Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee Price

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1780
  • Fort Nashborough established.
  • Cumberland Compact signed; Cumberland Association formed.
• 1784 - Nashville established.
• 1785 - Davidson Academy incorporated.
• 1789 - Methodist church built.
• 1796 - Settlement becomes part of the state of Tennessee.
• 1797 - Tennessee Gazette and Mero District Advertiser newspaper begins publication.

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19th century

• 1806
  • Town incorporated.
  • Joseph Coleman becomes mayor.
• 1812 - Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Knoxville.
• 1813 - Nashville Library Co., Inc. established.
• 1817 - Tennessee General Assembly relocates from Nashville to Knoxville.
• 1818
  • Earl's Nashville Museum opens.
  • Population: 3,000 (approximate).
• 1820 - Christian Church built.
• 1822 - Nashville City Cemetery established.
• 1823 - Presbyterian church built.
• 1825 - Decker & Dyer Reading Room established.
• 1826 - Tennessee General Assembly relocates to Nashville from Murfreesboro.
• 1829 - Christ Church built.
• 1830 - Population: 5,566.
• 1831 - Tennessee State Penitentiary built.
• 1833 - Water-works established.
• 1835 - Tennessee Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge organized.
• 1837 - House of Industry for Females established.
• 1838 - First Baptist Church built.
• 1840 - Population: 6,929.
• 1841 - Mechanics' Library Association formed.
• 1842 - Burns & Co. in business.
• 1843 - Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee.
• 1844 - Tennessee School for the Blind and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established.
• 1845 - Protestant Orphan Asylum established.
• 1847 - St. Mary's Cathedral built.
• 1849 - Merchants' Library and Reading Room and Tennessee Historical Society founded.
• 1850
  • June: Nashville Convention held.
  • Suspension bridge built over the Cumberland River.
  • Population: 10,165.
• 1851 - Nashville Gas Light Company in operation.
• 1852
  • Public school system inaugurated.
  • Davidson County Jail built.
• 1854
  • Southern Methodist Publishing House headquartered in Nashville.
  • Tennessee State Library established.
• 1855 - Giers photo studio in business.
• 1856 - Church of the Assumption built.
• 1857 - Davidson County Court House rebuilt.
• 1858 - City Workhouse and Church of St. Ann's built.
• 1859
  • Tennessee State Capitol, draw-bridge, and Central Baptist Church built.
  • Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins operating.
• 1860 - Population: 16,988.
• 1862
  • City under Union control.
  • Fort Negley built.
• 1863 - St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Asylum founded.
• 1864 - December 15-16: Battle of Nashville.
• 1865 - Fisk Free Colored School, Ward Seminary for Young Ladies, and Earhart's Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College established.
• 1866 - Central Tennessee College founded.
• 1867
  • Montgomery Bell Academy opens.
  • Nashville Lyceum Association incorporated.
• 1869 - Howard Chapel built.
• 1870
  • Sulphur Dell ballpark opens.
  • Population: 25,865.
• 1871
  • Tennessee and Pacific Railroad (Lebanon-Nashville) begins operating.
  • Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Library Association, and Nashville Saddlery Company established.
• 1873 - Vanderbilt University established.
• 1874 - Hebrew temple and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church built.
• 1876 - Nashville Banner newspaper begins publication.
• 1880 - Population: 43,350.
• 1884 - Nashville Athletic Club formed.
• 1885 - Industrial School and Query Club (women's group) established.
• 1889
  • The Hermitage museum opens.
  • Boscobel College for Young Ladies established.
  • Peabody Normal College active.
• 1890 - Population: 76,168.
• 1891 - Nashville Bible School founded.
• 1892
  • March 17: St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm dumps 17 inches of snow on the city.
  • Union Gospel Tabernacle built.
  • Maxwell House coffee introduced.
• 1894 - United Daughters of the Confederacy headquartered in Nashville.
• 1897 - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition held.
• 1898
  • Howard Library established.
  • Tennessee State Penitentiary rebuilt.
• 1900
  • Meharry Medical College active.
  • Population: 80,865.
  • Polk Place demolished.

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20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1904 - Carnegie Library opens.
• 1905 - Centennial Club (women's group) active.
• 1906
  • Tennessee State Fair begins.
  • Nashville Globe newspaper begins publication.
• 1907 - Nashville Tennessean newspaper in publication.
• 1909 - Sparkman Street Bridge opens.
• 1910
  • Nashville Art Association chartered.
  • The Hermitage Hotel in business.
  • Advance Publishing Company incorporated.
  • Population: 110,364.
• 1912 - Urban League branch established.
• 1916 - Nashville Housewives League organized.
• 1918
  • July 9: Great Train Wreck of 1918.
  • 1918 influenza epidemic.
• 1920 - Population: 118,342.
• 1922 - Nashville's first radio station, WDAA, signs on
• 1925
  • War Memorial Auditorium dedicated.
  • WSM radio and its Grand Ole Opry begin broadcasting.
  • Belcourt Theatre built.
• 1926 - WLAC radio begins broadcasting.
• 1927
  • Warner Parks open.
  • WSIX radio begins broadcasting.
• 1930
  • First American National Bank formed.
  • Population: 153,866.
• 1931
  • Nashville Children's Theatre established.
  • Parthenon rebuilt.
• 1936 - Berry Field (airport) dedicated.
• 1937 - Tennessee State Museum established.
• 1940 - Population: 167,402.
• 1941
  • W47NV radio licensed.
  • Iroquois Steeplechase begins.
• 1942 - Acuff-Rose Music and Harveys (department store) in business.
• 1946 - Nashville Symphony founded.

