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| below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]] | | below = See also: [[Timeline of Atlanta]] | ||
| liststyle = text-align:left; | | liststyle = text-align:left; | ||
+ | | listtitlestyle =padding-left:0.5em;text-align:center; | ||
| heading1 = History | | heading1 = History | ||
− | | list2title = Before | + | |
+ | | list2title = Before 1820 | ||
| 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 | ||
− | }}</includeonly> | + | | list3title = 1820 |
+ | | list3 = | ||
+ | ;1821 | ||
+ | : [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]] | ||
+ | ;1823 | ||
+ | : [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded | ||
+ | ; 1826 | ||
+ | : Land lottery to distribute lots in the area which is now Atlanta | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list4title =1830 | ||
+ | | list4 = | ||
+ | ; 1830 | ||
+ | :Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End, Atlanta|West End]] | ||
+ | ; 1836 | ||
+ | :[[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved | ||
+ | ; 1839 | ||
+ | :[[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list5title =1840 | ||
+ | | list5 | ||
+ | ;1842 | ||
+ | :Incorporated as Marthasville;<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] | ||
+ | ;1846 | ||
+ | :[[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | ||
+ | ;1847 | ||
+ | :Atlanta incorporated | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list6title =1850 | ||
+ | | list6 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 2,572}} | ||
+ | ;1850 | ||
+ | :[[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded | ||
+ | ;1851 | ||
+ | :[[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]] | ||
+ | ;1854 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta and La Grange Railroad]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire [[Southern United States|South]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list7title =1860 | ||
+ | | list7= | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 9,554}} | ||
+ | ;1861-1865 | ||
+ | :[[American Civil War]] | ||
+ | ;1864 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]] | ||
+ | ;1865 | ||
+ | :Civil War ends; slaves freed;<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]], founded | ||
+ | ;1868 | ||
+ | :Atlanta made state capital | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list8title =1870 | ||
+ | | list8= | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 21,879}} | ||
+ | ;1871 | ||
+ | :[[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list9title =1880 | ||
+ | | list9 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 37,409}} | ||
+ | ;1880 | ||
+ | :Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city | ||
+ | ;1881 | ||
+ | :[[International Cotton Exposition]] | ||
+ | ;1885 | ||
+ | :[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] founded | ||
+ | ;1886 | ||
+ | :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 | ||
+ | ;1887 | ||
+ | :[[Piedmont Exposition]];<br>[[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded;<br>[[Coca-Cola]] invents the [[coupon]] | ||
+ | ;1889 | ||
+ | :First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city;<br>[[Georgia State Capitol|State Capitol]] building opens | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list10title = 1890 | ||
+ | | list10 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 65,533}} | ||
+ | ; 1895 | ||
+ | :[[Cotton States and International Exposition|Cotton States Expo]]; [[Booker T. Washington]] gives [[Atlanta Exposition Speech|"Atlanta Compromise" Speech]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list11title = 1900 | ||
+ | | list11 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 89,872 - metro 419,375}} | ||
+ | ; 1906 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta race riot]] kills 27;<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list12title = 1910 | ||
+ | | list12 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 154,839 - metro 522,442}} | ||
+ | ; 1910 | ||
+ | :Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow | ||
+ | ; 1913 | ||
+ | :[[Leo Frank]] lynching;<br>[[Georgia Tech]] starts "evening college", now [[Georgia State University|Georgia State]] | ||
+ | ; 1914 | ||
+ | :[[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] | ||
+ | ; 1917 | ||
+ | :[[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list13title = 1920 | ||
+ | | list13 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 200,616 - metro 622,283}} | ||
+ | ; 1923 | ||
+ | :[[Viaducts of Atlanta|Spring Street Viaduct]] opens, downtown rises above train tracks<!-- I know this is not very notable, but nothing else much notable happened in the 1920s --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list14title = 1930 | ||
+ | | list14 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 270,366 - metro 715,391}} | ||
+ | ; 1936 | ||
+ | :[[William B. Hartsfield]] elected mayor;<br>[[Techwood Homes]] built, first public housing in US | ||
+ | ; 1939 | ||
+ | :''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list15title = 1940 | ||
+ | | list15 = | ||
+ | ; 1946 | ||
+ | :[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded | ||
+ | ; 1949 | ||
+ | :Last [[Streetcars in Atlanta|streetcar]] line converted to [[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|trolleybus]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list16title = 1950 | ||
+ | | list16 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 331,314 - metro 997,666}} | ||
