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词条 Timeline of Augusta, Georgia
释义

  1. 18th century

  2. 19th century

  3. 20th century

  4. 21st century

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. Bibliography

  8. External links

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Augusta, Georgia, USA.

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18th century

{{Georgia State History}}
  • 1740 - Savannah-Augusta "highway" constructed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1750 - St. Paul's Church established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1779 - January 29: Augusta taken by British forces.[1]
  • 1780 - Georgia state capital relocated to Augusta.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1781
    • April 16: Siege of Augusta by American forces begins.[1]
    • May: British-occupied Fort Grierson taken by American forces.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1785 - Academy of Richmond County opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1789
    • Town of Augusta incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • The Augusta Chronicle newspaper in publication.[2]
  • 1790
    • "Negro" Baptist Church established.[3]
    • Government House built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1791
    • May: U.S. president George Washington visits Augusta.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Bridge built across Savannah River.{{sfn|Browne|1841}}
  • 1792 - John Milton becomes mayor.
  • 1795 - Meadow Garden built as summer house of George Walton, youngest signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}

19th century

  • 1802 - Wray's drug store in business.{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1805 - Methodist church built (approximate date).{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1808 - Library Company and Thespian Society founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1810 - Bank of Augusta established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1812 - First Presbyterian Church built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1815 - Catholic church built (approximate date).{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1817 - City of Augusta incorporated.{{sfn|Waring|1887}}
  • 1818 - Magnolia Cemetery in use.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1819 - Augusta Arsenal built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1820 - First Baptist Church built.{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1821
    • Town of Hamburg established in South Carolina across the river from Augusta.{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
    • Free School Society (charity) formed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1822 - Medical Society incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1824 - City Hall built.{{sfn|Appleton|1889}}
  • 1825 - Lafayette visits Augusta.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1827 - Library Society founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1828
    • Medical Academy of Georgia founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Unitarian church built.{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1829 - April 3: Fire.{{sfn|Waring|1887}}
  • 1830 - Population: 6,710.[4]
  • 1833 - Charleston-Augusta railway begins operating.
  • 1836 - Broad Street fire.{{sfn|Sherwood|1860}}
  • 1837
    • Georgia Railroad (Augusta-Berzelia) begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[2][5]
  • 1840 - Yellow fever epidemic.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1845 - Southern Baptist Convention founded at a meeting in Augusta.[1]
  • 1847 - Augusta Canal built.{{sfn|Waring|1887}}
  • 1848
    • Young Men's Library Association formed.[6]
    • Signers Monument dedicated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1850 - Population: 9,448.[4]
  • 1854
    • Augusta and Savannah Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Yellow fever epidemic.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1858 - Fruitland Nurseries in business.[7]
  • 1860 - Population: 12,493.[4]
  • 1861 - January 24: Federal arsenal occupied by Georgia state forces.[1]
  • 1862
    • Confederate Powderworks begins operating.
    • St. Patrick's Church built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1863 - April: Photo-illustrated wanted poster introduced.[8]
  • 1864 - January: Flood.[5]
  • 1865
    • Federal army takes city.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Colored American newspaper begins publication.
  • 1866 - State Freedmen's Conventions held in Augusta.[9]
  • 1867 - Augusta Institute (later Morehouse College) established.[10]
  • 1869
    • "Iron works factory" in business.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
    • Synagogue built.[11]
  • 1870 - Cotton States Mechanics and Agricultural Fair held in Augusta.
  • 1877 - Augusta Evening News begins publication.[2]
  • 1878 - Augusta Confederate Monument dedicated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1879 - Augusta Institute relocated to Atlanta from Augusta.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1880 - Population: 21,891.[4]
  • 1882 - Paine Institute established.[10]
  • 1886 - Haines Normal and Industrial Institute founded.{{sfn|Cashin|2001}}
  • 1890 - Augusta Herald newspaper begins publication.[2]
  • 1892 - Negro Press Association of Georgia formed during meeting in Augusta.[12]
  • 1894 - Buffalo kindergarten opens.[13]

20th century

  • 1900 - Population: 39,441.[4]
  • 1908 - Flood.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1909 - Church of the Immaculate Conception established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1910 - Springfield Baptist Church built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1912
    • Flood.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • "Street railway strike" occurs.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Summerville becomes part of Augusta.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1916
    • Fire.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Levee and United States Post Office and Courthouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1917 - U.S. military Camp Gordon and Camp Hancock established near Augusta.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1918 - Imperial Theatre opens.[14]
  • 1919 - City's "first paved four-lane highway" opens.[15]
  • 1926 - Junior College of Augusta established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1933 - Augusta Museum{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} and Augusta National Golf Club established.
  • 1934 - WRDW radio begins broadcasting.[16]
  • 1935 - City bicentennial.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1937 - August: Blood drive organized.[8]
  • 1940 - Augusta Drive-In cinema in business.[14]
  • 1945 - September 15: Future opera star Jessye Norman born in Augusta.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1948 - City manager form of government adopted.[5]
  • 1949 - Lucy Craft Laney High School established.
  • 1950 - Bush Field begins operating as a civilian airport.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1953 - WJBF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[17]
  • 1954 - WRDW-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[17]
  • 1961 - Augusta Area Vocational-Technical School founded.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1970 - May 11–13: Racial unrest.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}
  • 1978 - Augusta Mall in business.[18]
  • 1996 - "City of Augusta consolidated with Richmond County to form Augusta-Richmond County."[19]
  • 1997 - April 24: African-American golfer Tiger Woods, age 21, wins 1997 Masters Tournament.{{sfn|Hellmann|2005}}

