Timeline of Newark, New Jersey

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.

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Prior to 19th century

History of New Jersey
Colonial period
American Revolution
Nineteenth century
Twentieth century
Twenty-first century
Timeline of New Jersey

• 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe.^[1]
• 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date).
• 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date).^[2]
• 1743 - Trinity Church built.
• 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton.^[3]
• 1774 - Newark Academy established.
• 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces.
• 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built.
• 1791 - Woods's Newark Gazette begins publication.^[4]
• 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date).
• 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded.^[5]

19th century

• 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded.^[6]
• 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).^[7]
• 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.^[8]
• 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.^[9]
• 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).^[7]
• 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).^[10]
• 1830 - Population: 10,953.^[11]
• 1831 - Plane Street Church organized.^[1]
• 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens.
• 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.^[5]
• 1840 - Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business.^[12]
• 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
• 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.
• 1847 - Library Association founded.^[7]
• 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1850 - Bethel Mission established.
• 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1857
  • City police department established.^[13]
  • Newark Orphan Asylum built.^[14]
• 1858
  • New Jersey Freie Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in business.
• 1860 - Population: 71,941.^[15]
• 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.^[16]
• 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business.^[17]
• 1869
  • Newark and New York Railroad begins operating.
  • Newark City Cemetery in use.
  • Newark Morning Register newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)^[17]
• 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.^[18][19]
• 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built.
• 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.^[16]
• 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.^[10]
• 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1881 - Newark Technical School established.
• 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens.
• 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built.
• 1885
  • Johnston & Murphy^[20] and Lutz Cafe in business.^[16]
  • 1885 American Cup soccer tournament held.^[21]
• 1886 - Miner’s Newark Theater opens.^[22]
• 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
• 1889 - Newark Free Public Library opens.^[23]
• 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business.
• 1894
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
  • Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1895 - Branch Brook Park established.

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 246,070.^[24]
• 1901 - Beth Israel Hospital founded.^[25]
• 1903
  • Jackson Street Bridge and Clay Street Bridge open.
  • Roseville railroad station built.
• 1905
  • La Revista Italian/English-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Feigenspan mansion built.^[14]
  • Automobile Renting Co. in business.^[16]
• 1906
  • Trees planted in Pequannock Watershed.^[26]
  • Literary Stratemeyer Syndicate active.^[27]
• 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built.^[14]
• 1908
  • Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • St. Casimir's Church founded.
• 1909 - Newark Museum established.
• 1911 - Shubert Theatre opens.^[22]
• 1912 - Adams Theatre^[28] and Empire Theatre built.^[22]
• 1913
  • Bridge Street Bridge opens.
  • Moorish Science Temple of America headquartered in Newark.^[29]
• 1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication.^[30]
• 1916 - Robert Treat Hotel in business.^[16]
• 1917 - Urban League founded.^[31]
• 1920 - Carrier air conditioning plant begins operating.
• 1921 - Newark Morgen-Steren Yiddish/English-language newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1922 - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra headquartered in city.
• 1925
  • Shriners Salaam Temple built.
  • Newark Schools Stadium opens.
• 1926 - Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge and Davids' Stadium open.
• 1928
  • Newark Airport begins operating.
  • New Jersey Luso-Americano Portuguese-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).^[4]
• 1930 - Lefcourt building constructed.
• 1931 - Italian Tribune begins publication.^[32]
• 1935
  • Newark City Subway begins operating.
  • Newark Penn Station dedicated.
• 1936 - University of Newark established.

Newark Penn Station, c.1940

• 1939 - Newark Hot Club formed (music club).^[33]
• 1942
  • Savoy Records founded.^[34]
  • Hydeaway Bar in business.^[34]
• 1949 - After Hours magazine begins publication.^[34]
• 1958 - September 15: Newark Bay rail accident.
• 1960 - Population: 405,000.^[35]
• 1962 - Youth Career Development Center initiated.^[36]
• 1964 - Newark Symphony Hall established.
• 1966 - New Jersey Symphony Boys Choir founded.
• 1967
  • July 12-17: 1967 Newark riots occur.^[37][25]
  • July 20: Black power conference held in city.^[38][37]
• 1969 - Ironbound Community Corporation^[39] and New Community Corporation founded.
• 1971 - Gateway Center built.
• 1977 - City hosts first Islamic Conference of North America.^[29]
• 1978 - August 20: Clinton Avenue Five boys disappear.
• 1984 - Former Diamond Alkali plant site in Ironbound declared a Superfund site (polluted area).^[40]
• 1986 - Sharpe James becomes mayor.^[41]
• 1989
  • Donald M. Payne becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district.^[42]
  • Sister city relationship established with Aveiro, Portugal.^[43]
• 1990 - Population: 275,221.^[15]
• 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Banjul, Gambia.^[44]
• 1992
  • One Newark Center and Penn Plaza East building constructed.^[14]
  • Sister city relationship established with Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.^[45]
• 1995 - Society Hill condo built.^[46]
• 1997
  • City website online.^[47][48][49]
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center opens.
• 1999 - Bears Stadium opens.^[50]

