Timeline of Cincinnati
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1788 - Losantiville settled.[1]
- 1789 - Fort Washington built.
- 1790 - Losantiville renamed "Cincinnati."[1]
- 1791 - First Presbyterian Society formed.[2]
- 1793 - Centinel of the North-Western Territory newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1799 - Western Spy, and Hamilton Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
19th century
- 1802 - David Ziegler becomes mayor.
- 1804 - Methodist Episcopal Society founded.[2]
- 1811 - New Jerusalem Society instituted.[2]
- 1813 - Society of Friends formed.[2]
- 1814
- 1817
- 1818
- 1819
- Cincinnati College founded.
- Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
- Haydn Society instituted.[2]
- Cincinnati Medical Society established.[2]
- 1821 - Apprentices' Library founded.[5]
- 1822 - Jewish congregation established.[5]
- 1825 - Cincinnati Steam Paper Mill established.
- 1826
- Cincinnati Type Foundry in operation.[6]
- Cincinnati Colonization Society organized.[7]
- 1827 - Cincinnati Time Store established.
- 1828 - Frances Trollope's bazaar in business.[8]
- 1829
- Lane Theological Seminary established.
- Cincinnati riots of 1829
- 1835
- 1836
- The Philanthropist (Cincinnati, Ohio) and German/English-language Volksblatt[10] begin publication.
- Cincinnati riots of 1836
- 1839 - Ohio Mechanics' Institute fair held.[11]
- 1840 - Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge organized.[12]
- 1841 - Cincinnati riots of 1841
- 1843 - Whitewater Canal built.
- 1844 - Cincinnati Historical Society organized.
- 1847 - Strobridge Lithography Company in business.[13]
- 1848 - Turners' Library in operation.[4]
- 1849
- 1849 - First city in the U.S. to hold a municipal song festival, named Saengerfest
- Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio relocates to Cincinnati.[14]
- Carthage Road Cemetery founded.
- 1850
- Cincinnati Volksfreund begins publication.
- First city in the U.S. where a Jewish hospital was founded
- 1851 - J. P. Ball photography studio and gallery in operation.[15]
- 1852 - Convention of Colored Freemen held.[16]
- 1853
- Cincinnati riot of 1853
- First practical steam fire engine. First city to establish a municipal fire department and first fire pole.
- 1854 - Mendenhall's Circulating Library in operation.[4]
- 1855 - Cincinnati riots of 1855
- 1856 - Ehrgott & Forbriger established.
- 1858 - Daily Penny Press begins publication.[17]
- 1859 - The first horse-drawn streetcars are introduced.
- 1867
- Public Library established.[4]
- Cincinnati Conservatory of Music founded.
- 1869
- Cincinnati Reds founded
- First weather bureau.
- 1870
- First municipal university - the University of Cincinnati
- First city to hold annual industrial expositions
- 1871 - Tyler Davidson Fountain dedicated.
- 1872
- Cincinnati Bar Association established.[18]
- Cincinnati Orchestra founded.
- 1873 - Wielert's built.
- 1876 - 1876 Republican National Convention
- 1875 - First city where a Jewish theological college, Hebrew Union College, was established.
- 1877 - Cincinnati Southern Railway begins operating.[19]
- 1878 - Music Hall built.
- 1880 - 1880 Democratic National Convention
- 1884 - Cincinnati riots of 1884
- 1885 - Cincinnati Stock Exchange founded.
- 1888 - City hosts Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States.[20]
- 1889
- Cincinnati Milling Machine Company incorporated.
- Cincinnati streetcar system begins operating electric streetcars.
- 1893 - Cincinnati Orchestra Association founded.
- 1896 - Business Men's Club of Cincinnati incorporated.[21]
20th century
- 1902 - First reinforced concrete skyscraper - the Ingalls Building.
- 1905 - U.S. premier of Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
- 1906 - First university to offer cooperative education, University of Cincinnati.
- 1909 - Evening School for Foreigners opens.[22]
- 1911 - Mount Airy Forest established.
- 1912 - Labor Advocate newspaper begins publication.[23]
- 1914 - Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies at the Cincinnati Zoo.[24]
- 1926 - Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1926–1930) in operation.
- 1928 - LeBlond Aircraft Engine Corporation established.
- 1930 - Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad in operation.
- 1933 - Cincinnati Union Terminal opens.
- 1937 - Ohio River flood of 1937
- 1951 - Last line of the Cincinnati streetcar system is abandoned.
- 1952 - First heart-lung machine- makes open heart surgery possible. Developed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
- 1954 - First licensed public television station, WCET. [25]
- 1979 - 1979 The Who concert disaster
- 1983 - Air Canada Flight 797 accident
- 1987 - Sister city relationship established with Munich, Germany.[26]
- 1988 - Sister city relationships established with Gifu, Gifu, Japan and Liuzhou, China.[26]
- 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Kharkiv, Ukraine.[26]
- 1990
- Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal opens.
