Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1780
- Fort Nashborough established.[1]
- Cumberland Compact signed; Cumberland Association formed.[1]
- 1784 – Nashville established.[2][3]
- 1785 – Davidson Academy incorporated.[4]
- 1789 – Methodist church built.[5]
- 1796 – Settlement becomes part of the state of Tennessee.
- 1797 – Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[6]
19th century
- 1806
- 1812 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Knoxville.[7]
- 1813 – Nashville Library Co., Inc. established.[8]
- 1817 – Tennessee General Assembly relocates from Nashville to Knoxville.[7]
- 1818
- 1820 – Christian Church built.[5]
- 1822 – Nashville City Cemetery established.
- 1823 – Presbyterian church built.[5]
- 1825 – Decker & Dyer Reading Room established.[8]
- 1826
- Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Murfreesboro.[7]
- Cumberland College opened.
- 1829 – Christ Church built.[5]
- 1830 – Population: 5,566.[11]
- 1831 – Tennessee State Penitentiary built.[5]
- 1833 – Water-works established.[5]
- 1835 – Tennessee Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge organized.[12]
- 1837 – House of Industry for Females established.[5]
- 1838 – First Baptist Church built.[5]
- 1840 – Population: 6,929.[11]
- 1841 – Mechanics' Library Association formed.[8]
- 1842 – Burns & Co. in business.[13]
- 1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee.[7]
- 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind[14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established.[12]
- 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established.[5]
- 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built.[5]
- 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room[8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded.[12]
- 1850
- June: Nashville Convention held.[3]
- Suspension bridge built over the Cumberland River.[5]
- Population: 10,165.[11]
- 1851
- Nashville Gas Light Company in operation.[5]
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway starts operating.
- 1852
- 1854
- Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville.[15]
- Tennessee State Library established.[12]
- 1855 – Giers photo studio in business.
- 1856 – Church of the Assumption built.[5]
- 1857 – Davidson County Court House rebuilt.[5]
- 1858 – City Workhouse and Church of St. Ann's built.[5]
- 1859
- Tennessee State Capitol, draw-bridge, and Central Baptist Church built.[5]
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins operating.[3]
- 1860 - Population: 16,988.[11]
- 1862
- City under Union control.[3]
- Fort Negley built.
- 1863 – St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Asylum founded.[5]
- 1864 – December 15–16: Battle of Nashville.
- 1865 – Fisk Free Colored School,[16] Ward Seminary for Young Ladies,[3] and Earhart's Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College established.[5]
- 1866 – Central Tennessee College founded.[3]
- 1867
- Montgomery Bell Academy opens.[2]
- Nashville Lyceum Association incorporated.[17]
- 1869 – Howard Chapel built.[5]
- 1870
- Sulphur Dell ballpark opens.
- Population: 25,865.[11]
- 1871
- Tennessee and Pacific Railroad (Lebanon-Nashville) begins operating.
- Fisk University Jubilee Singers,[3] Library Association,[8] and Nashville Saddlery Company established.[18]
- 1873 – Vanderbilt University established.[3]
- 1874 – Hebrew temple and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church built.[5]
- 1876 – Nashville Banner newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1880 – Population: 43,350.[11]
- 1884 – Nashville Athletic Club formed.
- 1885 – Industrial School[2] and Query Club (women's group) established.[20]
- 1889
- The Hermitage museum opens.
- Boscobel College for Young Ladies established.[3]
- Peabody Normal College active.[3][21]
- 1890 – Population: 76,168.[11][3]
- 1891
- Nashville Bible School founded.
- Cumberland Park opened as a horse racing track.
- 1892
- March 17: St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm dumps 17 inches of snow on the city.[22]
- Union Gospel Tabernacle built.[23]
- Maxwell House coffee introduced.
- 1893 - Tennessee Central Railway starts operating.
- 1894 - United Daughters of the Confederacy headquartered in Nashville.
- 1897
- Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition held.[3]
- Parthenon opened, a replica of the original, functions as an art museum.[3]
- 1898
- Howard Library established.
- Tennessee State Penitentiary rebuilt.
- 1900
- Meharry Medical College active.[24]
- Population: 80,865.[11][3]
- Polk Place demolished.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1904 – Carnegie Library opens.[25]
- 1905 – Centennial Club (women's group) active.[26][27]
- 1906
- Tennessee State Fair begins.
- Nashville Globe newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1907 – Nashville Tennessean newspaper in publication.[19]
- 1909
- Sparkman Street Bridge opens.
- Cumberland College closes.
- 1910
- Nashville Art Association chartered[28]
- Hermitage Hotel in business
- Advance Publishing Company incorporated[29]
- Population: 110,364[11][3]
- 1912 - Urban League branch established.[30]
- 1916 – Nashville Housewives League organized.[20]
- 1918
- 1920 – Population: 118,342.[11]
- 1922 - Nashville's first radio station, WDAA, signs on[32]
- 1925
- War Memorial Auditorium dedicated.[33]
- WSM radio and its Grand Ole Opry begin broadcasting.[34]
- Belcourt Theatre built.[23]
- 1926 - WLAC radio begins broadcasting.[34]
- 1927
- Warner Parks open.
