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  2. Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    1849 – South Carolina Institute for the Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry organized; annual Fair begins. [35] [36] 1850 Magnolia Cemetery built. Roper Hospital established. [37] Population: 42,985. [20] 1852 – Museum founded by the College of Charleston. [15] Sketches made in Charleston, South Carolina by artist Eyre ...

  3. History of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s.

  4. Charleston in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Joyful Blacks receive colored troops (with white officers) singing "John Brown's Body" as they led the U.S. Army into Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865. Charleston Harbor was also the site of the first successful submarine attack in history on February 17, 1864, when the H.L. Hunley made a night attack on the USS Housatonic. [8]

  5. Category:History of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina; 0–9. 1886 Charleston earthquake; 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike; A. Anson Street African Burial Ground; B.

  6. Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [9] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [ b ] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor , an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence ...

  7. History of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...

  8. An updated timeline on statue for South Carolina women’s ...

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    An updated timeline on statue for South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley. Payton Titus. February 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM. 1 / 2.

  9. Charleston Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Charleston Historic District, alternatively known as Charleston Old and Historic District, is a National Historic Landmark District in Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [4] The district, which covers most of the historic peninsular heart of the city, contains an unparalleled collection of 18th and 19th-century architecture, including many distinctive Charleston "single houses".