Timeline of Baton Rouge, Louisiana explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Prior to 19th century

• 1721Fort established by French.
• 1763Period of British West Florida begins.
• 1779September: Battle of Baton Rouge at Fort New Richmond, during the Gulf Coast campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
• 1783Period of Spanish West Florida officially begins; Baton Rouge fort has been renamed Fort San Carlos.

19th century

• 1805  - Spanish Town, first residential area, is established.
• 1806  - Beauregard Town, second neighborhood, is established.
• 1810  - Baton Rouge becomes part of the Republic of West Florida in September,^[1] but by December the republic is annexed by the U.S. into the Territory of Orleans, which in 1812 becomes the state of Louisiana.
• 1812-1815  - War of 1812, including the Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans
• 1817 – Town incorporated.
• 1819 – Baton-Rouge Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1833 – State Library of Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge.^[3]
• 1835 – Louisiana State Penitentiary in operation.
• 1842 – Democratic Advocate newspaper begins publication.
• 1849 – Baton Rouge becomes capital of Louisiana.
• 1850 – First Capitol building constructed.^[4]
• 1852 – Louisiana Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind and Magnolia Cemetery established.
• 1860 – Andrew Lytle photography studio in business.^{[5] [6]}
• 1861 – January 23: Louisiana secession convention held.
• 1862
  • May 12: City occupied by U.S. federal troops.
  • August 5: Battle of Baton Rouge (1862).
• 1867 – Baton Rouge National Cemetery established.
• 1868 – St. Joseph's Academy founded.^[7]
• 1869 – Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana relocated to Baton Rouge.^[8]
• 1870 – Seminary renamed "Louisiana State University".
• 1877 – Synagogue dedicated.^[9]
• 1882 – State capital returns to Baton Rouge, following the Reconstruction Era.
• 1897 – Audubon Sugar School of Louisiana State University founded.

20th century

• 1905 – Daily State newspaper in publication.
• 1909 – Baton Rouge Refinery commissioned.
• 1914 – Southern University relocates to Scotlandville, along Scott's Bluff facing the Mississippi River in North Baton Rouge.
• 1916 – Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge established.^[10]
• 1923 – Baton Rouge General Hospital active.^[11]
• 1924 – Community Coffee in business.
• 1926
  • New Louisiana State University campus dedicated.
  • Baton Rouge High School and Arcade Theatre^[12] built.
  • Louisiana Municipal Association headquartered in Baton Rouge.
• 1928
  • City Park Golf Course opens.
  • Louisiana State University's College of Commerce established.
• 1929 – State Theater built.
• 1932 – Current Louisiana State Capitol inaugurated.
• 1934 - WJBO radio begins broadcasting.
• 1935 – Huey P. Long assassinated.
• 1939 – East Baton Rouge Parish Library established.
• 1940
  • Baton Rouge League of Women Voters founded.^[13]
  • Population: 34,719.
• 1944 – Piccadilly Restaurant in business.
• 1947
  • City and Parish of East Baton Rouge consolidated.
  • Baton Rouge Civic Symphony Orchestra active.^[14]
  • H. J. Wilson Co. in business.
• 1950 – Population: 125,629.
• 1953
  • June 20–28: Baton Rouge bus boycott held during Civil Rights Movement.
  • WAFB-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1955 – WBRZ-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1960
  • Baton Rouge sit-ins, marches, and demonstrations by Southern University students during the Civil Rights Movement.^[15]
  • Broadmoor High School founded.
  • Population: 152,419.
• 1961 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge established.^[16]
• 1962
  • January 19: "Protestors force Southern University...to temporarily shut down."
  • City Parish Beautification Commission established.^[17]
• 1963 – Foundation for Historical Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge.^[18]
• 1964 – Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links established.
• 1970
  • Baton Rouge Zoo established near city.^[19]
  • Population: 165,963.
• 1974 – One American Place (hi-rise) built.
• 1976 – Cortana Mall Cinema in business.^[20]
• 1978 – Comité des Archives de la Louisiane founded.^[21]
• 1979 – Louisiana Association of Museums headquartered in city.
• 1980 - Population: 219,419.
• 1981 – LSU Hilltop Arboretum established.^[22]
• 1982 – City and Parish of East Baton Rouge governments merged.
• 1986 – Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge established near city.
• 1987 - Richard Baker becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district.^[23]
• 1990 – Population: 219,531.
• 1997
  • Mall of Louisiana in business.
  • Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity consecrated.^{[24] [25]}
• 1998 – City website online.^[26]

21st century

• 2001: Bobby Simpson becomes mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.
• 2005
  • August 29: Hurricane Katrina.
  • First African-American, Kip Holden, becomes mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.
  • Shaw Center for the Arts opens.
• 2007: Cinemark 16 Perkins Rowe (cinema) in business.
• 2010: Population: 229,493 city;^[27] 440,171 parish.
• 2011: Cedric Richmond becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district.^[28]
• 2012
  • April: Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery pipeline oil spill.
  • June 14: Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery benzene leak.
• 2016
  • July 5: Alton Sterling was fatally shot by a police officer, which led to protests in Baton Rouge.
  • July 9: Protest against police violence.
  • July 17: 2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers
  • August: 2016 Louisiana floods submerge thousands of homes throughout the parish

See also

• History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• List of mayors of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
• Other cities in Louisiana:
  • Timeline of New Orleans
  • Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• Book: Commercial Directory of the Western States . Richard Edwards . 1867 . St. Louis . Baton Rouge . https://books.google.com/books?id=xFs2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA809 .
• Book: James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley . Cincinnati . U.P. James . 1871 . https://archive.org/stream/jamessriverguide00jame#page/n51/mode/2up . Mississippi River: Baton Rouge .

