By Tim Lambert
1670
Charleston is founded
c. 1713
Powder Magazine is built
1718
The pirate Blackbeard blockades Charleston
1742
Drayton Hall is built
1755
Middleton Place House is built
1761
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church is built
1770
The College of Charleston is founded
1771
The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon is built
1772
Heyward-Washington House is built
1773
Charleston Museum is founded
1780-82
The British occupy Charleston
1786
Charleston golf club is founded
1787
Charleston Unitarian Church is completed
1800
Charleston is a town of about 20,000
1803
Joseph Manigault House is built
1808
Nathaniel Russell House is built
1811
Second Presbyterian Church is dedicated
c. 1820
Aiken-Rhett House is built
1824
Medical University of South Carolina opens
1825
The Edmondston-Alston House is built
1837
Whitepoint Garden becomes a public park
1841
Charleston City Market is built
1843
The Military College of South Carolina opens
1845
The Huguenot Church is dedicated
1846
Grace Church Cathedral is dedicated
1850
The population of Charleston is nearly 50,000
1861
In April Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter. In December a fire devastates the town.
1865
In February Charleston surrenders to Union forces
1870
Magnolia Gardens opens to the public
1876
Calhoun Mansion is built
1886
Charleston is hit by an earthquake
1900
Charleston has a population of over 55,000
1901
Charleston Naval Shipyard opens
1905
Gibbes Museum of Art is founded
1917
Charleston NAACP is founded
1937
Dock Street Theatre opens
1938
Old Slave Mart becomes a museum. Charleston is hit by 3 tornadoes
1981
Citadel Mall opens
1996
Charleston Naval Shipyard closes
2000
H. L. Hunley submarine is raised. South Carolina Aquarium opens.
2005
Arthur Ravenel Bridge opens
