Timeline of Louisville, Kentucky
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Prior to 19th century
- 1778 - George Rogers Clark settles on Corn Island.
- 1780 - Louisville chartered.
- 1798 - Jefferson Seminary chartered.
19th century
- 1807 - Louisville Gazette newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1828
- John Bucklin becomes mayor.
- Population: 7,000.
- 1829
- 1830
- Louisville Daily Journal newspaper begins publication.[1]
- Louisville and Portland Canal opens.
- 1831 - Louisville Lyceum established.[4]
- 1837 - Louisville Medical Institute founded.
- 1838 - Louisville Gas and Water established.
- 1839 - Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind founded.
- 1840
- Louisville Collegiate Institute founded.
- Franklin Lyceum founded.[5]
- 1841
- Louisville Law Library in operation.[6]
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville established.
- 1842
- 1844 - Louisville Morning Courier newspaper begins publication.[1]
- 1846 - University of Louisville formed.
- 1848 - Cave Hill Cemetery dedicated.
- 1850
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad begins operating.
- Kentucky Glass Works in business.
- 1851 - German Protestant Orphan's Home founded.
- 1859 - J. F. Hillerich in business.[8]
- 1862 - Board of Trade organized.[9]
- 1868
- Fourteenth Street Bridge built.
- The Courier-Journal newspaper begins publication.
- 1872 - Industrial Exposition.
- 1874 - Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association formed.
- 1875 - Kentucky Derby begins; Churchill Downs opens.
- 1876 - Polytechnic Society of Kentucky organized.[5]
- 1877 - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary relocates to Louisville.
- 1879 - Kaufman-Straus department store opens.
- 1882 - Louisville Eclipse baseball team formed.
- 1883 - Southern Exposition begins.
- 1884
- Filson Club founded.
- The Louisville Times begins publication.
- Chestnut Street Baptist Church built.
- 1886 - Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge opens.
- 1889 - Union Station built.
- 1890
- Columbia Building constructed.
- Tornado.
- Population: 161,129.[10]
- 1893 - Southern Parkway opens.
- 1894 - St. Peter's German Evangelical Church built.
- 1895 - Big Four Bridge opens.
- 1897 - Louisville Business Women's Club founded.[3]
20th century
- 1900
- 1905
- Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch opens.
- Louisville Gardens opens.
- Jefferson School of Law opens.
- Fontaine Ferry Park (amusement park) opens.
- 1907
- The annual Kentucky State Fair moves permanently to Louisville.
- 1908
- Louisville Free Public Library main branch opens.
- 1910
- Snead Manufacturing Building constructed.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium opens.
- 1921
- Bowman airfield opens.
- Legal Aid Society of Louisville established.
- 1923
- Brown Hotel opened.
- Brown Hotel chef Fred Schmidt introduces the Hot Brown sandwich.
- Chickasaw Park laid out (approximate date).
- 1926
- Zachary Taylor National Cemetery created by the Taylor family.
- 1929
- Louisville Municipal Bridge opens.
- 1930
- Masonic Temple built.
- 1932
- 1937
- Louisville Orchestra is founded.
- Ohio River flood.
- 1941
- Standiford Field airport built.
- 1946
- Jefferson County Memorial Forest inaugurated.
- 1947
- Standiford Field opens for commercial flights.
- 1949
- Carriage House Players active.
- 1950
- Bellarmine College opens.
- 1952
- Big Spring Country Club hosted the annual PGA Championship; Jim Turnesa won the event.
- 1954
- The annual WHAS Crusade for Children telethon begins.
- 1956
- Freedom Hall opened on the Kentucky Fairgrounds.
- Kentucky Derby Festival begins as two weeks preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby.
- 1957
- St. James Court Art Show held its first annual arts and craft show in the Old Louisville neighborhood.
- 1958
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1958 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; University of Kentucky won the National Championship.
- 1959
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1959 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; University of California-Berkeley won the National Championship.
- 1962
- Sherman Minton Bridge opened.
- Mid-City Mall opened.
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1962 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; University of Cincinnati won the National Championship.
- 1963
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge opened.
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; Loyola University (IL) won the National Championship.
- 1964
- Kennedy Interchange (Spaghetti Junction) opened.
- Actors Theatre of Louisville opened.
- 1965
- Republican Kenneth A. Schmied was elected mayor; he was the last Republican to be elected mayor.
- 1967
- Kentucky Colonels basketball team founded.
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1967 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; UCLA won the National Championship.
- 1969
- Louisville Zoo opens as "State Zoo of Kentucky".
- Freedom Hall hosted the 1969 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship; UCLA won the National Championship.
- Democrat Frank W. Burke was elected mayor.
- 1973
- Democrat Harvey I. Sloane was elected mayor for the first time.
- Triple Crown Winner Secretariat ran the fastest time ever at the annual Kentucky Derby.
- 1974
- Tornado occurs in the east end of Louisville.
- Actors Theatre of Louisville opened is designated the "State Theater of Kentucky"
- TARC began operating aS the city bus line in 1974.
- 1977
- Democrat William B. Stansbury was elected mayor.
- 1982
- Democrat Harvey I. Sloane was elected mayor for the second time.
- 1986
- Democrat Jerry Abramson was elected mayor for the first time.
- 1987
- Kentucky Kingdom amusement park opened the Kentucky Exposition Center.
- The Courier-Journal was purchased by media giant Gannett.
- 1988
- Louisville Motor Speedway opened.
- 1990
- Thunder Over Louisville has its first annual event and becomes the first event of the annual Kentucky Derby Festival.
- 1993
- AEGON Center is completed and becomes the tallest building in Kentucky.
- 1995
- Standiford Field is renamed to Louisville International Airport.
- 1996
- Louisville Slugger Museum opened in Downtown Louisville.
- 1999
- Louisville Waterfront Park dedicated.
- Democrat David L. Armstrong was elected mayor.
21st century
- 2000
- Louisville Slugger Field opened for the newly renamed Louisville Bats, who became a minor league affiliate for the Cincinnati Reds the same year.
- Valhalla Golf Club hosts the annual PGA Championship, Tiger Woods won the competition.
- 2001
- Louisville Bats win the Governors' Cup, AAA Championship
- 2002
- Louisville Extreme Park opens.
- Valley Sports wins the 2002 Little League World Series.
- Forecastle Festival begins its annual music festival.
- 2003
- City–county merger increases Louisville's total population to near one-million.
- Democrat Jerry Abramson is elected mayor for the second time.
- 2004
- Fourth Street Live opened as entertainment complex/venue in downtown Louisville.
- Valhalla Golf Club hosts the annual PGA Championship, Hale Irwin won the competition.
- 2005
- Muhammad Ali Center opens as a tribute to the champion boxer Muhammad Ali.
- The annual Abbey Road on the River is held in Louisville for the first time.
- Jim Patterson Stadium opens.
- 2006
- Churchill Downs hosts the annual Breeders Cup.
- 2007
- University of Louisville competes in its first BCS game by defeating Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl
- Thunder Over Louisville sets record crowd of over 800,000 people.'
- 2008
- Valhalla Golf Club hosts the annual Ryder Cup, the United States won the competition.
- 2009
- McAlpine Locks and Dam are expanded.
- Widely publicized extortion trial between University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino and Karen Sypher occurred.
- 2010
- 2010 US Census Population: 602,011.
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom closed due to the rejection of an amended lease by the Kentucky State Fair Board.
- KFC Yum! Center opened as Louisville's new downtown multi-use arena.
- Churchill Downs hosted the annual Breeders Cup.
- 2011
- Democrat Greg Fischer is elected mayor after Jerry Abramson becomes Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
- Valhalla Golf Club hosted the annual PGA Championship; Tom Watson won the competition.
- Sherman Minton Bridge temporarily closed in September after construction crews found cracks in the main load-bearing structural element.
- Churchill Downs hosts the annual Breeders Cup.
- 2012
- Sherman Minton Bridge reopened in February after months of repairs.
- KFC Yum! Center hosted second and third round games of the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
- 2013
- Big Four Bridge opened as a converted pedestrian walkway from Louisville into Jeffersonville, Indiana.
- University of Louisville won its third men's basketball NCAA Championship.
- University of Louisville competed in its second BCS game, defeats Florida in the Sugar Bowl
- 2014
- Kentucky Kingdom reopened as Louisville's theme park.
- Valhalla Golf Club hosted the annual PGA Championship; Rory McIlroy won the competition.
See also
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
- List of mayors of Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Old Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in The Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisville's West End
- Timeline of Lexington, Kentucky
- Timeline of Kentucky history
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Edwin Atlee Barber (1909), The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of American Ceramic Art from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (3rd ed.), New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, OCLC 1732507
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 John E. Kleber, ed. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky.
- ↑ Benjamin Casseday (1852), The history of Louisville, Louisville, Ky: Hull and Brother, OCLC 2017121
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 History of the Ohio falls cities and their counties 1, Cleveland, Ohio: L. A. Williams & Co., 1882
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Haynes McMullen (Jan 1966). "The Use of Books in the Ohio Valley before 1850". Journal of Library History 1. JSTOR 25539956.
- ↑ Louisville Slugger Museum. "Timeline". Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Courier-Journal almanac for 1901. Louisville Courier-Journal Co. 1901.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Louisville", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Louisville Bar Association. "About the LBA". Retrieved September 3, 2012.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- "Louisville", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
- Louisville Directory for the year 1832. Louisville: Otis. 1832.. 1970 reprint
- Lewis Collins (1850), "Jefferson County", Historical sketches of Kentucky, Maysville, Ky: L. Collins
- R.H. Long (1863), "Louisville", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- "Ohio River: Louisville". James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1871.
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1878). "Louisville, Ky.". Bibliotheca Americana 10. New York. OCLC 13972268.
- J. Stoddard Johnston (1896), Memorial history of Louisville from its first settlement to the year 1896, Chicago: American Biographical Pub. Co., OCLC 3346757
- Published in the 20th century
- Directory of the City of Louisville for 1909. Louisville: Caron Directory Company. 1909.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Louisville, KY", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- George H. Yater (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Fall of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County (2nd ed.). Louisville, Kentucky: Filson Club, Incorporated. ISBN 0-9601072-3-1. (first edition published in 1979)
- "The South: Kentucky: Louisville", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
- Published in the 21st century
- Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld, ed. (2012), "Civic culture and corporate regime in Louisville", Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, ISBN 9781409436546
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