Timeline of Savannah, Georgia
The following is a timeline of the history of Savannah, Georgia, United States.
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18th century
- 1733
- 1734 - Solomon's Lodge (Masonic lodge) founded.
- 1735 - Congregation Mickve Israel formed.[1]
- 1739 - Creek leader Tomochichi buried in Percival Square.[2]
- 1740 - Bethesda Orphanage founded near town.
- 1750
- Christ Church built.
- Savannah Female Asylum founded.
- 1754
- 1755
- 1775
- 1778
- 1779 - Town Hall built.
- 1782
- British occupation ends.[4]
- Georgia state capital relocated to Savannah from Augusta.[4]
- 1786
- Georgia state capital relocated again from Savannah to Augusta.[4]
- Chatham Artillery established.
- 1788
- 1789 - Savannah chartered as a city.
- 1790 - John Houstoun becomes mayor.
- 1796 - November 26: Fire.
19th century
20th century
21st century
See also
References
- ↑ "Savannah, Georgia". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 George White (1849), Statistics of the State of Georgia, Savannah: W. Thorne Williams, OCLC 1349061
- 1 2 3 4 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1711, OL 6112221M
- ↑ Hugh McCall (1811–1816), History of Georgia, Savannah: Seymour & Williams, OCLC 1855580
- ↑ Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1921), Social History of the American Negro, New York: Macmillan
- 1 2 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- 1 2 William Darby; Theodore Dwight Jr. (1834), New Gazetteer of the United States of America (2nd ed.), Hartford: E. Hopkins, p. 482
- ↑ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Alexander R. Lawton (June 1919), "The 'Savannah', the First Transatlantic Steamship", Georgia Historical Quarterly
- ↑ American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1832. Boston: Gray and Bowen.
- ↑ Adiel Sherwood (1860), Gazetteer of Georgia (4th ed.), Macon, Ga: S. Boykin
- ↑ Joseph Bancroft (1848), Census of the City of Savannah, Savannah: E.J. Purse, printer
- ↑ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 2014
- ↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts (3rd ed.), New York, N.Y: Girl Scouts, Inc., 1922, OCLC 12687269
- ↑ Linwood Taft (1921), Technique of Pageantry, New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, OCLC 4260624
- ↑ "Savannah Economic Development Authority". Archived from the original on January 11, 1998.
- 1 2 New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council, retrieved October 11, 2013
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Savannah, GA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "About Us". Historic Savannah Foundation. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ City of Savannah, Georgia. "Code of Ordinances". Retrieved May 2015 – via MuniCode (Tallahassee, FL).
- ↑ "Savannah, Both Sides", New York Times, October 3, 2014
- ↑ "City of Savannah". Archived from the original on February 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "About Us". Islamic Center of Savannah. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Pluralism Project. "Savannah, Georgia". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "History". Savannah Philharmonic. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
Bibliography
Published in the 18th-19th century
- Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Savannah", American Gazetteer, Boston: S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
- John Melish (1818), "Savannah", Travels through the United States of America, in the years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811, Belfast: Reprinted by Jos. Smyth
- "Savannah", The North American Tourist, New York: A.T. Goodrich, 1839
- "Great Cities of the United States: Savannah, Georgia", De Bow's Review 17, September 1854
- Thomas Baldwin; J. Thomas (1854). "Savannah". New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Savannah", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- F.D. Lee; J.L. Agnew (1869), Historical record of the city of Savannah, Savannah: J.H. Estill
- Charles H. Jones (1873), "Savannah", Appletons' Hand-book of American Travel: the Southern Tour, New York: D. Appleton & Co.
- B.H. Richardson (1875), Pleasure Guide for Northern Tourists and Invalids: Sketch of the Resorts on Savannah, Skidaway & Seaboard Railroad, Savannah
- Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1879), "Savannah", Guide to Southern Georgia and Florida (5th ed.), Savannah, Ga., OCLC 1805741
- A guide to strangers visiting Savannah for business, health, or pleasure, Savannah, Ga.: J.H. Estill, 1881, OCLC 15086225
- Sholes' Directory of the City of Savannah. 1882.
- Savannah: her trade, commerce and industries, 1883-4, Savannah: Jno. E. Land, 1884
- Adelaide Wilson (1889), Historic and picturesque Savannah, Boston: Boston Photogravure Co., OCLC 003846336
- Charles C. Jones Jr. (1890), History of Savannah, Ga., Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co.
- Savannah. Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah. 1899.
- "Savannah", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899
- "Savannah", Reunion, Georgia Division, U.C.V.: Official programme and guide book, Savannah, Ga., 1899, OCLC 5242393
Published in the 20th century
- 1900s-1950s
- Savannah. 1904.
- "Savannah, Georgia, a Leader of the New South", National Magazine (Boston: Chapple Publishing Co.), 1905
- A.H. MacDonell (1907), Code of the City of Savannah of 1907
- "Savannah", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
- "Savannah", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Maude Heyward; Elizabeth V. McLaws (1910), Illustrated guide to Savannah, Savannah
- William Harden (1913), History of Savannah and South Georgia, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company
- Federal Writers' Project (1937), Savannah, American Guide Series, Savannah
- 1950s-1990s
- Alexander A. Lawrence, A Present for Mr. Lincoln: The Story of Savannah from Secession to Sherman (Macon, Ga.: Ardivan Press, 1961).
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Savannah", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Preston Russell and Barbara Hines, Savannah: A History of Her People since 1733 (Savannah, Ga.: Frederic C. Beil, 1992).
- "Monuments and Fountains of Savannah", Historical Documents & Research (City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives), 1993
- Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Savannah". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 650+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
- Whittington B. Johnson, Black Savannah, 1788-1864 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1996).
- Derek Smith, Civil War Savannah (Savannah, Ga.: Frederic C. Beil, 1997).
- Patrick Allen, ed., Literary Savannah (Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press, 1998).
- "The South: Georgia: Savannah", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
Published in the 21st century
- Mills B. Lane, Savannah Revisited: History and Architecture, 5th ed. (Savannah, Ga.: Beehive Press, 2001).
- Walter J. Fraser Jr., Savannah in the Old South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003).
- Research Library & Municipal Archives (2006), "Century of History: Savannah City Hall Centennial, 1906-2006 (timeline)", Historical Documents & Research (City of Savannah)
- Jacqueline Jones, Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War (New York: Knopf, 2008).
External links
Coordinates: 32°05′00″N 81°05′00″W / 32.083333°N 81.083333°W / 32.083333; -81.083333
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