• Source: Timeline of Birmingham, Alabama

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, USA.




19th century



1871
Birmingham founded and incorporated.
Robert Henley becomes mayor.
1874
Birmingham becomes seat of Jefferson County.
First Colored Baptist Church founded.
Cholera epidemic.
Birmingham Iron Age newspaper in publication.
1880 - Population: 3,086.
1881 - Alabama Christian Advocate newspaper begins publication.
1882
Sloss Furnace begins operating.
O'Brien's Opera House opens.
1887 - Howard College active in East Lake.
1888 - Evening News and Birmingham Age-Herald newspapers in publication.
1890
Population: 26,178.
Labor Advocate newspaper begins publication.
1891 - Birmingham Commercial Club incorporated.
1893
Cathedral of Saint Paul built.
St. Mark's School opens.
1895
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company headquarters relocated to Birmingham.
Birmingham Conservatory of Music established.
1896 - Spencer Business College established.
1900 - Population: 38,415.




20th century






= 1900s-1950s

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1901 - March 25: Storm.
1907
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company acquired by United States Steel Corporation.
Miles Memorial College active in nearby Fairfield.
1909
City expands to include Ensley, North Birmingham, Pratt City, Woodlawn.
Birmingham Terminal Station and Empire Building constructed.
1910 - Population: 132,685.
1912 - John Hand Building constructed.
1913 - City Federal Building constructed.
1916
October 18: 1916 Irondale earthquake.
Robert E. Lee Klan No.1 formed.
1917 - Civitan Club founded.
1918 - Birmingham–Southern College established.
1919 - Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs formed in Birmingham.
1920
Progressive Farmer magazine headquartered in Birmingham.
Population: 178,806.
1922 - WAPI radio begins broadcasting.
1923 - Traffic lights installed.
1924 - Avondale Sun newspaper begins publication.
1925 - WBRC radio begins broadcasting.
1927 - Alabama Theatre opens.
1928 - Exchange-Security Bank established.
1929 - Thomas Jefferson Hotel built.
1930
Southern Worker newspaper begins publication.
Population: 259,678.
1933 - Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union active.
1936
Local Steel Workers Organizing Committee formed.
Vulcan statue erected atop Red Mountain.
1940 - Population: 267,583.
1942 - Birmingham Historical Society founded.
1949 - WAPI-TV and WBRC-TV (television) begin broadcasting.
1950
Birmingham Post-Herald newspaper in publication.
Population: 326,037.
1955 - Birmingham Zoo established.
1956
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights headquartered in Birmingham.
Alabama Symphony Orchestra active.
1958 - EBSCO Industries in business.
1959 - West End Hills Missionary Baptist Church built.




= 1960s-1990s

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1960
Briarwood Presbyterian Church (later megachurch) established.
Eastwood Mall in business.
Population: 340,887.
1961 - First Baptist Church, Kingston built.
1962 - Two North Twentieth built.
1963
April 3: Birmingham campaign for civil rights begins.
April 16: Martin Luther King Jr. writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail", first published in June 1963 issues of Liberation, The Christian Century, and The New Leader.
May: Birmingham riot of 1963.
September 15: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens open.
1965
Airport Drive-In cinema opens.
Southern Museum of Flight established.
1966 - Southern Living magazine headquartered in Birmingham.
1969 - Birmingham Terminal Station demolished.
1970
Daniel Building constructed.
Population: 300,910.
1971 - First Alabama Bancshares headquartered in city.
1972 - South Central Bell Building and First National-Southern Natural Building built.
1975 - Birmingham Vulcans football team formed.
1979 - Richard Arrington, Jr. becomes mayor.
1980 - Population: 284,413.
1982
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama and Bama 6 cinema open.
Sister city agreement established with Hitachi, Japan.
1986

South Trust Tower built.
Alabama Humanities Foundation headquartered in Birmingham.
1988 - AmSouth-Harbert Plaza (hi-rise) built.
1990
Birmingham Islamic Society formed.
Population: 265,968.
1992 - Birmingham Civil Rights Institute established.
1993
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame opens.
Spencer Bachus becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district.
1995 - Sister city agreement established with Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
1996
City website online (approximate date).
Sister city agreement established with Anshan, China.
1997 - Sister city agreement established with Gweru, Zimbabwe.
1998
April 6–9, 1998 tornado outbreak.
Establishment of sister city agreement with Pomigliano d'Arco, Naples, Italy, and friendship city agreements with Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, and Maebashi, Japan.
1999 - Friendship city agreement established with Krasnodon, Ukraine.
2000 - Population: 242,840.




21st century


2001 - Church of the Highlands (megachurch) founded.
2003 - Sister city agreement established with Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

2005
Birmingham Post-Herald newspaper ceases publication.
Locust Fork News-Journal begins publication.
Sister city agreements established with Al-Karak, Jordan; Guédiawaye, Senegal; Plzeň, Czech Republic; and Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
2009 - Sister city agreement established with Winneba, Ghana.
2010
Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra formed.
William A. Bell becomes mayor.
Population: 212,237.
2011 - Terri Sewell becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.
2015
Minimum wage approved in city.
Sister city agreement established with Liverpool, England.
2017 - Randall Woodfin becomes mayor.
2020 - Population: 200,733.
2021 - Birmingham Stallions football team is formed
2022 - 2022 World Games were hosted.
2024 - September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured during a mass shooting.




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See also


History of Birmingham, Alabama
List of mayors of Birmingham, Alabama
National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama
List of neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama
Timelines of other cities in Alabama: Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa




References






Bibliography






External links



Jim Lewis. "Birmingham". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Items related to Birmingham, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
"(City: Birmingham)". Alabama Repositories Directory. Alabama Department of Archives & History. A listing of public entities and private organizations holding historical records, artifacts, and other cultural heritage materials

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