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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

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Prior to 19th century

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Prior to European colonists, the area was inhabited by indigenous tribes, including the Tuscarora and Occaneechi. Explorer John Lawson mentions "Tuskeraro", "Neus", "Schoccores and Achonechy Indians" in his journal. He also mentions the devastation from illnesses like smallpox and "distemper" on the native population which killed entire towns and left one sixth the original population in the area.[1]

  • 1587 – In a venture sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White and a group of colonists land on Roanoke Island at the site of a former, abandoned settlement to found the "Cittie of Raleigh," about 190 miles from present-day Raleigh, NC. John White returns to England for supplies, leaving behind his granddaughter Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World.[2]
  • 1590 – His return delayed by threats against England by the Spanish Armada, John White secures passage on a privateer. As the party stepped ashore, there was no sign of the colonists except the letters "CROATOAN" carved on a tree. This abandoned site later became known as the "Lost Colony."
  • 1701 – John Lawson, English explorer, led a 600-mile expedition starting in Charleston, SC and ending at the mouth of the Pamlico River. His journey took him close to the site of what later became Raleigh, NC.[3]
  • 1770 – Joel Lane, a planter, successfully lobbies the colonial General Assembly to create Wake County.[4]
  • 1781 – Lane's property was the setting for a session of the state General Assembly. At this time the settlement was known as Wake Courthouse, or Bloomsbury and contained a courthouse, a jail, a tavern or inn, and a log church called the Asbury Meetinghouse.[5]
  • 1792
    • The NC legislature authorizes the purchase of 1,000 acres (4 km2) of Joel Lane's land upon which to establish the city of "Raleigh" as the new center of state government.
    • Raleigh is founded as the capital of North Carolina.[6]
  • 1794
    • State House built.[5]
    • December: State General Assembly convenes.[7]
  • 1798 – Cemetery established.
  • 1799 – The North-Carolina Minerva and Raleigh advertiser relocates from Fayetteville to become the first Raleigh Newspaper.[8]
  • 1800 – Raleigh population is 669.[5]

19th century

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20th century

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1900s-1940s

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1950s-1990s

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21st century

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lawson 1709, pp. 58, 224, 234.
  2. ^ "Learn NC: Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony".
  3. ^ a b Chamberlain 1922.
  4. ^ "Joel Lane House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Federal Writers’ Project 1939.
  6. ^ a b c d Nergal 1980.
  7. ^ a b c "Calendar for 1905 with Dates of Important Events". Pocket Manual for the Use of Members of the General Assembly of North Carolina. 1905.
  8. ^ "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
  9. ^ a b Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  10. ^ "History of the Justice Building". North Carolina Judicial Branch. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Raleigh Early History". National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  12. ^ a b North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Raleigh)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  13. ^ William Cathcart, ed. (1883). Baptist Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts.
  14. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  15. ^ a b State Board of Agriculture (1896). North Carolina and its Resources. M.I. & J.C. Stewart, public printers and binders.
  16. ^ Wodehouse 1967.
  17. ^ a b "Institution Directory". Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Archived from the original on May 10, 2000. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  18. ^ Frontis W. Johnston (1976). "North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1900-1975". North Carolina Historical Review. 53 (2): 155–167. JSTOR 23529619.
  19. ^ a b c North Carolina Manual. Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. 1921.
  20. ^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
  21. ^ a b c d e American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Carolina: Raleigh". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
  22. ^ "Doers and Duties in One Club: Raleigh Women Meet Civic Needs", Life, vol. 41, no. 26: The American Woman: Her Achievements and Troubles, December 24, 1956
  23. ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  24. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Raleigh, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  25. ^ "Growth Continues to Thrive in Downtown Raleigh". WRAL.com. 28 December 2007.
  26. ^ a b 36 Hours in Raleigh 2014.
  27. ^ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j National Park Service 2009.
  29. ^ US Census Bureau (1957). Government in North Carolina. 1957 Census of Governments. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  30. ^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  31. ^ Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
  32. ^ Pluralism Project. "Raleigh, NC". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  33. ^ Buddhism and barbecue: a guide to Buddhist temples in North Carolina, Univ. of North Carolina, 2001, OL 33118160M
  34. ^ a b c d e "Raleigh's Sister Cities". City of Raleigh. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  35. ^ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991–1992.
  36. ^ "Raleigh (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009.
  37. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  38. ^ "Raleigh (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  39. ^ "More than 150 arrested at 'Mega Moral Monday' protest". WRAL. June 3, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  40. ^ "Cleanup from largest Raleigh fire in decades to last into weekend". WRAL. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  41. ^ "Raleigh (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

Bibliography

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Published in 18th century

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Published in 19th century

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  • Bishop Davenport (1838). "Raleigh". Pocket Gazetteer, or, Traveller's Guide through North America and the West Indies. Philadelphia: George & Byington. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9k35ng8g.
  • R.H. Long (1863), "Raleigh", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
  • Raleigh Directory. 1875
  • "Wake County". Branson's North Carolina Business Directory. 1884.
  • Kemp Plummer Battle (1893). Early History of Raleigh. Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, printers.

Published in 20th century

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  • Raleigh Directory. 1903
  • Moses Neal Amis (1913). Historical Raleigh. Raleigh, NC: Commercial Printing Company.
  • Hope Summerell Chamberlain (1922). History of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co.
  • Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Raleigh". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 233+.
  • Lawrence Wodehouse (1967). "Alfred B. Mullett's Court Room and Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 26 (4): 301–305. doi:10.2307/988457. JSTOR 988457.
  • Steven Stolpen, Raleigh: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, 1977).
  • Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Raleigh, NC", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 274+, OL 4120668M
  • Elizabeth Reid Murray, Wake: Capital County of North Carolina, Vol.1 of Prehistory through Centennial (Raleigh, 1983)
  • R.B., Reeves III, ed., Raleigh 1792-1992: A Bicentennial Celebration of North Carolina's Capital City (Raleigh, 1992)
  • Candy Lee Metz Beal, Raleigh: The First 200 Years (Raleigh, 1992)
  • Linda Harris Edminsten and Linda Simmons-Henry, Culture Town: Life in Raleigh's African American Communities (Raleigh, 1993)
  • David Perkins, ed., The News and Observer's Raleigh: A Living History of North Carolina's Capital (Winston-Salem, 1994)

Published in 21st century

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