TIMELINE OF NASHVILLE / DAVIDSON COUNTY |
1800 - 1849 |
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| 1800 | Joseph Johnson is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1802 | John Boyd is Sheriff of Davidson County. Boyd was one of the signers of 1780's Cumberland Compact, and is believed to have fathered the first male child whose birth was recorded in Nashville. |
| 1806 | Cumberland College is chartered as the successor to the Davidson Academy. |
| 1806 | Nashville incorporates as a town in Davidson County, to be governed by six Aldermen and a Mayor. |
| 1807 | The Bank of Nashville is founded, becoming the first bank in Tennessee. |
| 1807 | Nashville's first force of volunteer fire-fighters is created. |
| 1808 | Michael C. Dunn is Sheriff of Davidson County. He also served as a Justice in 1805. |
| 1810 | The first book in Davidson County is published. |
| 1812 | The first meeting of the legislature is held in Nashville. |
| 1812 | The War of 1812 begins. |
| 1813 | James Robertson, one of the founders of Nashville, dies near Memphis. |
| 1815 | The War of 1812 ends. |
| 1816 | Caleb C. Hewitt is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1816 | The Nashville Female Academy is founded. |
| 1818 | Nashville celebrates the first arrival of a steamboat, the Andrew Jackson. |
| 1818 | Thomas Hickman is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1819 | James Monroe visits Davidson County, becoming the first U.S. President to visit Nashville. |
| 1820 | Ann Rodgers Grundy begins the first Sunday School class in Nashville. |
| 1821 | The Nashville Medical Society is founded in the log courthouse on the public square, becoming the first medical association in Tennessee. |
| 1822 | Joseph W. Horton is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1822 | The City Cemetery is established on 4th Avenue South. |
| 1822 | The first bridge is built across the Cumberland River. It is made of stone. |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson is defeated in his campaign for President of the United States. |
| 1824 | Music publishing begins in Nashville with Western Harmony, a book of hymns and instructions for singing. |
| 1824 | Phillip Lindsley comes to Nashville to be the head of Cumberland College. |
| 1826 | The General Assembly passes an act establishing the University of Nashville. |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson is elected seventh President of the United States. |
| 1830 | Willoughby Williams is Sheriff of Davidson County. In his retirement, he took pride in the fact that he "was never in a single instance called on to explain one of his many official acts [as Sheriff]". |
| 1833 | Nashville's first publicly owned waterworks is completed. |
| 1833 | The first insurance company in Davidson County, the Tennessee Marine and Fire Insurance Company, is founded. |
| 1836 | Philip Campbell is Sheriff of Davidson County. He also served as a Justice in 1822. |
| 1838 | Cherokee Indians pass through Davidson County on the now-infamous "Trail of Tears" march. |
| 1838 | Felix R. Rains is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1843 | Nashville is declared the permanent capitol of Tennessee. |
| 1844 | Churchill Lanier is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1844 | James K. Polk is elected President of the United States. |
| 1845 | Andrew Jackson dies at his home, "The Hermitage", outside Nashville. |
| 1845 | Construction begins on the Tennessee State Capitol building. |
| 1848 | B. M. Barnes is Sheriff of Davidson County. |
| 1848 | The first telegraph message in Davidson County is received. |
| 1849 | James K. Polk dies in Nashville. |
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1850-1899
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1900-1949 |
1950-1999 |
2000+ |