Timeline of Washington, D.C.

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Washington, D.C., USA.

Video Timeline of Washington, D.C.

18th century

• 1752 - February: First survey of Georgetown completed.
• 1789 - Town of Georgetown, Maryland, chartered and incorporated; Georgetown University founded.
• 1790 - July 16: Residence Act enacted, selecting a site along the Potomac River as the future location of the permanent seat of the federal government of the United States.
• 1791
  • January 24: Federal District proclamation issued by President George Washington.
  • Team led by Andrew Ellicott begins survey of the future boundaries of the original District of Columbia.
  • L'Enfant Plan for design of the City of Washington introduced.
  • September 9: Commissioners appointed by President Washington name the federal district as "The Territory of Columbia," and the federal city as the "City of Washington."
• 1792 - Construction of White House (presidential residence) begins.
• 1794 - Tudor Place (residence) built in Georgetown.
• 1797 - "Bridge at Little Falls" crossing the Potomac River opens at the future site of Chain Bridge.
• 1800
  • Seat of Federal government of the United States relocated to Washington from Philadelphia. President Adams moves into White House.
  • United States Capitol building constructed.
  • Washington Navy Yard established.
  • Population: 14,093.

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19th century

1800s-1850s

• 1801
  • February 24: US Congress establishes the District of Columbia (comprising Washington, Alexandria, and Alexandria County).
  • March 4: US president Jefferson inaugurated.
• 1802
  • "City of Washington incorporated; mayor-council government established."
  • Jail built.
• 1806 - Public school opens.
• 1809 - May 20: Long Bridge crossing the Potomac River near 14th Street SW opens.
• 1814 - August 24: Burning of Washington by British forces.
• 1815 - Washington City Canal begins operating.
• 1816 - St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square built.
• 1818 - Central heating installed in the US Capitol building.
• 1835
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins operating.
  • Labor strike by federal navy yard workers.
• 1836 - December 15: 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire.
• 1840 - Population: 23,364 in city; 43,712 in district.
• 1842 - United States Naval Observatory established.
• 1844 - Baltimore-Washington telegraph begins operating.
• 1846
  • District of Columbia retrocession of Alexandria and Alexandria County to Virginia.
  • National Smithsonian Institution established.
• 1848
  • Cornerstone of the Washington Monument placed.
  • Washington Gas Light Company established.
• 1850
  • District of Columbia's stone for the Washington Monument dedicated.
  • Congress abolishes slave trade in the District of Columbia.
• 1855 - Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) completed.

1860s-1890s

• 1860 - Population: 61,122.
• 1862 - Slavery abolished. Congress requires city to provide schooling for black students.
• 1863 - National Academy of Sciences headquartered in city.
• 1864 - July: Battle of Fort Stevens.
• 1865
  • April 14: Assassination of president Lincoln.
  • first black school opens at 2nd and C, SE
• 1867
  • Howard University founded.
  • "Blacks given right of suffrage."
• 1869
  • National Convention of the Colored Men of America held in city.
  • American Equal Rights Association meets in city.
• 1870
  • Children's Hospital established.
  • Population: 109,199.
• 1871
  • District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effected.
  • Norton P. Chipman becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
• 1877 - Washington Post newspaper begins publication.
• 1878 - Telephone begins operating.
• 1880 - Population: 147,293 in city; 177,624 in district.
• 1881
  • February: Flood.
  • "Tiber Canal filled in to become Constitution Avenue."
  • American National Red Cross headquartered in city.
• 1885 - Washington Monument dedicated.
• 1888 - Electric streetcar begins operating.
• 1889 - National Zoo opens.
• 1890
  • Rock Creek Park established.
  • Population: 230,392.
• 1893 - American University founded.
• 1897 - American Negro Academy founded.
• 1899 - Height of Buildings Act of 1899 legislated.
• 1900 - Population: 278,718.

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20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1902 - McMillan Plan for design of city introduced.
• 1906 - District Building (city hall) constructed.
• 1907
  • Union Station built.
  • Washington National Cathedral construction begins.[1]
• 1910 - Population: 331,069.
• 1912 - "Cherry trees planted around the Tidal Basin."
• 1915 - Association for the Study of Negro Life and History established.
• 1917 - National Sylvan Theater opens.
• 1919 - July: Racial unrest.
• 1920 - Population: 437,571.
• 1922
  • January 28: Storm crushes Knickerbocker Theatre.
  • May 30: Lincoln Memorial dedicated.
• 1923 - Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art opens.
• 1924
  • National Capital Park Commission established.
  • Washington Senators baseball team wins 1924 World Series.
• 1925 - WMAL radio begins broadcasting.
• 1926 - Federal Triangle construction begins.
• 1930 - Population: 486,869.
• 1931 - National Symphony Orchestra formed.
• 1932
  • May: "Bonus Army" demonstration.
  • Arlington Memorial Bridge opens.
  • Folger Shakespeare Library built.
• 1935 - National Cherry Blossom Festival begins.
• 1937 - Washington Redskins football team active.
• 1940 - Population: 663,091.
• 1941
  • National Airport built.
  • National Gallery of Art opens.
• 1942 - Declaration by United Nations signed in city.
• 1944 - International Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in city.
• 1946 - International Monetary Fund headquartered in city.[2]
• 1947 - WMAL-TV, WRC-TV, and WTTG (television) begin broadcasting.
• 1949
  • Whitehurst Freeway begins operating.
  • WTOP-TV (television) begins broadcasting.

