Timeline of Baltimore

• 1729 - Town of Baltimore founded.
• 1752 - 25 houses and 200 inhabitants.
• 1763 - Mechanical Fire Company organized.{{cite journal |title=The Fire Company Library Associations of Baltimore, 1838-1858 |author= John Calvin Colson |journal= Journal of Library History |volume= 21 |date=Winter 1986 }}
• 1767 - Baltimore designated county seat.
• 1770 - Henry Fite House built.
• 1773 - Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Maryland&county=&city=Baltimore&year1=1690&year2=2012&terms=&frequency=&language=ðnicity=&labor=&material_type=&lccn=&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=September 15, 2012}}
• 1775 - Population: 5,934
• 1776 - December - Second Continental Congress meeting begins.
• 1782 - Lexington Market founded.
• 1784 - Christmas Conference (Methodism)
• 1787 - 1,955 dwellings in town.{{Citation |publisher = At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews |publication-place = Boston |author = Jedidiah Morse |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23272543M/The_American_gazetteer |title = The American gazetteer |chapter-url=http://www.archive.org/stream/americangazettee00mors#page/n45/mode/2up |chapter=Baltimore |ol = 23272543M |publication-date = 1797 }}
• 1790 - Population: 13,503 people.{{Citation |publisher = S. Young |publication-place = Baltimore |author = Charles Varle |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL19370655M/A_complete_view_of_Baltimore |title = A complete view of Baltimore |ol = 19370655M |publication-date = 1833 }}
• 1794 - James Calhoun becomes mayor.
• 1795 - Holliday Street Theater opens.
• 1796
• City of Baltimore incorporated.
• Library Company of Baltimore founded.{{Citation |publisher = Smithsonian |publication-place = Washington D.C |author = Charles Coffin Jewett |authorlink=Charles Coffin Jewett |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BNQ0Dw3xFCIC |title = Notices of public libraries in the United States of America |year = 1851 |publication-date = 1851 }}

Image:1867 Mitchell Map of Baltimore, Maryland - Geographicus - Baltimore-mitchell-1867.jpg

