Timeline of Washington, D.C.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Washington, D.C., USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1791
- January 24: Federal District proclamation issued by US president Washington.[1]
- District surveyed by Ellicot and Banneker.[2]
- L'Enfant Plan for design of city introduced.[3]
- 1792 - Construction of White House (presidential residence) begins.
- 1794 - Tudor Place (residence) built.[4]
- 1797 - Bridge built.[4]
19th century
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1800s-1850s
- 1800
- Seat of Federal government of the United States relocated to Washington from Philadelphia;[2] president Adams moves in to White House.[3]
- United States Capitol building constructed.
- Washington Navy Yard established.[4]
- Population: 14,093.[4]
- 1801
- February 24: US Congress establishes the District of Columbia (comprising Washington, Alexandria, and Alexandria County).[3]
- March 4: US president Jefferson inaugurated.[4]
- 1802
- 1806 - Public school opens.[4]
- 1809 - Alexandria-Washington bridge built.[4]
- 1814 - August 24: Burning of Washington by British forces.[5]
- 1815 - Washington City Canal begins operating.[3]
- 1816 - St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square built.[4]
- 1818 - Central heating installed in the US Capitol building.[6]
- 1835 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins operating.[7]
- 1836 - December 15: 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire.
- 1840 - Population: 23,364 in city;[8] 43,712 in district.[3]
- 1842 - United States Naval Observatory established.[5]
- 1844 - Baltimore-Washington telegraph begins operating.[6]
- 1846
- District of Columbia retrocession of Alexandria and Alexandria County to Virginia.[3]
- National Smithsonian Institution established.[5]
- 1848 - Washington Gas Light Company established.[3]
- 1850 - Slave trade abolished per Compromise of 1850.[3]
1860s-1890s
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- 1860 - Population: 61,122.[8]
- 1862 - Slavery abolished.[3]
- 1863 - National Academy of Sciences headquartered in city.[2]
- 1864 - July: Battle of Fort Stevens.[3]
- 1865 - April 14: Assassination of president Lincoln.[9]
- 1867
- Howard University founded.[10][11]
- "Blacks given right of suffrage."[1]
- 1869
- National Convention of the Colored Men of America held in city.[12]
- American Equal Rights Association meets in city.[1]
- 1870
- Children's Hospital established.[11]
- Population: 109,199.[8]
- 1871
- 1877 - Washington Post newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1878 - Telephone begins operating.[3]
- 1880 - Population: 147,293 in city;[8] 177,624 in district.[3]
- 1881
- February: Flood.[3]
- "Tiber Canal filled in to become Constitution Avenue."[14]
- American National Red Cross headquartered in city.[11]
- 1885 - Washington Monument dedicated.[5]
- 1888 - Electric streetcar begins operating.[3]
- 1889 - National Zoo opens.[3]
- 1890
- Rock Creek Park established.[3]
- Population: 230,392.[8]
- 1893 - American University founded.[11]
- 1897 - American Negro Academy founded.[10]
- 1899 - Height of Buildings Act of 1899 legislated.[3]
20th century
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1900s-1940s
- 1900 - Population: 278,718.[8]
- 1902 - McMillan Plan for design of city introduced.[3]
- 1906 - District Building (city hall) constructed.[3]
- 1907
- Union Station built.[4]
- Washington National Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1910 - Population: 331,069.[8]
- 1912 - "Cherry trees planted around the Tidal Basin."[14]
- 1917 - National Sylvan Theater opens.[14]
- 1919 - July: Racial unrest.[3]
- 1920 - Population: 437,571.[8]
- 1922
- January 28: Storm crushes Knickerbocker Theatre.[3]
- May 30: Lincoln Memorial dedicated.[3]
- 1923 - Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art opens.[14]
- 1924
- National Capital Park Commission established.[14]
- Washington Senators baseball team wins 1924 World Series.[3]
- 1926 - Federal Triangle construction begins.[3]
- 1930 - Population: 486,869.[8]
- 1931 - National Symphony Orchestra formed.[15]
- 1932
- May: "Bonus Army" demonstration.[16]
- Arlington Memorial Bridge opens.[14]
- Folger Shakespeare Library built.[17]
- 1935 - National Cherry Blossom Festival begins.[14]
- 1937 - Washington Redskins football team active.[3]
- 1940 - Population: 663,091.[8]
- 1941
- National Airport built.[3]
- National Gallery of Art opens.[6]
- 1942 - Declaration by United Nations signed in city.[1]
- 1944 - International Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in city.[18]
- 1946 - International Monetary Fund headquartered in city.[2]
- 1949 - Whitehurst Freeway begins operating.[3]
1950s-1990s
- 1950 - Population: 802,178.[8]
- 1953 - January 15: 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck.[7]
- 1954 - March 1: United States Capitol shooting incident (1954).
- 1959 - International Antarctic Treaty signed in city.[9]
- 1960
- Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signed in city.[1]
- Population: 763,956.[8]
- 1962 - Streetcar stops operating.[3]
- 1963 - August 28: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; King gives "I Have a Dream" speech.[9]
- 1964
- November: "D.C. residents are able to vote for president for the first time."[19]
- Capital Beltway constructed.[3]
- 1965
- April 17: March Against the Vietnam War.[20]
- Washingtonian magazine begins publication.
- 1967
- Mayor-council form of government implemented;[3] Walter Washington becomes mayor.[6]
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins.[14]
- Biograph cinema opens.[21]
- 1968
- April: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots occur.[14]
- American Association of Retired Persons headquartered in city (approximate date).[11]
- 1969
- 1970 - Population: 756,510.[8]
- 1971
- April: Antiwar protest.[22]
- May: 1971 May Day protests against war.[9]
- June 30: New York Times Co. v. United States decided; allows Washington Post to publish Pentagon Papers about Vietnam.[9]
- Walter E. Fauntroy becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
- National Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens.[14]
- Center for Science in the Public Interest headquartered in city.[23]
- 1972 - Watergate scandal discovered.
- 1973 - Mayoral election established, per US Congress' District of Columbia Home Rule Act.[19]
- 1974 - Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum opens.[14]
- 1976
- March: Washington Metro begins operating.[7]
- May: Concorde supersonic airplane begins operating.[6]
- US Bicentennial held.[14]
- 1979 - Marion Barry becomes mayor.
- 1981
- March 30: Attempted assassination of president Reagan.[9]
- Washington City Paper begins publication.[13]
- 1982
- January 13: Crash of Air Florida Flight 90.[1]
- Washington Convention Center built.
- National Vietnam Veterans Memorial erected.[14][9]
- Washington Times newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1987
- Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery and National Museum of African Art open.[14]
- Dupont Circle 5 cinema in business.[21]
- 1991
- Eleanor Holmes Norton becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
- City bicentennial.[3]
- 1996 - City website online (approximate date).[24]
- 1999 - Anthony A. Williams becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2000 - May 14: Million Mom March held.[25]
- 2001 - September: 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 2003 - Washington Convention Center rebuilt.[3]
- 2007 - Adrian Fenty becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Nationals Park (stadium) opens.[3]
- 2009 - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is released, taking place in D.C.
- 2010 - Population: 601,723.[26]
- 2011
- Vincent C. Gray becomes mayor.
- CityCenterDC construction begins.
- 2015 - Muriel Bowser becomes mayor.
- 2016
- January 2016 United States winter storm.
- DC Streetcar begins operating.
- March-April: 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.
See also
- History of Washington, D.C.
- List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
- List of United States Congresses
- List of US presidential inaugural ceremonies
- Timeline of Alexandria, Virginia
References
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- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Chronology"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Haydn 1910.
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Bibliography
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