Timeline of Oakland, California
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.
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19th century
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- 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 in use.
- 1869
- Railway begins operating.[6]
- Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary[6] and Oakland Fire Department established.
- 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.[7]
- 1880 - Population: 34,456.[1]
- 1884 - Horton School established.[3]
- 1899 - Oakland Conservatory of Music established.[3]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 66,960.
- 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[8] 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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[9]
- 1966
- October: Black Panther Party established.
- Oakland Coliseum opens.
- 1968 - Athletics baseball team relocates to Oakland.
- 1969 - Oakland Museum opens.
- 1971 - Your Black Muslim Bakery in business.
- 1972 - 12th Street Oakland City Center (BART station), 19th Street Oakland (BART station), and MacArthur (BART station) open.
- 1973 - Rockridge (BART station) opens.
- 1974 - West Oakland (BART station) opens.
- 1977 - Lionel Wilson becomes mayor.
- 1982 - Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences established.
- 1985 - Alameda County Community Food Bank established.[11]
- 1988 - Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
- 1989 - October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- 1990 - Population: 372,242.[12]
- 1991 - October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[13]
- 1999 - Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2000 - Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.
- 2002 - Taoist Center opens.[14][15]
- 2003
- April 7: Anti-war protest.
- Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.[16][17]
- Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).[18]
- 2004 - Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
- 2007
- East Bay Meditation Center opens.[15][19]
- 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.[20]
- 2010
- 2011
- October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
- Jean Quan becomes mayor.
- Sudoroom established.[23]
- 2012
- April 2: Oikos University shooting.
- Oakland Wiki begins publication.[24]
- 2014 - Oakland Police Beat begins publication.[25]
See also
- History of Oakland
- List of mayors of Oakland, California
- Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Timeline of California[26]
- Other cities in California
- Timeline of Anaheim, California
- Timeline of Bakersfield, California
- Timeline of Fresno, California
- Timeline of Long Beach, California
- Timeline of Los Angeles
- Timeline of Mountain View, California
- Timeline of Riverside, California
- Timeline of Sacramento, California
- Timeline of San Bernardino, California
- Timeline of San Diego
- Timeline of San Francisco
- Timeline of San Jose, California
- Timeline of Santa Ana, California
References
- 1 2 Disturnell 1883.
- 1 2 3 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Patterson's American Educational Directory 13. Chicago. 1916.
- ↑ B.F. Stilwell, ed. (1869), Directory of the Township and City of Oakland, Oakland, Calif.: Oakland News Office
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Federal Writers' Project 1940: "Oakland"
- ↑ "Oakland Public Library Historical Timeline". Retrieved October 2014.
- ↑ California Digital Library. "Browse the Collections". Online Archive of California. University of California. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- 1 2 "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.). "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 February 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Taoist Center". Oakland. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- 1 2 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 2014.
- ↑ "Urban Habitat".
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chronology", California: Guide to the Golden State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Open Library
Bibliography
Main article: Bibliography of Oakland, California
Published in the 19th century
- "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
- 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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