Timeline of Hartford, Connecticut
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Prior to 19th century
- 1623 – Fort Hoop built by Dutch West India Company.
- 1635 – English settlers arrive.
- 1636 – First Church congregation relocates to "Newtown", Connecticut, from New Town, Massachusetts.[1]
- 1637
- Settlement renamed Hartford.
- Town square laid out.[1]
- 1638 – Latin school founded.
- 1640 – Burying Ground established (approximate date).
- 1647 – Alse Young hanged for witchcraft.[2]
- 1662 – Hartford serving as capital of Connecticut Colony.[1]
- 1670 – Indian treaty signed.[3]
- 1701 – Hartford and New Haven designated joint capitals of Connecticut Colony.
- 1720 - “Hartford Hills” separate to form the town of Bolton.
- 1758 - Noah Webster born here, publisher of Grammatical Institute of the English Language[1]
- 1764 – Connecticut Courant newspaper begins publication.[4][1]
- 1774 – Library Company formed.
- 1775 – 4th Connecticut Regiment organized.
- 1783 – Town of East Hartford separates from Hartford.
- 1784
- 1788 – Woollen mill in operation.[1]
- 1790 – Population: 2,683.[6]
- 1792 – Hartford Bank incorporated.[7]
- 1796
- American Cookery published.
- State House built.
- 1797 – Joseph Steward's museum opens.
19th century
- 1810 – Hartford Fire Insurance Company incorporated.[7]
- 1812 – Chauncey Goodrich elected mayor.
- 1814
- Hartford Convention.
- Phoenix Bank incorporated.[7]
- 1818
- Bridge over Connecticut River built.[1]
- American Asylum for Deaf-mutes incorporated.
- 1819 – Aetna Insurance Company[8] and Society for Savings[7] incorporated.
- 1820 – Population: 4,726.
- 1823
- Washington College founded.
- Hartford Female Seminary established.
- Connecticut River Steamboat Co. incorporated.[7]
- 1824
- Nathaniel Terry becomes mayor.
- Connecticut Retreat for the Insane opens.
- 1825
- Connecticut Historical Society established.
- Times & Hartford Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Connecticut River Banking Co.[7] and Protection Insurance Co. incorporated.[7]
- 1826
- The Hartford Times newspaper begins publication.
- African Religious Society church built on Talcott Street.[9]
- 1827 – Christ Church Cathedral built.
- 1830 – Population: 7,074.
- 1833
- Miss Draper's Seminary for Young Ladies in operation (approximate date).[10]
- Hartford Literary and Religious Institution[citation needed] and Colored Methodist Episcopal congregation formed.[citation needed]
- Farmers & Mechanics Bank incorporated.[7]
- 1834 – Exchange Bank incorporated.[7]
- 1835 – Patriot and Democrat newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1836
- 1837 – Daily Courant newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1838 – Hartford Young Men's Institute formed.
- 1840
- 1841 – Washington Temperance Society, Martha Washington Temperance Society, and Young Men's Temperance Society organized.[7]
- 1843 – Hartford Journal newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1844
- Hartford and New Haven Railroad and Hartford and Springfield Railroad begin operating.
- Wadsworth Atheneum opens.
- 1847 – I. & G. Fox Co. established.
- 1848 – Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company founded.
- 1849 – The Republican newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1850 – Population: 13,555.
- 1853 – Aetna Life Insurance Company incorporated.
- 1854
- Henry C. Deming becomes mayor.
- West Hartford municipality splits from Hartford.
- Connecticut State Library and Hartford Hospital established.
- 1856
- City rechartered.
- Charter Oak felled in storm.
- Hartford Evening Press newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Armsmear built for Samuel Colt.
- 1858
- The Putnam Phalanx, a ceremonial honor guard, established.[11]
- Hartford Daily Post newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1860
- Boys' Club founded.
- Population: 26,917.
- Police department established.[citation needed]
- 1864 – Travelers Insurance Company founded.
- 1865 – Theological Institute of Connecticut relocates to Harford.
- 1866 – Charles R. Chapman becomes mayor.
- 1868
- Bushnell Park laid out.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery consecrated.