+ | ; 1950 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta transit strike of 1950|Transit strike]], [[Atlanta Transit Company|Atlanta Transit Co.]] takes over transit from [[Georgia Power|Georgia Railway and Power]] | ||
+ | ; 1952 | ||
+ | :[[Buckhead]] annexed | ||
+ | ; 1958 | ||
+ | :[[Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing]] during the [[Civil Rights Movement]] | ||
+ | ; 1959 | ||
+ | :Trolleybuses, buses, public library desegregated;<br>[[Lenox Square]] mall opens<br>[[Atlanta metropolitan area|Metro]] population hits 1 million | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list17title = 1960 | ||
+ | | list17 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 487,455 - metro 1,312,474}} | ||
+ | ; 1960 | ||
+ | :Sit-ins at [[Rich's (department store)|Rich's]] lunch counters during the [[Civil Rights Movement]] | ||
+ | ; 1961 | ||
+ | :[[Ivan Allen Jr.]] becomes mayor;<br>[[Atlanta Public Schools|Public schools]] begin token desegregation;<br>[[Rich's (department store)|Rich's]] desegregates restaurant;<br>[[John C. Portman Jr.|John Portman]] opens [[AmericasMart|Merchandise Mart]], kicking off [[History of Atlanta#transformation of downtown|transformation of downtown]] | ||
+ | ; 1962 | ||
+ | :106 Atlanta art patrons die in [[Air France Flight 007#Impact on Atlanta, Georgia|Paris air crash]] | ||
+ | ; 1963 | ||
+ | :[[Trolleybuses in Atlanta|Trolleybuses]] converted en masse to buses | ||
+ | ; 1968 | ||
+ | :[[Martin Luther King Jr.]] assassinated | ||
+ | ; 1969 | ||
+ | :[[Interstate 285|Perimeter]] freeway opens | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list18title = 1970 | ||
+ | | list18 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 496,973 - metro 1,763,626}} | ||
+ | ; 1973 | ||
+ | :[[Maynard Jackson]] becomes first black [[List of mayors of Atlanta|mayor]] | ||
+ | ; 1979 | ||
+ | :[[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] opens first rail rapid transit line;<br>[[Atlanta murders of 1979–81|Child murders]] begin | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list19title = 1980 | ||
+ | | list19 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 425,022 - metro 2,233,324}} | ||
+ | ; 1980 | ||
+ | :[[CNN]] launches, [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]] empire takes off | ||
+ | ; 1982 | ||
+ | :[[Andrew Young]] becomes mayor | ||
+ | ; 1988 | ||
+ | :[[1988 Democratic National Convention|Democratic Convention]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list20title = 1990 | ||
+ | | list20 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 394,017 - metro 2,959,950}} | ||
+ | ; 1992 | ||
+ | :[[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|Bank of America Plaza]] completed, tallest US building outside of NYC and Chicago | ||
+ | ; 1996 | ||
+ | :[[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list21title = 2000 | ||
+ | | list21 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 416,474 - metro 4,112,198}} | ||
+ | ; 2005 | ||
+ | :[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Airport]] becomes world's busiest;<br>[[BeltLine]] plan adopted, adding 40% to city's green space | ||
+ | ; 2008 | ||
+ | :[[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] becomes world's largest airline;<br>[[2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak|Downtown tornadoes]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | list22title = 2010 | ||
+ | | list22 = | ||
+ | {{center|pop. 420,003 - metro (CSA) 5,729,304}} | ||
+ | ; 2011 | ||
+ | :Atlanta first US city to [[Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta|demolish all public housing projects]] | ||
+ | ; 2013 | ||
+ | :[[Atlanta Public Schools]] supervisor [[Beverly Hall]] convicted in [[Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal|cheating scandal]] | ||
+ | ; 2017 | ||
+ | :[[Interstate 85 bridge collapse]] | ||
+ | }}</includeonly><noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude> |
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Atlanta timeline |
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Seal of the City of Atlanta |
History |
Before 1820
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1820
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1830
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1850 pop. 2,572
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1860 pop. 9,554
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1870 pop. 21,879
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1880 pop. 37,409
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1890 pop. 65,533
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1900 pop. 89,872 - metro 419,375
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1910 pop. 154,839 - metro 522,442
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1920 pop. 200,616 - metro 622,283
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1930 pop. 270,366 - metro 715,391
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1940
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1950 pop. 331,314 - metro 997,666
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1960 pop. 487,455 - metro 1,312,474
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1970 pop. 496,973 - metro 1,763,626
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1980 pop. 425,022 - metro 2,233,324
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1990 pop. 394,017 - metro 2,959,950
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2000 pop. 416,474 - metro 4,112,198
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2010 pop. 420,003 - metro (CSA) 5,729,304
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