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