Timeline of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1721 – Fort established by French.[1]
- 1779 - September: Battle of Baton Rouge (1779).
19th century
- 1810 - September: Baton Rouge becomes capital of the Republic of West Florida,[2] but the republic is annexed by the U.S. as part of the Territory of Orleans (which becomes the U.S. state of Louisiana in 1812).
- 1817 - Town incorporated.[3]
- 1819 - Baton-Rouge Gazette newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1833 - State Library of Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge.[5]
- 1835 - Louisiana State Penitentiary in operation.[6]
- 1842 - Democratic Advocate newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1849 - Baton Rouge becomes capital of Louisiana.[3]
- 1850 – First Capitol building constructed.[7]
- 1852 - Louisiana Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind[8] and Magnolia Cemetery established.
- 1860 - Andrew Lytle photography studio in business.[9][10]
- 1861 – January 23: Louisiana secession convention held.[7]
- 1862
- May 12: City occupied by U.S. federal troops.[7]
- August 5: Battle of Baton Rouge (1862).[11]
- 1867 - Baton Rouge National Cemetery established.
- 1868 - St. Joseph's Academy founded.[12]
- 1869 - Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana relocated to Baton Rouge.[13]
- 1870 - Seminary renamed "Louisiana State University".[13]
- 1882 – State capital returns to Baton Rouge,[1] following the Reconstruction Era.
- 1897 - Audubon Sugar School of Louisiana State University founded.[12]
20th century
- 1905 - Daily State newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1909 - Baton Rouge Refinery commissioned.
- 1916
- Southern College relocates to Baton Rouge.[7]
- Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge established.[14]
- 1923 - Baton Rouge General Hospital active.[15]
- 1924 - Community Coffee in business.
- 1926
- New Louisiana State University campus dedicated.[13]
- Baton Rouge High School and Arcade Theatre[16] built.
- Louisiana Municipal Association headquartered in Baton Rouge.
- 1928
- City Park Golf Course opens.
- Louisiana State University's College of Commerce established.
- 1929 - State Theater built.[16]
- 1932 - Louisiana State Capitol inaugurated.[8]
- 1935 - Huey P. Long assassinated.[8]
- 1939 - East Baton Rouge Parish Library established.
- 1940
- 1944 – Piccadilly Restaurant in business.
- 1947
- City and Parish of East Baton Rouge consolidated.
- Baton Rouge Civic Symphony Orchestra active.[11]
- H. J. Wilson Co. in business.
- 1950 – Population: 125,629.[1]
- 1953 – June 20-28: African-American Civil Rights bus boycott held.[7][11]
- 1955 - WBRZ-TV begins broadcasting.
- 1960
- Southern University civil rights march.[18]
- Broadmoor High School founded.
- 1961 - Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge established.
- 1962 - City Parish Beautification Commission established.[19]
- 1963 - Foundation for Historical Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge.[20]
- 1964 - Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links established.[18]
- 1974 – One American Place (hi-rise) built.
- 1976 - Cortana Mall Cinema in business.[21]
- 1978 - Comité des Archives de la Louisiane founded.[22]
- 1979 - Louisiana Association of Museums headquartered in city.[22]
- 1982 - City and Parish of East Baton Rouge governments merged.
- 1986 - Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge established near city.
- 1987 - Richard Baker becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district.[23]
- 1990 - Population: 219,531.[24]
- 1997
- Mall of Louisiana in business.
- Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity consecrated.[25][26]
- 1998 - City website online.[27][28]
21st century
- 2001 - Bobby Simpson becomes mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.
- 2005
- August 29: Hurricane Katrina.
- First African-American, Kip Holden, becomes mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.
- Shaw Center for the Arts opens.
- 2007 - Cinemark 16 Perkins Rowe (cinema) in business.[21]
- 2010 - Population: 229,493 city;[29] 440,171 parish.
- 2011 - Cedric Richmond becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district.[30]
- 2012
- April: Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery pipeline oil spill.
- June 14: Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery benzene leak.
See also
- History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- List of mayors of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Timeline of Louisiana[8]
- other cities in Louisiana
References
- 1 2 3 4 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 174, OL 6112221M
- ↑ Florence M. Jumonville (2002). "Chronology of Louisiana History". Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-28240-9.
- 1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 250: "Baton Rouge"
- 1 2 3 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Nobles 2000.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Louisiana: A History Timeline". Louisiana Educational Television Authority. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Federal Writers' Project 1941, pp. 693–703: "Chronology"
- ↑ Mark Martin (2006). "An Eye of Silver: Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge Photographer, 1858-1917". Louisiana History 47. JSTOR 4234203.
- ↑ Hill Memorial Library, Special Collections. "Online Exhibitions". Louisiana State University. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 "KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana". Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 Patterson's American Educational Directory 29. Chicago. 1932.
- 1 2 3 "History of LSU". Louisiana State University. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge. University Bulletin 8 (Louisiana State University). 1917.
- ↑ "Baton Rouge General History and Timeline". Baton Rouge General. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Robin Roberts (ed.). "Timeline of Louisiana Women's History". Louisiana State University. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 "Our African American Legacy". East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "Finding Aids for Collections in the Baton Rouge Room". East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "Foundation for Historical Louisiana". Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Baton Rouge, LA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Louisiana: Baton Rouge". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1987.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "Datta Temple & Hall of Trinity". Baton Rouge. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Pluralism Project. "Baton Rouge, Louisiana". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "City-Parish Gets Wired", The Advocate, January 31, 1998 – via East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- ↑ "Official Website of Baton Rouge". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Baton Rouge (city), Louisiana". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved August 2014.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Baton Rouge". Commercial Directory of the Western States. St. Louis: Richard Edwards. 1867.
- "Mississippi River: Baton Rouge". James' River Guide ... Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1871.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Baton Rouge". Automobile Blue Book. USA. 1919.
- