The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hampton, Virginia, United States.

17th century

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• April 30, 1607
  • European settlers arrive at Old Point Comfort and establish settlement of Mill Creek (later Phoebus) just outside the Algonquin village of Kecoughtan
• July 9, 1610
  • European settlers permanently drive out the Native Americans from Kecoughtan.^[1]
• 1610
  • Fort Charles and Fort Henry built.^[2]
  • St. John's Church founded.^[2]
• 1619 – Mill Creek settlement becomes part of newly formed Elizabeth Cittie.^[2]
• August 1619 First enslaved Africans brought to the Virginia Colony, landing at Point Comfort. A few days later additional enslaved Africans are brought to Point Comfort. Resource www.Hampton.gov
• 1630 – Trading post established.^[3]
• 1634 – Settlement becomes part of newly formed Elizabeth City County.^[2]
• 1680 – Town of Hampton established per "Act of Cohabitation."^[2]

18th century

• 1705 – Hampton becomes a "port of entry."^[3]
• 1715 – Hampton designated seat of Elizabeth City County.^[2]
• 1718 – Head of dead pirate Blackbeard displayed on a pole at place later known as "Blackbeard's Point."^[2]
• 1727 – St John’s church was re-built.^[1]
• 1755 – "1,000 Acadian" travellers stay temporarily in Hampton.^[2]
• 1788 – Hampton becomes part of the new U.S. state of Virginia.

19th century

• 1805 – Hampton Academy active.^[4]
• 1813 – Hampton taken by British forces during the War of 1812.^[2]
• 1823 – U.S. Fort Monroe built.^[4]
• 1849
  • March: Town of Hampton incorporated.^[3]
  • December: Town incorporation repealed.^[3]
• 1852 – Town incorporated again.^[3]
• 1857 – Chesapeake Female College built.^[1]
• 1860
  • Town incorporation repealed again.^[3]
  • Population: 1,848.
• 1861 – August: Residents set fire to town in order to repel Union forces during the American Civil War.^[2]
• 1865 – February 3: U.S.-Confederate Hampton Roads Conference held aboard the steamboat River Queen to discuss terms to end the American Civil War.^[5]
• 1868 – Hampton Agricultural and Industrial Institute and its museum established.^[6][7]
• 1870 – National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Southern Branch begins operating.[1][2]
• 1871 – Hampton Institute Press founded.^[8]
• 1872 – Hampton Institute's Southern Workman journal begins publication.^[8]
• 1875 – Booker T. Washington graduates from Hampton Institute.^[6]
• 1876
  • Hampton Monitor newspaper begins publication.^[9]
  • County courthouse built.^[4]
• 1878 – Little England Chapel built.^[10]
• 1882 – Railroad begins operating.^[4]
• 1884
  • Fire.^[4]
  • Bulletin newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1887 – Town incorporated again once more.^[3][1]
• 1889
  • Citizens Railway (trolley) begins operating.^[12]
  • People's Building and Loan Association in business.^[13]
• 1890 – Population: 2,513.^[1]
• 1891 – Dixie Hospital nursing school established.^[14]
• 1897 – Annual Hampton Negro Conference held at the Hampton Institute begins.^[6]
• 1900 – Population: 2,764.^[1]

20th century

• 1903 – Hampton Institute's Huntington Memorial Library built.^[15]
• 1908
  • March 4: City of Hampton incorporated.^[3]
  • B’nai Israel synagogue built.^[16]
• 1912 – American Theatre built.^[4]
• 1915 – Apollo Theatre in business.^[17]
• 1916 – Braddock monument erected.^[2]
• 1917 – U.S. military Langley Field (airfield) and its Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (later NASA Langley Research Center) begin operating.^[4]
• 1920
  • Scott Theatre opens.^[17]
  • Population: 6,138.
• 1922 – February 21: U.S. military airship Roma explodes during test flight.^[5]
• 1926 – Taylor Memorial Library opens.^[18]
• 1928 – Chamberlin Hotel built.^[10]
• 1930 – "Hampton Veterans' Facility" begins operating.^[4]
• 1937 – Aberdeen Gardens (housing) built by U.S. Interior Department's Subsistence Homesteads Division.
• 1939 – Hampton City Hall built.^[10]
• 1943 – U.S. Langley Research Center's racially segregated West Area Computers begins operating.
• 1948
  • WVEC radio begins broadcasting.^[19]
  • Green Acres Auto Theatre (drive-in cinema) in business.^[17]
• 1950 – Population: 5,966.
• 1952
  • July 1: Elizabeth City County (including Phoebus) consolidated into city of Hampton.^[3]
  • Fort Wool historic site established.^[7]
• 1954 – October: Hurricane Hazel occurs.^[20]
• 1957 – Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel to Norfolk opens.^[4]
• 1960
  • Interstate 64 highway construction completed.
  • Population: 89,258.
• 1962
  • Kecoughtan High School founded.
• 1964 – WHOV radio begins broadcasting.
• 1968
  • Thomas Nelson Community College founded.^[4]
  • Bethel High School built.
• 1970 – Hampton Coliseum opens.^[4]
• 1973 – Coliseum Mall in business.
• 1979 – September: Hurricane David occurs.^[20]
• 1982 – Finite element machine invented at NASA Langley Research Center (approximate date).
• 1984 – Hampton University active.
• 1987 – Hampton Public Library new building opens.^[18]
• 1992 – Virginia Air and Space Center established.^[7]
• 1993 – Bobby Scott becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.^[21]
• 1994 – Hampton Roads Voice newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1996
  • July: Hurricane Bertha (1996) occurs.^[20]
  • City website online (approximate date).^[22][23]

21st century

• 2003 – Hampton History Museum opens.^[24]
• 2008 – Molly Joseph Ward becomes mayor.
• 2010
  • U.S. military Joint Base Langley–Eustis in operation near city.
  • Population: 137,436.^[25]
• 2011
  • Fort Monroe decommissioned by the U.S. military
• 2016
  • Donnie Tuck becomes mayor.
  • Hidden Figures movie released, partially set in Hampton.^[26]