Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina facts for kids
The following is a timeline of the history of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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Prior to the 1700s
- 1680 – Settlement of English immigrants, mostly from Barbados, relocates from Albemarle Point to site of future Charles Town.
- 1681 – St. Philip's Episcopal Church founded.
1700s
- 1708 – African slaves comprise majority of population in the colony; blacks make up majority of population in the city and state until the early 20th century
- 1719 – Town renamed "Charlestown" (approximate date).
- 1729 – St. Andrew's Society founded.
- 1732 – South Carolina Gazette newspaper begins publication.
- 1734 – South Carolina Jockey Club constituted.
- 1736 – Dock Street Theatre opens.
- 1737 – South-Carolina Society founded.
- 1739 – Stono Rebellion of slaves occurs near Charleston.
- 1740 – Fire.
- 1743 – Armory built.
- 1745 – Town gate rebuilt.
- 1748 – Charleston Library Society organized.
- 1750 – Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim founded.
- 1752 – September: Hurricane.
- 1761 – St. Michael's church built.
- 1765
- Resistance to British Stamp Act 1765.
- John Bartlam pottery in operation near Charleston.
- 1766
- St. Cecilia Society formed.
- German Friendly Society founded.
- 1769 – Town becomes part of Charleston District.
- 1770 – Population: 11,000.
- 1771 – Royal Exchange built.
- 1773 – Museum founded by the Charleston Library Society.
- 1774 – Charleston Tea Party protest.
- 1780 – Siege of Charleston.
- 1782 – December 14: British occupation ends.
- 1783
- Town renamed "Charleston."
- Charter received.
- Richard Hutson becomes mayor.
- City Guard organized.
- 1784 – Scotch Presbyterian church incorporated.
- 1786
- March: State capital moves from Charleston to Columbia.
- South Carolina Golf Club founded.
- 1788 – Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina.
- 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded.
- 1790
- College of Charleston opens.
- Population: 16,359.
- 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated.
- 1792
- Charleston Orphan Asylum founded.
- Washington Race Course opens.
- 1794 – Charleston Mechanic Society and Brown Benevolent Society founded.
- 1797 – South Carolina Weekly Museum (magazine) begins publication.
- 1798 – Bank of South Carolina established.
- 1799 – Yellow fever outbreak.
1800s
1800s–1850s
- 1800
- Santee Canal (Columbia-Charleston) built.
- Population: 18,824.
- Charleston has largest Jewish population of any city in the US.
- 1801 – Hibernian Society founded.
- 1803 – Courier newspaper begins publication.
- 1806 – Franklin Library Society founded.
- 1807 – Washington Light Infantry founded.
- 1810
- Castle Pinckney built.
- Population: 24,711.
- 1813 – Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina founded.
- 1815 – Religious Tract Society of Charleston organized.
- 1816 – Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church founded.
- 1819
- Charleston Mercury newspaper begins publication.
- New England Society of Charleston organized.
- Siegling Music House founded.
- 1820
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston established.
- Population: 24,780.
- 1822 – Denmark Vesey's alleged rebellion of slaves thwarted.
- 1823
- Charleston Port Society founded.
- Medical College of South Carolina incorporated.
- 1824
- Apprentices' Library Society incorporated.
- Charleston Museum opens.
- 1830 – Population: 30,289.
- 1833 – Charleston-Hamburg railroad begins operating.
- 1839
- Charleston Hotel built.
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church built.
- 1840 – Population: 29,261.
- 1841
- Market Hall built.
- Charleston Arsenal built.
- 1843 – South Carolina Military Academy opens.
- 1847 – Shearith Israel synagoguge built.
- 1849 – South Carolina Institute for the Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry organized; annual Fair begins.
- 1850
- Magnolia Cemetery built.
- Roper Hospital established.
- Population: 42,985.
- 1852 – Museum founded by the College of Charleston.
- 1853 – Elliott Society of Natural History established.
- 1854
- Young Men's Christian Association of Charleston and B’rith Shalom congregation established.
- Old Bethel United Methodist Church rebuilt.
- Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar consecrated.
- 1855 – South Carolina Historical Society founded.
- 1856 – Ryan's Mart slave market established.
- 1858 – Carolina Art Association established.
- 1859 – Charleston Marine School opens.
1860s–1890s
- 1860
- April: Democratic National Convention held in city.
- December: Popular outcry for secession from the Union.
- Population: 40,522.
- 1861
- January 2: State troops occupy Fort Johnson on James Island.
- January 9 – Citadel cadets fire on Union ship Star of the West.
- April: Battle of Fort Sumter.
- Population: 48,409.
- Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor built.
- Confederate Naval Sailor and Marines' Cemetery built.
- 1862
- May 13: Robert Smalls commandeers Confederate ship CSS Planter in Charleston Harbour.
- June 16: Battle of James Island.
- 1863
- July–September 7: Siege of Charleston Harbor.
- July 11: First Battle of Fort Wagner.
- July 18: Second Battle of Fort Wagner.
- September 8: Second Battle of Fort Sumter.
- 1864 – February 17: Sinking of USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor.
- 1865
- Union troops occupy city.
- Daily News begins publication.
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Avery Normal Institute established.
- Shaw School opens.
- State Colored People's Convention held in city.
- 1866
- Colored YMCA established.[1]
- Furchgott dry goods store in business.
- 1867 – Porter Military Academy formed.
- 1868 – January 14: State constitutional convention held in Charleston.
- 1869 – Carolina Rifle Club organized.
- 1870
- Charleston Female Seminary established.
- Savannah and Charleston Railroad reopened.
- Magnolia Gardens opens.
- Population: 48,956.
- 1872 – St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church built.
- 1879 – United States Custom House built.
- 1880 – Population: 49,984.
- 1882 – City of Charleston Fire Department and Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church established.
- 1883 – Samuel Dibble becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district.
- 1884 – Robert Smalls becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district.
- 1886 – August 31: The 6.9–7.3 Mw Charleston earthquake shakes South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people were killed and damage totalled $5–6 million.
- 1889 – William Enston Homes built.
- 1890
- East Shore Terminal Company formed.
- Population: 54,955.
- 1891 – Central Baptist Church built.
- 1893 – August: 1893 Charleston Hurricane.
- 1895 – Century Club for women organized.
- 1896 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
- 1899 – Charleston City Federation of Women's Clubs organized.
1900s
- 1900 – Population: 55,807.
- 1901 – South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition opens.
- 1903 – Charleston Terminal Company created.
- 1906 – Hampton Park created.
- 1907
- Union Station built.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist opens.
- 1908 – Gaud School established.
- 1909– Ashley Hall established
- 1910 – Population: 58,833.
- 1911 – People's Office Building constructed.
- 1912
- Carolina Arts and Crafts incorporated.
- Read Brothers store established.
- 1913 – Charleston Library Society building constructed.
- 1917 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Charleston branch established.
- 1918 – Garden Theatre built.
- 1920
- Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings founded.
- Lincoln Theatre opens.
- 1927 – Gloria Theatre opens.
- 1929 – John P. Grace Memorial Bridge opens.
- 1930 – Charleston County Library established.
- 1931 – Footlight Players theatre group formed.
- 1937 – Dock Street Theatre opens.
- 1938 – September 20: Tornado.
- 1940 – August: 1940 South Carolina hurricane.
- 1942 – American Theater opens.
- 1945 – Cigar Factory labor strike; singing of We Shall Overcome.[2][3]
- 1947 – Historic Charleston Foundation established.
- 1949 – Johnson Hagood Stadium opens.
- 1950 – Ashley Theatre opens.
- 1951 – The Links Charleston chapter founded.
- 1957 – Fraser Elementary School opens.
- 1959 – J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. becomes mayor.
- 1964 – Porter-Gaud School formed.
- 1966 – New Cooper River Bridge opens.
- 1968 – Pinehaven Cinema and Gateway Drive-In cinema open.
- 1969 – March 20: Charleston Hospital Strike begins.
- 1970
- Port Drive-In cinema opens.
- Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site established.
- 1972 – City of North Charleston incorporated, adjacent to City of Charleston.
- 1973 – Trident Technical College established.
- 1975 – Joseph P. Riley, Jr. becomes mayor.
- 1977 – Spoleto Festival USA begins.
- 1980
- Charleston Royals baseball team founded.
- Population: 69,510.
- 1981 – Citadel Mall in business.
- 1983 – Lowcountry Food Bank[4] and sister city relationship with Spoleto, Italy established.
- 1985 – College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture established.
- 1989 – Hurricane Hugo.
- 1990 – Waterfront Park created.
- 1991 – Melvin's BBQ in business.
- 1992 – Charleston Grill in business.
- 1993
- North Charleston Coliseum opens.
- Charleston Battery soccer team founded.
- 1994 – Charleston Tibetan Society founded.
- 1995
- Mark Sanford becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district.
- Sunken civil war-era submarine Hunley rediscovered offshore.
- 1996
- 100 Black Men of Charleston established.
- City website online (approximate date).
- 1997
- Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority formed.
- Charleston City Paper begins publication.
- Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park stadium opens.
2000s
- 2000 – South Carolina Aquarium opens.
- 2003 – Charleston School of Law established.
- 2004 – Charleston Comedy Festival begins.
- 2005 – Cooper River Bridge opens.
- 2006 – Central Mosque of Charleston founded.
- 2007
- Old Slave Mart museum opens.
- Sofa Super Store fire.
- 2008 – TD Arena and Meeting Street Academy [5] open.
- 2010
- Husk restaurant in business.
- The Charleston Promise Neighborhood incorporated.
- Population: 120,083.
- 2011 – Tim Scott becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district.
- 2015
- June 17: Nine people are killed, including the senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Pinckney, at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, by Dylann Roof, in the Charleston church shooting.
- June 26: Funeral of Clementa Pinckney; U.S. President Barack Obama delivers eulogy.
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