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.

See also History of Baltimore List of mayors of Baltimore National Register of Historic Places listings in Baltimore, Maryland List of museums in Baltimore

References

Bibliography Published in the 19th c.

Published in the 20th c.

External links

New York Public Library. Images related to Baltimore, various dates.