# Timeline of Baltimore

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## 18th century

* 1729 - Town of Baltimore founded.
* 1752 - 25 houses and 200 inhabitants.
* 1763 - Mechanical Fire Company organized.
* 1767 - Baltimore designated county seat.
* 1770 - Henry Fite House built.
* 1773 - Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
* 1775 - Population: 5,934
* 1776 - December - Second Continental Congress meeting begins.
* 1782 - Lexington Market founded.
* 1784 - Christmas Conference (Methodism)
* 1787 - 1,955 dwellings in town.
* 1790 - Population: 13,503 people.
* 1794 - James Calhoun becomes mayor.
* 1795 - Holliday Street Theater opens.
* 1796
** City of Baltimore incorporated.
** Library Company of Baltimore founded.

## 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

* 1900
** Population: 508,957 people.
** City courthouse dedicated.
** Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper begins publication.
* 1903 - Belvedere Hotel opens.
* 1904 - Great Baltimore Fire.
* 1908 - Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway begins operating.
* 1910 - Population: 558,485
* 1911 - Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) built.
* 1912
** Arch Social Club founded.
** 1912 Democratic National Convention
* 1914
** Baltimore Museum of Art founded.
** Hippodrome Theatre built.
* 1916
** Baltimore Symphony Orchestra formed.
** Baltimore Black Sox baseball team formed.
* 1917
** Fort Holabird established.
** Lithuanian Hall opens.
* 1918
** William Frederick Broening was elected mayor.
* 1920 - Population: 733.826
* 1922
** Memorial Stadium built.
** Royal Theatre opens.
* 1923 - Howard W. Jackson becomes mayor.
* 1925 - University of Baltimore founded.
* 1930
** Baltimore Colored Symphony Orchestra organized.
** U.S. Post Office and Courthouse built.
** Population: 804,874
* 1934 - Walters Art Museum established.
* 1940 - Population: 859,100
* 1949 - Edgar Allan Poe House opens.
* 1950
** Baltimore Civic Opera Company established.
** Population: 949,708
* 1953 - B&O Railroad Museum opens.
* 1954
** Orioles baseball team relocates to Baltimore.
** Cylburn Wildflower Preserve and Garden Center formed.
* 1955 - Civil rights protest at Read's Drug Store.
* 1956 - Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public School System
* 1960 - Population: 939,024
* 1962 - CFG Bank Arena opens.
* 1963 - Center Stage (theater) opens.
* 1964 - Baltimore News-American newspaper begins publication.
* 1968
** Baltimore riot of 1968
** Baltimore American Indian Center is established.
* 1970 - Population: 905,787
* 1971 - William Donald Schaefer becomes mayor.
* 1974 - Baltimore municipal strike of 1974
* 1976 - Maryland Science Center opens.
* 1977 - Baltimore World Trade Center opens.
* 1979
** Baltimore Convention Center opens.
** Baltimore School for the Arts founded.
* 1980
** Harborplace opens.
** Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association formed.
** Population: 786,741
* 1981
** National Aquarium in Baltimore opens.
** Baltimore Museum of Industry opens.
* 1982 - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opens.
* 1983
** Baltimore Metro Subway begins operating.
** Great Blacks in Wax Museum established.
* 1986 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headquarters relocates to Baltimore.
* 1987 - Kurt Schmoke becomes mayor.
* 1989 - Contemporary Museum Baltimore founded.
* 1990 - Population: 736,016
* 1992
** Baltimore Light Rail begins operating.
** Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens.
* 1996 - Baltimore Ravens football team established.
* 1998 - Ravens Stadium opens.
* 1999 - Martin O'Malley becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2000
** National Katyń Memorial is constructed.
** Population: 651,154
* 2002 - The Portal (community center) opens.
* 2005 - Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opens.
* 2006 - The Baltimore Examiner begins publication.
* 2008 - Hilton Baltimore built.
* 2009 - Sheila Dixon trial.
* 2010
** Stephanie Rawlings-Blake becomes mayor.
** Population: 620,961 people.
* 2011
** Occupy Baltimore begins.
** Lyric Opera Baltimore established.
* 2015 - Freddie Gray protests
* 2016 - Catherine Pugh becomes mayor.
* 2019 - Jack Young becomes mayor.
* 2020
** Brandon Scott becomes mayor.
** Population: 585,708
* 2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses in a mass casualty incident.