21st century

  • 2005 - John Barrow becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.[20]
  • 2010 - Population: 195,844.[21]
  • 2015
    • Hardie Davis becomes mayor.
    • Rick W. Allen becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.[22]

See also

  • History of Augusta, Georgia
  • List of mayors of Augusta, Georgia
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond County, Georgia
  • Timelines of other cities in Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Ernie Gross|title=This Day in American History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ9eEattl4MC|year=1990|publisher=Neal-Schuman |isbn=978-1-55570-046-1}}
2. ^{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Georgia&county=&city=Augusta&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=September 10, 2016 }}
3. ^{{cite book|author=John Wesley Cromwell |title=The Negro in American History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY5GAAAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=American Negro Academy |location=Washington, DC}}
4. ^{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau }}
5. ^{{citation |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/01/03/met_249091.shtml |title=Dates of the Millennium |work=Augusta Chronicle |date= January 3, 1999 }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author=Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |accessdate=September 15, 2016 }}
7. ^{{cite journal |url=http://southerngardenhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Magnolia_Winter_2002-03.pdf |title= History of Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Georgia, and the Berckmans Family in America |author=Michael Reynolds |journal=Magnolia: Bulletin of the Southern Garden History Society |date=Winter 2002–2003 |volume=18 |location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina }}
8. ^{{cite book|author=Patrick Robertson|title= Robertson's Book of Firsts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC|year= 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-60819-738-5}}
9. ^{{cite web |url= http://coloredconventions.org/conventions?by=year |title=Conventions Organized by Year |work=Colored Conventions |publisher=University of Delaware |accessdate=September 10, 2016 }}
10. ^{{cite book|author1=F. Erik Brooks|author2=Glenn L. Starks|title=Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Encyclopedia |year= 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39415-7 |chapter=Time Line |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=hOdLXJz7hyUC&pg=PR21 }}
11. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.isjl.org/georgia-encyclopedia.html |title=Augusta, Georgia |work= Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities |publisher= Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |location=Jackson, Mississippi |accessdate=September 13, 2016}}
12. ^{{cite book|author=Donald Lee Grant|title=The Way it was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zpmjRm4cdswC|year=1993|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2329-9}}
13. ^{{citation |title=Kindergarten News |year=1896 |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0001403948?urlappend=%3Bseq=191 |via=HathiTrust |volume=6 |number=2 |location=Springfield, Massachusetts |publisher=Milton Bradley Company }}
14. ^{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/georgia/augusta?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Augusta, GA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=September 13, 2016 }}
15. ^{{citation |url= http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/04/06/met_258323.shtml |title= This Day in the Millennium |work=Augusta Chronicle |date= April 6, 1999 }}
16. ^{{citation |title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor= Jack Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily |location=New York |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/225/mode/1up |chapter= Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Georgia }}
17. ^{{citation |title=Radio Annual and Television Year Book |oclc=10512206 |year=1960 |editor=Charles A. Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily Corp. |location=New York |chapter=Television Stations: Georgia |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/798/mode/2up }}
18. ^{{citation |url= http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/08/03/met_267022.shtml |title=Dates of the Millennium |work=Augusta Chronicle |date= August 3, 1999 }}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.augustaga.gov/397/History |title=History |work=Augusta, GA - Official Website |accessdate=September 10, 2016 }}
20. ^{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=2005 |chapter= Georgia |chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.49015002997139?urlappend=%3Bseq=104 |via=HathiTrust }}
21. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1304204 |title= Augusta-Richmond County (balance), Georgia |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate= September 10, 2016 }}
22. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=GovTrack |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington DC |accessdate=September 10, 2016 }}

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External links

{{Commons category|Augusta, Georgia}}
  • {{citation |work=New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Georgia Humanities Council |title=Augusta |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/augusta }}
  • {{cite web |title=Today in Georgia History |publisher= Georgia Historical Society; Georgia Public Broadcasting |url= http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org }}
  • [https://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=augusta+georgia Items related to Augusta], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
  • {{citation |url=http://arcpls.org/georgia-heritage-room/about-the-georgia-heritage-room/ |title=Georgia Heritage Room |publisher=Augusta-Richmond County Public Library |location=Augusta }}
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