- 1869 – Travelers Journal newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1872
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and Ados Israel Synagogue founded.
- Windsor Avenue Congregational Church built (approximate date).
- 1873 – Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church built.
- 1874 – Mark Twain's house built on Farmington Avenue.
- 1876 – Cheney Building constructed.
- 1877 – Hartford Society for Decorative Art formed.
- 1878
- George G. Sumner elected mayor.
- State Capitol building constructed.
- Pope Manufacturing Company in business, making Columbia Bicycles.[12]
- 1880 – Morgan Bulkeley becomes mayor.
- 1881 – Watkinson School founded.
- 1882 – Post Office and Custom House built.
- 1883
- 1884 – The Wooden Nutmeg begins publication.[4]
- 1885 – Hartford Camera Club organized.[14]
- 1886 – Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch dedicated.
- 1888 – Hartford Morning Record newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1889 – Union Station built.
- 1890 – Population: 53,230.
- 1892 – Hartford Public Library opens.
- 1896
- City consolidated.[citation needed]
- Parsons Theatre opens on April 1, 1896.[15]
- 1897 – Elizabeth Park laid out (approximate date).
- 1898
- Pope Park laid out.
- La Salette Missionary college in operation.[1]
- Sage-Allen building constructed.
- 1899 – Corning Fountain in Bushnell Park dedicated.
- 1900 - Population: 79,850.[1]
20th century
- 1901 – Underwood Typewriter Company factory in operation.
- 1908
- Bridge over Connecticut River rebuilt.[1]
- Royal Typewriter Company manufactory in operation.
- Morgan art gallery built.[1]
- 1909 – Flood.
- 1910
- Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building constructed.
- Population: 98,915.[1]
- 1919 – Travelers Tower built.
- 1920 – The Hartt School founded.
- 1921 – University of Connecticut School of Law established.
- 1925 – WTIC (AM) radio begins broadcasting.[16]
- 1930 – Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall opens.[17]
- 1931 – Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford organized.[18]
- 1934
- February 7: Premiere of Thomson's opera Four Saints in Three Acts.[19]
- Symphony Society of Greater Hartford formed.[20]
- 1935 – Thomas J. Spellacy elected mayor.
- 1938 – Hurricane.
- 1941 – Windsor Locks airfield active.
- 1942 – Connecticut Opera formed.
- 1944
- Interstate 84 constructed.
- Circus fire.
- 1945
- Hartford Collection of local history established at the public library.[21]
- State governor's residence locates to Prospect Avenue in Hartford.
- 1947
- Edward N. Allen becomes mayor.
- Bradley International Airport established.
- Hillyer College established.
- 1950 – Population: 177,397.
- 1955 – Hartford Graduate School established by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- 1957 – University of Hartford chartered.
- 1962 – Cathedral of St. Joseph rebuilt.
- 1963
- Hartford Stage founded.
- Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building constructed.
- 1964 – Constitution Plaza built.
- 1967 – Greater Hartford Community College established.
- 1968 – Harriet Beecher Stowe House museum opens.[22]
- 1970
- Racial unrest.[24]
- Cinestudio founded.
- 1974
- Mark Twain House museum opens.
- Hartford Advocate begins publication.
- 1975
- Hartford Civic Center opens.
- Real Art Ways established.
- Valley Advocate and Hartford Inquirer newspapers begin publication.[4]
- 1976 – Connecticut Transit Hartford founded.
- 1979
- Hartford Whalers hockey team active.
- Charter Oak Cultural Center established.
- 1980
- Population: 136,392.[25]
- City Place I built.
- 1987
- 1992
- Capital Community College established.
- Connecticut Forum founded.
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[28][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 – Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy established.
21st century
- 2001 – Eddie Perez elected mayor.
- 2004 – University High School of Science and Engineering established.
- 2005 – Connecticut Convention Center opens.
- 2008 – Global Communications Academy opens.
- 2009 – Connecticut Science Center opens.
- 2010
- Population: 124,775.
- Pedro Segarra becomes mayor.[29]
- 2011 – Hurricane Irene.
- 2016 – Hartford Connecticut Temple of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated in Farmington, Connecticut, a suburb. It is the second Latter-day Saint temple dedicated in New England.