21st century

• 2000
  • Newark Legal Center built.
  • Population: 273,546.^[24]
• 2002 - City's "Open Public Records Act Office" established.^[51]
• 2003 - May 11: Murder of Sakia Gunn.
• 2006
  • Cory Booker becomes mayor.^[52]
  • Garden State Rollergirls headquartered in city.
• 2007
  • Jewish Museum of New Jersey opens.
  • Prudential Center built.
• 2010
  • Newark Archives Project begins.^[53]
  • Population: 277,140; metro 18,897,109.^[54]
• 2013 - November 4: Luis Quintana becomes interim mayor.^[55]
• 2014 - Ras Baraka becomes mayor.^[56]

See also

• History of Newark, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
• List of Mayors of Newark, New Jersey
• Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Timeline of New Jersey^[57]

References

1. Urquhart 1913.
2. Rowan Jacobsen (2014). Apples of Uncommon Character. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63286-035-4.
3. Alden's New-Jersey Register and United States' Calendar, Newark: Printed by William Tuttle, 1811, OCLC 11648006
4. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
5. Atkinson 1878.
6. Mrs. A.F.R. Martin, ed. (1903). History of the Newark Female Charitable Society.
7. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
8. Hill 1902.
9. Mumford 2007.
10. Lewis 1898.
11. Joseph C. Potts (1837). New Jersey register. Trenton: William D'Hart.
12. Shaw 1884.
13. City of Newark 1858.
14. "Historical Landmarks". City of Newark, New Jersey. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
15. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
16. Scannell 1916.
17. Board of Trade 1912.
18. "Newark Industrial Exposition", New York Times, October 24, 1874
19. Report and catalogue of the first exhibition of Newark industries ... 1872, Newark, N.J: Holbrook's Steam Printery, 1882
20. Johnston & Murphy. "History". Nashville, TN: Genesco. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
21. Tom Dunmore (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
22. "Movie Theaters in Newark, NJ". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
23. The Free Public Library of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 1889
24. U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
25. Tuttle 2009.
26. Heilman 1947.
27. Publishers Weekly, November 14, 1914
28. "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
29. Pluralism Project. "Islam in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Harvard University. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
30. "New Jersey: Newark", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921
31. "William Ashby, 101, Dies; Activist, Social Worker". Jet. June 10, 1991.
32. Michael J. Eula (2001). "Ethnicity and Newark's Italian Tribune, 1934-1980". Italian Americana 19. JSTOR 29776660.
33. David W. Stowe (1996), Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America, Harvard University Press, ISBN 9780674858268
34. Kukla 2002.
35. Janson 1968.
36. Palley 1967.
37. "This Day in Black History", Bet.com, retrieved August 2015
38. Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
39. "Neighborhoods". City of Newark. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009.
40. "A Flash of Hope for a Tainted River". New York Times. August 17, 2008.
41. "About the Mayor". City of Newark. Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
42. "New Jersey". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
43. "Newark Plays Host to Portugal Mayor", Star-Ledger, June 9, 1990 – via Newark Public Library, New Jersey Information Center
44. "Sister City Paid Visit", Star-Ledger, October 23, 1991 – via Newark Public Library, New Jersey Information Center
45. "Newark's Sister City", Star-Ledger, April 20, 1993 – via Newark Public Library, New Jersey Information Center
46. Educational Broadcasting Corporation 2002.
47. "City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 29, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
48. "Welcome to the City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
49. "Towns put out the word on the Web: Residents tune in to cyberspace", Star-Ledger, November 5, 1997 – via Newark Public Library
50. Newman 2004.
51. "Office of the City Clerk". City of Newark. Archived from the original on July 2015.
52. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
53. "Newark Archives Project". Archived from the original on July 2015 – via Rutgers University.
54. "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
55. Sherman, Ted. (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker". The Star-Ledger (nj.com).
56. "Defying Expectations, Mayor Ras Baraka Is Praised in All Corners of Newark", New York Times, August 30, 2015
57. Federal Writers' Project (1946). "Chronology". New Jersey: a Guide to its Present and Past. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House.

