Timeline of Augusta, Georgia

• 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. • 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. • Signers Monument dedicated. • 1850 - Population: 9,448. • 1860 - Population: 12,493. • 1864 - January: Flood. • 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. • 1894 - Buffalo kindergarten opens. ==20th century==

• 1900 - Population: 39,441. • 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. • 1954 - WRDW-TV (television) begins broadcasting. • 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. ==See also==