Timeline of Hartford, Connecticut
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
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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.
- 1764 - Connecticut Courant newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 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.
- 1792 - Hartford Bank incorporated.[5]
- 1796 - State House built.
- 1797 - Joseph Steward's museum opens.
19th century
- 1810 - Hartford Fire Insurance Company incorporated.[5]
- 1812 - Chauncey Goodrich elected mayor.
- 1814
- Hartford Convention.
- Phoenix Bank incorporated.[5]
- 1818
- Bridge over Connecticut River built.[1]
- American Asylum for Deaf-mutes incorporated.
- 1819 - Aetna Insurance Company[6] and Society for Savings[5] incorporated.
- 1820 - Population: 4,726.
- 1823
- Washington College founded.
- Hartford Female Seminary established.
- Connecticut River Steamboat Co. incorporated.[5]
- 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.[5] and Protection Insurance Co. incorporated.[5]
- 1826
- The Hartford Times newspaper begins publication.
- African Religious Society church built on Talcott Street.[7]
- 1827 - Christ Church Cathedral built.
- 1830 - Population: 7,074.
- 1833
- 1834 - Exchange Bank incorporated.[5]
- 1835 - Patriot and Democrat newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1836
- 1837 - Daily Courant newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1838 - Hartford Young Men’s Institute formed.
- 1840 - Hartford Times newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1841 - Washington Temperance Society, Martha Washington Temperance Society, and Young Men's Temperance Society organized.[5]
- 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 - Hartford Daily Post newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1860
- Boys' Club founded.
- Population: 26,917.
- Police department established.
- 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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[12]
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 1919 - Travelers Tower built.
- 1920 - The Hartt School founded.
- 1921 - University of Connecticut School of Law established.
- 1930 - Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall opens.[13]
- 1931 - Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford organized.[14]
- 1934 - Symphony Society of Greater Hartford formed.[15]
- 1935 - Thomas J. Spellacy elected mayor.
- 1938 - Hurricane.
- 1941 - Windsor Locks airfield active.
- 1942 - Connecticut Opera formed.
- 1944
- Interstate 84 constructed.
- Circus fire.
- 1945 - 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 Mutual Life Insurance Building constructed.
- 1964 - Constitution Plaza built.
- 1967 - Greater Hartford Community College established.
- 1968 - Harriet Beecher Stowe House museum opens.[16]
- 1970
- Racial unrest.[17]
- 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.[18]
- City Place I built.
- 1987
- 1992
- Capital Community College established.
- Connecticut Forum founded.
- 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.[21]
- 2011 - Hurricane Irene.
See also
- History of Hartford, Connecticut
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Hartford", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Laurel Ulrich, ed. (2006). "Timeline". Inventing New England: History, Memory, and the Creation of a Regional Identity. Harvard University. Retrieved July 2014.
Historical Studies B-41
- ↑ William Smith Porter (1842), "Hartford in 1640", Historical notices of Connecticut (Hartford: E. Geer's Press), OCLC 6658847
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 Geer's Hartford city directory for 1845. Hartford: Elihu Geer. 1845. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States: 1897-8. Hartford, Conn.: H.R. Hayden. 1898.
- ↑ Connecticut Freedom Trail. "Faith Congregational Church (Talcott Street Congregational)". List of Sites. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Connecticut Courant, 04-09-1833
- ↑ Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Conn.) (1903), Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Connecticut, 1863-1903 (Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Connecticut, 1863-1903. ed.), Hartford, Conn: The Cemetery
- ↑ Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Cycling. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7175-5.
- ↑ Geer's Hartford city directory. Hartford: Hartford Printing Co. 1903. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ "American and Western Photographic Societies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1890
- ↑ The Bushnell. "History". Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. "About Us". Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Hartford Symphony Orchestra. "About". Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. "About Us". Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis, ed. (2005). "Chronology". To Make Our World Anew: a History of African Americans. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983893-6.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
- ↑ "Practice Centers, USA". Woodstock, NY: Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ↑ Pluralism Project. "Hartford, Connecticut". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
Further reading
- Isaac William Stuart (1853), Hartford in the olden time: its first thirty years, by Scæva, ed. by W.M.B. Hartley, Hartford: Brown
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1877). "Hartford, Conn.". Bibliotheca Americana 8. New York. OCLC 13972268.
- The charter and revised ordinances of the city of Hartford, Hartford: Press of the Fowler & Miller Co., 1884
- J. Hammond Trumbull (1886), The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Boston: E. L. Osgood, OCLC 1187853
- Hartford town votes, 1635-1716, Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1897
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Hartford", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Hartford, Connecticut", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, ABC-CLIO
(fulltext via Open Library)
- "Connecticut: Hartford", New England (3rd ed.), Lonely Planet, 2002, p. 476+, OL 24765202M
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