1737

– William Mayo laid out the original street plan for the town of

Richmond

on land provided by William Byrd II.



1742 – Chartered as a town



1780 – Virginia’s state capital moved from

Williamsburg

to

Richmond

.



1782 – Incorporated as a city.

1788 - Virginia State Capitol building completed.

1860-1865 – Serves as capital of the Confederate States of America .

1910 - Manchester, the city located just south of the James, is consolidated with Richmond.



1949 - Oliver Hill (1907-2007) elected to City Council, first African American since Reconstruction.

1968 - Virginia Commonwealth University created by the merger of the Medical College of Virginia and Richmond Professional Institute.

1977 - Henry Marsh elected as first African American mayor of Richmond.



2009 – Shockoe Examiner founded.