Timeline of Burlington, Vermont
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Burlington, Vermont, USA
Prior to 19th century
- 1763 - Town charter granted by the British Province of New Hampshire.[1]
- 1774 - Settlement established.[1]
- 1791
- March 4: Town becomes part of the State of Vermont.
- November 3: University of Vermont founded.[2][3]
- Burlington becomes shire town of Chittenden County.[4]
- 1797 - Burlington Mercury newspaper begins publication.[5]
19th century
- 1804 - Grasse Mount built, now a campus building of the University of Vermont
- 1810 - Population: 1,690.[6]
- 1813 - August 2: Town besieged by British forces.
- 1815 - September: University of Vermont begins operating again.[2]
- 1816 - Unitarian Church built.
- 1823 - Methodist Episcopal Church established.[7]
- 1825 - LaFayette visits town.[2]
- 1826 - Champlain Transportation Company founded.[8]
- 1827
- Free Press Weekly begins publication.[9]
- Champlain Glass Company established.[4]
- 1829
- 1830 - Episcopal Society of Burlington founded.[8]
- 1834 - Baptist church established.[11]
- 1842 - Burlington Mechanics' Institute founded.[12]
- 1845 - Winooski Mill Company established.[4]
- 1847
- 1848 - Central Vermont Railway began operating (until 1995).[1]
- 1849
- 1852 - Burlington Lyceum founded.[12]
- 1853 - Medical College established as part of the University of Vermont.[2]
- 1854
- 1856 - Van Sicklen & Walker grocers in business.[2]
- 1857
- Custom House built.[4]
- Burlington Breakwater Lights established.[3]
- 1858
- 1862 - University of Vermont library building constructed.[2]
- 1865
- Burlington chartered as a city;[1] town of South Burlington established.[15]
- Albert Catlin becomes mayor.[16]
- Vermont Agricultural College incorporated with the University of Vermont.[2][3]
- Home for Destitute Children founded.[2]
- 1866 - St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum incorporated.[2]
- 1867
- J.M. Henry & Sons in business.[2]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.[1]
- 1869 - First Methodist Church of Burlington built.
- 1870
- 1872
- 1873
- Fletcher Free Library established.[18]
- County courthouse built.[2]
- 1874 - Park House (hotel) in business.[2]
- 1877 - Howard Opera House built (approximate date).[2]
- 1878 - Burlington Commercial School established.[2]
- 1879 - Mary Fletcher Hospital founded.[1]
- 1880 - Population: 11,365.[1]
- 1884 - Burlington Venetian Blind Company incorporated.[19]
- 1885
- Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue built.
- Urban A. Woodbury becomes mayor.
- 1886 - Daniel Webster Robinson House built.
- 1887 - Cathedral of Saint Joseph completed.
- 1888 - Burlington Cotton Mills incorporated.[20]
- 1889
- 1890 - Population: 14,590.[1]
- 1894
- Queen City Cotton Co. incorporated.[20]
- William J. Van Patten becomes mayor.
- Burlington Daily News begins publication.[5]
- Fort Ethan Allen established.[1]
- 1897
- Burlington Masonic Temple built.[1]
- Battery Park established.[21]
- 1900 - Population: 18,640.[1]
20th century
- 1902 - Fletcher Free Library re-located.
- 1904 - Strong Theatre opens.[22]
- 1905
- Burlington Electric Department created.
- McIntosh and Crandall engineering company in business.[8]
- 1910 - Population: 20,468.[1]
- 1916 - Union Station operated until 1953.
- 1920 - First aircraft lands at Burlington International Airport.
- 1922
- 1925 - Trinity College founded.[8]
- 1926 - Ira Allen Chapel dedicated.
- 1930 - Flynn Theatre built.[25]
- 1948 - U.S. Coast Guard Station Burlington established on Juniper Island.
- 1953 - Ethan Allen Air Force Base activated.
- 1964 - Burlington High School moves to current location; as part of a major realignment of the city's schools, Edmunds Elementary opens on the former campus replacing Adams (sold off and repurposed as office space) and Converse (demolished in urban renewal) schools.
- 1967
- 1969 - Howard Center headquartered in city.
- 1972 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception destroyed by arson.
- 1973 - Burlington International Airport new terminal opens.
- 1977 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception re-built (closed 2018)
- 1978 - Ben & Jerry's in business.
- 1981
- Church Street Marketplace constructed.
- Bernie Sanders becomes mayor.[27]
- 1983 - City government Community and Economic Development Office established.[28]
- 1989
- Outright Vermont founded.
- Peter Clavelle becomes mayor.[16]
- 1990
- Burlington City Arts established.[29]
- Cara Wick designs the flag of Burlington as a school project.
- 1993
- 1998 - City website online.[30]
- 2000 - "Legacy Plan" for development created.[28]
21st century
- 2003 - Howard Dean presidential campaign, 2004 headquartered in Burlington.[31]
- 2006 - Bob Kiss becomes mayor.
- 2009 - Vermont Daily News begins publication.
- 2010
- Population: 42,417
- The city-owned Burlington Telecom cable provider is unable to pay the city of Burlington the $17 million it owes. As a result, Moody's downrates the debt for the city to A2, "upper medium". Moody's also downrates the credit rating for Burlington International Airport.[32]
- 2012 - Miro Weinberger becomes mayor.[33]
- 2014 - with the purchase of the Winooski 1 hydroelectric project on the Winooski River electricity comes from 100 percent renewable sources[34]
- 2015 - Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016 headquartered in Burlington.
- 2017 - Owen and Lucas Marchessault win a competition to redesign the former flag of Burlington. Their winning design is the current flag of the city.
