Timeline of Newport, Rhode Island.
17th century
- 1639 - William Coddington settles.[1]
- 1643 - First Society of Friends established (approximate date).[2]
- 1644
- Newport becomes part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- Name changed from Aquidneck
- United Baptist Church founded.[3]
- 1647 - Friends' Burial Ground established.
- 1654 - Thames Street laid out.
- 1656 - Second Baptist Church established.[2]
- 1663 - Easton's windmill built.[4]
- 1673 - White Horse Tavern enlarged into a tavern.
- 1675 - Clifton Burying Ground established.
- 1677
- Jewish Cemetery dedicated.
- Stone mill in operation (approximate date).[4]
- 1681 - Custom-house established.[5]
- 1690 - Town House built.[6]
- 1695 - First Congregational Church established.
- 1697 - Mumford house (residence) built (approximate date).
- 1699 - Great Friends Meeting House built.
18th century
- 1703 - Fort built on Goat Island (approximate date).
- 1705 - John Stevens stonecarving shop in business.
- 1723 - July 19: Pirates hanged on Gravelly point.[7]
- 1726 - Trinity Church built.[2]
- 1727 - James Franklin sets up printing press.[8]
- 1730
- Literary and Philosophical Society organized.[9]
- Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House built.[10]
- White Horse Tavern in business.
- Population: 4,640.[3]
- 1732 - Rhode Island Gazette newspaper begins publication.[11][12]
- 1733 - Organ installed in Trinity Church.[5]
- 1735 - Clarke Street Meeting House built.
- 1740 - January: Snow storm.[7]
- 1741
- State House built.[3][13]
- Artillery Company of Newport chartered.[2]
- 1743 - Middletown separates from Newport.[14]
- 1746 - Almshouse built.[14]
- 1747 - Redwood Library established.[9][3]
- 1749 - Lighthouse built.[14]
- 1750 - Fire company organized.[6]
- 1752
- Marine society established.[1]
- Hunter's Dispensary in business.
- 1755 - Aaron Lopez (merchant) in business.[15]
- 1758 - Newport Mercury newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1760 - Francis Malbone House and John Tillinghast House built.
- 1761
- Jewish Club organized.
- Douglass travelling theatre troupe performs.[5]
- 1762 - Brick Market built.
- 1763 - Touro Synagogue[2][3] and Granary built.[6]
- 1764 - Shots fired at HMS St John.
- 1765
- June: Demonstration against impressment.[16]
- August 27: Protest against Stamp Act.
- 1774 - Population: 9,209.[5]
- 1776
- 1778
- August 29: Battle of Rhode Island
- December: Snow storm.[7]
- 1779 - October 25: British occupation ends.[5][3]
- 1780
- July 12: French troops arrive.[5]
- Charles Feke apothecary in business.[17]
- Clarke Cooke House built.
- Free African Union Society founded[18]
- 1781
- March 6: George Washington visits Rochambeau in Newport.[5]
- French troops depart.[5]
- 1784
- City incorporated.[5]
- George Hazard becomes mayor.[5]
- Goat Island sold to U.S. military.
- 1787 - Town government resumes.[5][12]
- 1788 - Brissot de Warville finds "houses falling to ruin and grass growing in the public square" and Population: "less than 6000".[3]
- 1790
- 1792 - Newport Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers incorporated.[20]
- 1799
- Fort Adams built.
- Yellow fever epidemic.[7]
19th century
- 1803 - Newport National Bank incorporated.[2]
- 1805 - First Methodist Episcopal Church established.[2]
- 1810 - Spencer's variety store in business.[2]
- 1811
- Hammond's Circulating Library in business.[21]
- Samuel Whitehorne House built.
- 1814 - Sherman & Co. grocers in business.[2]
- 1815 - September 23: Gale.[7]
- 1819
- 1823 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse built.
- 1828 - Mechanics' Library established.[23]
- 1831 - Newport Steam Factory built.
- 1832 - Cozzens carpet shop in business.[24]
- 1833 - June 19: Andrew Jackson visits Newport.[7]
- 1834 - Zion Episcopal Church built.[5]
- 1835
- Davis' Family Bakery in business.[2]
- Perry Cotton Mill built.[5]
- 1837 - Coddington cotton mill built.[5]
- 1838 - Armory built.
- 1839 - Kingscote (mansion) built.
- 1845
- Ocean House hotel in business.[24]
- Old Colony Railroad begins
- 1846
- The Newport Daily News begins publication.
- First Baptist Church building[2] and Van Zandt house constructed.[5]
- 1847
- 1851 - Beechwood (mansion) built.
- 1852
- Street lighting by gas lamp begins (approximate date).[7]
- Chateau-sur-Mer (residence) built.
- St. Mary's Church completed.
- 1853
- City incorporated again.[5][12]
- Robert B. Cranston becomes mayor.
- Church of the Holy Name of Mary built.[2]
- 1854
- Newport Historical Society and Newport Reading Room founded.
- Sisters of Mercy convent built.
- Lighthouse commissioned on Lime Rock.
- 1855 - Touro Park established.[4]
- 1857 - United Congregational Church built.
- 1859 - August 23: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.[7]
- 1860 - Chepstow (mansion) built.
- 1861 - Kaull & Anthony grocers in business.[2]
- 1862 - Nason upholstery in business.[24]
- 1863 - School house built on Willow Street.[25]
- 1864
- Old Colony and Newport Railway begins operating.[5]
- Shiloh Baptist Church organized.[2]
- 1865
- Newport Free Library and Reading Room established, first public library in Rhode Island.
- Young Men's Christian Organization formed with the goal to gather books for a library.
- Newport Light Infantry formed.[6][26]
- Scott grocery in business.[24]
- 1866 - Atlantic House roller skating rink opens.[27]
- 1867
- 1869
- People's Library Incorporated
- U.S. Naval Torpedo Station established on Goat Island.
- August: Ulysses S. Grant visits Newport.[7]
- 1870
- Rose Island Light built.
- The People's Free Library, later the Newport Public Library opens at its new location on Thames Street on May 4 completing the merger with the Newport Free Library and Reading Room.[28]
- Newport & Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company organized.[29]
- Population - 12,521.[3]
- 1871 - Newport Manufacturing Company mill built.[5]
- 1873
- Newport Hospital opens.[2]
- Rogers High School founded.
- 1874 - Ward's Circulating Library in business.[23]
- 1875 - Population: 14,028.[6]
- 1876 - International Polo Cup match held.
- 1878
- 1880
- Channing Memorial Church[2] and Newport Casino built.
- May 30: The League of American Wheelmen is formed in Newport[30]
- Population - 15,693.[3]
- 1881
- City water system authorized.[5]
- Newport Skating Rink opens.[5]
- Tennis tournament begins at Newport Casino.
- Groff pharmacy in business.[24]
- 1882
- Couzens and Bull telephone exchange in business.[5]
- Free Chapel of St. John the Evangelist established.[2]
- Vinland Estate built.
- 1883 - Isaac Bell House built.
- 1884
- Naval War College established.
- July 4: Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Newport.[31]
- 1885
- St. Joseph's Church established.[2]
- Morton Park established (approximate date).[7]
- Stone Tower restored.[4]
- 1888 - Carr bookseller and Hass florist in business.[24]
- 1889 - Electric trolley begins operating.[5]
- 1890's - Bailey's Beach founded.[12]
- 1891 - Rockhurst (residence) built.
- 1892 - Marble House, Ochre Court, and Rough Point built.
- 1893
- Newport Country Club established.
- Old Colony Railroad stops operations.
- 1894 - Belcourt Castle (residence) built.
- 1895 - National Open Golf Championship held at Newport Country Club.[5]
- The Breakers (residence) built.
- 1896 - St. George's School established near Newport.
- 1898 - Vernon Court (residence) built.
- 1899 - September 7: Automobile parade.[5]
- 1900 - Rhode Island state capital relocates to Providence.[12]
20th century
- 1901
- - The Elms (residence) built.
- - TJ Brown in business.
- 1902 - Newport Historical Society Museum building[5] and Oelrichs House constructed.
- 1905
- 1908 - Cardines Field baseball stadium is opened.
- 1910 - Population: 27,149.[12]
- 1912 - Art Association of Newport organized.[33]
- 1915 - Miramar (mansion) built.
- 1919
- Seamen's Church Institute founded.[34]
- U.S. Navy sex scandal.
- 1923 - Rhode Island Route 114 designated.
- 1925 - Seaview Terrace (residence) built.
- 1926 - Hotel Viking (hotel) opens.
- 1926 - Courthouse built on Washington Square.[5]
- 1930 - America's Cup yacht race relocates to Newport.
- 1934 - Salve Regina University chartered.
- 1937 - Population: 27,612.[5]
- 1938 - September: Hurricane.
- 1942 - Naval Academy Preparatory School relocates to Newport.
- 1946 - United Baptist Church established.
- 1948 - WADK radio (1540 AM) begins broadcasting as WRJM. Call Letters changed to WADK in November 1953.
- 1950 - Naval Justice School relocates to Newport.
- 1953 - September 12: wedding of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier at St. Mary's Church.
- 1954
- Newport Jazz Festival begins.
- Tennis Hall of Fame established.
- 1959
- Newport Folk Festival begins.
- Rovensky Park established.
- 1960 - Population: 47,049.
- 1964 - Newport State Airport (Rhode Island) in operation.
- 1965
- Fort Adams State Park established.
- Folk singer Bob Dylan performs a controversial but influential electric folk-rock concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
- 1969
- Newport Bridge opens.
- Newport Folk Festival held for the final time before a 16-year hiatus.
- 1972 - Newport Jazz Festival moves to New York City
- 1976 - Brenton Point State Park established.
- 1978 - Naval War College Museum in operation.
- 1980 - Newport Rugby Football Club (Rhode Island) formed.
- 1981 - Newport Jazz Festival re-established at Fort Adams.