• 1800 - Population: 26,504 people.{{Citation |publisher = Printed by B.W. Sower, & Co. for the publisher |publication-place = Baltimore |author = William Fry |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24653908M/Fry's_Baltimore_directory_for_the_year_1812 |title = Fry's Baltimore directory, for the year 1812 |ol = 24653908M |publication-date = 1812 }}
• 1803
• Fort McHenry built.{{cite web |url=https://home.nps.gov/fomc/learn/historyculture/history-of-fort-mchenry.htm |title=History of Fort McHenry |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |access-date=September 15, 2012}}
• Dispensary incorporated.
• 1806 - St. Mary's College and Theological Seminary incorporated.
• 1807
• University of Maryland founded.
• Baltimore Museum established.{{Citation |publisher = Printed by R.J. Matchett |publication-place = Baltimore |author = C. Keenan |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23411032M/The_Baltimore_directory_for_1822_'23 |title = The Baltimore directory for 1822 & '23 |ol = 23411032M |publication-date = 1822 }}
• Baltimore Circulating Library in business.
• 1809 - Joseph Robinson's Circulating Library in business.{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author= Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=September 15, 2012}}
• 1810
• Population: 46,535 people.
• Alex. Brown & Sons incorporated.
• 1814
• September - Battle of Baltimore
• Peale Museum opens.
• 1815
• Battle Monument erected.
• Baltimore Exchange opens.{{cite journal |title=Literary Culture and the Role of Libraries in Democratic America: Baltimore, 1815-1840 |author=Joseph Lawrence Yeatman |journal=Journal of Library History |volume=20 |date=Fall 1985 }}
• 1816
• Asbury College founded.
• Delphian Club founded.{{cite journal | last = Uhler | first = John Earle | date = December 1925 | title = The Delphian Club: A Contribution to the Literary History of Baltimore in the Early Nineteenth Century | url = https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric2019mary/page/304/mode/2up | journal = Maryland Historical Magazine | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | page = 305}}
• 1819 - Independent Order of Odd Fellows founded.
• 1820 - Population: 62,738 people
• 1821
• Maryland Academy of Science and Literature established.
• Basilica consecrated.
• 1822 - Adelphi Theatre opens.
• 1823 - Athenaeum founded.{{Citation |publisher = [Press of Williams & Wilkins company] |publication-place = Baltimore |author = Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6966537M/The_medical_annals_of_Maryland_1799-1899 |title = The medical annals of Maryland, 1799-1899 |chapter=Chronology |ol = 6966537M |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/medicalannalsofm00cord#page/638/mode/2up |publication-date = 1903 }}
• 1826 - Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts founded.
• 1827
• Washington Medical College established.
• Franklin Lyceum active.
• 1829
• Mount Clare Station built.
• George Washington monument erected.
• Circus building constructed.
• 1830
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins operating.
• Population: 80,620 people
• 1832
• Cholera epidemic.
• 1832 Democratic National Convention
• 1835
• 1835 Democratic National Convention
• Bank riot.
• 1837
• Baltimore Sun newspaper begins publication.
• Washington Hall opens.
• Orchard Street United Methodist Church built.
• 1839
• High School opens.
• Mercantile Library Association established.
• Green Mount Cemetery dedicated.
• Municipal Record Office of Baltimore built.
• 1840
• Madison Lyceum active.
• 1840 Democratic National Convention
• Population: 102,313 people
• 1844
• Maryland Historical Society incorporated.
• Western High School (Baltimore) opens.
• 1844 Democratic National Convention
• 1844 Whig National Convention
• Baltimore-Washington telegraph line opens.
• 1845 - Newton University established.
• 1848
• Howard Athenaeum and Gallery of Arts opens.
• Olympic Theatre opens.
• Concordia Club founded.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
• 1848 Democratic National Convention
• 1849 - Baltimore Female College in operation.{{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL17860479M/The_Baltimore_city_directory_... |publisher = John W. Woods |publication-date = 1858 |publication-place = Baltimore, Md |title = The Baltimore city directory, for 1858-59 |ol = 17860479M }}
• 1850
• President Street Station built.
• Population: 169,054 people
• 1851
• Baltimore becomes independent city.
• New Assembly-Rooms open.{{Citation |publisher = L.H. Everts |publication-place = Philadelphia |title = History of Baltimore city and county, from the earliest period to the present day: including biographical sketches of their representative men |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24157798M/History_of_Baltimore_city_and_county_from_the_earliest_period_to_the_present_day_including_biographi |author=J. Thomas Scharf |ol = 24157798M |authorlink=John Thomas Scharf |publication-date = 1881 }}
• Baltimore Wecker newspaper begins publication.
• 1852
• Loyola College established.
• Apollo Hall opens.
• 1852 Democratic National Convention
• 1852 Whig National Convention
• 1853 - Baltimore Police Department established.
• 1856
• Know-Nothing Riot.
• 1856 Whig National Convention
• 1857 - Peabody Institute founded.
• 1859 - City Fire Department formed.
• 1860
• 1860 Constitutional Union Convention
• Population: 212,418
• 1861 - Pratt Street Riot.
• 1864
• St. Francis Xavier Church dedicated.
• 1864 Republican National Convention
• 1865 - Concordia Opera House opens.
• 1867
• Concordia Hall is founded.
• Morgan College established.
• Normal school opens.
• 1870 - Population: 267,354
• 1871 - Ford's Grand Opera-House opens.
• 1872
• Mount Auburn Cemetery established.
• 1872 Democratic National Convention
• 1873 - Leadenhall Street Baptist Church built.
• 1875
• City Hall built.
• Academy of Music opens.
• Free Summer Excursion Society incorporated.
• 1876
• Johns Hopkins University founded.
• The Maryland Zoo opens.
• 1877 - Railroad Strike.
• 1878 - George Peabody Library opens.
• 1880
• Woman's Industrial Exchange founded.
• Celebration of 150th anniversary of city.{{Citation |publisher = Printed by order of the Mayor and City Council |publication-place = Baltimore |title = 1730-1880: Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Settlement of Baltimore |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL19368892M/1730._Memorial_volume._1880. |author = Baltimore |ol = 19368892M |publication-date = 1881 }}
• Population: 332,313
• 1881 - Faultless Pajama Company in business.
• 1882 - Enoch Pratt Free Library established.
• 1883
• Baltimore Manual Training School founded.
• Colored High and Training School founded.
• Baltimore Young Women's Christian Association founded.
• 1885 - Goucher College established.
• 1890
• Post office built.
• Population: 434,439 people.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Baltimore |volume= 3 | pages = 289–291 }}
• Riverview Park opens.
• 1891 - Union Park baseball field opens.
• 1892 - Baltimore Afro-American begins publication.
• 1894 - Lyric Opera House opens.
• 1895 - Clifton Park opens (approximate date).
• 1896
• Electric Park opens.
• Colored Young Women's Christian Association founded.
• 1898 - Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church and Community House built.

• 1900
• Population: 508,957 people.
• City courthouse dedicated.
• Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper begins publication.

File:Lexington Market Baltimore LOC 4a10972u.jpg in 1903.]]

• 1903 - Belvedere Hotel opens.
• 1904 - Great Baltimore Fire.
• 1908 - Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway begins operating.
• 1910 - Population: 558,485
• 1911 - Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) built.
• 1912
• Arch Social Club founded.
• 1912 Democratic National Convention
• 1914
• Baltimore Museum of Art founded.

File:Baltimore Museum of Art (1929; John Russell Pope, architect), 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 (40330853244).jpg

• Hippodrome Theatre built.
• 1916
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra formed.
• Baltimore Black Sox baseball team formed.
• 1917
• Fort Holabird established.
• Lithuanian Hall opens.
• 1918
• William Frederick Broening was elected mayor.{{Cite EB1922 |wstitle= Baltimore |volume = 30 |last= Wroth |first= Lawrence Counselman |author-link= Lawrence Counselman Wroth |page= 395 }}
• 1920 - Population: 733.826
• 1922
• Memorial Stadium built.
• Royal Theatre opens.
• 1923 - Howard W. Jackson becomes mayor.
• 1925 - University of Baltimore founded.
• 1930
• Baltimore Colored Symphony Orchestra organized.
• U.S. Post Office and Courthouse built.
• Population: 804,874
• 1934 - Walters Art Museum established.

