Timeline of San Jose, California
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Jose, California, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1777 - Spanish pueblo San Jose de Guadalupe founded.
- 1797 - San Jose mission founded.
19th century
- 1803 - San Jose de Guadalupe church built.
- 1822 - Mexicans in power.
- 1840 - Population: 750 (approximate).
- 1846 - Town occupied by U.S. forces.
- 1849 - December: Town becomes capital of the new state of California.[4]
- 1850
- City chartered.
- Josiah Belden becomes mayor.
- San Francisco-San Jose stagecoach begins operating.
- 1851
- 1852 - San Jose Foundry in business.
- 1853 - Hook and Ladder Company No.1 organized.
- 1855 - San Jose Telegraph newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1856 - Young Men's Literary Association organized.[8]
- 1857 - Minn's Evening School established.
- 1861 - San Jose Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1864 - San Francisco-San Jose Railway in operation.
- 1865 - St. Joseph High School established.[9]
- 1866 - Santa Clara Argus newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1867 - San Jose YMCA established.[10]
- 1868 - St. Joseph's Church built (approximate date).
- 1870
- 1871 - University of the Pacific relocated to San Jose vicinity.
- 1875 - San Jose Law Library,[8] San Jose Fruit Packing Company, and California Pioneers of Santa Clara County[13] established.
- 1878 - Home of Benevolence founded.
- 1879 - Daily Morning Times begins publication.[6]
- 1886 - Board of Trade organized.
- 1888 - Lick Observatory established atop Mount Hamilton.
- 1889
- 1890 - Population: 18,060.
- 1891 - Heald College established.[9]
- 1892 - First Unitarian Church of San Jose built.
- 1894 - Associated Charities of San Jose established.
- 1895 - Post Office built.
- 1897 - Good Government League organized.
20th century
1900s-1950s
1960s-1990s
21st century
See also
- 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 Oakland, California
- Timeline of Riverside, California
- Timeline of Sacramento, California
- Timeline of San Bernardino, California
- Timeline of San Diego
- Timeline of San Francisco
- Timeline of Santa Ana, California
References
- ↑ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 996, OL 5812502M
- 1 2 3 4 5 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- 1 2 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- 1 2 Patterson's American Educational Directory 29. Chicago. 1932.
- 1 2 3 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "San Jose, California". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Pacific Coast Business Directory, San Francisco: H.G. Langley, 1867
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "California: San Jose". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 60+. ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- ↑ "Historical Timeline of San Jose Public Library". San Jose Public Library. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ San Francisco Call, May 30, 1909
- ↑ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- 1 2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1673, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 "SJC History Timeline". Mineta San Jose International Airport. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in San Jose, CA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Rick Tejada-Flores (2004). "Cesar Chavez". Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Ken Cheetham (ed.). "Organizations Located In San Jose". San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory. Berkeley, California. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
- ↑ "Timeline: Building Smarter Machines", New York Times, June 24, 2010
- ↑ "For Woman Mayor, It's Another First", New York Times, December 13, 1975
- ↑ Capers Jones (2013). Technical and Social History of Software Engineering. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-13-336589-4.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- 1 2 3 Pluralism Project. "San Jose". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on January 1997.
- ↑ "Companies in San Jose", CrunchBase (AOL Inc.), retrieved June 2015
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "City of San Jose Online". Archived from the original on May 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "San Jose (city), California". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "California". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2003–2004.
- ↑ "San Jose Council Asks Mayor to Resign, but He Vows to Fight". New York Times. June 29, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "San Jose (city), California". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2014.
Vintage 2013 Population Estimates
- ↑ "Ten U.S. Cities Now Have 1 Million People or More". US Census Bureau. 2015.
- ↑ Associated Press (December 4, 2014), "Police Breaking Down Huge California Homeless Camp", New York Times
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chronology", California: Guide to the Golden State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Open Library
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
- Frederic Hall (1871), History of San José and surroundings, San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Co., OCLC 1742911
- G.H. Hare, Hare's Guide to San Jose and Vicinity for Tourists and New Settlers (San Jose, 1872)
- Luther L. Paulson (1875). Handbook and Directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties.
- Bishop's Directory of the City of San Jose. San Francisco: B.C. Vandall. 1876.
- J.P. Munro-Fraser (1881). History of Santa Clara County, California. San Francisco.
- "San Jose". Western and Southern States. Appletons' General Guide to the United States and Canda. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1889.
- San Jose City Directory. F.M. Husted. 1892.
- Picturesque San José, San Jose: H.S. Foote and C.A. Woolfolk, 1893
- San Jose City Directory. F.M. Husted. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
- San Jose City Directory. F.M. Husted. 1902.
- Mary Bowden Carroll (1903), Ten years in Paradise, San Jose, Cal: Popp & Hogan, OCLC 2558925
- Seeing San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley, San Jose: Guide Publishing Co., 1904
- "San Jose", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
- "San Jose", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "San Jose", Santa Clara Valley, Woman's Club of Palo Alto, 1911
- Eugene T. Sawyer (1922), History of Santa Clara County, California, Los Angeles: Historic Record Co.
- William F. James; George H. McMurry (1933), History of San Jose, California, San Jose, Calif: Smith Printing Co.
- Oscar Osburn Winther (1935). "Story of San Jose, 1777-1869, California's First Pueblo". California Historical Society Quarterly 14. JSTOR 25160553.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "San Jose", San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities, American Guide Series, NY: Hastings House
- Peter A. Morrison (1974). "Urban Growth and Decline: San Jose and St. Louis in 1960s". Science 185. doi:10.1126/science.185.4153.757. JSTOR 1738474.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "San Jose, CA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Timothy J. Lukes (1994). "Progressivism Off-Broadway: Reform Politics in San Jose, California, 1880-1920". Southern California Quarterly 76. JSTOR 41171743.
- Ramón D. Chacón (1995). "Quetzalcoatl in San Jose: Conflict over a Commemoration". California History 74. JSTOR 25177515.
- "City & Town Profiles: San Jose", Santa Clara County, 1995, Martinez, CA: McCormack's Guides, 1995, p. 166+ (fulltext via Open Library)
Published in the 21st century
External links
Coordinates: 37°20′00″N 121°54′00″W / 37.333333°N 121.9°W / 37.333333; -121.9
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