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

1800s-1840s

• Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Newark", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
• "Newark", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
• Thomas Francis Gordon (1834), "Newark", Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, Trenton: Daniel Fenton, OCLC 4366560
• Directory of Newark, for 1835-6, Newark, N.J.: Office of the Newark Daily Advertiser, 1835
• Directory of the City of Newark, for 1838-9, Newark, N.J.: Pierson, 1838

1850s-1890s

• B.T. Pierson (1851), Directory of the City of Newark, for 1851-52, Newark, N.J.: Holbrook's Steam Press
• City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Newark. 1858.
• Hand book and guide for the city of Newark, New Jersey, Newark: Newark daily advertiser print, 1872
• William F. Ford (1874), The industrial interests of Newark, N. J, New York: Van Arsdale & Company, OCLC 7369689
• "Newark", Goulding's Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City, and Hoboken, Lawrence G. Gulding, 1875
• Martha J. Lamb, "Newark," Harper's New Monthly 53 (October 1876): 671-72.
• City Charter and Supplements Thereto of the City of Newark. 1877.
• Joseph Atkinson (1878), The History of Newark, New Jersey, Newark, N.J.: W.B. Guild, OCLC 1247333
• George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Newark". The American Cyclopaedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
• Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newark, N.J.". Bibliotheca Americana 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.
• William H. Shaw (1884), "City of Newark (etc.)", History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia: Everts & Peck
• Terence Devine (1886), Devine's Newark City Street Guide, Newark, N.J.
• "Newark Department", Business Directory of New York City, and Newark City, N.J., American Reporter Co., 1886
• F. Killenberger (1887), "Newark", F. Killenberger's Pocket Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, New Brunswick: New Jersey Pub. Co.
• "Newark". Quarter-Century's Progress of New Jersey's Leading Manufacturing Centres. NY: International Publishing Company. 1887.
• "Business Directory of Newark City, NJ", Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark, H.A. Curtin, 1888 + 1889 ed.
• Newark and its leading businessmen, Newark, N.J.: Mercantile Publishing Co., 1891, OCLC 13695297
• Peter J. Leary (1893), Newark, N.J., illustrated, Newark, N.J.: W.A. Baker
• Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey, New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1898

Published in the 20th century

1900s-1940s

• The 'Guide Book' Street Guide and General Information of Newark, Newark, N.J.: Cities Map & Guide Co., 1900
• Frank Pierce Hill; Varnum Lansing Collins (1902), Books, pamphlets and newspapers printed at Newark, New Jersey, 1776-1900, Newark
• Herbert L. Thowless (1902), Historical Sketch of the City of Newark, New Jersey, Newark
• "Newark". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908.
• "Newark", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Newark in the public schools of Newark: A course of study on Newark, its geography, civics and history, Newark: Board of Education, 1911
• Newark, the City of Industry: Facts and Figures Concerning the Metropolis of New Jersey, 1912, Newark Board of Trade, 1912
• Directory, Newark Made Goods: Newark Manufacturers, Alphabetically Arranged in English, French, and Spanish. Newark Board of Trade. 1913.
• Frank John Urquhart (1913), History of the City of Newark, New Jersey, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., OCLC 7981444. v.1, v.2, v.3
• Arthur Fremont Rider (1916), "Newark", Rider's New York City and Vicinity, including Newark, Yonkers and Jersey City, New York: H. Holt and Company
• Official Guide and Manual of the 250th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1916. 1916.
• Historic Newark: a Collection of Facts and Traditions about the Most Interesting Sites, Streets and Buildings of That City, Newark, N.J.: Fidelity Trust Company, 1916, OCLC 27101481
• Newark's anniversary industrial expostion in celebrating of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Newark, New Jersey, Paterson, NJ: J.J. Scannell, 1916
• Frank John Urquhart (1916), A Short History of Newark, Newark, N.J.: Baker Printing Co., OCLC 3050302
• "Newark, Essex County". Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Paterson NJ. 1918.
• Federal Writers' Project (1946). "Newark". New Jersey: a Guide to its Present and Past. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House.
• John M. Heilman (1947). "Forest Management for Newark". Journal (American Water Works Association) 39. JSTOR 23349329.

1950s-1990s

• Howard A. Palley (Spring 1967). "Community Action, Public Programs and Youth Unemployment: A Case Study of Newark, New Jersey". Journal of Negro Education 36. JSTOR 2293885.
• Carl-Gunnar Janson (1968). "The Spatial Structure of Newark, New Jersey, Part I, the Central City". Acta Sociologica 11. JSTOR 4193673.
• Arnold S. Rice (1977), Howard B. Furer, ed., Newark: a chronological & documentary history, 1666-1970, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006081

Published in the 21st century

• "History of Newark". A Walk Through Newark. NY: Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2002.
• Barbara J. Kukla (2002), Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813531168
• "Newark". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
• Kathe Newman (2004). "Newark, Decline and Avoidance, Renaissance and Desire: From Disinvestment to Reinvestment". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 594. JSTOR 4127692.
• Kevin Mumford (2007), Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America, NYU Press, ISBN 9780814757178
• Brad R. Tuttle (2009), How Newark became Newark: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an American city, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813544908
• Ezra Shales (2010), Made in Newark: industrial arts and civic identity in the progressive era, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, OCLC 436387175

External links

• University Libraries. "The Newark Experience". Research Guides. New Jersey: Rutgers University.
• Items related to Newark, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Items related to Newark, New Jersey, various dates (via Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)

Coordinates: 40°43′27″N 74°10′21″W / 40.72422°N 74.172574°W