Timeline of Tampa, Florida

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

19th century

• 1824 – Fort Brooke established by U.S. Army in the Territory of Florida.[1]
• 1831 – Tampa Bay post office established.[2]
• 1845 – Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida.[1]
• 1848 – 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane.
• 1849 – Village of Tampa incorporated.
• 1850 – Oaklawn Cemetery established.[3]
• 1855 – Town of Tampa incorporated.[4]
• 1856 – Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
• 1859 – First Baptist Church established.[3]
• 1861 – Town becomes part of Confederate States of America.
• 1862 – June 30-July 1: Battle of Tampa.
• 1863 – October 16–18: Battle of Fort Brooke.
• 1873
  • Yellow fever outbreak.[2]
  • Tampa Guardian newspaper in publication.[5]
• 1877 – Gainesville-Tampa stagecoach begins operating.[2]
• 1882 – Hillsborough High School opens.
• 1884 – South Florida Railroad begins operating.[2]
• 1885 – Board of Trade established.[6]
• 1886
  • Sanchez & Haya cigar factory begins operating.[7]
  • Ybor Factory Building constructed.
• 1887
  • Ybor City becomes part of Tampa.[6]
  • Tampa Electric Company established.[8]
• 1888 – Plant Park laid out.[2]
• 1889 – Florida Railway begins operating.[2]
• 1890
  • Tampa Business College established.[9]
  • Telephones begin operating.[8]
• 1891
  • Tampa Bay Hotel built.[2]
  • Cuban José Martí gives speech "Los Pinos Nuevos".[10]
• 1893 – Tampa Daily Times newspaper begins publication.[5]
• 1895 – Tampa Fire Department established.
• 1899
  • Burgert photo studio in business.[11]
  • Circulo Cubano founded.[8]
• 1900 – Tampa Woman's Club formed.[12]

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[2] and United States Courthouse Building constructed.
• 1907
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
  • Havatampa Cigar Company in business.[13]
• 1908 – YMCA built.[14]
• 1912
  • Union Station opens.
  • El Centro Español de Tampa building constructed.[2]
  • El Comercio Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • Union Hotel in business.
• 1913 – Centro Asturiano de Tampa building constructed.[2]
• 1914 – St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line begins operating.[1][16]
• 1915 – Tampa City Hall built.
• 1916 – Heraldo Dominical Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1917
  • Tampa Public Library opens.[17]
  • Circulo Cubano de Tampa rebuilt.
• 1918 – Unione Italiana building constructed.[2]
• 1920 – Population: 51,608.
• 1922
  • WDAE radio begins broadcasting.[18][19]
  • La Gaceta trilingual newspaper begins publication.[7]
• 1924 – Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg built.[2]
• 1925
  • West Tampa becomes part of Tampa.
  • Municipal Auditorium built.[2]
  • WFLA radio begins broadcasting.[18]
• 1926
  • Junior League of Tampa founded.[20]
  • Tampa Theatre opens.
• 1927
  • Sulphur Springs Water Tower erected.
  • Floridan Hotel in business.
• 1930 – Population: 101,161.[21]
• 1931
  • Labor strike of cigar workers.[22]
  • Tampa Junior College established.
• 1934 – Davis Causeway opens.[2]
• 1938 – Janus Administration Building constructed.[2]
• 1939 – U.S. Army Southeast Air Base established.
• 1940 – Population: 108,391.[21]
• 1950 – Population: 124,681.[21]
• 1955 - WFLA-TV and WTVT (television) begin broadcasting.[23]
• 1956 – Britton Plaza Shopping Center in business.
• 1957 – Lowry Park Zoo opens.
• 1959 – Busch Gardens theme park in business.[24]

1960s-1990s

• 1960 – Population: 274,970.[21]
• 1962 – Museum of Science and Industry founded.[25]
• 1966 – Franklin Exchange Building constructed.
• 1970 – Population: 277,767.[21]
• 1972
  • Sant'Yago Knight Parade begins.
  • Floriland Cinema in business.[26]
• 1978 – Cracker Country (museum) established.
• 1979
  • May 8: Storm.[27]
  • Tampa Museum of Art founded.
• 1980
  • Hillsborough Area Regional Transit established.
  • Population: 271,523.[21]
• 1981 – Feeding America Tampa Bay active (approximate date).[28]
• 1982 – Foreign trade zone[29][30] and Ybor City Museum Society[25] established.
• 1984 – Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established.[17]
• 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.[25]
• 1990
  • Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival begins.
  • Population: 280,015.[21]
• 1992 – AmSouth Building and SunTrust Financial Centre constructed.
• 1995 – Florida Aquarium opens.[24]
• 1996
  • City website online.[31][32]
  • Ice Palace (arena) opens.
• 1997
  • Jim Davis becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.[33]
  • Tampa Police Museum founded.[25]
• 2000 - Channelside 9 Cinemas in business.[26]

