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Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 1780
  • Fort Nashborough established.
  • Cumberland Compact signed; Cumberland Association formed.
  • 1784 – Nashville established.
  • 1785 – Davidson Academy incorporated.
  • 1789 – Methodist church built.
  • 1796 – Settlement becomes part of the state of Tennessee.
  • 1797 – Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser newspaper begins publication.

    • 19th century

  • 1806
  • Town incorporated.
  • Joseph Coleman becomes mayor.
  • 1812 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Knoxville.
  • 1813 – Nashville Library Co., Inc. established.
  • 1817 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates from Nashville to Knoxville.
  • 1818
  • Earl's Nashville Museum opens.
  • Population: 3,000 (approximate).
  • 1820 – Christian Church built.
  • 1822 – Nashville City Cemetery established.
  • 1823 – Presbyterian church built.
  • 1825 – Decker & Dyer Reading Room established.
  • 1826 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Murfreesboro.
  • 1829 – Christ Church built.
  • 1830 – Population: 5,566.
  • 1831 – Tennessee State Penitentiary built.
  • 1833 – Water-works established.
  • 1835 – Tennessee Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge organized.
  • 1837 – House of Industry for Females established.
  • 1838 – First Baptist Church built.
  • 1840 – Population: 6,929.
  • 1841 – Mechanics' Library Association formed.
  • 1842 – Burns & Co. in business.
  • 1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee.
  • 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established.
  • 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established.
  • 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built.
  • 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room and Tennessee Historical Society founded.
  • 1850
  • June: Nashville Convention held.
  • Suspension bridge built over the Cumberland River.
  • Population: 10,165.
  • 1851 – Nashville Gas Light Company in operation.
  • 1852
  • Public school system inaugurated.
  • Davidson County Jail built.
  • 1854
  • Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville.
  • Tennessee State Library established.
  • 1855 – Giers photo studio in business.
  • 1856 – Church of the Assumption built.
  • 1857 – Davidson County Court House rebuilt.
  • 1858 – City Workhouse and Church of St. Ann's built.
  • 1859
  • Tennessee State Capitol, draw-bridge, and Central Baptist Church built.
  • Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins operating.
  • 1860 - Population: 16,988.
  • 1862
  • City under Union control.
  • Fort Negley built.
  • 1863 – St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Asylum founded.
  • 1864 – December 15–16: Battle of Nashville.
  • 1865 – Fisk Free Colored School, Ward Seminary for Young Ladies, and Earhart's Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College established.
  • 1866 – Central Tennessee College founded.
  • 1867
  • Montgomery Bell Academy opens.
  • Nashville Lyceum Association incorporated.
  • 1869 – Howard Chapel built.
  • 1870
  • Sulphur Dell ballpark opens.
  • Population: 25,865.
  • 1871
  • Tennessee and Pacific Railroad (Lebanon-Nashville) begins operating.
  • Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Library Association, and Nashville Saddlery Company established.
  • 1873 – Vanderbilt University established.
  • 1874 – Hebrew temple and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church built.
  • 1876 – Nashville Banner newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880 – Population: 43,350.
  • 1884 – Nashville Athletic Club formed.
  • 1885 – Industrial School and Query Club (women's group) established.
  • 1889
  • The Hermitage museum opens.
  • Boscobel College for Young Ladies established.
  • Peabody Normal College active.
  • 1890 – Population: 76,168.
  • 1891 – Nashville Bible School founded.
  • 1892
  • March 17: St. Patrick's Day storm dumps 17 inches of snow on the city.
  • Union Gospel Tabernacle built.
  • Maxwell House coffee introduced.
  • 1897 – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition held.
  • 1898
  • Howard Library established.
  • Tennessee State Penitentiary rebuilt.

    • 1900s-1940s

  • 1900
  • Meharry Medical College active.
  • Population: 80,865.
  • Polk Place demolished.
  • 1904 – Carnegie Library opens.
  • 1905 – Centennial Club (women's group) active.
  • 1906
  • Tennessee State Fair begins.
  • Nashville Globe newspaper begins publication.
  • 1907 – Nashville Tennessean newspaper in publication.
  • 1909 – Sparkman Street Bridge opens.
  • 1910
  • Nashville Art Association chartered.
  • The Hermitage Hotel in business.
  • Advance Publishing Company incorporated.
  • Population: 110,364.
  • 1912 - Urban League branch established.
  • 1916 – Nashville Housewives League organized.
  • 1918
  • July 9: Great Train Wreck of 1918.
  • 1918 influenza epidemic.
  • 1920 – Population: 118,342.
  • 1922 - Nashville's first radio station, WDAA, signs on
  • 1925
  • War Memorial Auditorium dedicated.
  • Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting.
  • Belcourt Theatre built.
  • 1927 – Warner Parks open.
  • 1930
  • First American National Bank formed.
  • Population: 153,866.
  • 1931
  • Nashville Children's Theatre established.
  • Parthenon rebuilt.
  • 1936 – Berry Field (airport) dedicated.
  • 1937 – Tennessee State Museum established.
  • 1940 - Population: 167,402.
  • 1941
  • W47NV radio licensed.
  • Iroquois Steeplechase begins.
  • 1942 – Acuff-Rose Music and Harveys (department store) in business.
  • 1946 – Nashville Symphony founded.

