Timeline of Oakland, California explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.

19th century

• 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.
• 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
• 1855 – Lyceum founded.
• 1860 – Population: 1,543.
• 1863 – Heald's Business College established.^[1]
• 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.
• 1866 – Police Court established.
• 1868
  • Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • University of California and Oakland Library Association established.^[3]
  • Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
• 1869
  • Railway begins operating.
  • Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary and Oakland Fire Department established.
  • Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.^[4]
• 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
• 1872
  • Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland.
  • Theosophical Society Library founded.
• 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
• 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.
• 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.^[5]
• 1880 – Population: 34,456.
• 1884 – Horton School established.
• 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.
• 1900 – Population: 66,960.

20th century

• 1904 – Pacific Technical College established.
• 1906 – April 18: San Francisco earthquake; refugees flee to Oakland.
• 1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded.
• 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^[6] and Children's Hospital founded.
• 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established.
• 1914
  • Oakland Technical High School established.
  • Oakland City Hall and Civic Auditorium built.
• 1917 – Joaquin Miller Park established.
• 1920 – Population: 216,261.
• 1922 – Snow Museum of Natural History opens.
• 1923 – Tribune Tower completed.
• 1924 – Granada Theater opens.
• 1927
  • Oakland Airport begins operating.
  • Port of Oakland opens.
• 1928
  • Clorox Chemical Company in business.
  • Posey Tube (traffic tunnel) built.
• 1931 – Paramount Theatre built.
• 1933 – Oakland Symphony active.
• 1936
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
  • Alameda County Courthouse built.
  • Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society established.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 1966
  • October: Black Panther Party established.
  • Oakland Coliseum opens.
• 1968 – Athletics baseball team relocates to Oakland.
• 1969 – Oakland Museum opens.
• 1970 – Regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
• 1971 – Your Black Muslim Bakery in business.
• 1972 – 12th Street Oakland City Center station, 19th Street Oakland station, and MacArthur station open.
• 1973 – Rockridge station opens.
• 1974 – West Oakland station opens.
• 1977 – Lionel Wilson becomes mayor.
• 1985 – Alameda County Community Food Bank established.^[9]
• 1988 – Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
• 1989 – October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
• 1990 – Population: 372,242.
• 1991 – October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
• 1998 – City website online (approximate date).^[10]
• 1999 – Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
• 2000 – Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.

21st century

• 2002 – Taoist Center opens.^{[11] [12]}
• 2003
  • April 7: Anti-war protest.
  • Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.^{[13] [14]}
  • Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).^[15]
• 2004 – Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
• 2007
  • East Bay Meditation Center opens.^[16]
  • 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.^[17]
• 2010
  • Ace Monster Toys founded.^[18]
  • Population: city 390,724; metro 4,335,391.^[19]
• 2011
  • October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
  • Jean Quan becomes mayor.
  • Sudoroom established.^[20]
• 2012
  • April 2: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
  • Oakland Wiki begins publication.^[21]
• 2014 – Oakland Police Beat begins publication.
• 2016
  • 2016 Oakland warehouse fire

See also

• History of Oakland
• List of mayors of Oakland, California
• Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Timelines of other cities in the Northern California area of California: Fresno, Mountain View, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• • • • 1890 ed.
  • 1892 ed.

Published in the 20th century

• • • 1905 ed.
  • 1909 ed.
  • 1911 ed.
  • 1915 ed.
  • 1924 ed.
• Book: San Francisco-Oakland Directory . 1907 . Oakland . Walter S. Fry Co. .
  • • • • 1938 ed.
  • 1944 ed.

External links

• Items related to Oakland, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Book: Patterson's American Educational Directory . 13 . 1916 . Chicago . 2027/nyp.33433075985949 . Patterson . Homer L. .
2. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . November 5, 2013 .
3. Web site: American Libraries before 1876 . Davies Project . Princeton University . November 5, 2013 .
4. Web site: Railroad celebration at Oakland . California digital newspaper collection . Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7172, 9 November 1869 . 10 May 2019. New York and Oakland are bound together by ties strapped with iron..
5. Web site: Oakland Public Library Historical Timeline . October 30, 2014 .
6. Web site: Browse the Collections . Online Archive of California . California Digital Library . University of California . November 5, 2013. California Digital Library .
7. Web site: History . Oakland Zoo . November 5, 2013.
8. Web site: Movie Theaters in Oakland, CA . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . November 5, 2013 .
9. Web site: Oakland, California . . New York . Nonprofit Explorer . 9 May 2013 . Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei . November 5, 2013 .
10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19980209075859/http://www.oaklandnet.com/ . OaklandNet: Official Web Site Of The City of Oakland California . 1998-02-09 . .
11. Web site: Taoist Center . Oakland . November 5, 2013.
12. Web site: Oakland, California . Directory of Religious Centers . Pluralism Project . Harvard University . October 23, 2013.
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20030216141050/http://www.coloredgirls.org/ . dead . February 16, 2003 . Women of Color Resource Center.
14. Web site: Organizations . . Switzerland . . October 30, 2014 .
15. Web site: Urban Habitat . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815203814/http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront . 2014-08-15 .
16. Web site: Mission and History . Oakland . East Bay Meditation Center . November 5, 2013.
17. Web site: California . CJR's Guide to Online News Startups . . New York . November 5, 2013 .
18. Web site: Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces . Hackerspaces . November 9, 2013 .
19. Web site: Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010) . 2012 . US Census Bureau .
20. Web site: FAQ . Sudoroom .
21. Web site: About Us . Oakland Wiki . November 5, 2013.