Timeline of Tampa, Florida

The following is a timeline of the [History of Tampa, Florida|Tampa, Florida|history] of the city of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

19th century

1821 – Spain transfers control of Florida to the United States per the Adams-Onis Treaty
1824 – Fort Brooke established by U.S. Army on Tampa Bay in the Territory of Florida.
1831 – Tampa Bay post office established.
1845 – Tampa Bay becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida.
1848 – 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane.
1849 – Village of Tampa incorporated.
1850 – Oaklawn Cemetery established.
1855 – Town of Tampa incorporated.
1856 – Joseph B. Lancaster becomes mayor.
1859 – First Baptist Church established.
1861 – Florida secedes the US and joins the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
1862 – June 30-July 1: Battle of Tampa.
1863 – October 16–18: Battle of Fort Brooke.
1873
* Yellow fever outbreak.
* Tampa Guardian newspaper in publication.
1877 – Gainesville-Tampa stagecoach begins operating.
1882 – Hillsborough High School opens.
1884 – Henry Plant's South Florida Railroad begins operating.
1885 – Board of Trade established.
1886 - Ybor City established by Vicente Martinez Ybor; first cigar factories open
1887
* Ybor City annexed by city of Tampa.
* Tampa Electric Company established.
1888 – Plant Park laid out.
1889 – Florida Railway begins operating.
1890
* Tampa Business College established.
* Telephone service established.
1891
* Tampa Bay Hotel built.
* Cuban José Martí speaks in Ybor City in support of Cuban independence.
1893 – Tampa Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
1895 – Tampa Fire Department established.
1899
* Burgert Brothers photo studio established.
* Circulo Cubano founded.
1900 – Tampa Woman's Club formed.

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

1960s-1990s

1960 – Population: 274,970.
1962 – Museum of Science and Industry founded.
1965 - Curtis Hixon Hall opens
1966 – Franklin Exchange Building constructed.
1970 – Population: 277,767.
1972 - Sant'Yago Knight Parade begins.
1977
* New Florida State Fairgrounds hosts first fair
* Floriland Cinema in business.
1978 – Cracker Country established.
1979
* May 8: Storm.
* Tampa Museum of Art founded.
1980
* Hillsborough Area Regional Transit established.
* Population: 271,523.
1981 – Feeding America Tampa Bay active.
1982 – Foreign trade zone and Ybor City Museum Society established.
1984 – Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established.
1986 – Barnett Plaza built.
1987
* Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center opens.
* Children's Museum founded.
1988 – Rivergate Tower built.
1989 – Tampa Bay History Center founded.
1990
* Tampa Convention Center opens
* Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival begins.
* Population: 280,015.
1992 – AmSouth Building and SunTrust Financial Centre constructed.
1995 – Florida Aquarium opens.
1996
* City website online.
* Ice Palace arena opens.
1997 - Tampa Police Museum founded.
2000 - Channelside 9 Cinemas in business.

21st century

2001
* 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.
* First segments of Tampa Riverwalk open
2007
* SkyPoint built.
* Kathy Castor becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district.
2009 – Tampa Bay History Center opens.
2010
* Population: city 335,709; metro 2,783,243.
* Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park opens
2011
* Florida Voices begins publication.
* Bob Buckhorn becomes mayor.
* Population: 346,037; metro 2,824,724.
2012 – 2012 Republican National Convention held in Tampa
2014 – Tampa Baseball Museum opens.
2018-21 – First phase of Water Street district construction