Timeline of Oakland, California
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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.[1]
- 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
- 1855 – Lyceum founded.[2]
- 1860 – Population: 1,543.
- 1863 – Heald's Business College established.[3]
- 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.[3]
- 1866 – Police Court established.[4]
- 1868
- Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.[5]
- University of California and Oakland Library Association established.[2]
- Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
- 1869
- Railway begins operating.[6]
- Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary[6] and Oakland Fire Department established.
- Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.[7]
- 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
- 1872
- 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
- 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.[8]
- 1880 – Population: 34,456.[1]
- 1884 – Horton School established.[3]
- 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.[3]
- 1900 – Population: 66,960.
20th century
- 1904 – Pacific Technical College established.[3]
- 1906
- April 18: San Francisco earthquake; refugees flee to Oakland.[6]
- August 6: Newman's College, one of the first sportsbars, was registered as a corporation in Oakland.[9]
- 1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded.[6]
- 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[10] and Children's Hospital founded.
- 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established.[6]
- 1914
- Oakland Technical High School established.
- Oakland City Hall and Civic Auditorium built.
- 1917 – Joaquin Miller Park established.[6]
- 1920 – Population: 216,261.
- 1922 – Snow Museum of Natural History opens.
- 1923 – Tribune Tower completed.
- 1924 – Granada Theater opens.[11]
- 1927
- Oakland Airport begins operating.
- Port of Oakland opens.
- 1928
- Clorox Chemical Company in business.
- Posey Tube (traffic tunnel) built.[6]
- 1931 – Paramount Theatre built.
- 1933 – Oakland Symphony active.
- 1936
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
- Alameda County Courthouse built.[6]
- Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society established.[12]
- 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.[11]
- 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.[13]
- 1988 – Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
- 1989 – October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- 1990 – Population: 372,242.[14]
- 1991 – October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[15][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 – Jerry Brown becomes mayor.
- 2000 – Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.
21st century
- 2002 – Taoist Center opens.[16][17]
- 2003
- April 7: Anti-war protest.
- Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.[18][19]
- Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).[20]
- 2004 – Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
- 2007
- East Bay Meditation Center opens.[17][21]
- 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.[22]
- 2010
- 2011
- October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
- Jean Quan becomes mayor.
- Sudoroom established.[25]
- 2012
- April 2: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
- Oakland Wiki begins publication.[26]
- 2014
- Oakland Police Beat begins publication.[27]
- Libby Schaaf becomes mayor.
- 2016 - 2016 Oakland warehouse fire.
- 2020
- 2022 - Sheng Thao becomes mayor.
- 2024 - Thao is recalled in an election.
- 2025 - Barbara Lee becomes mayor.
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
