Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1780
- Fort Nashborough established.[1]
- Cumberland Compact signed; Cumberland Association formed.[1]
- 1784 – Nashville established.[2][3]
- 1785 – Davidson Academy incorporated.[4]
- 1789 – Methodist church built.[5]
- 1796 – Settlement becomes part of the state of Tennessee.
- 1797 – Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[6]
19th century
- 1806
- 1812 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Knoxville.[7]
- 1813 – Nashville Library Co., Inc. established.[8]
- 1817 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates from Nashville to Knoxville.[7]
- 1818
- 1820 – Christian Church built.[5]
- 1822 – Nashville City Cemetery established.
- 1823 – Presbyterian church built.[5]
- 1825 – Decker & Dyer Reading Room established.[8]
- 1826
- Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Murfreesboro.[7]
- Cumberland College opened.
- 1829 – Christ Church built.[5]
- 1830 – Population: 5,566.[11]
- 1831 – Tennessee State Penitentiary built.[5]
- 1833 – Water-works established.[5]
- 1835 – Tennessee Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge organized.[12]
- 1837 – House of Industry for Females established.[5]
- 1838 – First Baptist Church built.[5]
- 1840 – Population: 6,929.[11]
- 1841 – Mechanics' Library Association formed.[8]
- 1842 – Burns & Co. in business.[13]
- 1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee.[7]
- 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind[14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established.[12]
- 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established.[5]
- 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built.[5]
- 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room[8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded.[12]
- 1850
- June: Nashville Convention held.[3]
- Suspension bridge built over the Cumberland River.[5]
- Population: 10,165.[11]
- 1851
- Nashville Gas Light Company in operation.[5]
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway starts operating.
- 1852
- 1854
- Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville.[15]
- Tennessee State Library established.[12]
- 1855 – Giers photo studio in business.
- 1856 – Church of the Assumption built.[5]
- 1857 – Davidson County Court House rebuilt.[5]
- 1858 – City Workhouse and Church of St. Ann's built.[5]
- 1859
- Tennessee State Capitol, draw-bridge, and Central Baptist Church built.[5]
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins operating.[3]
- 1860 - Population: 16,988.[11]
- 1862
- City under Union control.[3]
- Fort Negley built.
- 1863 – St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Asylum founded.[5]
- 1864 – December 15–16: Battle of Nashville.
- 1865 – Fisk Free Colored School,[16] Ward Seminary for Young Ladies,[3] and Earhart's Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College established.[5]
- 1866 – Central Tennessee College founded.[3]
- 1867
- Montgomery Bell Academy opens.[2]
- Nashville Lyceum Association incorporated.[17]
- 1869 – Howard Chapel built.[5]
- 1870
- Sulphur Dell ballpark opens.
- Population: 25,865.[11]
- 1871
- Tennessee and Pacific Railroad (Lebanon-Nashville) begins operating.
- Fisk University Jubilee Singers,[3] Library Association,[8] and Nashville Saddlery Company established.[18]
- 1873 – Vanderbilt University established.[3]
- 1874 – Hebrew temple and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church built.[5]
- 1876 – Nashville Banner newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1880 – Population: 43,350.[11]
- 1884 – Nashville Athletic Club formed.
- 1885 – Industrial School[2] and Query Club (women's group) established.[20]
- 1889
- The Hermitage museum opens.
- Boscobel College for Young Ladies established.[3]
- Peabody Normal College active.[3][21]
- 1890 – Population: 76,168.[11][3]
- 1891
- Nashville Bible School founded.
- Cumberland Park opened as a horse racing track.
- 1892
- March 17: St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm dumps 17 inches of snow on the city.[22]
- Union Gospel Tabernacle built.[23]
- Maxwell House coffee introduced.
- 1893 - Tennessee Central Railway starts operating.
- 1894 - United Daughters of the Confederacy headquartered in Nashville.
- 1897
- Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition held.[3]
- Parthenon opened, a replica of the original, functions as an art museum.[3]
- 1898
- Howard Library established.
- Tennessee State Penitentiary rebuilt.
- 1900
- Meharry Medical College active.[24]
- Population: 80,865.[11][3]
- Polk Place demolished.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1904 – Carnegie Library opens.[25]
- 1905 – Centennial Club (women's group) active.[26][27]
- 1906
- Tennessee State Fair begins.
- Nashville Globe newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1907 – Nashville Tennessean newspaper in publication.[19]
- 1909
- Sparkman Street Bridge opens.
- Cumberland College closes.
- 1910
- Nashville Art Association chartered[28]
- Hermitage Hotel in business
- Advance Publishing Company incorporated[29]
- Population: 110,364[11][3]
- 1912 - Urban League branch established.[30]
- 1916 – Nashville Housewives League organized.[20]
- 1918
- 1920 – Population: 118,342.[11]
- 1922 - Nashville's first radio station, WDAA, signs on[32]
- 1925
- War Memorial Auditorium dedicated.[33]
- WSM radio and its Grand Ole Opry begin broadcasting.[34]
- Belcourt Theatre built.[23]
- 1926 - WLAC radio begins broadcasting.[34]
- 1927
- Warner Parks open.
- WSIX radio begins broadcasting.[34]
- 1930
- First American National Bank formed.
- Population: 153,866.[11]
- 1931
- Nashville Children's Theatre established.
- Parthenon rebuilt.
- 1936 – Berry Field (airport) dedicated.
