Timeline of Hampton, Virginia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hampton, Virginia, United States.
17th century
[edit]| This article is part of a series on the |
| History of Virginia |
|---|
.png) |
| Initial Settlement |
| Timeline |
| Topics |
| Cities |
| Regions |
| Historical Universities |
 Virginia portal |
- 1607 - April 30: European settlers arrived at Old Point Comfort and established settlement of Mill Creek (later Phoebus) just outside the Algonquin village of Kecoughtan
- 1610
- July 9 - European settlers permanently drove out the Native Americans from Kecoughtan.[1]
- Fort Algernon, Fort Charles, and Fort Henry were built.[2]
- St. John's Church was founded.[2]
- 1619
- Mill Creek settlement became part of newly formed Elizabeth Cittie.[2]
- August: 1619 First Africans in Virginia landed at Point Comfort
- 1630 – Trading post was established.[3]
- 1634 – Settlement became part of newly formed Elizabeth City County.[2]
- 1680 – Town of Hampton was established per "Act of Cohabitation."[2]
18th century
[edit]- 1705 – Hampton became a "port of entry."[3]
- 1715 – Hampton designated seat of Elizabeth City County.[2]
- 1718 – Head of dead pirate Blackbeard was displayed on a pole at place later known as "Blackbeard's Point."[2]
- 1727 – St John’s church was rebuilt.[1]
- 1728 - Fort George was built at Old Point Comfort.[4]
- 1749 - The Coastal Hurricane of 1749 hit area, destroyed Fort George and created Willoughby Spit[4]
- 1755 – "1,000 Acadian" travellers stayed temporarily in Hampton.[2]
- 1775 - October 24–27: British troops directed by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore raided Hampton, but were repulsed by patriot Virginia Militia[5]
- 1788 – Hampton became part of the new U.S. state of Virginia.
19th century
[edit]- 1805 – Hampton Academy became active.[6]
- 1813 – Hampton was taken by British forces during the War of 1812.[2]
- 1823 – U.S. Fort Monroe was built.[6]
- 1849
- 1852 – Town incorporated again.[3]
- 1857 – Chesapeake Female College was built.[1]
- 1860
- Town incorporation repealed again.[3]
- Population expanded up to 1,848.
- 1861 – August: Residents set fire to town in order to repel Union forces during the American Civil War.[2]
- 1865 – February 3: U.S.- Confederate Hampton Roads Conference held aboard the steamboat River Queen to discuss terms to end the American Civil War.[7]
- 1868 – Hampton Agricultural and Industrial Institute and its museum were established.[8][9]
- 1870 – National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Southern Branch began operating.
- 1871 – Hampton Institute Press was founded.[10]
- 1872 – Hampton Institute's Southern Workman journal began publication.[10]
- 1875 – Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Institute.[8]
- 1876
- 1878 – Little England Chapel was built.[12]
- 1882 – Railroad began operating.[6]
- 1884
- 1887 – Town incorporated again once more.[3][1]
- 1889
- 1890 – Population increased up to 2,513.[1]
- 1891 – Dixie Hospital nursing school was established.[16]
- 1897 – Annual Hampton Negro Conference was held at the Hampton Institute.[8]
- 1900 – Population increased up to 2,764.[1]
20th century
[edit]- 1903 – Hampton Institute's Huntington Memorial Library was built.[17]
- 1908
- 1912 – American Theatre was built.[6]
- 1915 – Apollo Theatre in business.[19]
- 1916 – Braddock monument was erected.[2]
- 1917 – U.S. military Langley Field (airfield) and its Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (later NASA Langley Research Center) began operating.[6]
- 1920
- Scott Theatre was opened.[19]
- Population grew up to 6,138.
- 1922 – February 21: U.S. military airship Roma exploded during test flight.[7]
- 1926 – Taylor Memorial Library was opened.[20]
- 1928 – Chamberlin Hotel was built.[12]
- 1930 – "Hampton Veterans' Facility" began operating.[6]
- 1937 – Aberdeen Gardens (housing) was built by U.S. Interior Department's Subsistence Homesteads Division.
- 1939 – Hampton City Hall was built.[12]
- 1943 – U.S. Langley Research Center's racially segregated West Area Computers began operating.
- 1948
- 1950 – Population expanded up to 5,966.
