Baltimore History Timeline

Events 1 - 100 of 115

• 1632-06-20 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
• 1633-06-20 Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
• 1634-03-25 Under charter granted to Lord Baltimore and led by his brother Leonard Calvert first settlers found Catholic colony of Maryland

• 1648-01-24 Lord Baltimore's representative Margaret Brent ejected from the Maryland Council after requesting right to vote
• 1729-07-30 City of Baltimore founded
• 1796-12-18 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
• 1800-01-05 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service in Baltimore

• 1809-11-22 Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen
• 1814-09-12 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812

• 1816-06-11 Gas Light Co. of Baltimore founded
• 1817-02-05 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
• 1817-02-07 Baltimore becomes the 1st American city lit by gas street lamps with the first turned on at Market and Lemon Streets (currently Baltimore and Holliday Streets)
• 1821-05-31 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe
• 1827-02-28 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
• 1828-07-04 Construction begins on B & O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st US passenger RR
• 1829-12-21 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
• 1830-01-07 1st US Railroad Station opens in Baltimore
• 1830-05-20 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)
• 1830-05-24 1st regular passenger rail service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, horse-drawn rail cars connect Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills

• 1832-05-21 First US Democratic National Convention, is held in Baltimore
• 1840-02-01 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
• 1844-05-25 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
• 1846-06-05 Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Baltimore

• 1851-06-15 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
• 1861-04-19 Baltimore riots - 4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
• 1864-02-21 1st US Catholic parish church for black worshippers dedicated in Baltimore
• 1869-10-21 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
• 1870-10-25 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
• 1873-05-23 1st Preakness Stakes: G. Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43 at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1877-07-20 Great Railroad Strike: Labor issues turn violent as state militia confronts much larger crowd of rail workers and supporters - rocks met with bullets in Baltimore, Maryland; 10 killed and federal troops called in to restore order [1]
• 1885-08-10 Leo Daft opens America's 1st commercially operated electric streetcar in Baltimore
• 1887-10-21 Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3
• 1891-07-08 61°F, highest temperature for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia
• 1891-12-19 1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore
• 1892-08-13 US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
• 1898-04-22 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
• 1900-02-03 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore
• 1900-03-08 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
• 1901-03-11 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
• 1903-01-09 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League's Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees)
• 1904-02-07 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
• 1910-12-19 1st US city ordinance requiring white & black residential areas in Baltimore
• 1915-03-08 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
• 1916-02-11 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert, led by Gustav Strube of the Peabody Institute, at the Lyric Theatre

• 1923-01-07 Baltimore Sun warns of the Ku Klux Klan

• 1947-10-27 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1948-03-11 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1948-04-21 Basketball Association of America Finals: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 88-73 to take series, 4 games to 2
• 1948-11-02 WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1953-01-02 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a record 32 game road losing streak (12 games in 1952-53; 20 games in 1953-54) with a 73-66 defeat at the Indianapolis Olympians
• 1953-03-01 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission

• 1953-09-26 Shortstop Billy Hunter smashes final home run in St Louis Browns history during a 6-3 loss to Chicago White Sox at Busch Stadium; franchise moves to Baltimore next season
• 1953-10-07 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
• 1953-10-29 A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
• 1953-11-17 St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
• 1954-09-27 School integration begins in Washington, D.C. & Baltimore Md public schools
• 1955-11-07 Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas
• 1957-08-05 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
• 1959-08-14 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
• 1960-08-12 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000)
• 1961-06-25 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
• 1963-09-19 Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

• 1967-03-01 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
• 1967-10-27 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records

• 1969-09-28 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
• 1969-10-06 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1971-04-11 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1971-07-30 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
• 1971-10-13 First ever Baseball World Series night game; Pittsburgh Pirates edge Baltimore Orioles, 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh
• 1972-10-03 Roric Harrison homers as Baltimore beats Cleveland, 4-3; last AL pitcher to homer until MLB inter-league play 25 years later
• 1973-10-11 Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
• 1975-01-24 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
• 1976-06-15 In a blockbuster MLB trade, NY Yankees send May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore Orioles for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman

• 1980-11-12 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
• 1982-10-03 Center fielder Robin Yount homers twice as Milwaukee whips Baltimore, 10-2 at Memorial Stadium to win the Brewers only AL East Championship

• 1984-08-05 Toronto designated hitter Cliff Johnson hits MLB record 19th career pinch-hit HR in Blue Jays 4-3 win over Baltimore Orioles
• 1985-07-14 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24
• 1986-05-14 Pride of Baltimore lost at sea.
• 1986-08-06 Baltimore's Jim Dwyer & Larry Sheets, and Rangers Toby Harrah hit MLB record 3 grand slams in Texas' 13-11 win
• 1987-05-11 1st heart-lung transplant take place in Baltimore
• 1988-06-04 Longest game in Baltimore Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6)
• 1988-07-29 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
• 1991-10-01 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
• 1993-07-13 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore

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• 1797-12-03 Francis Kenrick, Irish-American Archbishop of Baltimore (1851-63), born in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland (d. 1863)
• 1798-03-04 John Joseph Abercrombie, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1877)
• 1800-09-17 Franklin Buchanan, American first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1874)
• 1811-03-01 Robert Christie Buchanan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1878)
• 1814-08-23 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore, born in New York City (d. 1877)
• 1815-01-13 William Henry French, American Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1881)
• 1818-01-11 John Reese Kenly, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1891)
• 1822-08-15 Virginia Clemm Poe, American wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1847) [1]
• 1825-09-24 Frances Harper, African-American abolinist, suffragist and writer (Iola Leroy), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1911)
• 1828-08-24 George Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1903)
• 1834-07-23 James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1921)
• 1850-07-11 Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1938)
• 1857-01-02 Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1935)
• 1860-08-25 Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1941)
• 1860-12-21 Henrietta Szold, U.S. Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1945)
• 1867-06-06 David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1931)

• 1872-08-28 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1925)
• 1872-10-27 Emily Post, American authority on social behaviour and writer (Etiquette), born in Baltimore, Maryland [or Oct 3rd, 1873] (d. 1960)
• 1874-11-25 Joe Gans, American boxer (world lightweight champion 1902–08; International Boxing HOF), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1910)

• 1880-06-15 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi), born at Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1960)

• 1883-01-10 Francis X. Bushman, American silent film actor (Sabrina; Ben-Hur), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
• 1883-07-12 Joseph Crehan, American actor (The Roaring Twenties, Meeting at Midnight), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
• 1884-01-03 E. Stanley Jones, American evangelist (Christ of Indian road), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
• 1886-07-03 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1969)
• 1887-02-07 (James Hubert) "Eubie" Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist ("Memories of You"; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1983) [1]
• 1887-03-14 Sylvia Beach, American publisher and bookseller (Shakespeare and Company), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1962)
• 1889-10-14 Clarence Muse, American actor, screenwriter and director (Casablanca, Black Stallion), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1979)
• 1891-09-12 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1971)
• 1892-05-28 Minna Gombell, American actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
• 1894-08-29 E. Franklin Frazier, American sociologist and author (The Negro Family in the United States), born in Baltimore (d. 1962)

• 1896-11-07 Herbert O'Connor, 51st Governor of Maryland and TV narrator (Crime Syndicate), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1960)
• 1900-01-25 Mildred Dunnock, American actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991)
• 1901-11-02 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1976)
• 1902-01-23 Benny Waters, American jazz saxophonist & clarinetist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1998)
• 1903-05-30 Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance (The Black Christ; Copper Sun), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1946) [1]
• 1903-07-24 Robert Mills Delaney, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1956)
• 1905-01-19 Anne Hummert, American radio pioneer and producer of daytime radio serials during the 1930s and 1940s (Just Plain Bill, The Romance of Helen Trent), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
• 1905-06-19 Mildred Natwick, American actress (Barefoot in the Park, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1994)
• 1906-04-06 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-66), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
• 1907-08-02 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1984)
• 1907-09-14 A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1959)
• 1907-11-03 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1990)