1950s-1990s

• 1950
  • WSM-TV begins broadcasting.
  • Population: 174,307.
• 1951
  • Ben West becomes mayor.
  • The Harpeth Hall School opens.
• 1952 - Tennessee Theatre opens.
• 1953 - WSIX-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1954 - WLAC-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1955 - Brothers Owen and Harold Bradley establish Bradley's Film & Recording Studio, the first studio in what will become Nashville's Music Row neighborhood.
• 1957
  • Life & Casualty Tower built.
  • RCA Studios begins operation at the corner of 17th Ave. S. and Hawkins St. It will become known as RCA Studio B.
• 1960
  • Nashville sit-ins for civil rights occur.
  • Cheekwood Museum opens.
  • Population: 170,874.
• 1961 - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum established.
• 1962
  • WDCN-TV begins broadcasting.
  • Nashville Municipal Auditorium opens.
• 1963
  • City consolidates its government with Davidson County.
  • Metropolitan Council (Nashville) established.
  • Beverly Briley becomes mayor.
• 1964 - American Association for State and Local History headquartered in Nashville.
• 1967 - 100 Oaks Mall in business near city.
• 1968 - Third National Bank Building constructed.
• 1970 - Population: 448,003.
• 1972
  • Fan Fair music festival begins.
  • Opryland USA opens.
• 1974
  • Regions Center (Nashville) built.
  • Grand Ole Opry House opens.
• 1975 - Richard Fulton becomes mayor.
• 1978 - The Nashville Sounds minor-league baseball team plays its inaugural season.
• 1980
  • Tennessee Performing Arts Center opens.
  • Sri Ganesha Temple established.
  • Population: 455,651.
• 1981 - Nashville Opera Guild chartered.
• 1982 - Foreign trade zone established.
  • Bluebird Cafe opens
• 1983 - Nissan car manufactory begins operating in nearby Smyrna.
• 1985 - Starwood Amphitheatre opens.
• 1986 - Tennessee Players founded.
• 1987
  • Nashville Airport terminal built.
  • Bill Boner becomes mayor.
• 1988 - Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Nashville Pride begin.
• 1989
  • Nashville Scene begins publication.
  • Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in business (approximate date).
• 1990
  • Grassmere Wildlife Park established.
  • Population: 488,374.
• 1991 - Phil Bredesen becomes mayor.
• 1994
  • City website online.
  • South Central Bell Building constructed.
  • American Airlines begins nonstop service between London and Nashville.
• 1996
  • Bicentennial Mall State Park opens.
  • Magdalene program for women, and Nashville Zoo at Grassmere established.
  • Nashville Arena built.
• 1998
  • April 15-16: Tornado.
  • After playing in Memphis for one season, the Tennessee OIlers football team plays its first Nashville games at Vanderbilt Stadium.
  • Nashville Predators ice hockey team formed.
• 1999
  • Adelphia Coliseum opens.
  • Bill Purcell becomes mayor.
  • Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in city.
• 2000 - The City Paper begins publication.

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21st century

• 2001
  • Tennessee Immigrant Rights Coalition headquartered in city.
  • Frist Center for the Visual Arts established.
• 2002 Nashville Public Education Foundation established by Nelson C. Andrews and Thomas J. Sherrard
• 2003 - Shelby Street pedestrian bridge opens.
• 2006
  • Schermerhorn Symphony Center opens.
  • Viridian Tower built.
  • Car manufacturer Nissan's North American headquarters in business in nearby Franklin.
• 2007 - Karl Dean becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Nashville for All of Us (group) organized.
• 2009
  • Third Man Records in business.
  • The Pinnacle at Symphony Place built.
  • Music City Drum and Bugle Corps founded.
  • Live on the Green begins.
  • Voters reject Nashville English Only Amendment.
• 2010
  • April-May: Flood.
  • Population: 601,222.
• 2011
  • October: Occupy Nashville begins.
  • Parnassus Books in business.
• 2012
  • March: Occupy Vanderbilt begins.
  • MyCity Academy (government program) established.
  • Fictional Nashville TV series makes national premiere on ABC, transfers to CMT in 2016 after being cancelled by the former and due to fan efforts
• 2013 - Music City Center opens.
• 2015
  • Construction begins on 505 skyscraper.
  • Megan Barry becomes mayor.

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