- Cincinnati History Museum opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Harare, Zimbabwe.[26]
- 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Nancy, France.[26]
- 1994 - Sister city relationship established with New Taipei, Taiwan.[26]
- 1999 - April 1999 Cincinnati tornado
21st century
- 2001 - Cincinnati riots of 2001
- 2005 - Mark Mallory becomes mayor.[27]
- 2012
- Sister city relationship established with Mysore, India.[26]
- Construction of the Cincinnati Streetcar begins.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cincinnati History Library and Archives. "Cincinnati Frequently Asked Questions". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 The Cincinnati directory for 1819, Cincinnati: Oliver Farnsworth, 1819, OCLC 825332
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cincinnati in 1826.
- ↑ "Cincinnati Type Foundry," Ohio State Journal And Columbus Gazette; Date: 07-06-1826
- ↑ Proceedings of the Cincinnati Colonization Society, Cincinnati: Printed by F.S. Benton, 1833, OCLC 25491490
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1943), Cincinnati: a Guide to the Queen City and its Neighbors, American Guide Series, Cincinnati: Wiesen-Hart Press
- ↑ Catalogue of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association, of Cincinnati, Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford, 1855, OCLC 8823275
- ↑ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045474/
- ↑ Proceedings of the second annual fair of the Ohio Mechanics' Institute. 1839
- ↑ Charles Cist (1841), Cincinnati in 1841: its early annals and future prospects, Cincinnati: Printed and pub. for the author
- ↑ "Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
- ↑ Cincinnati History Library and Archives. "History of the Library". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Cincinnati History Library and Archives. "J. P. Ball, African American Photographer". Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Conventions Organized by Year". Colored Conventions. University of Delaware. Retrieved April 2014.
- ↑ "Chronicling America". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Cincinnati Bar Association, 1872-1922, Cincinnati: The Association, 1922
- ↑ Z. Harrison (1878), Description of the Cincinnati southern railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig printing works, OCLC 13741078
- ↑ Official guide of the Centennial exposition of the Ohio Valley and central states, Cincinnati: J. F. C. Mullen, 1888
- ↑ Business Men's Club of Cincinnati (1902), Cincinnati: Queen City of the Ohio Valley and industrial center of the United States of America, and the Business Men's Club, devoted to the interests of the city beautiful, Cincinnati, Ohio: Webb Stationery and Printing Co., OCLC 14585857
- ↑ Department of Superintendence, National Education Association (February 22–27, 1915), Cincinnati: a city that, with well defined purpose, is seeking through the co-operation of all its institutions--social, civic, commercial, industrial, educational--to develop a unified system of public education that shall adequately meet the needs of all its people, Bachmeyer Press, OCLC 2188117
- ↑ "Chronicling America". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Richard Kurin (2013). Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-63877-4.
- ↑ "CET, Celebrating 50 Years". CETconnect.org. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 "Cincinnati USA Sister City Association". Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- "Cincinnati", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
- W. G. Lyford (1837), "Cincinnati, (Ohio,) in 1837", The Western Address Directory, Baltimore: Printed by J. Robinson
- Brooks, R. P., Cincinnati, pub (1844), The Cincinnati business directory for the year 1844, Cincinnati: R. P. Brooks
- Williams' Cincinnati Directory. Cincinnati: Williams & Company.
- "Ohio River: Cincinnati". James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1860.
- Geo. E. Stevens (1869), The city of Cincinnati: a summary of its attractions, advantages, institutions and internal improvements, with a statement of its public charities, Cincinnati, Ohio: Geo. S. Blanchard & Co.
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1871). "Cincinnati". Bibliotheca Americana 4. New York. OCLC 13972268.
- A. W Robinson (1875), Complete descriptive pocket guide to Cincinnati and its suburbs, Cincinnati: Robinson & Murphy
- Daniel J. Kenny (1875), Illustrated Cincinnati, Cincinnati: R. Clarke
- "Cincinnati", Appleton's Illustrated Hand-Book of American Cities, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876
- Peter Gibson Thomson (1880). "(Cincinnati)". A Bibliography of the State of Ohio.
- Picturesque Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Shillito Company, 1883
Published in the 20th century
- "Cincinnati", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Robert I. Vexler (1975), Howard B. Furer, ed., Cincinnati: a Chronological & Documentary History, 1676-1970, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006030
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Cincinnati", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- John Clayton Thomas (1986). Between Citizen and City: Neighborhood Organizations and Urban Politics in Cincinnati. Studies in Government and Public Policy. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0303-9.
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