Timeline of Austin, Texas
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.
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19th century
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- 1839
- Austin designated capital of the Republic of Texas.[1]
- December 27: Austin incorporated.
- 1840
- Edwin Waller becomes first mayor.
- Population: 856.[2]
- 1841
- Houston-Austin coach begins operating.[2]
- Austin Lyceum active.[3]
- French Legation built.[1]
- 1842 - Texas seat of government relocated from Austin to Houston.[1]
- 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas.[2]
- 1846 - Texas seat of government relocated back to Austin from Houston.[1]
- 1850 - Population: 3,841.[4]
- 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed.[5]
- 1855
- Texas State Capitol built.[2]
- St. David's Episcopal Church consecrated.[2]
- 1857 - General Land Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1859 - Buaas's Hall (assembly room) renovated.[5]
- 1860 - Wharton College opens.[5]
- 1871
- Houston and Texas Central Railroad begins operating.[2]
- Democratic Statesman newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1872
- Connectional High School and Institute founded.
- Penn's Circulating Library in business.[7]
- 1873 - Austin Library Association active.[3]
- 1874 - St. Mary's Academy founded.[2]
- 1875 - Austin City Railroad begins operating.[8]
- 1876 - International–Great Northern Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1877
- Stuart Female Seminary founded.[9]
- Tillotson College chartered.[2]
- 1878 - St. Edward's University founded.[2]
- 1881
- November 9: State Capitol building burns down.
- University of Texas at Austin established.[1]
- Austin High School opens.
- 1884 - Congregation Beth Israel synagogue established.[10]
- 1885 - St. Edward's College established.[2]
- 1886
- Driskill Hotel in business.
- Hill City Quartet formed.[11]
- 1887 - Negro Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute opens.[2]
- 1888 - Texas State Capitol rebuilt.[2]
- 1894 - Heart's Ease Circle of King's Daughters (women's group) founded.[9]
- 1895 - Moonlight towers installed.[1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
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- 1900
- April: Austin Dam failure.
- Samuel Huston College opens.[2]
- 1902 - Nixon-Clay College and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary established.[12]
- 1908 - Confederate Woman's Home opens.[2]
- 1910 - Congress Avenue Bridge rebuilt.
- 1911 - Texas Fine Arts Association and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 205[13] established.
- 1917 - University of Texas' School for Military Aeronautics opens.[14]
- 1918 - State Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1921 - Austin Civic Theatre founded.[1]
- 1926
- Council-manager form of government effected.[2]
- University Airport in operation.[14]
- 1929 - Howson Community Center established.[15]
- 1930
- Municipal Airport opens.[14]
- Population: 53,120.[2]
- 1933
- Austin Public Library building opens.
- State Highway Building constructed.
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- 1934
- O. Henry House museum opens.
- Junior League of Austin organized.
- 1935
- Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters built.[2]
- Flood.[1]
- 1937
- UT Tower built.
- Lyndon B. Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
- 1938 - Montopolis Bridge built.
- 1941 - Austin Daily Tribune Building constructed.
- 1942
- Bergstrom Army Air Field established.[14]
- Lamar Boulevard Bridge built.
- 1947 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin established.[16]
1950s-1990s
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- 1952 - Burnet Drive-In cinema opens.[17]
- 1953 - Young Men's Christian Association of Austin chartered.[18]
- 1956 - Ballet Academy founded.
- 1958
- Goodwill Industries of Central Texas established.[18]
- Town & Country Food Stores in business.[19]
- 1959 - Palmer Auditorium opens.
- 1962 - Austin Aqua Festival begins.[1]
- 1963 - Jake Pickle becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[20]
- 1965
- August 1: Texas tower shooting.[21]
- The Citizen newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1966 - August 1: Whitman shootings.
- 1967
- Vulcan Gas Company music venue active.
- Fair Housing Ordinance established.[22]
- 1968
- Crockett High School opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Saltillo, Mexico.[23]
- 1970
- Armadillo World Headquarters music venue active.
- University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs established.
- Population: 251,808.[1]
- 1971 - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum dedicated.
- 1973
- Austin Community College established.
- L.C. Anderson High School (Mesa Drive) and Aquarius cinema[17] open.
- 1975 - Austin Community Gardens created.[24]
- 1976 - Austin City Limits television music program begins national broadcast.
- 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Maseru, Lesotho.[23]
- 1979
- Austin Public Library new main branch building opens.
- Austin Shambhala Center founded.[25]
- 1980 - Whole Foods Market in business.
- 1981
- Capital Area Food Bank of Texas[26] and Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers established.
- Austin Chronicle and Austin Press[6] newspapers begin publication.
- Sister city relationship established with Lima, Peru.[23]
- 1982
- National Wildflower Research Center founded.
- Pennybacker Bridge opens.
- 1983
- Austin History Center active.[27]
- Austin Children's Museum established.[28]
- Sister city relationship established with Adelaide, Australia.[23]
- 1984 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy established.
- 1985
- Austin Film Society organized.
- Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins.
- 1986
- Austin Lyric Opera founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Taichung, Taiwan.[23]
- 1987
- South by Southwest music festival begins.
- Lamar Smith becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.[29]
- 1988
- Dell Computer Corporation in business.
- Bowie High School established.
- 1990
- 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Koblenz, Germany.[23]
- 1992
- Austin Convention Center opens.
- Hyde Park Theatre founded.
- 1993 - Sustainable Food Center[24] and Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association chapter[25] founded.
- 1994
- Um-Al-Mumeneen-Sayeda-Khadija Mosque built.[25]
- Goodwill Computer Museum founded.[1]
- 1995
- Lloyd Doggett becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[31]
- Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.[25]
- City website online.[32][chronology citation needed]
- 1997 - Sister city relationship established with Xishuangbanna, China.[23]
- 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.[25]
- 1999
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport opens.[14]
- Dell Foundation[18] and Foodways of Austin club established.
21st century
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The Frost Bank Tower
- 2000
- Akins High School established.
- George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in Austin.
- Area of city: 251 square miles.[33]
- Population: 656,562.[33]
- Sister city relationship established with Orlu, Nigeria.[23]
- 2001 - Sister city relationship established with Gwangmyeong, South Korea.[23]
- 2002 - Texas Archive of the Moving Image headquartered in city.
- 2003
- Texas Rollergirls founded.
- Frost Bank Tower built.
- 2005 - Austin Film Critics Association founded.
- 2009
- Texas Tribune headquartered in city.[34]
- Sister city relationship established with Antalya Kepez, Turkey.[23]
- 2010
- February 18: 2010 Austin suicide attack.
- Capital MetroRail begins operating.
- Austin Bulldog begins publication.[34]
- Area of city: 297.90 square miles.[35]
- Population: 790,390.[35]
- 2011 - Sister city relationship established with Angers, France.[23]
- 2012 - Austin Food & Wine Alliance established.
- 2013 - Population: 885,400.[36]
- 2014
See also
- History of Austin, Texas
- List of mayors of Austin, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas
- Timeline of Texas
- Other cities in Texas
- Timeline of Arlington, Texas
- Timeline of Corpus Christi
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of El Paso, Texas
- Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of San Antonio
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Negal 1980.
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- ↑ Jackson 1954.
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- Paul D. Lack, "Slavery and Vigilantism in Austin, Texas, 1840–1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 85 (July 1981).
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