Timeline of Augusta, Georgia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Augusta, Georgia, USA.

18th century

 * 1740 - Savannah-Augusta "highway" constructed.
 * 1750 - St. Paul's Church established.
 * 1779 - January 29: Augusta taken by British forces.
 * 1780 - Georgia state capital relocated to Augusta.
 * 1781
 * April 16: Siege of Augusta by American forces begins.
 * May: British-occupied Fort Grierson taken by American forces.
 * 1785 - Academy of Richmond County opens.
 * 1789
 * Town of Augusta incorporated.
 * The Augusta Chronicle newspaper in publication.
 * 1790
 * "Negro" Baptist Church established.
 * Government House built.
 * 1791
 * May: U.S. president George Washington visits Augusta.
 * Bridge built across Savannah River.
 * 1792 - John Milton becomes mayor.
 * 1795 - Meadow Garden built as summer house of George Walton, youngest signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

19th century

 * 1802 - Wray's drug store in business.
 * 1805 - Methodist church built (approximate date).
 * 1808 - Library Company and Thespian Society founded.
 * 1810 - Bank of Augusta established.
 * 1812 - First Presbyterian Church built.
 * 1815 - Catholic church built (approximate date).
 * 1817 - City of Augusta incorporated.
 * 1818 - Magnolia Cemetery in use.
 * 1819 - Augusta Arsenal built.
 * 1820 - First Baptist Church built.
 * 1821
 * Town of Hamburg established in South Carolina across the river from Augusta.
 * Free School Society (charity) formed.
 * 1822 - Medical Society incorporated.
 * 1824 - City Hall built.
 * 1825 - Lafayette visits Augusta.
 * 1827 - Library Society founded.
 * 1828
 * Medical Academy of Georgia founded.
 * Unitarian church built.
 * 1829 - April 3: Fire.
 * 1830 - Population: 6,710.
 * 1833 - Charleston-Augusta railway begins operating.
 * 1836 - Broad Street fire.
 * 1837
 * Georgia Railroad (Augusta-Berzelia) begins operating.
 * Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
 * 1840 - Yellow fever epidemic.
 * 1845 - Southern Baptist Convention founded at a meeting in Augusta.
 * 1847 - Augusta Canal built.
 * 1848
 * Young Men's Library Association formed.
 * Signers Monument dedicated.
 * 1850 - Population: 9,448.
 * 1854
 * Augusta and Savannah Railroad begins operating.
 * Yellow fever epidemic.
 * 1858 - Fruitland Nurseries in business.
 * 1860 - Population: 12,493.
 * 1861 - January 24: U.S. arsenal occupied by Confederate forces of Georgia state.
 * 1862
 * Confederate Powderworks begins operating.
 * St. Patrick's Church built.
 * 1863 - April: Photo-illustrated wanted poster introduced.
 * 1864 - January: Flood.
 * 1865
 * U.S. Army takes city.
 * Colored American newspaper begins publication.
 * 1866 - State Freedmen's Conventions held in Augusta.
 * 1867 - Augusta Institute (later Morehouse College) established.
 * 1869
 * "Iron works factory" in business.
 * Synagogue built.
 * 1870 - Cotton States Mechanics and Agricultural Fair held in Augusta.
 * 1877 - Augusta Evening News begins publication.
 * 1878 - Augusta Confederate Monument dedicated.
 * 1879 - Augusta Institute relocated to Atlanta from Augusta.
 * 1880 - Population: 21,891.
 * 1882 - Paine Institute established.
 * 1886 - Haines Normal and Industrial Institute founded.
 * 1890 - Augusta Herald newspaper begins publication.
 * 1892 - Negro Press Association of Georgia formed during meeting in Augusta.
 * 1894 - Buffalo kindergarten opens.

20th century

 * 1900 - Population: 39,441.
 * 1908 - Flood.
 * 1909 - Church of the Immaculate Conception established.
 * 1910 - Springfield Baptist Church built.
 * 1912
 * Flood.
 * "Street railway strike" occurs.
 * Summerville becomes part of Augusta.
 * 1916
 * Fire.
 * Levee and United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
 * 1917 - U.S. military Camp Gordon and Camp Hancock established near Augusta.
 * 1918 - Imperial Theatre opens.
 * 1919 - City's "first paved four-lane highway" opens.
 * 1926 - Junior College of Augusta established.
 * 1933 - Augusta Museum and Augusta National Golf Club established.
 * 1934
 * C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School is established.
 * WRDW radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1935 - City bicentennial.
 * 1937 - August: Blood drive organized.
 * 1940 - Augusta Drive-In cinema in business.
 * 1945 - September 15: Future opera star Jessye Norman born in Augusta.
 * 1948 - City manager form of government adopted.
 * 1949 - Lucy Craft Laney High School established.
 * 1950 - Bush Field begins operating as a civilian airport.
 * 1953 - WJBF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1954 - WRDW-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1961 - Augusta Area Vocational-Technical School founded.
 * 1970 - May 11–13: Racial unrest.
 * 1978 - Augusta Mall in business.
 * 1996 - "City of Augusta consolidated with Richmond County to form Augusta-Richmond County."
 * 1997 - April 24: African-American golfer Tiger Woods, age 21, wins 1997 Masters Tournament.

21st century

 * 2005 - John Barrow becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.
 * 2010 - Population: 195,844.
 * 2014 - Ice storm.
 * 2015
 * Hardie Davis becomes mayor.
 * Rick W. Allen becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district.