Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida
The following is a timeline of the [History of Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida|history] of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
Prior to 20th century
- Prior to 1564 - One early map shows a village called Ossachite at the site of what is now downtown Jacksonville; this may be the earliest recorded name for that area.
- 1564 - French Fort Caroline established by René Goulaine de Laudonnière.
- 1565 - Spanish forces take Fort Caroline.
- 1822
- * Settlement named "Jacksonville" to honor Andrew Jackson.
- * Town grid laid out.
- * Jacksonville becomes seat of newly formed Duval County.
- 1832
- * Town incorporated.
- * William J. Mills becomes mayor.
- 1838 - Bethel Baptist Church established.
- 1845 - Florida becomes part of the United States.
- 1846 - October 12: Gale.
- 1857 - City Park created.
- 1858 - Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad begins operating.
- 1862 - Town occupied by Union forces.
- 1869 - St. James Hotel built.
- 1871 - Furchgott, Benedict & Co. dry goods store in business.
- 1872 - Cookman Institute established.
- 1873 - Florida Circulating Library active.
- 1875 - Windsor Hotel built.
- 1876
- * Duval High School established.
- * Union Congregational Church built.
- 1877 - Board of Health established.
- 1878 - Library and Literary Association formed.
- 1881 - Florida Daily Times begins publication.
- 1882
- * Synagogue dedicated.
- * Florida Baptist Academy established.
- 1884 - Board of Trade organized.
- 1885 - Park Opera House in business.
- 1886 - Boylan Industrial Home and school established.
- 1887
- * Yellow fever epidemic.
- * The Metropolis newspaper begins publication.
- * St. Andrew's Episcopal Church built.
- 1888 - Subtropical Exposition held.
- 1890 - Population: 17,201.
- 1892 - Edward Waters College active.
- 1893 - Streetcars began operating.
- 1897 - Woman's Club founded.
- 1900 -
- * "Lift Every Voice and Sing" song first performed.
- * Population: 28,429.
20th century
1900s-1950s
- 1901
- * May 3: Great Fire of 1901.
- * Brewster Hospital established.
- * Continental Hotel opens.
- 1903
- * Mason Park opens.
- * Florida Automobile Association organized.
- 1904
- * Lincoln Park opens.
- * First Baptist Church built.
- 1905
- * Jacksonville Free Public Library opens.
- * Protestant Union Revival held.
- 1907
- * Manhattan Beach opens.
- * Dixieland Amusement Park opens in South Jacksonville.
- * South Jacksonville chartered as a city.
- 1908 - Filmmaker Kalem Studios active.
- 1909 - YMCA building constructed.
- 1910
- * Atlantic Boulevard laid out.
- * Population: 57,699.
- 1912
- * St. James Building constructed.
- * City Rotary Club formed.
- 1914 - Jacksonville Zoological Park established.
- 1917
- * National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Jacksonville chapter established.
- * John W. Martin becomes mayor.
- 1920 – Population: 91,558.
- 1921 - St. Johns River Bridge opens.
- 1923 - John T. Alsop becomes mayor.
- 1925
- * Negro Welfare League organized.
- * WJAX [List of List of radio stations in Florida|radio stations in Florida|radio] begins broadcasting.
- 1926 - Carling Hotel opens.
- 1927 - Florida Theatre and 5 Points Theatre built.
- 1928 - Gator Bowl Stadium built.
- 1929 - Jacksonville Historical Society founded.
- 1930 – Population: 129,549.
- 1934
- * Jacksonville Junior College established.
- * WMBR radio begins broadcasting.
- 1938
- * WJHP radio begins broadcasting.
- * Theatre Jacksonville built.
- 1940
- * U.S. military Naval Air Station Jacksonville commissioned.
- * Population: 173,065.
- 1946 - Annual Gator Bowl college football game begins.
- 1947
- * Jacksonville Urban League formed.
- * Hanna Park created.
- 1949
- * WJXT begins broadcasting.
- * W. Haydon Burns becomes mayor.
- 1950 - Population: 204,517.
- 1953 - Mathews Bridge opens.
- 1955 - Jacksonville Expressway Authority established.
- 1957 - WFGA-TV begins broadcasting.
1960s-1990s
- 1960
- * August: "Ax Handle Saturday" racial unrest.
- * Population: 201,030.
- 1962 - Civic Auditorium opens.
- 1963 - December, Hotel Roosevelt fire
- 1964 - September 10, Hurricane Dora occurs.
- 1967
- * Hart Bridge opens.
- * Mary Singleton and Sallye B. Mathis became the first female African Americans elected to the City Council.
- 1968
- * Consolidation of city and Duval County governments.
- * Hans Tanzler becomes mayor.
- 1970 - Population: 528,865.
- 1973 - Florida Municipal Home Rule Powers Act ratified.
- 1979 - Jake Godbold becomes mayor.
- 1980
- * Foreign trade zone established.
- * Population: 540,920.
- 1984 - Jacksonville Bulls football team formed.
- 1989 - The Jacksonville Skyway begins operating
- 1990 - Population: 635,230.
- 1993 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district.
- 1995
- * Jacksonville Jaguars football team formed.
- * Jacksonville Municipal Stadium opens.
- * John Delaney becomes mayor.
- 1998 - City website online.
- 2000
- * "Better Jacksonville Plan" for urban growth approved.
- * Population: 735,617.
21st century
- 2001 - Ander Crenshaw becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district.
- 2003 - May 13: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2003 held; John Peyton wins.
- 2010 - Population: 821,784.
- 2011 - March 22: Jacksonville mayoral election, 2011 held; Alvin Brown wins. He was the city's first elected African-American mayor.
- 2013 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district again.
- 2015 - Lenny Curry becomes mayor.
- 2022 - Jacksonville celebrates its bicentennial.
- 2023
- * May 16 - 2023 Jacksonville mayoral election; Donna Deegan wins, becomes the city's first female mayor.
- * August 26 - Mass shooting at a Jacksonville Dollar General store.
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