- 1937 – Tennessee State Museum established.
- 1940 - Population: 167,402.[11]
- 1941
- W47NV radio licensed.
- Iroquois Steeplechase begins.
- 1942 – Acuff-Rose Music and Harveys (department store) in business.
- 1946 – Nashville Symphony founded.
1950s-1990s
- 1950
- WSM-TV begins broadcasting.[35]
- Population: 174,307.[11]
- 1951
- Ben West becomes mayor.
- The Harpeth Hall School opens.
- 1952 - Tennessee Theatre opens.[36]
- 1953 – WSIX-TV begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1954 – WLAC-TV begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1955 - Brothers Owen and Harold Bradley establish Bradley's Film & Recording Studio, the first studio in what will become Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.
- 1957
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway stops operating.
- Life & Casualty Tower built.
- RCA Studios begins operation at the corner of 17th Ave. S. and Hawkins St. It will become known as RCA Studio B.[37]
- 1960
- Nashville sit-ins for civil rights occur.[38]
- Cheekwood Museum opens.
- Population: 170,874.[11]
- 1961 – Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum established.
- 1962
- WDCN-TV begins broadcasting.
- Nashville Municipal Auditorium opens.[39]
- 1963
- City consolidates its government with Davidson County.[40]
- Metropolitan Council (Nashville) established.[41]
- Beverly Briley becomes mayor.
- 1964 - American Association for State and Local History headquartered in Nashville.
- 1967 – 100 Oaks Mall in business near city.
- 1968 – Third National Bank Building constructed.
- 1970 - Population: 448,003.[11]
- 1972
- Fan Fair music festival begins.
- Opryland USA opens.
- 1974
- Regions Center (Nashville) built.
- Grand Ole Opry House opens.
- 1975 – Richard Fulton becomes mayor.
- 1978 - The Nashville Sounds minor-league baseball team plays its inaugural season.
- 1980
- Tennessee Performing Arts Center opens.
- Sri Ganesha Temple established.[42]
- Population: 455,651.[11]
- 1981 – Nashville Opera Guild chartered.
- 1982 - Foreign trade zone established.[43][44]
- Bluebird Cafe opens [45]
- 1983 - Nissan car manufactory begins operating in nearby Smyrna.
- 1985 – Starwood Amphitheatre opens.
- 1986 – Tennessee Players founded.[29]
- 1987
- Nashville Airport terminal built.
- Bill Boner becomes mayor.
- 1988 – Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Nashville Pride begin.
- 1989
- Nashville Scene begins publication.
- Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in business (approximate date).[46]
- 1990
- Grassmere Wildlife Park established.[47]
- Population: 488,374.[11]
- 1991 – Phil Bredesen becomes mayor.
- 1994
- City website online.[48][49]
- South Central Bell Building constructed.
- American Airlines begins nonstop service between London and Nashville.
- 1996
- Bicentennial Mall State Park opens.
- Magdalene program for women, and Nashville Zoo at Grassmere established.
- Nashville Arena built.
- 1998
- April 15–16: Tornado.
- After playing in Memphis for one season, the Tennessee OIlers football team plays its first Nashville games at Vanderbilt Stadium.
- Nashville Predators ice hockey team formed.
- 1999
- Adelphia Coliseum opens.
- Bill Purcell becomes mayor.[50]
- Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in city.[51]
- 2000 – The City Paper begins publication.
21st century
- 2001
- Tennessee Immigrant Rights Coalition headquartered in city.
- Frist Center for the Visual Arts established.
- 2002 Nashville Public Education Foundation established by Nelson C. Andrews and Thomas J. Sherrard
- 2003 – Shelby Street pedestrian bridge opens.
- 2006
- Schermerhorn Symphony Center opens.
- Viridian Tower built.
- Car manufacturer Nissan's North American headquarters in business in nearby Franklin.[52]
- 2007 – Karl Dean becomes mayor.[53]
- 2008 – Nashville for All of Us (group) organized.
- 2009
- Third Man Records in business.
- The Pinnacle at Symphony Place built.
- Live on the Green begins.
- Voters reject Nashville English Only Amendment.[54]
- 2010
- April–May: Flood.
- Population: 601,222.
- 2011
- October: Occupy Nashville begins.
- Parnassus Books in business.[55]
- 2012
- March: Occupy Vanderbilt begins.
- MyCity Academy (government program) established.
- Fictional Nashville TV series makes national premiere on ABC, transfers to CMT in 2016 after being cancelled by the former and due to fan efforts
- 2013 – Music City Center opens.
- 2015
- Construction begins on 505 skyscraper.
- Megan Barry becomes mayor.
- 2020
- Tornado outbreak of March 2-3, 2020: 22 people killed in tornadoes in Tennessee and Kentucky; the Nashville EF-3 tornado, which kills 4, north of downtown, somewhat mirrors the 1998 tornado's path
- The Nashville bombing occurs, injuring three people and causing major damage
See also
- History of Nashville, Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee
- List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
- List of companies based in Nashville
- Nashville sister city timelines: Caen, Magdeburg
- Timelines of other cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wooldridge 1890.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Britannica 1910.
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- ↑ Williams 1860, p. 90: "History of the Nashville Press"
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- ↑ Marshall 1881.
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- Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division. Materials related to Nashville, Tennessee, various dates
- Tennessee State Library and Archives. Nashville City Directories, various dates (digitized)
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