The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
18th century
19th century
- 1800 - Population: 26,504 people.
- 1803
- Fort McHenry built.
- Dispensary incorporated.
- 1806 - St. Mary's College and Theological Seminary incorporated.
- 1807
- University of Maryland founded.
- Baltimore Museum established.
- Baltimore Circulating Library in business.
- 1809 - Joseph Robinson's Circulating Library in business.
- 1810
- Population: 46,535 people.
- Alex. Brown & Sons incorporated.
- 1814
- September - Battle of Baltimore
- Peale Museum opens.
- 1815
- Battle Monument erected.
- Baltimore Exchange opens.
- 1816
- Asbury College founded.
- Delphian Club founded.
- 1819 - Independent Order of Odd Fellows founded.
- 1820 - Population: 62,738 people
- 1821
- Maryland Academy of Science and Literature established.
- Basilica consecrated.
- 1822 - Adelphi Theatre opens.
- 1823 - Athenaeum founded.
- 1826 - Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts founded.
- 1827
- Washington Medical College established.
- Franklin Lyceum active.
- 1829
- Mount Clare Station built.
- George Washington monument erected.
- Circus building constructed.
- 1830
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins operating.
- Population: 80,620 people
- 1832
- Cholera epidemic.
- 1832 Democratic National Convention
- 1835
- 1835 Democratic National Convention
- Bank riot.
- 1837
- Baltimore Sun newspaper begins publication.
- Washington Hall opens.
- Orchard Street United Methodist Church built.
- 1839
- High School opens.
- Mercantile Library Association established.
- Green Mount Cemetery dedicated.
- Municipal Record Office of Baltimore built.
- 1840
- Madison Lyceum active.
- 1840 Democratic National Convention
- Population: 102,313 people
- 1844
- Maryland Historical Society incorporated.
- Western High School (Baltimore) opens.
- 1844 Democratic National Convention
- 1844 Whig National Convention
- Baltimore-Washington telegraph line opens.
- 1845 - Newton University established.
- 1848
- Howard Athenaeum and Gallery of Arts opens.
- Olympic Theatre opens.
- Concordia Club founded.
- 1848 Democratic National Convention
- 1849 - Baltimore Female College in operation.
- 1850
- President Street Station built.
- Population: 169,054 people
- 1851
- Baltimore becomes independent city.
- New Assembly-Rooms open.
- Baltimore Wecker newspaper begins publication.
- 1852
- Loyola College established.
- Apollo Hall opens.
- 1852 Democratic National Convention
- 1852 Whig National Convention
- 1853 - Baltimore Police Department established.
- 1856
- Know-Nothing Riot.
- 1856 Whig National Convention
- 1857 - Peabody Institute founded.
- 1859 - City Fire Department formed.
- 1860
- 1860 Constitutional Union Convention
- Population: 212,418
- 1861 - Pratt Street Riot.
- 1864
- St. Francis Xavier Church dedicated.
- 1864 Republican National Convention
- 1865 - Concordia Opera House opens.
- 1867
- Concordia Hall is founded.
- Morgan College established.
- Normal school opens.
- 1870 - Population: 267,354
- 1871 - Ford's Grand Opera-House opens.
- 1872
- Mount Auburn Cemetery established.
- 1872 Democratic National Convention
- 1873 - Leadenhall Street Baptist Church built.
- 1875
- City Hall built.
- Academy of Music opens.
- Free Summer Excursion Society incorporated.
- 1876
- Johns Hopkins University founded.
- The Maryland Zoo opens.
- 1877 - Railroad Strike.
- 1878 - George Peabody Library opens.
- 1880
- Woman's Industrial Exchange founded.
- Celebration of 150th anniversary of city.
- Population: 332,313
- 1881 - Faultless Pajama Company in business.
- 1882 - Enoch Pratt Free Library established.
- 1883
- Baltimore Manual Training School founded.
- Colored High and Training School founded.
- Baltimore Young Women's Christian Association founded.
- 1885 - Goucher College established.
- 1890
- Post office built.
- Population: 434,439 people.
- Riverview Park opens.
- 1891 - Union Park baseball field opens.
- 1892 - Baltimore Afro-American begins publication.
- 1894 - Lyric Opera House opens.
- 1895 - Clifton Park opens (approximate date).
- 1896
- Electric Park opens.
- Colored Young Women's Christian Association founded.
- 1898 - Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church and Community House built.
20th century
21st century
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