The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.
19th century
edit- 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.[1]
- 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
- 1855 – Lyceum founded.[2]
- 1860 – Population: 1,543.
- 1863 – Heald's Business College established.[3]
- 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.[3]
- 1866 – Police Court established.[4]
- 1868
- Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.[5]
- University of California and Oakland Library Association established.[2]
- Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
- 1869
- Railway begins operating.[6]
- Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary[6] and Oakland Fire Department established.
- Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.[7]
- 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
- 1872
- 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
- 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.[8]
- 1880 – Population: 34,456.[1]
- 1884 – Horton School established.[3]
- 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.[3]
- 1900 – Population: 66,960.
20th century
edit- 1904 – Pacific Technical College established.[3]
- 1906 – April 18: San Francisco earthquake; refugees flee to Oakland.[6]
- 1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded.[6]
- 1909
- Samuel Merritt College founded.
- Moore & Scott Iron Works in business.
- 1910
- Oakland Public Museum and YMCA open.
- Population: 150,174.
- 1912 – Oakland School Women's Club[9] and Children's Hospital founded.
- 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established.[6]
- 1914
- Oakland Technical High School established.
- Oakland City Hall and Civic Auditorium built.
- 1917 – Joaquin Miller Park established.[6]
- 1920 – Population: 216,261.
- 1922 – Snow Museum of Natural History opens.
- 1923 – Tribune Tower completed.
- 1924 – Granada Theater opens.[10]
- 1927
- Oakland Airport begins operating.
- Port of Oakland opens.
- 1928
- Clorox Chemical Company in business.
- Posey Tube (traffic tunnel) built.[6]
- 1931 – Paramount Theatre built.
- 1933 – Oakland Symphony active.
- 1936
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
- Alameda County Courthouse built.[6]
- Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society established.[11]
- 1937 – Caldecott Tunnel opens.
- 1940 – Population: 302,163.
- 1944 – Oakland Army Base active.
- 1946 – 1946 Oakland General Strike begins on December 3 and ends on December 5.
- 1954 – Oakland Junior College established.
- 1961 – Coliseum Drive-In opens.[10]
- 1966
- October: Black Panther Party established.
- Oakland Coliseum opens.
- 1968 – Athletics baseball team relocates to Oakland.
- 1969 – Oakland Museum opens.
- 1970 – Regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
- 1971 – Your Black Muslim Bakery in business.
- 1972 – 12th Street Oakland City Center station, 19th Street Oakland station, and MacArthur station open.
- 1973 – Rockridge station opens.
- 1974 – West Oakland station opens.
- 1977 – Lionel Wilson becomes mayor.
- 1985 – Alameda County Community Food Bank established.[12]
- 1988 – Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
- 1989 – October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- 1990 – Population: 372,242.[13]
- 1991 – October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[14][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 – Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
- 2000 – Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.
21st century
edit- 2002 – Taoist Center opens.[15][16]
- 2003
- April 7: Anti-war protest.
- Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.[17][18]
- Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).[19]
- 2004 – Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
- 2007
- East Bay Meditation Center opens.[16][20]
- Ron Dellums becomes mayor.
- 2008 – Cathedral of Christ the Light dedicated.
- 2009
- January 1: BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant.
- March 21: 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers.
- Oakland Local begins publication.[21]
- 2010
- 2011
- October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
- Jean Quan becomes mayor.
- Sudoroom established.[24]
- 2012
- April 2: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
- Oakland Wiki begins publication.[25]
- 2014 – Oakland Police Beat begins publication.[26]
- 2016
See also
edit- History of Oakland
- List of mayors of Oakland, California
- Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Timelines of other cities in the Northern California area of California: Fresno, Mountain View, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose
References
edit- ^ a b Disturnell 1883.
- ^ a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Patterson, Homer L. (1916). Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 13. Chicago. hdl:2027/nyp.33433075985949.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ B.F. Stilwell, ed. (1869), Directory of the Township and City of Oakland, Oakland, Calif.: Oakland News Office, OL 24159483M
- ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Federal Writers' Project 1940: "Oakland"
- ^ "Railroad celebration at Oakland". California digital newspaper collection. Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7172, 9 November 1869. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
New York and Oakland are bound together by ties strapped with iron.
- ^ "Oakland Public Library Historical Timeline". Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ California Digital Library. "Browse the Collections". Online Archive of California. University of California. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Oakland, CA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "History". Oakland Zoo. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Oakland, California". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ "OaklandNet: Official Web Site Of The City of Oakland California". Archived from the original on 1998-02-09 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Taoist Center". Oakland. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Pluralism Project. "Oakland, California". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Women of Color Resource Center". Archived from the original on February 16, 2003.
- ^ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Urban Habitat". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15.
- ^ "Mission and History". Oakland: East Bay Meditation Center. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "California". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces". Hackerspaces. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
- ^ "FAQ". Sudoroom.
- ^ "About Us". Oakland Wiki. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Scary Things You Learn From 23 Years of Oakland Police Records", Atlantic Cities, April 10, 2014
Bibliography
editPublished in the 19th century
edit- "Oakland", Disturnell's Stranger's Guide to San Francisco and Vicinity, San Francisco: W.C. Disturnell, 1883
- Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: F.M. Husted
- "City of Oakland", Bay of San Francisco, the Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its Suburban Cities: a History, Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, OCLC 8666576
- Jos. Alex Colquhoun, ed. (1893), "City of Oakland", Illustrated Album of Alameda County, California, Oakland, Calif: Pacific Press
Published in the 20th century
edit- Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: F.M. Husted
- San Francisco-Oakland Directory. Oakland: Walter S. Fry Co. 1907.
- Joseph Eugene Baker (1914), "Oakland", Past and Present of Alameda County, California, Chicago, Ill.: S.J. Clarke
- Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda City Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: R.L. Polk & Company, 1928
- Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and San Leandro street address telephone directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Oakland", San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities, American Guide Series, NY: Hastings House
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