- 1952
- July 1: Elizabeth City County (including Phoebus) was consolidated into city of Hampton.[3]
- Fort Wool historic site was established.[9]
- 1954 – October: Hurricane Hazel occurred.[22]
- 1957 – Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel to Norfolk was opened.[6]
- 1960
- Interstate 64 highway construction was completed.
- Population increased up to 89,258.
- 1962
- Kecoughtan High School was founded.
- 1964 – WHOV radio began broadcasting.
- 1968
- Thomas Nelson Community College was founded.[6]
- Bethel High School was built.
- 1970 – Hampton Coliseum was opened.[6]
- 1973 – Coliseum Mall in business.
- 1979 – September: Hurricane David occurred.[22]
- 1982 – Finite element machine was invented at NASA Langley Research Center (approximate date).
- 1984 – Hampton University became active.
- 1987 – Hampton Public Library new building was opened.[20]
- 1992 – Virginia Air and Space Center was established.[9]
- 1993 – Bobby Scott became U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.[23]
- 1994 – Hampton Roads Voice newspaper began publication.[11]
- 1996
- July: Hurricane Bertha (1996) occurred.[22]
- City website started operating online (approximate date).[24][25]
21st century
[edit]- 2003 – Hampton History Museum was opened.[26]
- 2008 – Molly Joseph Ward became mayor.
- 2010
- U.S. military Joint Base Langley–Eustis started its operation near city.
- Population rose up to 137,436.[27]
- 2011
- Fort Monroe was decommissioned by the U.S. military
- 2016
- Donnie Tuck became mayor.
- Hidden Figures movie was released, partially set in Hampton.[28]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cities of Virginia: Hampton". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- 1 2 William A. Stanard, ed. (June 1907). "Virginia Council Journals". The Virginia magazine of history and biography. Vol. XIV. p. 119.
- ↑ Herschthal, Eric (November 1, 2013). "Dunmore's Proclamation". Slate. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hellmann 2006.
- 1 2 Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
- 1 2 3 Wedin, Carolyn (2009). "Hampton Negro Conferences". In Finkelman, Paul (ed.). Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: from the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century. Oxford University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5. OCLC 312624445.
- 1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Virginia". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. p. 822. ISBN 0759100020.
- 1 2 Donald F. Joyce (1991). Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26783-3.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Hampton". City or County Listings: Virginia Landmarks Register & National Register of Historic Places. Richmond: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Virginia: Hampton". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Parke Rowse (April 4, 1993), "Streetcars Traversed Peninsula Before WWII", Daily Press, Newport News
- ↑ "Encyclopedia Virginia". Charlottesville: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ Everett Jenkins Jr. (1998). Pan-African Chronology II. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-4506-6.
Black quest for freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia, 1865-1915
- ↑ "Virginia". American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.
- ↑ "Newport News/Hampton, Virginia". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Hampton, VA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- 1 2 "History of the Hampton Public Library, 1926-2006". City of Hampton. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ "AM Stations in the U.S.: Virginia", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive
- 1 2 3 "Hurricane History of Central and Eastern Virginia" (PDF). National Weather Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993. hdl:2027/uc1.l0072691827 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "City of Hampton Online!". Archived from the original on December 21, 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Virginia". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
- ↑ "Hampton History Museum: History & Vision". Hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Hampton city, Virginia (County)". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ "'Hidden Figures' depicts role African-American women 'computers' played in history", New Journal and Guide, Norfolk, Va., September 15, 2016
Bibliography
[edit]- Richard Edwards, ed. (1855), "Hampton", Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia, Richmond
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - J.H. Chataigne, ed. (1882). "Elizabeth City County". Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directory. Richmond.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (Includes information about Hampton) - Thomas Whitehead; Virginia State Board of Agriculture (1893). "Elizabeth City". Virginia: a Hand-Book. Richmond.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (Includes information about Hampton) - Ordinances of the Town of Hampton, Virginia, 1897
- Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point, Va. Directory: 1910, Richmond: Hill Directory Company, 1909
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 906.
- Lyon G. Tyler (1922). History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Board of Supervisors of Elizabeth City County.
- Gillie Cary McCabe (1929). Story of an Old Town: Hampton, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press.
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Hampton", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 227+
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Parke Rouse Jr. (1986). Good Old Days in Hampton and Newport News. Richmond: Dietz Press. OCLC 13983158.
- Colita Nichols Fairfax (2005). Hampton, Virginia. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Virginia: Hampton". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hampton, Virginia.
- Items related to Hampton, Virginia, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
