� 1852 � John Barnes built the Royal Oak Hotel.
� 1861 � Population 654.
� 1866 � Tamworth Mechanics' Institute opened.
� 1888 � Power station opened and enables beginning of electric street lighting. The first electric streetlights in the southern hemisphere.
� 1918 � An anchor is unveiled as a memorial to the discovery of Tamworth district.
� 1946 � Proclaimed a city.
� 1947 � East-West Airlines was established in Tamworth, flying Tamworth to Sydney.
� 1973 � The first Australasian Country Music Australia was hosted in Tamworth by radio station 2TM, which has led to the extraordinary success of the Tamworth Country Music Festival that is held every year in Summer, at the end of January, a celebration that runs continuously for 11 days.
� 1988 � A country music icon, the 12-m tall Golden Guitar is erected as a symbol of the city's country music roots.
� 1990s � The Local Council embarks on a successful campaign of urban and streetscape renewal, including the greening of Peel Street.
� 1999 � Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre is opened.
� 2004 � A new local government area, Tamworth Regional Council, is formed from Tamworth City, Manilla Shire and parts of Parry, Nundle and Barraba Shires.
� 2006 � In December the Tamworth Regional Council voted 6 to 3 against an offer from the Federal Government to take part in a one-year trial rural refugee resettlement programme; the majority of these refugees would be Sudanese escaping civil war in their homeland. Mayor of Tamworth, Cr James Treloar, argued that the refugees being resettled were tuberculous and criminal. The decision resulted in national and international media attention on the city
