# Timeline of Augusta, Georgia

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

## 18th century

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

## 19th century

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

## 20th century

* 1900 - Population: 39,441.
* 1908 - Flood.
* 1909 - Church of the Immaculate Conception established.
* 1910 - Springfield Baptist Church built.
* 1912
** Flood.
** "Street railway strike" occurs.
** Summerville becomes part of Augusta.
* 1916
** Fire.
** Levee and United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
* 1917 - U.S. military Camp Gordon and Camp Hancock established near Augusta.
* 1918 - Imperial Theatre opens.
* 1919 - City's "first paved four-lane highway" opens.
* 1926 - Junior College of Augusta established.
* 1933 - Augusta Museum and Augusta National Golf Club established.
* 1934
** C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School is established.
** WRDW radio begins broadcasting.
* 1935 - City bicentennial.
* 1937 - August: Blood drive organized.
* 1940 - Augusta Drive-In cinema in business.
* 1945 - September 15: Future opera star Jessye Norman born in Augusta.
* 1948 - City manager form of government adopted.
* 1949 - Lucy Craft Laney High School established.
* 1950 - Bush Field begins operating as a civilian airport.
* 1953 - WJBF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
* 1954 - WRDW-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
* 1961 - Augusta Area Vocational-Technical School founded.
* 1970 - May 11–13: Racial unrest.
* 1978 - Augusta Mall in business.
* 1996 - "City of Augusta consolidated with Richmond County to form Augusta-Richmond County."
* 1997 - April 24: African-American golfer Tiger Woods, age 21, wins 1997 Masters Tournament.

## 21st century

* 2005 - John Barrow becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.
* 2010 - Population: 195,844.
* 2014 - Ice storm.
* 2015
** Hardie Davis becomes mayor.
** Rick W. Allen becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.