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Baltimore is the
most populous city in the
U.S. state of
Maryland . With a population of 585,708 at the
2020 census , it is the
30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an
independent city by the
Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the
Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the
20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger
Washington metropolitan area , the
Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country. Though the city is not located within or under the administrative jurisdiction of any county in the state, it is considered to be part of the Northern Maryland region, together with
the surrounding county that shares its name .
The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by
Paleo-Indians . In the early 1600s, the
Susquehannock began to hunt there. People from the
Province of Maryland established the
Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the
tobacco trade with Europe, and established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. (
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Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield , later Spencer and then Simpson ; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American
socialite and wife of former king
Edward VIII . Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a
constitutional crisis that led to
Edward's abdication .
Wallis grew up in
Baltimore , Maryland. Her father died shortly after her birth, and she and her widowed mother were partly supported by their wealthier relatives. Her first marriage, to
United States Navy officer
Win Spencer , was punctuated by periods of separation and eventually ended in divorce. In 1931, during her second marriage, to
Ernest Simpson , she met Edward, then
Prince of Wales . Five years later, after Edward's accession as
King of the United Kingdom , Wallis divorced Ernest to marry Edward. (
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The following are images from various Baltimore-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Worker assembling an aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 2 Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from
East Pratt and
North Gay Streets (from
Great Baltimore Fire )
Image 5 Map of Chesapeake Bay area by
John Senex , 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 7 Baltimore Street Map, 1838 (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 8
Mount Clare Mansion , known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 9 Sharp Street Church was established 1787, the existing building having been erected in 1898 (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 10 Simple row houses like these in
Locust Point make up much of Baltimore's housing stock. (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 11 Marylanders steam blue crabs, usually in water, beer and Old Bay Seasoning. (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 12 Baltimore Street Map, 1892 (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 13 Marble steps, East Fort Avenue, Locust Point, August 2014 (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 14 An 1864 map of Baltimore (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 15 An illustration of the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire in February 1904 (from
Great Baltimore Fire )
Image 16 View of Baltimore by
William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 17 Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire (from
Great Baltimore Fire )
Image 18 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engine and passenger car from the 1830s. (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 19 View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill , by Francis Guy, 1802-03 (
Brooklyn Museum ) (from
History of Baltimore )
Image 20 John E. Hurst Building, site of the fire's outbreak (from
Great Baltimore Fire )
Image 22 Blue crabs (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 23 Some of the more upscale rowhouses in Baltimore, like these brightly painted homes in
Charles Village , have complete porches instead of stoops (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 24 Storefront of establishment selling Lake Trout in Baltimore (from
Culture of Baltimore )
Image 25 South Baltimore (from
List of Baltimore neighborhoods )
Image 26 Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by
Lewis Hine . (from
History of Baltimore )
May 20, 2024 –
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
The
container ship
Dali is freed from bridge debris since its initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the
port of Baltimore .
(AP)
May 13, 2024 –
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
The final remains of the collapsed
Francis Scott Key Bridge in
Baltimore ,
Maryland ,
United States , which killed six workers, are demolished with explosives.
(East Bay Times )
March 26, 2024 –
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
The
Francis Scott Key Bridge in
Baltimore ,
Maryland ,
United States , collapses after the container ship
Dali strikes a bridge column, causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below.
(CBS News)
January 28, 2024 –
2023 NFL season
In
American football , the
Kansas City Chiefs defeat the
Baltimore Ravens and the
San Francisco 49ers defeat the
Detroit Lions to advance to
Super Bowl LVIII .
(USA Today )
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