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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hampton, Virginia, United States.


Video Timeline of Hampton, Virginia



17th-19th centuries

  • 1610
    • European settlers arrive at Algonquin village Kecoughtan.
    • Fort Charles and Fort Henry built.
    • St. John's Church founded.
  • 1619 - Settlement becomes part of newly formed Elizabeth Cittie.
  • 1630 - Trading post established.
  • 1634 - Settlement becomes part of newly formed Elizabeth City County.
  • 1680 - Town of Hampton established per "Act of Cohabitation."
  • 1705 - Hampton becomes a "port of entry."
  • 1715 - Hampton designated seat of Elizabeth City County.
  • 1718 - Head of dead pirate Blackbeard displayed on a pole at place later known as "Blackbeard's Point."
  • 1755 - "1,000 Acadian" travellers stay temporarily in Hampton.
  • 1788 - Hampton becomes part of the new U.S. state of Virginia.
  • 1805 - Hampton Academy active.
  • 1813 - Hampton taken by British forces during the War of 1812.
  • 1823 - U.S. Fort Monroe built.
  • 1849
    • March: Town of Hampton incorporated.
    • December: Town incorporation repealed.
  • 1852 - Town incorporated again.
  • 1857 - Chesapeake Female College built.
  • 1860
    • Town incorporation repealed again.
    • Population: 1,848.
  • 1861 - August: Residents set fire to town in order to repel Union forces during the American Civil War.
  • 1865 - February 3: U.S.-Confederate Hampton Roads Conference held aboard the steamboat River Queen to discuss terms to end the American Civil War.
  • 1868 - Hampton Agricultural and Industrial Institute and its museum established.
  • 1870 - National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Southern Branch begins operating.[1][2]
  • 1871 - Hampton Institute Press founded.
  • 1872 - Hampton Institute's Southern Workman journal begins publication.
  • 1875 - Booker T. Washington graduates from Hampton Institute.
  • 1876
    • Hampton Monitor newspaper begins publication.
    • County courthouse built.
  • 1878 - Little England Chapel built.
  • 1882 - Railroad begins operating.
  • 1884
    • Fire.
    • Bulletin newspaper begins publication.
  • 1887 - Town incorporated again once more.
  • 1889
    • Citizens Railway (trolley) begins operating.
    • People's Building and Loan Association in business.
  • 1891 - Dixie Hospital nursing school established.
  • 1897 - Annual "Hampton Negro Conference" begins.[3]
  • 1900 - Population: 2,764.

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20th century

  • 1903 - Hampton Institute's Huntington Memorial Library built.
  • 1908
    • March 4: City of Hampton incorporated.
    • B'nai Israel synagogue built.
  • 1912 - American Theatre built.
  • 1915 - Apollo Theatre in business.
  • 1916 - Braddock monument erected.
  • 1917 - U.S. military Langley Field (airfield) and its Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (later NASA Langley Research Center) begin operating.
  • 1920
    • Scott Theatre opens.
    • Population: 6,138.
  • 1922 - February 21: U.S. military airship Roma explodes during test flight.
  • 1926 - Taylor Memorial Library opens.
  • 1928 - Chamberlin Hotel built.
  • 1930 - "Hampton Veterans' Facility" begins operating.
  • 1937 - Aberdeen Gardens (housing) built by U.S. Interior Department's Subsistence Homesteads Division.
  • 1939 - Hampton City Hall built.
  • 1943 - U.S. Langley Research Center's racially segregated West Area Computers begins operating.
  • 1948
    • WVEC radio begins broadcasting.
    • Green Acres Auto Theatre (drive-in cinema) in business.
  • 1950 - Population: 5,966.
  • 1952
    • July 1: Elizabeth City County (including Phoebus) consolidated into city of Hampton.
    • Fort Wool historic site established.
  • 1954 - October: Hurricane Hazel occurs.
  • 1957 - Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel to Norfolk opens.
  • 1960
    • Interstate 64 highway construction completed.
    • Population: 89,258.
  • 1962
    • Kecoughtan High School founded.
  • 1964 - WHOV radio begins broadcasting.
  • 1968
    • Thomas Nelson Community College founded.
    • Bethel High School built.
  • 1970 - Hampton Coliseum opens.
  • 1973 - Coliseum Mall in business.
  • 1979 - September: Hurricane David occurs.
  • 1982 - Finite element machine invented at NASA Langley Research Center (approximate date).
  • 1984 - Hampton University active.
  • 1987 - Hampton Public Library new building opens.
  • 1992 - Virginia Air and Space Center established.
  • 1993 - Bobby Scott becomes becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.
  • 1994 - Hampton Roads Voice newspaper begins publication.
  • 1996
    • July: Hurricane Bertha (1996) occurs.
    • City website online (approximate date).

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21st century

  • 2003 - Hampton History Museum opens.
  • 2008 - Molly Joseph Ward becomes mayor.
  • 2010
    • U.S. military Joint Base Langley-Eustis in operation near city.
    • Population: 137,436.
  • 2011
    • Fort Monroe decommissioned by the U.S. military
  • 2016
    • Donnie Tuck becomes mayor.
    • Hidden Figures movie released, partially set in Hampton.

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See also

  • Hampton history
  • List of mayors of Hampton, Virginia
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampton, Virginia
  • History of Hampton Roads area
  • Timelines of other cities in Virginia: Alexandria, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach

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References


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Bibliography


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External links

  • Items related to Hampton, Virginia, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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