21st century

• 2001
  • The Stovall built.
  • 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.
  • Tampa Riverwalk construction begins.
• 2007
  • SkyPoint built.
  • Kathy Castor becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.[34]
• 2009 – Tampa Bay History Center opens.
• 2010 – Population: city 335,709; metro 2,783,243.[35][36]
• 2011
  • Florida Voices begins publication.[37]
  • Bob Buckhorn becomes mayor.
  • Population: 346,037; metro 2,824,724.[38]
• 2012 – August: 2012 Republican National Convention held.
• 2014 – Tampa Baseball Museum opens.
• 2018-21 Water Street Tampa construction takes place
• 2019 Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute Set to open late 2019.

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

1. "Tampa History". City of Tampa. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. Federal Writers' Project 1939.
3. Rajtar 2007.
4. Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-28
5. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
6. Long 1966.
7. "Cigar City Timeline". Tampa Bay History Center. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
8. Long 1971.
9. Patterson's American Educational Directory. 29. Chicago. 1932. hdl:2027/uc1.b3970358.
10. Medina 2004.
11. "Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection". Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
12. Dillon 1999.
13. "Hav-A-Tampa Timeline". Cigar City Magazine. Tampa. 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
14. "History of the Tampa Y". Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
15. American Newspaper Annual, N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/coo.31924087717553
16. Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
17. "Library History". Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
18. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Florida", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
19. "Timeline". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
20. "About Us". Junior League of Tampa. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
21. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
22. Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
23. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Florida", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
24. Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
25. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Florida: Tampa". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 159+. ISBN 0759100020.
26. "Movie Theaters in Tampa, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
27. Stowers 1980.
28. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Tampa, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
29. "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
30. Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 351, ISBN 978-1-84980-243-7
31. "TampaGov Milestones and Major Activities (timeline)". City of Tampa. August 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
32. "City of Tampa Official World Wide Web Site". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
33. "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1999–2000. hdl:2027/mdp.39015046791664.
34. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
35. "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". U.S. Census Bureau. 2012.
36. Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Tampa", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
37. "Florida". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
38. "30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot". American Cities Project. Washington, D.C.: Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2014.

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• Wen Galvez (1897). Tampa: impresiones de emigrado (in Spanish). Establecimiento Tipográfico Cuba.
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• Rinaldi's Guide Book to the City of Tampa, Tampa, 1915, OL 24343079M
• "Tampa". Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R. L. Polk & Co. 1918. + part 2
• "Tampa". Automobile Blue Book. USA. 1919.
• Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Tampa", Florida; a Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series – via Google Books (also via Open Library)
• Durward Long (1966). "Historical Beginnings of Ybor City and Modern Tampa". Florida Historical Quarterly. 45 (1): 31–44. JSTOR 30145699.
• Durward Long (1971). "Making of Modern Tampa: A City of the New South, 1885-1911". Florida Historical Quarterly. 49 (4): 333–345. JSTOR 30140624.
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Tampa", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E. P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• D.M. Stowers, Jr.; Michael Levasseur (1980), "Tampa Bay Storm of May, 1979", Florida Geographer, 14, ISSN 0739-0041 – via Florida Atlantic University
• Gary R. Mormino, "Tampa: From Hell Hole to the Good Life", in Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice, eds., Sunbelt Cities: Politics and Growth Since World War II (Austin, 1983)
• Frommer's Portable Tampa Bay & St. Petersburg, Frommer's, 1998, OL 9936122M
• Patricia Dillon (1999). "Clubwomen and Civic Activism: Willie Lowry and Tampa's Club Movement". Florida Historical Quarterly. 77 (4): 429–444. JSTOR 30150827.
• "South of Orlando: Tampa", Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, 2003 – via Open Library
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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.