Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Town of Baltimore was officially founded on the 8th of August 1729 when the Governor signed an act allowing construction north of the Patapsco River. Surveyors began laying out the town streets on the 12th of January 1730.
The British bombarded Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 which led Francis Scott Key to write a poem that became The Star-Spangled Banner. The song was designated as the national anthem in 1931.
The colonial General Assembly of Maryland created the Port of Baltimore at old Whetstone Point in 1706. This decision established a tobacco trade hub with Europe for the growing region.
The nickname Charm City emerged from a 1975 meeting of advertisers seeking to improve the city's reputation. It replaced the previous image of the city after decades of neglect following deindustrialization.
The Great Baltimore Fire destroyed over 1,500 buildings on the 7th of February 1904. Damages were estimated at $150 million in 1904 dollars while more than 70 blocks of downtown burned to the ground in just 30 hours.