Timeline of Newark, New Jersey
History of Newark, New Jersey, US by century
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Before 1800
- 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe.[1][2]
- 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date).
- 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date).[3]
- 1726 - College of New Jersey founded.[2]
- 1730 - Presbyterianism superseded Congregationalism.[2]
- 1743 - Trinity Church built.
- 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton.[4]
- 1770 - One tannery operated.[2]
- 1774 - Newark Academy established.
- 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces.
- 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built.
- 1791 - Woods's Newark Gazette begins publication.[5]
- 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date).
- 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded.[6]
- 1798 - Three tanneries operating.[2]
1800s
- 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded.[7]
- 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[8]
- 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.[9]
- 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.[10]
- 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[8]
- 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).[11]
- 1830 - Population: 10,953.[12][13]
- 1831 - Plane Street Church organized.[1]
- 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens.
- 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.[6][2]
- 1837 - 155 curriers and patent leather makers in the city.[2]
- 1840
- Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business.[14]
- Population: 17,290.[13]
- 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
- 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.[2]
- 1847 - Library Association founded.[8]
- 1848 - Influx of Germans.[2]
- 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1850
- Bethel Mission established.
- Population: 38,894.[13]
- 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1857
- 1858
- New Jersey Freie Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in business.
- 1860 - Population: 71,941.[13]
- 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.[17]
- 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business.[18]
- 1869
- Newark and New York Railroad begins operating.
- Newark City Cemetery in use.[citation needed]
- Newark Morning Register newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)[18]
- 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.[19][20]
- 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built.
- 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.[17]
- 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.[11]
- 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1881 - Newark Technical School established.
- 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens.
- 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built.
- 1885
- Johnston & Murphy[21] and Lutz Cafe in business.[17]
- 1885 American Cup soccer tournament held.[22]
- 1886 - Miner's Newark Theater opens.[23]
- 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
- 1889
- Newark Free Public Library opens.[24]
- Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway incorporated.
- 1890 - Population: 181,830.[2]
- 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business.
- 1894
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
- Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1895 - Branch Brook Park established.
- 1899 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart construction begins.
1900s
1900-1909
- 1900 - Population: 246,070.[25]
- 1901
- Beth Israel Hospital founded.[26]
- Newark Free Public Library opens its current location.[24]
- 1902 - Newark City Hall opened.
- 1903
- Jackson Street Bridge and Clay Street Bridge open.
- Roseville railroad station built.
- Newark trolley accident kills 8 students[27]
- 1905
- 1906
- Trees planted in Pequannock Watershed.[28]
- Literary Stratemeyer Syndicate active.[29]
- 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built.[16]
- 1908
- Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- St. Casimir's Church founded.
- 1909 - Newark Museum established.
1910s
- 1910
- 1911 - Shubert Theatre opens.[23]
- 1912
- Adams Theatre[31] and Empire Theatre built.[23]
- Equestrian statue of George Washington by J. Massey Rhind dedicated in Washington Park
- 1913
- Bridge Street Bridge opens.
- Moorish Science Temple of America headquartered in Newark.[32]
- 1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication.[33]
- 1916
- Robert Treat Hotel in business.[17]
- Military Park first opened.
- 1917 - Urban League founded.[34]
1920s
- 1920 - Carrier air conditioning plant begins operating.[citation needed]
- 1921 - Newark Morgen-Steren Yiddish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1922 - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra headquartered in city.
- 1925
- Shriners Salaam Temple built.
- Newark Schools Stadium opens.
- 1926 - Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge and Davids' Stadium open.
- 1927 - Stanley Theater opened.
- 1928
- Newark Airport begins operating.
- New Jersey Luso-Americano Portuguese-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[5]
1930s
- 1930 - Lefcourt building constructed.
- 1931
- Italian Tribune begins publication.[35]
- National Newark building opens.
- 1935
- Newark City Subway begins operating.
- Newark Penn Station dedicated.
- 1936 - University of Newark established.
- 1939 - Newark Hot Club formed (music club).[36]
1940s and 1950s
- 1942
- Savoy Records founded.[37]
- Hydeaway Bar in business.[37]
- 1949 - After Hours magazine begins publication.[37]
- 1954 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart consecrated.
- 1958 - September 15: Newark Bay rail accident.
1960s
- 1960 - Population: 405,000.[38]
- 1962 - Youth Career Development Center initiated.[39]
- 1964 - Newark Symphony Hall established.
- 1966 - New Jersey Symphony Boys Choir founded.
- 1967
- July 12–17: 1967 Newark riots occur.[40][26]
- July 20: Black power conference held in city.[41][40]
- 1969 - Ironbound Community Corporation[42] and New Community Corporation founded.
1970s
- 1970 - Kenneth Gibson becomes first African American mayor on the eastern seaboard.[43]
- 1971 - Gateway Center built.
- 1977 - City hosts first Islamic Conference of North America.[32]
- 1978 - August 20: Clinton Avenue Five boys disappear.
- 1979 - Foreign trade zone established.[44][45]
1980s
- 1984 - Former Diamond Alkali plant site in Ironbound declared a Superfund site (polluted area).[46]
- 1986 - Sharpe James becomes mayor.[47]
- 1989
- Donald M. Payne becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district.[48]
- Sister city relationship established with Aveiro, Portugal.[49]
1990s
- 1990 - Population: 275,221.[13]
- 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Banjul, Gambia.[50]
- 1992
- One Newark Center and Penn Plaza East building constructed.[16]
- Sister city relationship established with Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.[51]
- 1995 - Society Hill condo built.[52]
- 1997
- City website online.[53][54][55]
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center opens.
- 1999 - Bears Stadium opens.[56]
2000s
2000-2009
- 2000
- Newark Legal Center built.
- Population: 273,546.[25]
- 2002 - City's "Open Public Records Act Office" established.[57]
- 2003 - May 11: Murder of Sakia Gunn.
- 2006
- Cory Booker becomes mayor.[58]
- Garden State Rollergirls headquartered in city.
- 2007
- Jewish Museum of New Jersey opens.
- Prudential Center built.
2010s
- 2010
- 2013 - November 4: Luis A. Quintana becomes interim mayor.[61]
- 2014 - Ras Baraka becomes mayor.[62]
