Timeline of Charlotte, North Carolina

The following is a of the history of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Prior to 19th century

• 1763 – Mecklenburg County established.
• 1768 – Charlotte Town incorporated.
• 1770 – Queen's Museum chartered.
• 1774 – Charlotte becomes capital of county.
• 1775 – Mecklenburg Resolves signed.
• 1777 – Liberty Hall Academy incorporated.
• 1780 – Battle of Charlotte fought.

19th century

• 1835 – Charlotte Journal newspaper begins publication.
• 1837 – Charlotte Mint opens.
• 1850 – William F. Davidson becomes mayor.
• 1852
• Railway begins operating.
• Western Democrat newspaper begins publication.
• 1857
• Charlotte Female Institute established.
• YMCA becomes active.
• Gas lighting in use.
• 1858 – Charlotte Military Academy established.
• 1867 – Biddle Memorial Institute founded.
• 1875 – Charlotte public schools established.
• 1880 – Population: 7,084.
• 1886 – Charlotte Chronicle newspaper begins publication.
• 1887
• Electric lighting in use.
• Charlotte Fire Department founded.
• 1888 – The Charlotte News begins publication.
• 1890 – Charlotte Post newspaper begins publication.
• 1891
• City hall built.
• Charlotte Literary and Library Association organized.
• Latta Park established
• 1897 – Elizabeth College established.

20th century

• 1903 – Charlotte Carnegie Public Library opens.
• 1905
• Brevard Street Library for Negroes opens.
• Southern Power Company incorporated.
• 1908 – Union National Bank founded.
• 1915 – Temple Israel built.
• 1921 – WBT radio begins broadcasting.
• 1924
• Hotel Charlotte opens.
• Radiator Specialty Company founded.
• 1930
• Population: 82,675
• Work started to create Bryant Park
• 1932 – Charlotte Symphony Orchestra formed.
• 1933 – WSOC radio begins broadcasting.
• 1935 – Charlotte Municipal Airport established.
• 1936 – Mint Museum opens.
• 1940 – Population: 100,899.
• 1946 – Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina opens.
• 1947 – The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte founded.
• 1949 – WBTV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1950 – Population: 134,042.
• 1955 – Ovens Auditorium opens.
• 1957
• WSOC-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• American Commercial Bank formed.
• 1960 – Population: 201,564.
• 1961 – Stan Brookshire becomes mayor.
• 1966 – Charlotte Botanical Gardens established.
• 1967 – WCNC-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1968 – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories Arboretum established.
• 1970
• SouthPark Mall opens.
• Population: 241,178.
• 1971 – U.S. Supreme Court decides Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, approving racial desegregation busing.
• 1973 – Carowinds Monorail begins operating.
• 1974 – Airplane accident.
• 1976 – Afro-American Cultural Center established.
• 1980 – Population: 314,447.
• 1982 – Heroes Convention (comic books) begins.
• 1983 – Harvey Gantt becomes mayor.
• 1985 – Metrolina Theatre Association established.
• 1986
• Opera Carolina formed.
• Airplane accident.
• 1987 – WJZY begins broadcasting.
• 1988
• Charlotte Hornets begins play.
• Charlotte Knights franchise established.
• 1989 – Hurricane Hugo.
• 1990 — Population: 395,934.
• 1991
• Blockbuster Pavilion opens.
• Museum of the New South incorporated.
• 1992
• North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center opens.
• Carolina Actors Studio Theatre and Carolinas Aviation Museum founded.
• 1993
• City government computer network begins operating.
• Mel Watt becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district.
• 1994
• WMYT-TV begins broadcasting.
• Airplane accident.
• Charlotte's Web Community Network online.
• 1995
• Pat McCrory becomes mayor.
• Charlotte Convention Center and Tremont Music Hall open.
• City website online.
• Carolina Panthers began play as first NFL team in the Carolinas
• 1997 – Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery.
• 1998 – Bank of America formed.
• 1999 – Federal court ends mandated racial integration in schools via busing.

21st century

2000s

• 2000 – Population: 540,828.
• 2002 – ConCarolinas begins.
• 2003 – Airplane accident.
• 2004
• Slow Food Charlotte founded.http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/community/south-charlotte/article9058286.html
• Street Soccer USA headquartered in city.
• 2005 – Charlotte Bobcats Arena and ImaginOn open.
• 2007
• Lynx Blue Line light rail begins operating.
• Billy Graham Library opens.
• 2009 – Anthony Foxx becomes mayor.

2010s

• 2010
• NASCAR Hall of Fame and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art open.
• Population: 731,424.
• 2011 – Occupy Charlotte begins.
• 2012
• Little Sugar Creek Greenway built.
• Democratic National Convention held in Charlotte.
• 2013
• Robert Pittenger becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district.
• Population: 792,862.
• 2014 – Alma Adams becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district.
• 2015 – Population: 827,121 (estimate).
• 2016 – September: Protests and unrest following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott leave several police officers wounded, and a civilian shot.

See also

• History of Charlotte
• Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (list)
• List of Charlotte neighborhoods
• Mecklenburg County history
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
• List of tallest buildings in Charlotte
• of other cities in North Carolina: Asheville, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem

References

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

Published in 20th century

• + Chronology

• Janette Thomas Greenwood. "Bittersweet legacy: The black and white 'better classes' in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1850-1910" (PhD dissertation, U of Virginia; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  1991. 9219286). online at academic libraries.

• (fulltext via Open Library)

Published in 21st century

External links

• Items related to Charlotte, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)