Timeline of Hampton, Virginia

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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  • December: Town incorporation repealed.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  • Town incorporation repealed again.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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