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Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida

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Pre-history
  
until 1497

British Rule
  
1763–1783

U.S. Territorial Period
  
1822–1845

Spanish Rule
  
1513–1763

Spanish Rule
  
1783–1821

Statehood
  
1845–present

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1564 - French Fort Caroline established by René Goulaine de Laudonnière.
  • 1565 - Spanish forces take Fort Caroline.
  • 1822
  • Settlement named "Jacksonville" to honor Andrew Jackson.
  • Town grid laid out.
  • Jacksonville becomes seat of newly formed Duval County.
  • 1832
  • Town incorporated.
  • William J. Mills becomes mayor.
  • 1838 - Bethel Baptist Church established.
  • 1845 - Florida becomes part of the United States.
  • 1846 - October 12: Gale.
  • 1857 - City Park created.
  • 1858 - Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad begins operating.
  • 1862 - Town occupied by Union forces.
  • 1869 - St. James Hotel built.
  • 1871 - Furchgott, Benedict & Co. dry goods store in business.
  • 1872 - Cookman Institute established.
  • 1873 - Florida Circulating Library active.
  • 1875 - Windsor Hotel built.
  • 1876
  • Duval High School established.
  • Union Congregational Church built.
  • 1877 - Board of Health established.
  • 1878 - Library and Literary Association formed.
  • 1881 - Florida Daily Times begins publication.
  • 1882
  • Synagogue dedicated.
  • Florida Baptist Academy established.
  • 1884 - Board of Trade organized.
  • 1885 - Park Opera House in business.
  • 1886 - Boylan Industrial Home and school established.
  • 1887
  • Yellow fever epidemic.
  • The Metropolis newspaper begins publication.
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
  • 1888 - Subtropical Exposition held.
  • 1890 - Population: 17,201.
  • 1892 - Edward Waters College active.
  • 1893 - Streetcars began operating.
  • 1897 - Woman's Club founded.

    • 1900s-1950s

  • 1900 - "Lift Every Voice and Sing" song first performed.
  • 1901
  • May 3: Great Fire of 1901.
  • Brewster Hospital established.
  • Continental Hotel opens.
  • 1903
  • Mason Park opens.
  • Florida Automobile Association organized.
  • 1904
  • Lincoln Park opens.
  • First Baptist Church built.
  • 1905
  • Jacksonville Free Public Library opens.
  • Protestant Union Revival held.
  • 1907
  • Manhattan Beach opens.
  • Dixieland Amusement Park opens in South Jacksonville.
  • South Jacksonville chartered as a city.
  • 1908 - Filmmaker Kalem Studios active.
  • 1909 - YMCA building constructed.
  • 1910
  • Atlantic Boulevard laid out.
  • Population: 57,699.
  • 1912
  • St. James Building constructed.
  • City Rotary Club formed.
  • 1914 - Jacksonville Zoological Park established.
  • 1917
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Jacksonville chapter established.
  • John W. Martin becomes mayor.
  • 1920 – Population: 91,558.
  • 1921 - St. Johns River Bridge opens.
  • 1923 - John T. Alsop becomes mayor.
  • 1925 - Negro Welfare League organized.
  • 1926 - Carling Hotel opens.
  • 1927 - Florida Theatre and 5 Points Theatre built.
  • 1928 - Gator Bowl Stadium built.
  • 1929 - Jacksonville Historical Society founded.
  • 1930 – Population: 129,549.
  • 1934 - Jacksonville Junior College established.
  • 1938 - Theatre Jacksonville built.
  • 1940
  • U.S. military Naval Air Station Jacksonville commissioned.
  • Population: 173,065.
  • 1946 - Annual Gator Bowl college football game begins.
  • 1947
  • Jacksonville Urban League formed.
  • Hanna Park created.
  • 1949 - W. Haydon Burns becomes mayor.
  • 1950 - Population: 204,517.
  • 1953 - Mathews Bridge opens.
  • 1955 - Jacksonville Expressway Authority established.

    • 1960s-1990s

  • 1960
  • August: "Ax Handle Saturday" racial unrest.
  • Population: 201,030.
  • 1962 - Civic Auditorium opens.
  • 1963 - December- Hotel Roosevelt fire
  • 1964 - Hurricane Dora occurs.
  • 1967 - "Mary Singleton and Sallye Mathis became the first female African Americans elected to the City Council."
  • 1968
  • Consolidation of city and Duval County governments.
  • Hans Tanzler becomes mayor.
  • 1970 - Population: 528,865.
  • 1979 - Jake Godbold becomes mayor.
  • 1980
  • Foreign trade zone established.
  • Population: 540,920.
  • 1984 - Jacksonville Bulls football team formed.
  • 1989 - The Jacksonville Skyway begins operating
  • 1990 - Population: 635,230.
  • 1993 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district.
  • 1995
  • Jacksonville Jaguars football team formed.
  • Jacksonville Municipal Stadium opens.
  • John Delaney becomes mayor.
  • 1998 - City website online (approximate date).

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • "Better Jacksonville Plan" for urban growth approved.
  • Population: 735,617.
  • 2001 - Ander Crenshaw becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district.
  • 2003 - May 13: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2003 held; John Peyton wins.
  • 2010 - Population: 821,784.
  • 2011 - March 22: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2011 held; Alvin Brown wins. He was the city's first elected African-American mayor.
  • 2013 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district again.
  • 2015 - Lenny Curry becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida Wikipedia
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