| December 18, 1834 |
State of Georgia charters the Georgia Methodists Conference Manuel Labor School in Oxford, Georgia. This would eventually become today's Emory University in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Emory University |
| December 21, 1835 |
Oglethorpe University is chartered in Milledgeville. It moves to Atlanta in 1913
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 11, 1842 |
A portion of Land Lot 77 is donated by Samuel Mitchell for use by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. These 5 acres, known at the time as "State Square" are now part of Underground Atlanta and the site of the 0 mile marker for the W&ARR
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| September 15, 1845 |
First Augusta to Atlanta train
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| December 29, 1847 |
City of Atlanta incorporated
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| January 29, 1848 |
Moses Formwalt elected first mayor of Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 15, 1848 |
John D. Gray Company begins construction of a railroad tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, the final link between Atlanta and Chattanooga
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| May 1, 1849 |
Telegraph connects Macon and Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| February 6, 1864 |
Popular Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan receives a hero's welcome when he arrives in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| September 1, 1864 |
With the railroad to Macon cut at Jonesboro, John Bell Hood sets fire to the roundhouse that evening and retreats. Most locomotives are destroyed when munitions in the boxcars explode. Among the survivors is the heavily damaged General |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| September 2, 1864 |
Mayor James Calhoun surrenders Atlanta to Colonel John Coburn. Coburn had advanced to the present-day corner of Marietta St. and Northside Parkway to scout the city following a series of loud explosions throughout the night. |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| September 5, 1864 |
William Tecumseh Sherman arrives in Atlanta
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| December 10, 1864 |
The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 4, 1868 |
The Georgia Legislature meets in Atlanta for the first time.
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| October 20, 1880 |
Electric light shown for the first time at Oglethorpe Park in Atlanta |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| May 25, 1892 |
Named for Henry Woodfin Grady, Grady Hospital is dedicated
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| June 1, 1892 |
Grady Hospital in Atlanta accepts its first patients. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