Published in the 20th century

• Book: Baton Rouge . https://books.google.com/books?id=GtINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA398 . 1919 . Automobile Blue Book . USA . Automobile Blue Book.
• Book: NY . Hastings House . Louisiana: a Guide to the State . Federal Writers' Project . . 1941 . Baton Rouge . . 2027/uc1.$b727648 . 9780403021697 . Federal Writers' Project . + Chronology
• Slavery in Baton Rouge, 1820–1860 . Wm. L. Richter . Louisiana History . 10 . 2 . 125–145 . 1969 . 4231058 .
• The Early New Deal in Baton Rouge as Viewed by the Daily Press . Sidney Tobin . Louisiana History . 10 . 4 . 307–337 . 1969 . 4231090 .
• Meyers, Rose. A History of Baton Rouge, 1699–1812 (1976)
  • (fulltext via Open Library)

Published in the 21st century

• Gazing upon the Invisible: Women and Children at the Old Baton Rouge Penitentiary . Connie H. Nobles . American Antiquity . 65 . 1 . 5–14 . 2000 . 2694805 . . 10.2307/2694805 . 146836012 .
• (fulltext via Open Library)
• Book: Florence M. Jumonville. Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography . 2002. Greenwood . 978-0-313-28240-9 . East Baton Rouge . https://books.google.com/books?id=xLMbpy1R7aoC&pg=PA524 . 524+ .
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20181118151917/http://us-cities.survey.okfn.org/place/batonrouge . Baton Rouge/E.B.R. Parish, LA . November 18, 2018 . U.S. City Open Data Census . . 2018 .

External links

• Web site: Baton Rouge Room . East Baton Rouge Parish Library .
• Web site: Directories & Phonebooks: Baton Rouge . Research Guides . Louisiana History Research Tools . Louisiana State University Libraries .
• Web site: (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) . Louisiana Digital Library . Louisiana State University Libraries Digital Services .
• Items related to Baton Rouge, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
• Web site: Baton Rouge History . Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections: Manuscript Subject Guides . Louisiana State University Libraries .

Notes and References

1. Book: Florence M. Jumonville. Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography . 2002. Greenwood . 978-0-313-28240-9 . Chronology of Louisiana History . https://books.google.com/books?id=xLMbpy1R7aoC&pg=PR15 .
2. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . August 6, 2014 .
3. Web site: American Libraries before 1876 . Davies Project . Princeton University . August 6, 2014 .
4. Web site: Louisiana: A History Timeline . Louisiana Educational Television Authority . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727081148/http://www.louisianahistory.org/timelines/ . July 27, 2014 .
5. An Eye of Silver: Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge Photographer, 1858–1917 . Mark Martin . Louisiana History . 47 . 3 . 333–366 . 2006 . 4234203 .
6. Web site: Online Exhibitions . Hill Memorial Library, Special Collections . Louisiana State University . August 6, 2014 .
7. Book: Patterson's American Educational Directory . 29 . 1932 . Chicago . 2027/uc1.b3970358 . Patterson . Homer L. .
8. Web site: History of LSU . Louisiana State University . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090310182742/http://www.lsu.edu/visitors/history.shtml . March 10, 2009 .
9. Encyclopedia: Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . . Jackson, Mississippi . July 30, 2016 .
10. Book: Proceedings of the Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge. 1917 . University Bulletin . Louisiana State University . 8 .
11. Web site: Baton Rouge General History and Timeline . Baton Rouge General . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203052354/http://brgonevision.org/timeline.html . February 3, 2015 .
12. Web site: Historic Theatre Inventory . Maryland, USA . League of Historic American Theatres . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130721130121/http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx . July 21, 2013 .
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20141019212212/http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/women/timeline.html . 2014-10-19 . dead . Timeline of Louisiana Women's History . Robin Roberts . Louisiana State University .
14. Web site: KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana . Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities . August 6, 2014 .
15. Web site: Our African American Legacy . East Baton Rouge Parish Library . August 6, 2014 .
16. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA . . Norway . April 22, 2017 .
17. Web site: Finding Aids for Collections in the Baton Rouge Room . East Baton Rouge Parish Library . August 6, 2014 .
18. Web site: Foundation for Historical Louisiana . August 6, 2014 .
19. Book: Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. . Zoo and Aquarium History. 2001. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 .
20. Web site: Movie Theaters in Baton Rouge, LA . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . August 6, 2014 .
21. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . Louisiana: Baton Rouge . Rowman Altamira . https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC&pg=PA317 . American Association for State and Local History .
22. Web site: Garden Search: United States of America: Louisiana . . London . July 30, 2016 .
23. Book: Official Congressional Directory . Washington DC . Government Printing Office . 1987 . Louisiana . 2027/uc1.l0063588560 . Official Congressional Directory . 1991/1992- : S. Pub. .
24. Web site: Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity . Baton Rouge . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140811225814/http://www.dattatemple.com/history/index.php . August 11, 2014 .
25. Web site: Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Directory of Religious Centers . Pluralism Project . Harvard University . August 6, 2014 .
26. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19981202182134/http://www.ci.baton-rouge.la.us/ . Official Website of Baton Rouge . 1998-12-02 . .
27. Web site: Baton Rouge (city), Louisiana . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . August 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050313221125/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/2205000.html . March 13, 2005 .
28. Web site: Members of Congress . . Civic Impulse, LLC . Washington DC . August 6, 2014 .