Timeline of Montgomery, Alabama
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
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19th century
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- 1819 - Montgomery incorporated.[1]
- 1821
- 1824 - Presbyterian church[4] and Montgomery Light Infantry[3] established.
- 1828 - Alabama State Library headquartered in Montgomery.[5]
- 1833 - Montgomery Advertiser newspaper in publication.[citation needed]
- 1847 - Sons of Temperance formed.[3]
- 1850 - Lehman Brothers in business.
- 1851 - Alabama State Capitol built.
- 1861
- February: Montgomery becomes capital of the Confederate States of America; First White House of the Confederacy established; Jefferson Davis sworn in as president.[6]
- May 21: Confederate capitol relocated from Montgomery to Richmond, Virginia.[7]
- 1864 - Atlanta-Montgomery railroad destroyed by Union forces.[7]
- 1867 - Swayne School built.[4]
- 1870 - Population: 10,588.[4]
- 1873 - Chamber of Commerce established.[citation needed]
- 1877 - Second Colored Baptist Church established.
- 1887 - Normal School for Colored Students opens.
- 1889 - Hale Infirmary founded.[5]
- 1898 - Confederate monument dedicated.[4]
- 1899 - Montgomery Library Association organized.[8]
20th century
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- 1900 - Population: 30,346.[4]
- 1901 - Alabama Department of Archives and History headquartered in Montgomery.[8]
- 1902 - St. Margaret's Hospital founded.[5]
- 1907 - Bell Building constructed.
- 1910
- Wright Flying School begins operating.[9]
- William Gunter becomes mayor.[4]
- 1913 - Rotary Club of Montgomery organized.[10]
- 1914 - Empire Theater built.[11]
- 1916 - Commission form of government adopted.[4]
- 1926
- Junior League of Montgomery organized.[12]
- Scottish Rite Temple constructed.[13]
- 1927 - Jefferson Davis Hotel built.
- 1929
- Municipal airport begins operating.[14]
- State Teachers College active.
- 1930 - Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts established.
- 1938 - Coca Cola bottling facility in operation.[14]
- 1940
- Population: 78,084.
- Veterans hospital begins operating.[14]
- 1941 - Mayor William Gunter dies.[1]
- 1942 - Montgomery Bible College founded.[13]
- 1947 - Alabama Historical Association headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1948 - U.S. Maxwell Air Force Base established.[13]
- 1949 - City of Montgomery Library established.
- 1950 - Population: 106,525.
- 1954 - WSFA television begins broadcasting.
- 1955 - December 1: Rosa Parks arrested; Montgomery Bus Boycott begins.
- 1956 - December 20: Racial segregration lawsuit Browder v. Gayle verdict takes effect; bus boycott ends.[15]
- 1961 - May 20: Freedom Riders attacked.[6]
- 1964 - WKAB-TV begins broadcasting.
- 1965
- Selma to Montgomery marches for civil rights.[6]
- March 25: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers "How Long, Not Long" speech.[6]
- 1967
- February 7: Dale's Penthouse fire.[13]
- Auburn University at Montgomery established.
- Alabama Historical Commission headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1968 - Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery established.[16]
- 1975 - Montgomery Zoo established.[13]
- 1977
- Wynnsong 10 cinema in business.[11]
- Emory Folmar becomes mayor.
- 1978 - Montgomery Genealogical Society established.[17]
- 1984 - Masjid Qasim Bilal El-Amin established.[18][19]
- 1985 - Alabama Shakespeare Festival active.
- 1986 - Montgomery Area Food Bank established.[20][21]
- 1989 - Civil Rights Memorial dedicated.
- 1992 - Montgomery County Historical Society organized.[22]
- 1995 - Equal Justice Initiative and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum[16] established.
- 1996 - RSA Tower built.
- 1997 - City website online (approximate date).[23][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 - Bobby Bright becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2005 - Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama factory begins operating.
- 2009 - Todd Strange becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 205,764.
- 2011 - Martha Roby becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district and Terri Sewell becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.[24]
See also
- History of Montgomery, Alabama
- List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Alabama
- Timeline of Alabama
- Other cities in Alabama
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
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- M. P. Blue, Churches of the City of Montgomery, Montgomery, 1878.
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- Published in the 20th century
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- Clanton W. Williams. The Early History of Montgomery and Incidentally of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1976
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- Published in the 21st century
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