Timeline of Tampa, Florida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida, USA.
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19th century
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| Historical Periods | |
| Pre-history | until 1497 |
| Spanish Rule | 1513–1763 |
| British Rule | 1763–1783 |
| Spanish Rule | 1783–1821 |
| U.S. Territorial Period | 1822–1845 |
| Statehood | 1845–present |
| Major Events | |
| American Revolutionary War | 1775–1783 |
| War of 1812 | 1811–1814 |
| First Seminole War | 1817–1818 |
| Capitol moved to Tallahassee | 1824 |
| Second Seminole War | 1835–1842 |
| Constitutional convention | 1838 |
| Third Seminole War | 1855–1858 |
| Ordinance of Secession | 1861 |
| Civil War | 1861–1865 |
| 3rd Constitution | 1865 |
| Reconstruction | 1865–1868 |
| 4th Constitution | 1868 |
| 5th Constitution | 1885 |
| Great Migration | 1910–1930 |
| Land Boom | 1925–1929 |
| 6th Constitution | 1968 |
| Gore v. Harris 2000 Presidential Election | 2000 |
| Timeline | |
- 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
- 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
- 1888 - Plant Park laid out.[2]
- 1889 - Florida Railway begins operating.[2]
- 1890
- 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
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.[15][1]
- 1915 - Tampa City Hall built.
- 1916 - Heraldo Dominical Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1917
- Tampa Public Library opens.[16]
- Circulo Cubano de Tampa rebuilt.
- 1918 - Unione Italiana building constructed.[2]
- 1920 - Population: 51,608.
- 1922
- 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.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 1966 - Franklin Exchange Building constructed.
- 1972
- Sant'Yago Knight Parade begins.
- Floriland Cinema in business.[20]
- 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).[21]
- 1982 - Ybor City Museum Society founded.[19]
- 1984 - Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established.[16]
- 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.[19]
- 1990
- Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival begins.
- Population: 280,015.[22]
- 1992 - AmSouth Building and SunTrust Financial Centre constructed.
- 1995 - Florida Aquarium opens.[23]
- 1996
- City website online.[24][25]
- Ice Palace (arena) opens.
- 1997
- Jim Davis becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.[26]
- Tampa Police Museum founded.[19]
21st century
- 2000 - Channelside 9 Cinemas in business.[20]
- 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.[27]
- 2009 - Tampa Bay History Center opens.
- 2010 - Population: city 335,709;[28] metro 2,783,243.[29]
- 2011
- Florida Voices begins publication.[30]
- Bob Buckhorn becomes mayor.
- Population: 346,037; metro 2,824,724.[31]
- 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
- Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida
References
- 1 2 3 "Tampa History". City of Tampa. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- 1 2 Rajtar 2007.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 Long 1966.
- 1 2 "Cigar City Timeline". Tampa Bay History Center. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 Long 1971.
- ↑ Patterson's American Educational Directory 29. Chicago. 1932.
- ↑ Medina 2004.
- ↑ "Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection". Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Dillon 1999.
- ↑ "Hav-A-Tampa Timeline". Cigar City Magazine. Tampa. 2011. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "History of the Tampa Y". Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 American Newspaper Annual, N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921
- ↑ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
- 1 2 "Library History". Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "Timeline". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". Junior League of Tampa. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Florida: Tampa". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 159+. ISBN 0759100020.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Tampa, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Tampa, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "TampaGov Milestones and Major Activities (timeline)". City of Tampa. Retrieved January 2016.
- ↑ "City of Tampa Official World Wide Web Site". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1999–2000.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "Tampa (city), Florida". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
- ↑ "Florida". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot". American Cities Project. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013. Retrieved August 2014.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Tampa", Florida; a Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series – via Google Books (also via Open Library)
- Durward Long (1966). "Historical Beginnings of Ybor City and Modern Tampa". Florida Historical Quarterly 45. JSTOR 30145699.
- Durward Long (1971). "Making of Modern Tampa: A City of the New South, 1885-1911". Florida Historical Quarterly 49. JSTOR 30140624.
- 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
- Patricia Dillon (1999). "Clubwomen and Civic Activism: Willie Lowry and Tampa's Club Movement". Florida Historical Quarterly 77. JSTOR 30150827.
- "South of Orlando: Tampa", Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, 2003 – via Open Library
- Pablo Medina (2004). "Tampa Cubans and the Culture of Exile". Antioch Review 62. JSTOR 4614730.
- Kevin M. McCarthy (2007). "Tampa". African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 99+. ISBN 978-1-56164-385-1.
- Steve Rajtar (2007). Guide to Historic Tampa. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-253-6.
External links
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- 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.
- Items related to Tampa, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- "Florida Studies Center Collections". University of South Florida, Libraries.
- "Genealogy & History". Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative.
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