Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1739 - Fort Assumption built by French.
- 1740 - Fort Assumption abandoned.
- 1797 - U.S. fort built.[1]
19th century
- 1819 - Town laid out.[2]
- 1826 - Town incorporated.[3]
- 1827
- Memphis Advocate newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Marcus B. Winchester becomes mayor.
- 1836 - Memphis Enquirer newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1841 - The Appeal newspaper begins publication.
- 1843
- 1844 - Calvary Episcopal Church consecrated.[5]
- 1849 - Memphis incorporated as a city.[1]
- 1850
- 1852 - Elmwood Cemetery established.
- 1853 - Congregation B'nai Israel founded.
- 1854 - Jones & Co. chemists in business.[7]
- 1855 - German Benevolent Society formed.[8]
- 1857 - Memphis & Charleston Railroad completed.[3]
- 1858 - Memphis Daily Avalanche newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1860 - Population: 22,650.[9]
- 1861 - Memphis and Ohio Railroad completed.[10]
- 1862
- Tennessee capital relocated to Memphis from Nashville.[3]
- June 6: Battle of Memphis takes place on Mississippi River near town; Union forces take Memphis.[3]
- 1864
- August 21: Second Battle of Memphis.
- First National Bank of Memphis established.[7]
- 1866
- May: Racial unrest.
- Greenwood School established.[11]
- Memphis Post begins publication.
- 1868 - Peabody Hotel in business.[5]
- 1870
- Goldsmith's store in business.
- Population: 40,226.[6]
- 1871
- LeMoyne Normal Institute[12] and College of Christian Brothers[2] established.
- St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral consecrated.
- 1873 - Yellow fever epidemic.[2]
- 1874 - Memphis Cotton Exchange founded.
- 1875 - Southwestern at Memphis (college) established.[1]
- 1878 - Yellow fever epidemic.[3]
- 1879 - Yellow fever epidemic.[2]
- 1880 - Population: 33,592.[6]
- 1882
- 1883 - Young Men's Christian Association chartered.[8]
- 1885 - Peoples Grocery in business.
- 1887 - Memphis National Bank organized.[7]
- 1890
- Nineteenth Century Club formed.[8]
- Population: 64,589.[3]
- 1891 - City rechartered.[2]
- 1892 - Railroad bridge constructed.[6]
- 1899 - Manassas High School established.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1900 - Population: 102,320.[6]
- 1905 - Madison Hotel built.
- 1906 - Memphis Zoo and Overton Park established.
- 1910
- Commission form of government begins.[2]
- Exchange Building constructed.
- E. H. Crump becomes mayor.
- Population: 131,105.[2]
- 1912 - Handy's The Memphis Blues (song) published.
- 1914 - Union Avenue United Methodist Church built.
- 1915 - Guthrie Elementary School founded.
- 1916
- Harahan Bridge opens to West Memphis, Arkansas.
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art established.
- Piggly Wiggly grocery in business.[14]
- 1917
- May 22: Lynching of Ell Persons.[15]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established.[citation needed]
- 1919 - Citizens' Co-operative Stores incorporated.[16]
- 1920 - City hosts Commission on Interracial Cooperation Women's Interracial Conference.[17]
- 1922 - Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church established.[citation needed]
- 1924 - Lincoln American Tower built.
- 1929 - Memphis Municipal Airport dedicated.[18]
- 1930
- Memphis Museum of Natural History and Industrial Arts opens.
- Sterick Building constructed.
- 1931
- 1932 - Memphis Times newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1936 - Memphis Academy of Art founded.
- 1937
- 1938 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.
- 1939 - First Colored Baptist Church built.
- 1941 - Mason Temple built.
- 1945 - Lorraine Motel in business.
- 1946
- Douglass High School opens.
- Tri-State Bank established.[20]
- 1947 - WDIA radio begins broadcasting.
1950s-1990s
- 1956 - Opera Memphis established.
- 1957 - Satellite Records in business.
- 1960 - Henry Loeb becomes mayor.
- 1965 - 100 North Main building and White Station Tower constructed.
- 1968
- January: Henry Loeb becomes mayor again.
- February 11: Memphis Sanitation Strike begins.
- April 3: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers I've Been to the Mountaintop speech.
- April 4: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr..[22]
- April 8: March in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.[23]
- 1936 - Sesquicentennial Celebration
- 1970
- 1971 - Clark Tower built.
- 1972 - National Bank of Commerce building constructed.
- 1973 - May: City hosts Rock Writers of the World Convention.[26]
- 1974 - Women's Resource Center founded.[27]
- 1975 - Hyatt hotel opens.
- 1976 - Temple Israel built.
- 1977 - Memphis in May festival begins.
- 1978 - Muslim Society of Memphis founded.[28]
- 1985
- Tall Trees (prison) privatised.[29]
- Morgan Keegan Tower built.
- 1990 - Population: 610,337.[25]
- 1991
- National Civil Rights Museum and Pyramid Arena open.
- Willie Herenton becomes mayor.[30]
- 1996 - City website online.[31][32]
21st century
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- 2002 - June 8: Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson boxing match.
- 2003
- Clark Opera Memphis Center opens.[33]
- July 22: Memphis Summer Storm of 2003, also known as "Hurricane Elvis".
- December 18: Airplane crash.
- 2008 - February 5–6: Tornado outbreak.
- 2009
- October: A C Wharton elected mayor.[34]
- City open government standard enacted.[35]
- 2012 - Population: 655,155.
- 2015 - October 8: Jim Strickland elected mayor.[36]
See also
- History of Memphis, Tennessee
- List of mayors of Memphis, Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee
- Timeline of Tennessee[37]
- Other cities in Tennessee
- Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
- Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Timeline of Knoxville, Tennessee
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reilley 1883.
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Memphis Merchants' Exchange 1888.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Young 1912.
- ↑ Polk 1876.
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- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 2008.
- ↑ Hamilton 1908.
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- ↑ Honey 1993.
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
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External links
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- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Memphis, TN, various dates
- Tennessee State Library and Archives. Memphis City Directories, various dates (digitized)
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