Timeline of Mobile, Alabama
City history timeline
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Prior to 19th century
- 1702 - Fort Louis de la Mobile founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of Montreal.[1]
- 1703 - Mardi Gras begins.[2]
- 1722 - French Louisiana capital relocated from Mobile to New Orleans.[3]
- 1723 - Fort Conde built.
- 1763 - Mobile becomes part of British West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1763).[1]
- 1780 - March: Battle of Fort Charlotte; Spanish in power.[1]
- 1783 - Mobile becomes part of Spanish West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1783).[1]
19th century
- 1810 - Mobile becomes part of the independent Republic of West Florida.
- 1813
- Spanish West Florida annexed to the United States.[1]
- Mobile Gazette newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1814 - Town of Mobile incorporated.
- 1819 - City of Mobile incorporated.[1]
- 1821 - Mobile Commercial Register begins publication.
- 1823 - Christ Church Cathedral established.[1]
- 1827 - Fire.[5]
- 1829 - Mobile Female Benevolent Society founded.[6]
- 1830
- Spring Hill College and City Hospital [1][6] established.
- Population: 3,194.[7]
- 1835 - Franklin Society Reading Room and Library founded.[8][9]
- 1839
- October 2: Fire.[10]
- Barton Academy construction completed.
- 1840
- 1842 - United States Marine Hospital completed.[1]
- 1844 - Shaarai Shomayim congregation formed.[11]
- 1845 - Trinity Episcopal Church established.
- 1850
- Mobile Evening News begins publication.[4]
- Population: 20,515.[7]
- Bienville Square (city park) established.
- 1852
- Public schooling begins in Barton Academy building.[12]
- Mobile and Ohio Railroad opened.
- 1854 - Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce chartered.[6]
- 1855 - Publisher S.H. Goetzel in business (approximate date).[13]
- 1857 - City Hall built.
- 1860 - Population: 29,258.
- 1861 - City becomes part of the Confederate States of America.
- 1864
- Wilmer Hall established.[6]
- (August 5) Battle of Mobile Bay.
- 1865 - State colored convention held in city.[14]
- 1868 - Africatown established near Mobile.[15]
- 1869 - Mobile Bar Association[6] and Mobile Law Library founded.[8]
- 1871 - Mobile Cotton Exchange established.
- 1872 - Mobile Carnival Association established.[2]
- 1883
- 1889 - Mobile County Courthouse built.
- 1890
- 1894 - Clara Schumann Club (music group) formed.[6]
- 1900 - Population: 38,469.[1]
20th century
- 1902 - Mobile Public Library established.
- 1906 - (27 September) Mobile swept by a hurricane.[1]
- 1907 - Union Depot built.
- 1910 - Population: 51,521.[3][1]
- 1914 - Rotary Club of Mobile organized.[6]
- 1918 - Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company in business.[19]
- 1925 - Lincoln Theatre built.[20]
- 1927 - Saenger Theatre built.[20]
- 1928 - Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks founded.
- 1929
- Mobile Press newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Woman's Clubhouse Association founded.[6]
- 1930 - WALA radio begins broadcasting.[21]
- 1936 - American Association of University Women of Mobile organized.[6]
- 1937
- Foreign trade zone established.[22][23][24]
- Aluminum Ore Company refining plant constructed.[6]
- 1940 - Population: 78,720.
- 1950 - Population: 129,009.
- 1953
- WALA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[25]
- Consular Corps of Mobile organized (approximate date).[6]
- 1955 - WKRG-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[25]
- 1960
- Sister city agreement established with Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.[26]
- Population: 202,779.
- 1962 - Mobile Genealogical Society founded.[27]
- 1964 - Mobile British Women's Club active (approximate date).[6]
- 1965 - Sister city agreement established with Málaga, Spain.[26]
- 1966 - Neighborhood Organized Workers established.[6]
- 1974
- 1975 - Springhill Medical Center (then called Springhill Memorial Hospital) opens.
- 1976 - City twins with Worms, Germany.[28]
- 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court decides Mobile v. Bolden redistricting-related lawsuit.[29]
- Sister city agreement established with Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[26]
- 1982 - Sister city agreement established with Zakynthos, Greece (approximate date).[30]
- 1983 - Mobile Municipal Archives founded.[31]
- 1985 - U.S. Naval Station Mobile opens.
- 1987 - Providence (hospital) built.
- 1988 - Sister city agreement established with Rostov on Don, Russia.[26]
- 1989
- Sister city agreement established with Pyeongtaek, South Korea.[26]
- Mike Dow becomes mayor.[32]
- 1990 - Sister city agreement established with Katowice, Poland.[26]
- 1992 - Sister city agreement established with Košice, Slovakia.[26]
- 1993
- September 22: 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck.
- Sister city agreement established with Havana, Cuba,[28] and Ichihara, Japan.[26]
- 1995
- City website online (approximate date).[33]
- Bayfest (Mobile) (music festival) begins.
- 1998 - Sammy’s v. City of Mobile strip club-related lawsuit decided.[29]
21st century
- 2002 - Tricentennial of founding of Mobile.[6]
- 2005
- 2010 - Population: 195,111.[36]
- 2012 - Christmas tornado outbreak.
- 2015 - Bayfest is cancelled.
- 2020 - Population: 187,041.[37]
- 2022 - Mardi Gras resumes after twos due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38]
