Timeline of Mobile, Alabama
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mobile, Alabama, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1702 - Fort Louis de la Mobile founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of Montreal.
- 1722 - French Louisiana capital relocated from Mobile to New Orleans.[1]
- 1723 - Fort Conde built.
- 1763 - Mobile becomes part of British West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1763).
- 1780 - March: Battle of Fort Charlotte; Spanish in power.
- 1783 - Mobile becomes part of Spanish West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1783).
19th century
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- 1810 - Mobile becomes part of the independent Republic of West Florida.
- 1813
- Spanish West Florida annexed to the United States.
- Mobile Gazette newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1814 - Town of Mobile incorporated.
- 1819 - City of Mobile incorporated.
- 1821 - Mobile Commercial Register begins publication.
- 1827 - Fire.[3]
- 1829 - Mobile Female Benevolent Society founded.[4]
- 1830 - Spring Hill College and City Hospital[4] established.
- 1835 - Franklin Society Reading Room and Library founded.[5][6]
- 1839 - October 2: Fire.[7]
- 1840 - St. Francis Street Methodist Church founded.[4]
- 1844 - Shaarai Shomayim congregation formed.[8]
- 1850
- Mobile Evening News begins publication.[2]
- Population: 20,515.[1]
- Bienville Square (city park) established.
- 1852 - Public schooling begins in Barton Academy building.[9]
- 1854 - Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce chartered.[4]
- 1855 - Publisher S.H. Goetzel in business (approximate date).[10]
- 1857 - City Hall built.
1860s
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- 1860 - Population: 29,258.
- 1861 - City becomes part of the Confederate States of America.
- 1864 - Wilmer Hall established.[4]
- 1865 - State colored convention held in city.[11]
- 1868 - Africatown established near Mobile.[12]
- 1869 - Mobile Bar Association[4] and Mobile Law Library founded.[5]
1870s-1890s
- 1871 - Mobile Cotton Exchange established.
- 1883 - Fidelia Club formed.[13]
- 1889 - Mobile County Courthouse built.
- 1894 - Clara Schumann Club (music group) formed.[4]
20th century
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- 1902 - Mobile Public Library established.
- 1907 - Union Depot built.
- 1910 - Population: 51,521.[1]
- 1914 - Rotary Club of Mobile organized.[4]
- 1918 - Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company in business.[14]
- 1925 - Lincoln Theatre built.[15]
- 1927 - Saenger Theatre built.[15]
- 1929
- Mobile Press newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Woman's Clubhouse Association founded.[4]
- 1936 - American Association of University Women of Mobile organized.[4]
- 1937 - Aluminum Ore Company refining plant constructed.[4]
- 1953 - Consular Corps of Mobile organized (approximate date).[4]
- 1962 - Mobile Genealogical Society founded.[16]
- 1964 - Mobile British Women's Club active (approximate date).[4]
- 1966 - Neighborhood Organized Workers established.[4]
- 1974 - Azalea City News begins publication.[14]
- 1985 - U.S. Naval Station Mobile opens.
- 1989 - Mike Dow becomes mayor.[17]
- 1993 - September 22: 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck.
- 1995
- City website online (approximate date).[18]
- Bayfest (Mobile) (music festival) begins.
21st century
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- 2002 - Tricentennial of founding of Mobile.[4]
- 2005 - Sam Jones becomes mayor.[19]
- 2012 - Christmas tornado outbreak.
- 2015 - Bayfest is canceled .
See also
- History of Mobile, Alabama
- List of mayors of Mobile, Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mobile, Alabama
- Timeline of Alabama[20]
- Other cities in Alabama
References
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Bibliography
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- Bergeron, Arthur W. Confederate Mobile. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
- Higganbotham, Jay. Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702-1711. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991.
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- Fitzgerald, Michael W. Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860-1890. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
- Pride, Richard. The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-1997. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
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