• 1909-07-07 Eddie Mayehoff, American actor (Hour Glass, That's My Boy, How to Murder Your Wife), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1992)
• 1910-06-18 Avon Long, American actor (Roots: Next Generation, The Sting, Harry and Tonto), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1984)
• 1910-11-20 Pauli Murray, African American poet and civil rights activist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1985)
• 1912-06-14 E. Cuyler Hammond, American epidemiologist (first to link smoking with lung cancer), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986)
• 1912-11-28 Morris Louis, American painter (post painterly abstraction), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1962)
• 1916-01-01 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1993)
• 1916-12-05 Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1977)
• 1917-04-15 Hans Conried, American actor (Peter Pan; Bullwinkle Show; Make Room for Daddy - "Uncle Tonoose"; The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
• 1917-10-08 Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2002)
• 1918-07-25 Jane Frank, American artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986)

• 1919-06-30 Lee Krieger, American actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1967)
• 1919-12-31 Tommy Byrne, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1950; World Series 1949, 56; NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)
• 1921-03-16 Anne Truitt [Anne Dean], American sculptor, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2004)
• 1921-09-20 Melvin "Slappy" White, American comedian and actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1995)
• 1921-11-02 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
• 1922-03-01 Fred Scolari, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1952, 53; Washington Capitols; Baltimore Bullets), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2002)
• 1922-07-27 Lillian Hayman, American actress (Leslie Uggams Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1994)
• 1923-09-28 Fred Robbins, American broadcaster (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1992)
• 1924-08-03 Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2003)
• 1926-03-27 Frank O'Hara, American writer and poet, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
• 1926-06-09 Mona Freeman, American actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2014)
• 1926-10-24 Y. A. Tittle, American NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, NY Giants, MVP 1963), born in Marshall, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1927-04-03 Wesley Brown, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2012)
• 1927-06-09 Norman Sisisky, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-2001), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2001)
• 1927-10-08 (Georgeanne) "Gigi" Durston, American cabaret and big band singer (Sonny Kendis Show; Russ Case Orchestra), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1928-04-06 Will Gaines, American-British tap dancer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2014)
• 1928-04-14 Gene Corrigan, American lacrosse player, coach and college athletics administrator (President of the NCAA 1995-97), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2020)
• 1928-08-30 Johnny Mann, American music director (Johnny Mann Singers; Stand Up And Cheer), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2014)
• 1929-05-16 Adrienne Rich, American feminist writer (Diamond Cutters), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2012)

• 1930-05-11 William Carey, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey & Co. LLC), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2012)
• 1932-07-27 Beverly Byron, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1932-11-26 Alan Stout, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2018)
• 1933-04-25 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber & Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
• 1933-09-25 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)

• 1935-01-28 Nicholas Pryor, American actor (The Hunger Games), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1935-11-12 (Isiah Terry) "Buzzy" Johnson, American R&B singer (Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes For You"), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1935-12-02 David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion's Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1936-07-09 David Zinman, American composer and conductor (Baltimore Symphony, 1985-98), born in New York City
• 1936-07-27 J. Robert Hooper, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
• 1936-08-16 Anita Gillette, American actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1937-01-31 Philip Glass, American minimalist composer (Einstein On The Beach; Koyaanisqatsi), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1937-11-06 Joe Warfield, American stage and screen actor, and teacher, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1937-12-30 (Noel) Paul Stookey, American singer, songwriter and musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary - "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1938-02-03 Randolfe "Randy" Wicker [Charles Gervin Hayden Jr.], American author, LGBT and pro-cloning activist and blogger, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1939-07-03 Jay Tarses, American actor and writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1939-08-28 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV) and 1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)

• 1940-05-06 Murry Sidlin, American conductor (National Symphony, 1973-77; Long Beach Symphony, 1980-88), arranger (Defiant Requiem), and educator, born in Baltimore, Maryland

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