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| + | {{Infobox | ||
| + | |name = Atlanta timeline | ||
| + | |bodystyle = | ||
| + | |title = Atlanta timeline | ||
| + | |titlestyle = | ||
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| + | |image = [[File:Seal of Atlanta.png|200px|alt=Seal of the City of Atlanta]] | ||
| + | |imagestyle = | ||
| + | |caption = Seal of the City of [[Atlanta]] | ||
| + | |captionstyle = | ||
| + | |headerstyle = background:#ccf; | ||
| + | |labelstyle = background:#ddf; | ||
| + | |datastyle = | ||
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| + | |header1 = before 1820s | ||
| + | |label1 = <!-- label field will not show when header (decade) field is filled in--> | ||
| + | |data1 = <!-- data field will not show when header (decade) field is filled in--> | ||
| + | |header2 = <!-- leave blank except for decade header--> | ||
| + | |label2 = 1762 | ||
| + | |data2 = [[Standing Peachtree]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[trading post]] first mentioned | ||
| + | |header3 = 1820s | ||
| + | |label3 = | ||
| + | |data3 = | ||
| + | |label4 = 1821 | ||
| + | |data4 = [[Creek Indians]] cede land that is now [[Metro Atlanta]] | ||
| + | |label5 = 1822 | ||
| + | |data5 = [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] founded | ||
| + | |header6 = 1830s | ||
| + | |label7 = 1830 | ||
| + | |data7= Whitehall Tavern built at today's [[West End (Atlanta)|West End]] | ||
| + | |label8 = 1836 | ||
| + | |data8 = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad]] approved | ||
| + | |label9 = 1839 | ||
| + | |data9 = [[John Thrasher]] builds settlement at terminus | ||
| + | |header10 = 1840s | ||
| + | |label11= 1842 | ||
| + | |data11= Name "Atlanta" approved<br>[[Georgia Railroad]] arrives from [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] | ||
| + | |label12 = 1846 | ||
| + | |data12 = [[Macon and Western Railroad|Macon & Western RR]] connects Atlanta with port of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | ||
| + | |label13 = 1847 | ||
| + | |data13 = Atlanta incorporated | ||
| + | |header14 = 1850s | ||
| + | |label15 = 1850 | ||
| + | |data15 = [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] founded | ||
| + | |label16 = 1851 | ||
| + | |data16 = [[Western and Atlantic Railroad|W&A RR]] connects Atlanta to [[Midwestern United States|The Midwest]] | ||
| + | |label17 = 1854 | ||
| + | |data17 = [[Atlanta & West Point Railroad|Atlanta & La Grange RR]] connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta become the rail hub for the entire [[Southern United States|South]] | ||
| + | |header18 = 1860s | ||
| + | |label19 = 1861-1865 | ||
| + | |data19 = [[American Civil War]] | ||
| + | |label20 = 1864 | ||
| + | |data20 = [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Atlanta Campaign]], [[Atlanta in the American Civil War|burning of Atlanta]] | ||
| + | |label21=1865 | ||
| + | |data21 = Civil War ends; slaves freed<br>[[Atlanta University]], 1st Atlanta [[Atlanta University Center|black college]] founded | ||
| + | |header22=1870s | ||
| + | |label23 = 1871 | ||
| + | |data23 = [[Streetcars in Atlanta|Horse-drawn streetcars]] appear, enabling city expansion | ||
| + | |header25=1880s | ||
| + | |label26= 1880 | ||
| + | |data26 = Atlanta surpasses [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as Georgia's largest city | ||
| + | |label27=1885 | ||
| + | |data27 = [[Georgia Tech]] founded | ||
| + | |label28= 1886 | ||
| + | |data28 = 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|New York]] | ||
| + | |label29 = 1887 | ||
| + | |data29 = [[Inman Park]], first garden suburb, founded | ||
| + | |label30 = 1889 | ||
| + | |data30 = First [[Streetcars in Atlanta|electric streetcars]] enable further expansion of city | ||
| + | |header31 = 1890s | ||
| + | |label32= | ||
| + | |data32= | ||
| + | |header33=1900s | ||
| + | |label34=1906 | ||
| + | |data34=[[Atlanta Race Riot]] kills 27<br>Black businesses move to [[Sweet Auburn]] and west side | ||
| + | |header35 = 1910s | ||
| + | |label36 = 1910 | ||
| + | |data36= Restaurants segregated; other [[Jim Crow laws]] follow | ||
| + | |label37 = 1913 | ||
| + | |data37 = [[Leo Frank]] lynching | ||
| + | |label38 = 1914 | ||
| + | |data38 = [[Coca-Cola]] president [[Asa Griggs Candler]] donates land for [[Emory University]] campus in [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] | ||
| + | |label39 = 1917 | ||
| + | |data39 = [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917|Great Atlanta fire]] | ||
| + | |header40=1920s | ||
| + | |label41= | ||
| + | |data41= | ||
| + | |header42 = 1930s | ||
| + | |label43 = 1939 | ||
| + | |data43 = ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' premiere draws 300,000 to streets | ||
| + | |header44 = 1940s | ||
| + | |label45 = 1946 | ||
| + | |data45 = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) founded | ||
| + | |header46 = 1950s | ||
| + | |label47 = 1952 | ||
| + | |data47 = Annexation of [[Buckhead (Atlanta)|Buckhead]] | ||
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| + | |belowstyle = background:#ddf; | ||
| + | |below = | ||
| + | }} | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 26 January 2012
![]() Seal of the City of Atlanta | |
| before 1820s | |
|---|---|
| 1762 | Standing Peachtree, Native American trading post first mentioned |
| 1820s | |
| 1821 | Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta |
| 1822 | Decatur founded |
| 1830s | |
| 1830 | Whitehall Tavern built at today's West End |
| 1836 | Western and Atlantic Railroad approved |
| 1839 | John Thrasher builds settlement at terminus |
| 1840s | |
| 1842 | Name "Atlanta" approved Georgia Railroad arrives from Augusta |
| 1846 | Macon & Western RR connects Atlanta with port of Savannah |
| 1847 | Atlanta incorporated |
| 1850s | |
| 1850 | Oakland Cemetery founded |
| 1851 | W&A RR connects Atlanta to The Midwest |
| 1854 | Atlanta & La Grange RR connects Atlanta towards the southwest; Atlanta become the rail hub for the entire South |
| 1860s | |
| 1861-1865 | American Civil War |
| 1864 | Civil War Atlanta Campaign, burning of Atlanta |
| 1865 | Civil War ends; slaves freed Atlanta University, 1st Atlanta black college founded |
| 1870s | |
| 1871 | Horse-drawn streetcars appear, enabling city expansion |
| 1880s | |
| 1880 | Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city |
| 1885 | Georgia Tech founded |
| 1886 | Atlanta goes "dry" Coca-Cola first sold Henry Grady's "New South" speech in New York |
| 1887 | Inman Park, first garden suburb, founded |
| 1889 | First electric streetcars enable further expansion of city |
| 1890s | |
| 1900s | |
| 1906 | Atlanta Race Riot kills 27 Black businesses move to Sweet Auburn and west side |
| 1910s | |
| 1910 | Restaurants segregated; other Jim Crow laws follow |
| 1913 | Leo Frank lynching |
| 1914 | Coca-Cola president Asa Griggs Candler donates land for Emory University campus in Druid Hills |
| 1917 | Great Atlanta fire |
| 1920s | |
| 1930s | |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind premiere draws 300,000 to streets |
| 1940s | |
| 1946 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) founded |
| 1950s | |
| 1952 | Annexation of Buckhead |