    • 1950s-1990s

  • 1950
  • WSM-TV begins broadcasting.
  • Population: 174,307.
  • 1951
  • Ben West becomes mayor.
  • The Harpeth Hall School opens.
  • 1952 - Tennessee Theatre opens.
  • 1953 – WSIX-TV begins broadcasting.
  • 1954 – WLAC-TV begins broadcasting.
  • 1955 - Brothers Owen and Harold Bradley establish Bradley's Film & Recording Studio, the first studio in what will become Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.
  • 1957
  • Life & Casualty Tower built.
  • RCA Studios begins operation at the corner of 17th Ave. S. and Hawkins St. It will become known as RCA Studio B.
  • 1960
  • Nashville sit-ins for civil rights occur.
  • Cheekwood Museum opens.
  • Population: 170,874.
  • 1961 – Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum established.
  • 1962
  • WDCN-TV begins broadcasting.
  • Nashville Municipal Auditorium opens.
  • 1963
  • City consolidates its government with Davidson County.
  • Metropolitan Council (Nashville) established.
  • Beverly Briley becomes mayor.
  • 1967 – 100 Oaks Mall in business near city.
  • 1968 – Third National Bank Building constructed.
  • 1970 - Population: 448,003.
  • 1972
  • Fan Fair music festival begins.
  • Opryland USA opens.
  • 1974
  • Regions Center (Nashville) built.
  • Grand Ole Opry House opens.
  • 1975 – Richard Fulton becomes mayor.
  • 1978 - The Nashville Sounds minor-league baseball team plays its inaugural season.
  • 1980
  • Tennessee Performing Arts Center opens.
  • Sri Ganesha Temple established.
  • Population: 455,651.
  • 1981 – Nashville Opera Guild chartered.
  • 1982 - Foreign trade zone established.
  • 1983 - Nissan car manufactory begins operating in nearby Smyrna.
  • 1985 – Starwood Amphitheatre opens.
  • 1986 – Tennessee Players founded.
  • 1987
  • Nashville Airport terminal built.
  • Bill Boner becomes mayor.
  • 1988 – Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Nashville Pride begin.
  • 1989
  • Nashville Scene begins publication.
  • Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in business (approximate date).
  • 1990
  • Grassmere Wildlife Park established.
  • Population: 488,374.
  • 1991 – Phil Bredesen becomes mayor.
  • 1994
  • City website online.
  • South Central Bell Building constructed.
  • 1996
  • Bicentennial Mall State Park opens.
  • Magdalene program for women, and Nashville Zoo at Grassmere established.
  • Nashville Arena built.
  • 1998
  • April 15–16: Tornado.
  • After playing in Memphis for one season, the Tennessee OIlers football team plays its first Nashville games at Vanderbilt Stadium.
  • Nashville Predators ice hockey team formed.
  • 1999
  • Adelphia Coliseum opens.
  • Bill Purcell becomes mayor.
  • Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in city.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 – The City Paper begins publication.
  • 2001
  • Tennessee Immigrant Rights Coalition headquartered in city.
  • Frist Center for the Visual Arts established.
  • 2002 Nashville Public Education Foundation established by Nelson C. Andrews and Thomas J. Sherrard
  • 2003 – Shelby Street pedestrian bridge opens.
  • 2006
  • Schermerhorn Symphony Center opens.
  • Viridian Tower built.
  • Car manufacturer Nissan's North American headquarters in business in nearby Franklin.
  • 2007 – Karl Dean becomes mayor.
  • 2008 – Nashville for All of Us (group) organized.
  • 2009
  • Third Man Records in business.
  • The Pinnacle at Symphony Place built.
  • Music City Drum and Bugle Corps founded.
  • Live on the Green begins.
  • Voters reject Nashville English Only Amendment.
  • 2010
  • April–May: Flood.
  • Population: 601,222.
  • 2011
  • October: Occupy Nashville begins.
  • Parnassus Books in business.
  • 2012
  • March: Occupy Vanderbilt begins.
  • MyCity Academy (government program) established.
  • Fictional Nashville TV series makes national premiere on ABC, transfers to CMT in 2016 after being cancelled by the former and due to fan efforts
  • 2013 – Music City Center opens.
  • 2015
  • Construction begins on 505 skyscraper.
  • Megan Barry becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee Wikipedia
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