- 1983
- New York Yacht Club loses the America's cup to the Royal Perth Yacht Club
- Sail Newport established
- 1985 - Newport Folk Festival re-established at Fort Adams.
- 1993 - Yacht Restoration School founded.
- 1998
- Newport International Film Festival begins.
- SVF Foundation established (livestock preservation).
- 2000 - National Museum of American Illustration opens.
21st century
- 2004 - City website online (approximate date).[35]
- 2010 - Population: 24,672.
- 2012 - October: Hurricane Sandy storm surge washes away large sections of the Cliff Walk[36]
- 2014 - June: The Cliff Walk reopens after restoration following 2012's storm damage by Hurricane Sandy[37]
- 2020 - March: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all dine-in restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and all gatherings of 25 or more are banned in Newport and across the state. This brings a halt to nearly all concerts, sports, and other events.[38] Newport mansions are closed.[39]
- 2022 - March: A 20-foot section of the Ciff Walk collapses near Narragansett Avenue and Webster Street and is closed[40]
See also
References
- 1 2 Morse 1797.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sanford 1887.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Britannica 1884.
- 1 2 3 4 Godfrey 1951.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Newport"
- 1 2 3 4 5 Denison 1879.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bayles 1888.
- ↑ Rhode Island Historical Society 1915.
- 1 2 George C. Mason (1891), Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I: Redwood Library, OL 13993479M
- ↑ "History of the NHS". Newport Historical Society. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ George Adams (1856), Rhode Island Register, Providence: Gladding & Brother, OCLC 5628226, OL 20623769M
- 1 2 3 Carl Bridenbaugh (1971), Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776, London: Oxford University Press, OL 16383796M
- ↑ Bruce M. Bigelow (1931). "Aaron Lopez: Colonial Merchant of Newport". New England Quarterly. 4 (4): 757–776. doi:10.2307/359587. JSTOR 359587.. Virginia Bever Platt (1975). "'And Don't Forget the Guinea Voyage': The Slave Trade of Aaron Lopez of Newport". William and Mary Quarterly. 32 (4): 601–618. doi:10.2307/1919556. JSTOR 1919556.
- ↑ Jesse Lemisch (July 1968). "Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America". William and Mary Quarterly. 25 (3): 371–407. doi:10.2307/1921773. JSTOR 1921773.
- ↑ Mercantile Illustrating Co. 1890.
- ↑ "The origins of the American Civil Rights Movement began right here in Rhode Island..." Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Greene 1865.
- ↑ "Hammond Collection". New York Society Library. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ↑ Dix 1852.
- 1 2 3 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Parsons 1892.
- ↑ Services at the dedication of the school house erected by the Trustees of the Long Wharf, May 20th, 1863, Newport: Printed by Pratt and Messer, 1863, OL 7021414M
- ↑ Rhode Island State Archives. "(Newport)". State Archives Catalog. State of Rhode Island. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Stephen Van Dulken (2001). Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the Victorian Age. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8810-3.
- ↑ "Library History - Newport Public Library". 16 January 2019.
- ↑ Annual report of the Railroad Commissioner, for ... 1897, Providence, RI, 1898, OCLC 2381452, OL 20509117M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Bicycle Riders at Newport". The New York Times. 31 May 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ Frank G. Harris (1885), History of the Re-union of the Sons and Daughters of Newport, R.I., July 4th, 1884, Newport: Davis & Pitman, printers, OCLC 5837728, OL 7013504M
- ↑ Civic League of Newport (1906), Bulletin
- ↑ American Art Annual. 1917.
- ↑ "Seamen's Church Institute". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ↑ "City of Newport Home Page". Archived from the original on 2004-01-27 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Flynn, Sean (6 November 2012). "Sandy: The Aftermath The damage is done Repairs to the Cliff Walk will cost the city about $2 million". NewportRI.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Burns, Frances (25 June 2015). "Tourists can once again traverse the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I." UPI. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Miller, G. Wayne (16 March 2020). "Raimondo shutting dine-in restaurants, bars for 2 weeks; 'community spread' of virus now seen in R.I." The Providence Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ Gomersall, Jacqui (15 March 2020). "Newport mansions closing to visitors on Monday". WPRI-12. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ Barrett, Scott (3 March 2022). "'I'm not convinced it's done yet': Section of Cliff Walk in Newport closed after collapse". Newport Daily News. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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- John Dix (1852), A hand-book of Newport, and Rhode Island, Newport: C. E. Hammett, Jr., OL 14010810M
- George C. Mason (1854), Newport Illustrated, New York: D. Appleton & Co., OCLC 2000062, OL 271691M
- Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, A.C. Greene and Brothers, 1865, OCLC 83697440, OL 20490388M
- Frederic Denison (1879), "Newport", The past and the present: Narragansett, sea and shore, Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newport, R.I.". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.
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- Haut ton Newport, per se: one Athens, one Rome, one London, and one Newport, Providence, R.I.: Frazier & Whiting, 1884, OL 24240041M
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- Richard M. Bayles, ed. (1888), History of Newport County, Rhode Island, New York: L. E. Preston & Co., OCLC 2093778, OL 6927312M
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Images
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