1950s-1990s

• 1950 - Population: 802,178.
• 1953 - January 15: 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck.
• 1954
  • March 1: United States Capitol shooting incident (1954).
  • Bolling v. Sharpe decided, schools integrated in 54-55 school year
• 1957 - May 17: National Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom civil rights demonstration takes place in D.C.
• 1959 - International Antarctic Treaty signed in city.
• 1960
  • Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signed in city.
  • Population: 763,956.
• 1962 - Streetcar stops operating.
• 1963 - August 28: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; King gives "I Have a Dream" speech.
• 1964
  • November: "D.C. residents are able to vote for president for the first time."
  • Capital Beltway constructed.
• 1965
  • April 17: March Against the Vietnam War.
  • Washingtonian magazine begins publication.
• 1967
  • Mayor-council form of government implemented; Walter Washington becomes mayor.
  • Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins.
  • Biograph cinema opens.
• 1968
  • April: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots occur.
  • American Association of Retired Persons headquartered in city (approximate date).
• 1969
  • November 15: Protest against Vietnam War.
  • Gay Blade newspaper begins publication.
  • Key Theatre in business.
• 1970 - Population: 756,510.
• 1971
  • April: Antiwar protest.
  • May: 1971 May Day protests against war.
  • June 30: New York Times Co. v. United States decided; allows Washington Post to publish Pentagon Papers about Vietnam.
  • Walter E. Fauntroy becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
  • National Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens.
  • Center for Science in the Public Interest headquartered in city.
• 1972 - Watergate scandal discovered.
• 1973 - Mayoral election established, per US Congress' District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
• 1974
  • 1974 White House helicopter incident
  • Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum opens.
• 1976
  • March: Washington Metro begins operating.
  • May: Concorde supersonic airplane begins operating.
  • US Bicentennial held.
• 1979
  • Marion Barry becomes mayor.
  • C-SPAN begins televising federal government proceedings.
• 1980
  • Western Plaza (later renamed to "Freedom Plaza") containing a raised marble inlay depicting parts of the L'Enfant Plan for the city of Washington opens along Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. between the White House and the United States Capitol.
• 1981
  • March 30: Attempted assassination of president Reagan.
  • Washington City Paper begins publication.
• 1982
  • January 13: Crash of Air Florida Flight 90.
  • Washington Convention Center built.
  • National Vietnam Veterans Memorial erected.
  • Washington Times newspaper begins publication.
• 1985
  • Federal News Service in business.
  • National Building Museum opens
• 1987
  • Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery and National Museum of African Art open.
  • Dupont Circle 5 cinema in business.
• 1990
  • Population: 606,900.
  • October 27: Mayor Marion Barry receives six-month prison sentence for cocaine possession.
  • November 6: Sharon Pratt Dixon wins mayoral election.
• 1991
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
  • City bicentennial.
• 1993
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opens
  • National Postal Museum opens
• 1994 - November 8: Marion Barry wins mayoral election.
• 1995
  • April 17: President William J. Clinton signs the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, establishing the District of Columbia Financial Control Board.
  • October 16: National Million Man March held in city.
• 1996 - City website online (approximate date).
• 1999 - Anthony A. Williams becomes mayor.
• 2000 - May 14: Million Mom March held.

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21st century

• 2001 - September: 2001 anthrax attacks.
• 2002 - International Spy Museum opens
• 2003 - Washington Convention Center rebuilt.
• 2007 - Adrian Fenty becomes mayor.
• 2008
  • Nationals Park (stadium) opens.
  • Newseum opens in D.C..
• 2009
  • January 20: Inauguration of U.S. president Obama.
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is released, taking place in D.C.
• 2010 - Population: 601,723.
• 2011
  • Vincent C. Gray becomes mayor.
  • CityCenterDC construction begins.
• 2014
  • Initiative 71 approved by voters, leading to the legalization of cannabis
• 2015 - Muriel Bowser becomes mayor.
• 2016
  • January 2016 United States winter storm.
  • DC Streetcar begins operating.
  • March-April: 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture opens.
  • District of Columbia statehood referendum, 2016
• 2017
  • January 20: Inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump
  • January 21: National Women's March on Washington scheduled.
• 2018 - The Washington Capitals win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

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See also

• History of Washington, D.C.
• List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
• Category:African-American history of Washington, D.C.
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
• List of United States Congresses
• List of US presidential inaugural ceremonies
• Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• "Washington, DC - Historical Timeline of the Nation's Capital". DCVote.org. 
• National Museum of African American History and Culture. "Collection Search: Washington, D.C." Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution.  (Sortable by decade)

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