File:Walters-museum-building 1.jpg

• 1940 - Population: 859,100
• 1949 - Edgar Allan Poe House opens.
• 1950
• Baltimore Civic Opera Company established.
• Population: 949,708
• 1953 - B&O Railroad Museum opens.
• 1954
• Orioles baseball team relocates to Baltimore.
• Cylburn Wildflower Preserve and Garden Center formed.
• 1955 - Civil rights protest at Read's Drug Store.
• 1956 - Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public School System
• 1960 - Population: 939,024
• 1962 - CFG Bank Arena opens.
• 1963 - Center Stage (theater) opens.
• 1964 - Baltimore News-American newspaper begins publication.
• 1968
• Baltimore riot of 1968
• Baltimore American Indian Center is established.
• 1970 - Population: 905,787
• 1971 - William Donald Schaefer becomes mayor.
• 1974 - Baltimore municipal strike of 1974
• 1976 - Maryland Science Center opens.
• 1977 - Baltimore World Trade Center opens.

File:Wtc-baltimore.jpg

• 1979
• Baltimore Convention Center opens.
• Baltimore School for the Arts founded.
• 1980
• Harborplace opens.
• Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association formed.
• Population: 786,741
• 1981
• National Aquarium in Baltimore opens.
• Baltimore Museum of Industry opens.
• 1982 - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opens.
• 1983
• Baltimore Metro Subway begins operating.
• Great Blacks in Wax Museum established.
• 1986 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headquarters relocates to Baltimore.{{cite book |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |author= Paul T Hellmann |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2004 }}
• 1987 - Kurt Schmoke becomes mayor.
• 1989 - Contemporary Museum Baltimore founded.
• 1990 - Population: 736,016
• 1992
• Baltimore Light Rail begins operating.
• Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens.
• 1996 - Baltimore Ravens football team established.
• 1998 - Ravens Stadium opens.
• 1999 - Martin O'Malley becomes mayor.

File:MTAM Millford-Mill-departing-train.jpg]]

{{Expand section|date=September 2012}}

• 2000
• National Katyń Memorial is constructed.
• Population: 651,154
• 2002 - The Portal (community center) opens.
• 2005 - Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opens.
• 2006 - The Baltimore Examiner begins publication.
• 2008 - Hilton Baltimore built.
• 2009 - Sheila Dixon trial.
• 2010
• Stephanie Rawlings-Blake becomes mayor.
• Population: 620,961 people.
• 2011
• Occupy Baltimore begins.

File:Francis Scott Key Bridge and Cargo Ship Dali NTSB view.jpg

• Lyric Opera Baltimore established.
• 2015 - Freddie Gray protests
• 2016 - Catherine Pugh becomes mayor.
• 2019 - Jack Young becomes mayor.
• 2020
• Brandon Scott becomes mayor.
• Population: 585,708
• 2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses in a mass casualty incident.

• History of Baltimore
• List of mayors of Baltimore
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Baltimore, Maryland
• List of museums in Baltimore
• {{portal-inline|Baltimore}}
• {{portal-inline|Maryland}}

{{reflist|2}}

;Published in the 19th c.

• {{Citation |publisher = The author |publication-place = Philadelphia |author = Henry Schenck Tanner |authorlink=Henry Schenck Tanner |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23337218M/The_American_traveller |title = The American traveller |publication-date = 1837 |edition=3rd |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/americantravelle01tann#page/n21/mode/2up |chapter=Map of Baltimore |ol = 23337218M }}
• {{Citation |publisher = H. Tanner, Jr. |publication-place = Philadelphia |title = A geographical, historical and statistical view of the central or middle United States |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24649753M/A_geographical_historical_and_statistical_view_of_the_central_or_middle_United_States |author = Henry Schenck Tanner |publication-date = 1841 |oclc = 1525712 |chapter-url=http://www.archive.org/stream/geographicalhist00intann#page/298/mode/2up |chapter=Baltimore |ol = 24649753M }}
• {{Citation |publisher = Turnbull Bros. |publication-place = Baltimore |title = The chronicles of Baltimore: being a complete history of "Baltimore town" and Baltimore city from the earliest period to the present time |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13489724M/The_chronicles_of_Baltimore |author = J. Thomas Scharf |ol = 13489724M |publication-date = 1874 |oclc = 11971847 }}
• {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Baltimore |volume= 3 | pages = 298–299 |short= 1 }}

;Published in the 20th c.

• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Baltimore |volume= 3 | pages = 289–291 |short= 1}}
• {{Cite EB1922 |wstitle= Baltimore |volume = 30 |page= 395 |short= 1}}

{{commons category|Baltimore, Maryland}}

• New York Public Library. [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=Baltimore%20%28Md%2E%29&s=3¬word=&f=2 Images related to Baltimore], various dates.

Baltimore

Baltimore

Category:Baltimore-related lists