Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1749 - Alexandria founded.[1]
• 1752 - Carlyle House (residence) built.[2]
• 1754 - Fairfax County courthouse built.[2]
• 1773 - Christ Church consecrated.[2]
• 1779 - Town of Alexandria incorporated.[1]
• 1784 - Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser begins publication.[3]
• 1788 - Alexandria Lodge No.22 established.[2]
• 1789 - Town "ceded to the federal government."[1]
• 1790
  • Presbyterian Meeting House built.[2]
  • Population: 2,748.[4]
• 1792
  • Bank of Alexandria established.[2]
  • Stabler Apothecary in business.[2]
• 1794
  • Gadsby's Tavern in business.[2]
  • Alexandria Library founded.[5]
• 1801 - Alexandria becomes part of the District of Columbia.[1]
• 1817 - Market House built.[2]
• 1818 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church consecrated.
• 1823 - Virginia Theological Seminary founded.
• 1825 - Hallowell School opens.[2]
• 1828 - Franklin and Armfield slave traders in business.[6]
• 1830 - Population: 8,241.[4]
• 1833 - St. John's Academy established.[7]
• 1834 - Alexandria Gazette newspaper in publication.[3]
• 1839
  • Lyceum built.[2]
  • Episcopal High School founded.[8]
• 1840 - Population: 8,459.[4]
• 1843 - Alexandria Canal to Georgetown opens.
• 1847 - March 20: Alexandria becomes part of Virginia again.[1]
• 1852 - City of Alexandria incorporated.[1]
• 1860 - Population: 12,652.[4]
• 1863 - August: Alexandria becomes seat of Restored Government of Virginia.[2]
• 1865 - Convention of the Colored People of Virginia held in city.[9]
• 1870 - City becomes independent of Alexandria County.
• 1873 - Alexandria City Hall rebuilt.[2]

20th century

• 1906 - Union Station built.[10]
• 1930 - Potomac becomes part of city.[11]
• 1932 - George Washington Masonic National Memorial built.
• 1937 - Alexandria Free Public Library opens.[12]
• 1940 - Robinson Library[13] and Vernon Theatre[14] open.
• 1945 - Centre Theatre built.[14]
• 1946 - Old Town Alexandria historic district established.[13]
• 1952 - Part of Fairfax County annexed to city.[10]
• 1954 - Historic Alexandria Foundation chartered.[7]
• 1961
  • Woodrow Wilson Bridge opens.[10]
  • Frank E. Mann becomes mayor.
• 1967 - Charles E. Beatley becomes mayor.
• 1974 - Torpedo Factory Art Center opens.[13]
• 1975
  • Alexandria Packet newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • City archaeological commission formed.[13]
• 1976 - Gadsby's Tavern museum opens.
• 1983
  • Washington Metro King Street–Old Town station[10], Braddock Road station, and Eisenhower Avenue station open.
  • Gifts in Kind International headquartered in Alexandria.
• 1985 - Jim Moran becomes mayor.
• 1991
  • Van Dorn Street station opens.
  • Patsy Ticer becomes mayor.
• 1996
  • City website online.[15]
  • Kerry J. Donley becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2003 - William D. Euille becomes mayor.
• 2005 - United States Patent and Trademark Office headquartered in city.
• 2010 - Population: 139,966.[16]
• 2015 - Don Beyer becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 8th congressional district.[17]
• 2016 - Allison Silberberg becomes mayor.
• 2017 - June 14: 2017 Congressional baseball shooting occurs.
• 2019
  • Justin Wilson becomes mayor.
  • Construction begins on Potomac Yard station, slated to the be the fifth Washington Metro station in the city,

See also

• History of Alexandria, Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia
• List of mayors of Alexandria, Virginia
• History of Virginia
• Timeline of Washington, D.C.
• Timelines of other cities in Virginia: Hampton, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach

References

1. "Cities of Virginia: Alexandria". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
2. Federal Writers' Project 1941.
3. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
4. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
5. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
6. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. "Historic Registers: City of Alexandria (Northern Region)". Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on March 2015.
7. "Selected Finding Aids to the Archive and Manuscript Collections". Special Collections Indexes & Guides. Virginia: Alexandria Library. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
8. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Alexandria, Virginia". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
9. "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. P. Gabrielle Foreman, director. University of Delaware, Library. Retrieved May 21, 2015.CS1 maint: others (link)
10. "Timeline of Alexandria History". Alexandria in the 20th Century. City of Alexandria, VA. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
11. Pulliam 2011.
12. "Alexandria Library Timeline: 1794-Present". Virginia: Alexandria Library. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
13. Alexandria Historic Timeline, Virginia: Visit Alexandria, retrieved May 21, 2015
14. "Movie Theaters in Alexandria, VA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
15. "City of Alexandria, Virginia Government Homepage (Official)". Archived from the original on April 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
16. "Alexandria (city), Virginia". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
17. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 21, 2015.

Bibliography

See also: History of Alexandria, Virginia § Further reading

• F.H. Richardson (1905). "Alexandria, Va.". Richardson's Southern Guide. Chicago: Monarch Book Company – via Internet Archive.
• Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Alexandria", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, OL 24223083M
• Diane Riker (2008), Timeline of Alexandria's Waterfront (PDF), Virginia: City of Alexandria
• Ted Pulliam; City of Alexandria (2011). Historic Alexandria: An Illustrated History. Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-935377-41-2.

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