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| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
 
| caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]]
 
| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]]
 
| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]]
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| heading1 = History
 
| heading1 = History
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| list2title = Before 1820s
 
| list2title = Before 1820s
 
| list2 =   
 
| list2 =   
 
; 1762
 
; 1762
 
: [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned
 
: [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned
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| list3title = 1820
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| list3 =
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;1821
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: [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]]
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;1823
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: [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded
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; 1826
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: Land lottery to distribute lots in the area which is now Atlanta
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| list4title =1830
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; 1830
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:Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End, Atlanta|West End]]
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; 1836
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:[[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved
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; 1839
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:[[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus
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| list5title =1840
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| list5
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;1842
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:Incorporated as Marthasville;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]
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;1846
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:[[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]
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;1847
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:Atlanta incorporated
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| list6title =1850 (pop. 2,572)
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;1850
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:[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded
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;1851
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:[[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]]
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;1854
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:[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]]
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| list7title =1860 (pop. 9,554)
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| list7=
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;1861-1865
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:[[American Civil War]]
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;1864
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:[[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]]
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;1865
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:Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded
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;1868
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:Atlanta made state capital
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| list8title =1870 (pop. 21,879)
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;1871
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:[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion
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| list9title =1880 (pop. 37,409)
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;1880
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:Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city
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;1881
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:[[International Cotton Exposition]]
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;1885
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:[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] founded
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;1886
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:Atlanta [[Prohibition in the United States|goes "dry"]];<br>[[Coca-Cola]] first sold;<br>[[Henry W. Grady#Journalist|Henry Grady]]'s "[[New South]]" speech in New York City
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;1887
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:[[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded;<br>[[Coca-Cola]] invents the [[coupon]]
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;1889
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:First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens
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