- WSIX radio begins broadcasting.[34]
- 1930
- First American National Bank formed.
- Population: 153,866.[11]
- 1931
- Nashville Children's Theatre established.
- Parthenon rebuilt.
- 1936 – Berry Field (airport) dedicated.
- 1937 – Tennessee State Museum established.
- 1940 - Population: 167,402.[11]
- 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.[35]
- Population: 174,307.[11]
- 1951
- Ben West becomes mayor.
- The Harpeth Hall School opens.
- 1952 - Tennessee Theatre opens.[36]
- 1953 – WSIX-TV begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1954 – WLAC-TV begins broadcasting.[35]
- 1955 - Brothers Owen and Harold Bradley establish Bradley Film and Recording Studio, the first studio in what will become Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.
- 1957
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway stops operating.
- 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.[37]
- 1960
- Nashville sit-ins for civil rights occur.[38]
- Cheekwood Museum opens.
- Population: 170,874.[11]
- 1961 – Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum established.
- 1962
- WDCN-TV begins broadcasting.
- Nashville Municipal Auditorium opens.[39]
- 1963
- City consolidates its government with Davidson County.[40]
- Metropolitan Council (Nashville) established.[41]
- Beverly Briley becomes mayor.
- 1964 - American Association for State and Local History headquartered in Nashville.
- 1967 – 100 Oaks Mall in business near city.
- 1968 – Third National Bank Building constructed.
- 1970 - Population: 448,003.[11]
- 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.[42]
- Population: 455,651.[11]
- 1981 – Nashville Opera Guild chartered.
- 1982 - Foreign trade zone established.[43][44]
- Bluebird Cafe opens [45]
- 1983 - Nissan car manufactory begins operating in nearby Smyrna.
- 1985 – Starwood Amphitheatre opens.
- 1986 – Tennessee Players founded.[29]
- 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).[46]
- 1990
- Grassmere Wildlife Park established.[47]
- Population: 488,374.[11]
- 1991 – Phil Bredesen becomes mayor.
- 1994
- City website online.[48][49]
- South Central Bell Building constructed.
- American Airlines begins nonstop service between London and Nashville.
- 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.[50]
- Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in city.[51]
- 2000 – The City Paper begins publication.
21st century
- 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.[52]
- 2007 – Karl Dean becomes mayor.[53]
- 2008 – Nashville for All of Us (group) organized.
- 2009
- Third Man Records in business.
- The Pinnacle at Symphony Place built.
- Live on the Green begins.
- Voters reject Nashville English Only Amendment.[54]
- 2010
- April–May: Flood.
- Population: 601,222.
- 2011
- October: Occupy Nashville begins.
- Parnassus Books in business.[55]
- 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 canceled by the former and due to fan efforts
- 2013 – Music City Center opens.
- 2015
- Construction begins on 505 skyscraper.
- Megan Barry becomes mayor.
- 2020
- Tornado outbreak of March 2-3, 2020: 22 people killed in tornadoes in Tennessee and Kentucky; the Nashville EF-3 tornado, which kills 4, north of downtown, somewhat mirrors the 1998 tornado's path
- The Nashville bombing occurs, injuring eight people and causing major damage
- 2023 – The Covenant School shooting occurs, killing six people and the perpetrator.
- Freddie O'Connell becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Nashville, Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee
- List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
- List of companies based in Nashville
- Nashville sister city timelines: Caen, Magdeburg
- Timelines of other cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro
- Nashville Market House
References
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1939.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Britannica 1910.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Robert 1880.
- ^ Williams 1860, p. 90: "History of the Nashville Press"
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- ^ "Research & Collections". Tennessee Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Nashville", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
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- ^ John V. Armstrong (1898), Tennessee School for the Blind: History and Prospectus, Nashville, OL 23400876M
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- ^ Catalogue and Price-List, Nashville, Tenn: Nashville Saddlery Co., 1889, OCLC 307639234, OL 25397858M
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Bibliography
Published in 19th century
- John P. Campbell (1855). Nashville Business Directory. Nashville. hdl:2027/hvd.hn4gzg.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Cumberland River: Nashville". James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1860. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081817672.
- "History of the Nashville Press". Nashville City and Business Directory, For 1860–61. Vol. 5. Nashville, Tennessee: L.P. Williams & Co. 1860. p. 90. hdl:2027/hvd.hn4gyr.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Nashville", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- Singleton's Nashville business directory for 1865, Nashville: Singleton, 1865, OL 23367287M
- Charles E. Robert (1870). Nashville and Her Trade for 1870.
- "Nashville". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Nashville: R.L. Polk & Company. 1876 – via Google Books.
- Charles Edwin Robert, ed. (1880). Nashville City Guide Book. Nashville TN: Wheeler Brothers.
- Nashville Directory. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce. 1880 – via Internet Archive.
