Timeline of Oakland, California
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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
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- 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][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 - Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 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
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Published in the 19th century
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Published in the 20th century
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External links
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- Items related to Oakland, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
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