[21]
- 1901 – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition opens.[17]
- 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
- 1910 - Population: 58,833.[21]
- 1911 – People's Office Building constructed.
- 1912
- 1913 – Charleston Library Society building constructed.[50]
- 1917 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Charleston branch established.[23]
- 1918 - Garden Theatre built.[51]
- 1920
- Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings founded.[19]
- Lincoln Theatre opens.[51]
- 1927 – Gloria Theatre opens.
- 1929 – John P. Grace Memorial Bridge opens.
- 1930 – Charleston County Library established.
- 1931 – Footlight Players theatre group formed.
- 1937 - Dock Street Theatre opens.[51]
- 1938 - September 20: Tornado.[17]
- 1940 - August: 1940 South Carolina hurricane.[17]
- 1942 - American Theater opens.[51]
- 1945 - Cigar Factory labor strike; singing of We Shall Overcome.
- 1947 – Historic Charleston Foundation established.
- 1949 – Johnson Hagood Stadium opens.
- 1950 - Ashley Theatre opens.[51]
- 1951 - The Links Charleston chapter founded.[23]
- 1957 - Fraser Elementary School opens.[23]
- 1959 – J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. becomes mayor.
- 1964 – Porter-Gaud School formed.
- 1966 – New Cooper River Bridge opens.
- 1968 - Pinehaven Cinema and Gateway Drive-In cinema open.[51]
- 1969 – March 20: Charleston Hospital Strike begins.[52]
- 1970
- Port Drive-In cinema opens.[51]
- Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site established.[13]
- 1972 - City of North Charleston incorporated, adjacent to City of Charleston.
- 1973 – Trident Technical College established.
- 1975 – Joseph P. Riley, Jr. becomes mayor.[53]
- 1977 – Spoleto Festival USA begins.
- 1980
- Charleston Royals baseball team founded.
- Population: 69,510.[54]
- 1981 – Citadel Mall in business.
- 1983 - Lowcountry Food Bank[55] and sister city relationship with Spoleto, Italy[56] established.
- 1985 - College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture established.[13]
- 1989 – Hurricane Hugo.
- 1990 – Waterfront Park created.
- 1991 - Melvin's BBQ in business.[57]
- 1992 - Charleston Grill in business.[58]
- 1993
- North Charleston Coliseum opens.
- Charleston Battery soccer team founded.
- 1994 – Charleston Tibetan Society founded.[59]
- 1995
- Mark Sanford becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district.[60][61]
- Sunken civil war-era submarine Hunley rediscovered offshore.[1]
- 1996
- 100 Black Men of Charleston established.[23]
- City website online (approximate date).[62]
- 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.[63]
- 2003 – Charleston School of Law established.
- 2004 – Charleston Comedy Festival begins.
- 2005 – Cooper River Bridge opens.[1]
- 2006 – Central Mosque of Charleston founded.[59][64]
- 2007
- Old Slave Mart museum opens.[7]
- Sofa Super Store fire.
- 2008 – TD Arena and Meeting Street Academy[38] open.
- 2010
- Husk restaurant in business.[65]
- The Charleston Promise Neighborhood incorporated.
- Population: 120,083.[66]
- 2015
- June 17: Nine people are killed, including the senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Pinckney, at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, allegedly by Dylann Roof, in the Charleston church shooting.
- June 26: Funeral of Clementa Pinckney; U.S. President Barack Obama delivers eulogy.[67]
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
- List of museums in Charleston, South Carolina
- Charleston, South Carolina in the American Civil War
- other cities in South Carolina
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dabney 2006.
- ↑ Edward McCrady (1901), An historic church, the Westminster Abbey of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., printers
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- 1 2 "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
- 1 2 3 New York Times 2010.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 3 Appiah 2005.
- 1 2 Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
- 1 2 3 4 Nicholas Butler (ed.). "Time Line". Rediscovering Charleston's Colonial Fortifications. South Carolina: Mayor’s Walled City Task Force. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ Sholes 1882.
- 1 2 3 4 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "South Carolina". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ Cinda K. Baldwin (1993). Great & Noble Jar: Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1371-9.
- ↑ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Stephens 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ↑ Walker 1896.
- 1 2 Lee Davis Perry; J. Michael Mclaughlin (2011). It Happened in South Carolina: remarkable events that shaped history (2nd ed.). Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0-7627-6928-5.
- ↑ "Medical Society of South Carolina". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Rauschenberg 2003.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Archival Collections". College of Charleston, Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved June 2015.
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 "Guidebook". Charleston Multimedia Project. Charleston County Public Library. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- 1 2 "Charleston, South Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Charleston, South Carolina". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ Young Men's Christian Association of Charleston (1857), 3rd Annual Report, Charleston: Walker & Evans, East Bay
- 1 2 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
- ↑ "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. P. Gabrielle Foreman, director. University of Delaware, Library. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
- ↑ "Garden Search: United States of America: South Carolina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 2015.
- 1 2 "South Carolina". Congressional Directory: 48th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1884.
- ↑ Edgar 1992.
- 1 2 The News and Courier – January 17, 1939
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Movie Theaters in Charleston, SC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ Philip G. Grose (2006). "Chronology". South Carolina at the Brink: Robert McNair and the Politics of Civil Rights. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-624-8.
- ↑ "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 Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ "Charleston-Spoleto Sister City Initiative". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010.
- ↑ "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
- 1 2 Pluralism Project. "Charleston, South Carolina". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ "South Carolina". 1995–1996 Official Congressional Directory: 104th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1995 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ "City of Charleston Home Page". Archived from the original on January 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Charleston (city), South Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 2015.
- ↑ Michiko Kakutani (July 4, 2015), "Obama’s Eulogy, Which Found Its Place in History", New York Times
Bibliography
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
- Sholes' Directory of the City of Charleston. 1882.
- Historic points of interest in and around Charleston, S. C. (Confederate re-union ed.), Charleston, South Carolina: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1896, OCLC 5733616
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
- "Charleston", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- 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 + Chronology
- Walter Edgar (1992). "A South Carolina Chronology, 1890-1991". South Carolina in the Modern Age. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-126-6.
- 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
- Bradford L. Rauschenberg (2003). "Evidence for the Apprenticeship System in Charleston, South Carolina". Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts 29.
- 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.
- Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, ed. (2005), "Charleston, South Carolina", Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press
- David F. Marley (2005), "United States: Charleston", Historic Cities of the Americas 2, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, p. 531+, ISBN 1576070271
- Eric Dabney; Mike Coker (2006). "Timeline". Historic South Carolina: an Illustrated History. South Carolina Historical Society and Historical Publishing Network. p. 56+. ISBN 978-1-893619-52-4.
- S. Dewan (Sep 9, 2010). "36 Hours in Charleston, S.C.". New York Times.
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- "Timeline". Charleston Multimedia Project. Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston County Public Library.
- Maps of Charleston, S.C., various dates 18th-19th century (via Boston Public Library)
- Items related to Charleston, S.C., various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
Coordinates: 32°47′00″N 79°56′00″W / 32.783333°N 79.933333°W
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