- Nashville Directory. Nashville, Tennessee: Marshall & Bruce. 1881 – via Internet Archive.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (9th ed.). 1884.
- A.S. Colyar (October 1889). "Nashville". New England Magazine.
- John Wooldridge, ed. (1890). History of Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. LCCN 76027605.
- The Wayne Hand-book of Nashville, and the Tennessee Centennial + Exposition, Ft. Wayne, Ind: Wayne Publishing Company, 1897, OCLC 12548494, OL 271295M
- Jane Henry Thomas (1897), Old days in Nashville, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn: Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, OL 23322941M
Published in 20th century
1900s-1940s
- Centennial Album of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville: J. Prousnitzer & Company, 1906, OL 23375657M
- Dau's blue book of selected names of Nashville and suburbs. Dau's Nashville blue book. Dau Publishing Company. 1907. hdl:2027/uva.x004274254.
- The charter of the city of Nashville, Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1909, OCLC 7184909, OL 13999509M
- . . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 246–247.
- Social Directory, Nashville, Tennessee. Cumberland Press. 1911.
- All about Nashville, Nashville, Tenn: Marshall & Bruce Co., 1912, OL 24157761M
- "Nashville". Automobile Blue Book. USA. 1919.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Map - The charter of the city of Nashville, Nashville, Tenn: Ambrose, 1921, OCLC 10981902, OL 13999515M
- F. Garvin Davenport (1937). "Cultural Life in Nashville on the Eve of the Civil War". Journal of Southern History. 3.
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Nashville", Tennessee: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York: Viking, hdl:2027/mdp.39015066068928
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Davidson County (Nashville)", Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee, no. 19, Nashville
- William Henry McRaven (1949), Nashville, Athens of the South, Chapel Hill: Scheer & Jervis, OCLC 1397316
1950s-1990s
- Daniel R. Grant (1955). "Urban and Suburban Nashville: A Case Study in Metropolitanism". Journal of Politics. 17.
- Eleanor Graham (1957). "Nashville Community Study". Peabody Journal of Education. 35.
- Egerton, John (1979). Nashville: The Faces of Two Centuries, 1780–1980. Nashville, Tennessee: PlusMedia. LCCN 79089173.
- Doyle, Don H. (1985). Nashville Since the 1920s
- Frank Burns (1989). Robert B. Jones (ed.). Davidson County. Tennessee County History Series. Memphis State University Press. OCLC 6820526.
(Includes information about Nashville) - Anita Shafer Goodstein (1989), Nashville, 1780-1860: from frontier to city, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, ISBN 0813009405
- Don Harrison Doyle (1990), New Men, New Cities, New South: Atlanta, Nashville, Charleston, Mobile, 1860-1910, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0807818836
- Robert G. Spinney (1995). "Municipal Government in Nashville, Tennessee, 1938-1951: World War II and the Growth of the Public Sector". Journal of Southern History. 61.
- Lovett, Bobby L. (1999). African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: Elites and Dilemmas. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-555-1.
- Carey, Bill (2000). Fortunes, Fiddles, & Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press. ISBN 1-57736-178-4.
Published in 21st century
- Egerton, John; Wood, E. Thomas, eds. (2001). Nashville: An American Self-Portrait. Nashville, Tennessee: Beaten Biscuit Press. ISBN 0-9706702-1-4.
- Duke, Jan (2005). Historic Photos of Nashville. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59652-184-1.
- Richard Pillsbury, ed. (2006). "Nashville". Geography. New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Vol. 2. University of North Carolina Press. p. 180. OCLC 910189354.
- Southern Foodways Alliance, University of Mississippi (2006), Camp Nashville: A Bibliography of Music City and Meat-N-Threes
- Padgett, David A. (2007). "Nashville". In Bullard, Robert D. (ed.). Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity. MIT Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-262-52470-4.
- McGuire, Jim (2007). Historic Photos of the Opry: Ryman Auditorium 1974. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59652-373-9.
- Zepp, George R. (2009). Hidden History of Nashville. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-792-0.
- Haugen, Ashley Driggs (2009). Historic Photos of Nashville in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59652-539-9.
- Anthony J. Nownes, David J. Houston, and Marc Schwerdt (2010). "An assessment of the city-county consolidation of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee". In Suzanne M. Leland; Kurt Thurmaier (eds.). City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept?. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-622-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-4327-3.
- Lloyd, Richard; Christens, Brian D. (2012). "Reaching for Dubai: Nashville Dreams of a Twenty-First-Century Skyline". In Peterson, Marina; McDonogh, Gary (eds.). Global Downtowns. City in the Twenty-First Century. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0805-4.
External links
- "Nashville/Davidson County Timeline". Nashville Public Library. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15.
- "Local History & Information". Nashville Public Library.
- "History of Nashville". Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division. Materials related to Nashville, Tennessee, various dates
- Tennessee State Library and Archives. Nashville City Directories, various dates (digitized)
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Nashville, various dates.
- "Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies". Tennessee Secretary of State.
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