1568Government
The Spanish established missions in Timucuan villages beginning in 1568.
1663Government
When the Province of Carolina was founded in 1663, the British claimed all lands south to the 31st parallel north, but little colonization occurred south of the Altamaha River a...
1733Government
Three years after the Province of Georgia was founded at Savannah in 1733, James Oglethorpe had the town of Frederica built on St.
1738History
The area's first European settler, Mark Carr, arrived in 1738.
1771History
The Province of Georgia purchased Carr's fields in 1771 and laid out the town of Brunswick in the grid plan akin to that of Savannah, with large, public squares at given intervals.
1772History
The first lot was granted on June 30, 1772; 179 lots were granted in the first three years.
1783Education
From 1783 to 1788 a number of these lots were regranted and there collected in Brunswick a few families who desired proper education for their children.
1788Government
By the act of the General Assembly on February 1, 1788, eight town commissioners were appointed and Glynn Academy was chartered, the funding of which was to come from the sales ...
1789Infrastructure
Brunswick was recognized as an official port of entry in 1789 by an act of the United States Congress.
1796Military
Commissioners were named in 1796 to support these efforts.
1797History
In 1797 the General Assembly transferred the seat of Glynn County from Frederica to Brunswick.
1819Education
In 1819 the commissioners erected a suitable building for school purposes on the southeastern corner of Reynolds and L streets.
1840Architecture
It was abandoned four years later, but a new building was erected on Hillsborough Square in 1840 using Commons proceeds.
1856Government
Established as "Brunswick" after the German Duchy of Brunswick–Lüneburg, the ancestral home of the House of Hanover, the municipal community was incorporated as a city in 1856.
1857Economy
It was into this turmoil that Carey Wentworth Styles appeared, in 1857, when he moved his family to Brunswick from Edgefield, South Carolina.
1858Civil Rights
On March 1, 1858, Styles was elected mayor of Brunswick.
1860Economy
By 1860 Brunswick had a population of 468, a bank, a weekly newspaper, and a sawmill which employed nine workers.
1878History
In 1878, poet and native Georgian Sidney Lanier, who sought relief from tuberculosis in Brunswick's climate, wrote "The Marshes of Glynn", a poem based on the salt marshes that ...
1879Government
In November 1879, nineteen years after he left, Styles returned to Brunswick, where he established the local weekly Seaport Appeal.
1886Government
The largest Jewish movement within the city has been Reform Judaism, spread throughout the historic Temple Beth Tefilloh, founded in 1886.
1888Infrastructure
The December 1888 issue of Harper's Weekly predicted that "Brunswick by the Sea" was destined to become the "winter Newport of America".
1898Disaster
A Category 4 hurricane hit Cumberland Island just south of Brunswick in October 1898, which caused a 16-foot (4.9 m) storm surge in the city.
1906Culture
In 1906 the city was home to a Class D-level minor league baseball team, the River Snipes, a team shared with Columbus as part of the inaugural season of the Georgia State League.
1909Government
Construction of an electric streetcar line began in 1909 and was completed in 1911.
1913Culture
In 1913 the Brunswick Pilots debuted as part of the short-lived Empire State League, before joining the Georgia State League in 1914, and the Florida–Alabama–Georgia League in 1...
1915History
The Pilots stopped play following the 1915 season.
1924History
In July 1924, the F.J.
1926Government
By 1926, the electric streetcar line in Brunswick was discontinued; the decline of the streetcar systems coincided with the rise of the automobile.
1937Economy
The mill, which has been in operation since 1937, has the capability to produce over 800,000 metric tons of cellulose each year.
1942Civil Rights
Wayne (named after James Moore Wayne), whose keel was laid on July 6, 1942, and which was launched on March 13, 1943.
1943History
By November 1943, about four ships were launched per month.
1944Architecture
Jerman was completed in only 34 days in November and December 1944.
1945History
The last ship was the SS Coastal Ranger, whose keel was laid on June 7, 1945, and which was launched on August 25, 1945.
1950Education
From 1950 to 2007, Brunswick served host to the Golden Isles Bowl Classic, one of the most prestigious junior college football bowl games in the country.
1951History
In 1951 the Brunswick Pirates, a Class D minor league affiliate of the major league Pittsburgh Pirates, began to play in the Georgia–Florida League, beginning eight years of pre...
1954Sports
The Pirates won league championships in 1954 and 1955.
1955History
== In popular culture ==
Brunswick has been featured in scenes from the films The View from Pompey's Head (1955), Conrack (1974), The Longest Yard (1974), and the documentary Cr...
1956Architecture
17 crossing the Brunswick River and was opened on June 22, 1956.
1957History
In 1957 the Pirates became affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies, respectively adopting the name Brunswick Phillies.
1958History
Following the 1958 season, the Phillies ceased to play.
1961Education
Since 1961, the college had been a two-year institution, but in 2008, the college began its transition to a four-year institution.
1962History
Brunswick was home to the Cardinals of the Georgia–Florida League in 1962 and 1963 before the league disbanded in 1963.
1966Infrastructure
Brunswick last had direct passenger service in 1966 or 1967 with the unnamed successor to the Southern Railway's Kansas City-Florida Special.
1967Education
Brunswick High School opened in 1967.
1972Architecture
On November 7, 1972, the ship African Neptune struck the bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse, taking cars with it.
1982Education
The most significant professional performing-arts group is the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, in existence since 1982, which stages productions each year at Glynn Academy's Memori...
1985History
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Brunswick was 5 °F (−15 °C) on January 21, 1985, and January 30, 1966.
1986History
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Brunswick was 106 °F (41 °C) in 1986.
1987Architecture
On May 3, 1987, the bridge was again struck by a ship, the Polish freighter Ziemia Bialostocka.
1996History
The station became an ABC affiliate in 1996, but in 2001, Allbritton Communications sold the station and, therefore, the station lost its affiliation.
2000History
== Demographics ==
In 2000, the city of Brunswick had 15,600 people, 6,085 households, and 3,681 families living in the city, down from the city's initial historic high of 21,7...
2003Architecture
A new cable-stayed bridge with the same name opened in 2003 to allow larger ships to enter the port and to eliminate the need for the drawbridge on U.S.
2004History
Bush hosted the G8 summit in 2004 on Sea Island.
2005History
As of 2005, it is approximately 900 years old.
2006Infrastructure
In 2006, Glynn County applied for approximately $930,000 for first-year funding for a transit service.
2007Infrastructure
As of 2007 the first-year application was pending with the Georgia DOT and the Federal Transit Administration.
2008History
Per 2008 estimates, the top five ancestry groups in the city were American (5.3%), English (5.1%), Subsarahan African (4.3%), Irish (4.1%), and German (3.6%).
2009Economy
Ganzhou, a city with a population of 8.5 million, reciprocated, sending a delegation to Brunswick where an official sister city agreement was signed at Old Brunswick City Hall o...
2011History
Research published in 2011 revealed that bottlenose dolphins that fed in the estuaries near these Superfund sites had the highest concentration of PCBs of any mammal in the world.
2013Infrastructure
Brunswick supports a progressive economy largely based on tourism and logistics, with a metropolitan GDP of $3.9 billion as of 2013.
2015History
Among the city's population between 2015 and 2020, the American Community Survey estimated a median age of 34.8, down from 2000's 35 years.
2020Crime
On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick ...
2021Government
The mayor of Brunswick is Cosby Johnson, who was elected in 2021 and is the second African-American mayor of Brunswick.
2025History
The last snow accumulation in Brunswick was on January 22, 2025.