• Source: Timeline of Tampa, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.




19th century



1821 – Spain transfers control of Florida to the United States per the Adams-Onis Treaty
1824 – Fort Brooke established by U.S. Army on Tampa Bay in the Territory of Florida.
1831 – Tampa Bay post office established.

1845 – Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida.
1848 – 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane.
1849 – Village of Tampa incorporated.
1850 – Oaklawn Cemetery established.
1855 – Town of Tampa incorporated.
1856 – Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
1859 – First Baptist Church established.
1861 – Florida secedes the US and joins the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
1862 – June 30-July 1: Battle of Tampa.
1863 – October 16–18: Battle of Fort Brooke.
1873
Yellow fever outbreak.
Tampa Guardian newspaper in publication.
1877 – Gainesville-Tampa stagecoach begins operating.
1882 – Hillsborough High School opens.
1884 – Henry Plant's South Florida Railroad begins operating.
1885 – Board of Trade established.
1886
Ybor City established by Vicente Martinez Ybor; first cigar factories open
1887
Ybor City annexed by city of Tampa.
Tampa Electric Company established.
1888 – Plant Park laid out.
1889 – Florida Railway begins operating.
1890
Tampa Business College established.
Telephone service established.
1891
Tampa Bay Hotel built.
Cuban José Martí speaks in Ybor City in support of Cuban independence.
1893 – Tampa Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
1895 – Tampa Fire Department established.
1899
Burgert Brothers photo studio established.
Circulo Cubano founded.
1900 – Tampa Woman's Club formed.




20th century






= 1900s-1950s

=
1901 – Jackson Rooming House in business.

1904 – South Florida Fair and Gasparilla Parade begin.
1905
Columbia Restaurant in business.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and United States Courthouse Building constructed.
1907
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
Havatampa Cigar Company in business.
1908 – YMCA built.
1912
Union Station opens.
El Centro Español de Tampa building constructed.
El Comercio Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
Union Hotel in business.
1913 – Centro Asturiano de Tampa building constructed.
1914 – St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line begins operating.

1915 – Tampa City Hall built.
1916 – Heraldo Dominical Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
1917
Tampa Public Library opens.
Circulo Cubano de Tampa rebuilt.
1918 – Unione Italiana building constructed.
1920 – Population: 51,608.
1922
WDAE radio begins broadcasting.
La Gaceta trilingual newspaper begins publication.
1924 – Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg built.
1925
West Tampa annexed by City of Tampa.
Municipal Auditorium built.
WFLA radio begins broadcasting.
1926
Junior League of Tampa founded.
Tampa Theatre opens.
1927
Sulphur Springs Water Tower erected.
Floridan Hotel in business.
1930 – Population: 101,161.
1931
Labor strike of cigar workers.
Tampa Junior College established.
1934 – Davis Causeway opens.
1938 – Janus Administration Building constructed.
1939 – U.S. Army Southeast Air Base established.
1940 – Population: 108,391.
1950 – Population: 124,681.
1955 - WFLA-TV and WTVT (television) begin broadcasting.
1956 – Britton Plaza Shopping Center in business.
1957 – Lowry Park Zoo opens.
1959 – Busch Gardens theme park in business.




= 1960s-1990s

=
1960 – Population: 274,970.
1962 – Museum of Science and Industry founded.
1965 - Curtis Hixon Hall opens
1966 – Franklin Exchange Building constructed.
1970 – Population: 277,767.
1972
Sant'Yago Knight Parade begins.
1977
New Florida State Fairgrounds hosts first fair
Floriland Cinema in business.
1978 – Cracker Country (museum) established.
1979
May 8: Storm.
Tampa Museum of Art founded.
1980
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit established.
Population: 271,523.
1981 – Feeding America Tampa Bay active (approximate date).
1982 – Foreign trade zone and Ybor City Museum Society established.
1984 – Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established.
1986 – Barnett Plaza (hi-rise) built.
1987
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center opens.
Children's Museum founded.
1988 – Rivergate Tower built.
1989 – Tampa Bay History Center founded.
1990
Tampa Convention Center opens
Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival begins.
Population: 280,015.
1992 – AmSouth Building and SunTrust Financial Centre constructed.
1995 – Florida Aquarium opens.

1996
City website online.
Ice Palace arena opens.
1997
Tampa Police Museum founded.
2000 - Channelside 9 Cinemas in business.




21st century



2001
Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts opens.
Ruby (programming language) conference held in city.
2002
January 5: 2002 Tampa plane crash.
TECO Line Streetcar begins operating; Centennial Park Station and Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union Station open.
2003 – Whiting Station opens.
2004
Ford Amphitheatre opens.
First segments of Tampa Riverwalk open
2007
SkyPoint built.
Kathy Castor becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.
2009 – Tampa Bay History Center opens.
2010 – Population: city 335,709; metro 2,783,243.
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park opens
2011
Florida Voices begins publication.
Bob Buckhorn becomes mayor.
Population: 346,037; metro 2,824,724.
2012 – 2012 Republican National Convention held in Tampa
2014 – Tampa Baseball Museum opens.
2018-21 – First phase of Water Street district construction




See also


History of Tampa, Florida
History of Ybor City
List of mayors of Tampa, Florida
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, Florida
Timelines of other cities in the Central Florida area of Florida: Clearwater, Lakeland, Largo, Orlando, St. Petersburg




References






Bibliography






External links



U.S. cavalry supplies unloading at Tampa, Florida, Edison Manufacturing Company, 1898 – via U.S. Library of Congress (short film)
"(Tampa)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
Items related to Tampa, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
"Florida Studies Center Collections". University of South Florida, Libraries.
"Genealogy & History". Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative.
"Tampa". Viva Florida: History Happened Here. Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• System of a Down
• Aaron Carter
• Terri Schiavo
• Death metal
• Kota New York
• Crossbreed
• Korn
• John Cena
• Staphylococcus aureus resisten-metisilin
• Sepultura
• Timeline of Tampa, Florida
• List of mayors of Tampa, Florida
• Index of Florida-related articles
• History of Tampa, Florida
• University of South Florida
• Timeline of Florida history
• Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• George M. Steinbrenner Field
• Tampa General Hospital