Savannah
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Ellis
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Congregation Mickve Israel
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formed.
* 1739 – October 5:
Creek
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...
leader Tomochichi died. He is buried in Percival Square.
* 1740 –
Bethesda Orphanage
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Christian Camphor Cottage
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was built. It is believed to be the city's oldest extant structure.
* 1765
**
Levi Sheftall Family Cemetery
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Eppinger House
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was built. It is believed to be the oldest extant brick structure in the city.''Georgia: A Guide to its Towns and Countryside'' (1940)
* 1778
** December 29: Battle of Savannah; British in power.
** Georgia state capital
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from Savannah to Augusta.
* 1779
**Town Hall built.
** Siege of Savannah.
* 1782
** British occupation ends.
** Georgia state capital
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to Savannah from Augusta.
* 1786
** Georgia state capital
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Warren Square
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laid out.
* 1796 – November 26: Fire.
* 1799 – City Exchange constructed, replacing one that burned in 1796.
Columbia Square
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and
Greene Square
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Seamen's Hospital
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Oliver Sturges House
The Oliver Sturges House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1813.Orleans Square and Chippewa Square laid out.
* 1817 – Savannah Steamboat Company in business.
* 1818
** Telfair Academy built.
** The Savannah Theatre established.
* 1819
** May: Steamboat ''Savannah'' travels to Liverpool, England.
** May: U.S. President Monroe visits town.
** William Scarbrough House (residence) built.
** Owens–Thomas House (residence built).
* 1820
**January: Fire.
** Isaiah Davenport House built.
* 1821 – The city's first hotel, City Hotel, is completed.''Ease and Elegance, Madeira and Murder: The Social Life of Savannah's City Hotel'', Malcolm Bell, Jr. (1992), p. 552
* 1824 – Savannah Fire Company formed.
* 1825 – March: Lafayette visits town.
* 1830
**
Nathanael Greene Monument
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Troup Square
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laid out.
**
Central of Georgia Railroad
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Sorrel–Weed House
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built.
**Population: 11,214.
* 1841 –
Crawford Square
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laid out.
* 1842 – Convent of St. Vincent de Paul founded.
* 1844 – Savannah Institution for Savings instituted.
* 1846 –
Bonaventure Cemetery
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Monterey Square
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laid out.
**
Fort Pulaski
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Calhoun Square
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Laurel Grove Cemetery
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Green–Meldrim House
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built.
* 1854
** Yellow fever outbreak.
**
Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property
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built.
**
Augusta and Savannah Railroad
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...
Green House
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(residence) built.
* 1864 – December 22: Savannah taken by Union forces.
* 1866 – City board of education incorporated.
* 1867 –
Beach Institute
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Beach Institute
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established.
* 1868 – Mercer House (residence) built (approximate date).
* 1870 – McCarthy's Business College established.
* 1871 – ''Abend Zeitung'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1873 –
First Bryan Baptist Church
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rebuilt.
* 1874 – Youth's Historical Society founded.
* 1875
** Civil War Memorial in Forsyth Park dedicated.
** '' Colored Tribune'' newspaper begins publication.
** Savannah Rifle Association established.
* 1876
** Cathedral of St. John the Baptist dedicated.
** Another yellow fever outbreak (see J. W. Schull)
* 1878 –
Congregation Mickve Israel
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synagogue built.
* 1879 – City boundaries expanded.
* 1880
** Confederate memorial built in Forsyth Park.
** Population: 30,709.
* 1882 – Ford Dramatic Association incorporated.
* 1883
**City boundaries expanded.
**
William Washington Gordon Monument
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in Wright Square completed.
* 1886 –
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
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opens.
* 1887
**
Savannah Cotton Exchange
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building built.
** Tybee-Savannah railway built.
* 1888 –
William Jasper Monument
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Sea Islands hurricane
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Great Dane Trailers
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founded as the Savannah Blowpipe Company
20th century
* 1901
**City boundaries expanded.
** Hill Hall at
Savannah State College
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, endowment ...
James Oglethorpe Monument
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in Chippewa Square dedicated.
** Population: 65,064.
* 1912 –
Girl Guides of America
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Lucas Theatre
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built
* 1925 – Savannah Economic Development Authority established.
* 1926 – Municipal Stadium built.
* 1929
** WTOC radio begins broadcasting.
** Savannah Municipal Airport begins operating.
**
Savannah Technical College
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established.
* 1933 –
Greenwich Cemetery
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established.
* 1935
**
Armstrong Junior College Armstrong may refer to:
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* Armstrong Reef, Biscoe Islands
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Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal
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Chatham Field
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(airfield) active.
* 1950 – Little Theatre of Savannah founded.
* 1951 – Palm Drive-In movie theatre opens.
* 1953 –
Talmadge Memorial Bridge
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Savannah Protest Movement
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The DeSoto
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Hotel opens.
** Abercorn Plaza shopping centre opens for business.
* 1969 – Oglethorpe Mall opens up for business.
* 1970
**
John Rousakis
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becomes mayor.
** Population: 118,349.
* 1974 –
Savannah Civic Center
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opens.
* 1976 – Abercorn Cinema opens.
* 1977 – City Records Committee established.
* 1978 – Savannah College of Art and Design founded.
* 1979 – September:
Hurricane David
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makes landfall.
* 1980
**
Hyatt Regency Savannah
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built.
**May 2: The
shooting of Danny Hansford
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occurs at Mercer House, the basis of ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil''
* 1986 –
Chatham Area Transit
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Savannah Mall
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(the city's second shopping mall) in business.
**
Talmadge Memorial Bridge
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rebuilt.
* 1991
** Vietnam Veterans Memorial built in
Emmet Park
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.
** Lady & Sons restaurant in business.
* 1994
**
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
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Georgia Tech Savannah
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established.
** City website online (approximate date).
21st century
* 2000 – Lucas Theatre renovated.
* 2002
**
African-American Monument
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on River Street dedicated.
**Islamic Center of Savannah established.
* 2004 –
Otis Johnson
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becomes mayor.
* 2005
**
Abercorn Walk
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shopping center in business.
** Savannah-Chatham Metro Police established.
* 2009 – The
Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra
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is established.
* 2010 – Population: 136,286.
* 2012
** Edna Jackson becomes mayor.
**
Savannah Law School
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established.
* 2016
** Eddie Deloach becomes mayor, first Republican since 1996.
** All of
Savannah
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and
Chatham
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county east of I95 was evacuated ahead of Hurricane Matthew.
* 2017 – All of Savannah and Chatham County east of I95 evacuated due to the impact of Hurricane Irma.
* 2018
**
Savannah Law School
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closed.
** City and county police merger ends, separating the two agencies.
**Roy Minter sworn in as new police chief of Savannah Police Department.
*2022 – Population: 147,780 (+11,494 since 2010)
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Columbus
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;1900s–1950s
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* Alexander A. Lawrence, A Present for Mr. Lincoln: The Story of Savannah from Secession to Sherman (Macon, Ga.: Ardivan Press, 1961).
*
* Preston Russell and Barbara Hines, Savannah: A History of Her People since 1733 (Savannah, Ga.: Frederic C. Beil, 1992).
*
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* 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).
*
Published in 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).
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* Jacqueline Jones, Saving Savannah: The City and the Civil War (New York: Knopf, 2008).
*
savannah
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