On this day

July 22

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on July 22 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

1 event 1 century 1 country

1837

Atlanta was founded in 1837 as Terminus

Atlanta United States

literally the southern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad being built from Chattanooga; the city was renamed Marthasville in 1843, then Atlanta in 1845 (a feminine form of Atlantic, reflecting the wider railroad connection vision). Atlanta was burned by Union General…

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Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →