A TIMELINE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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 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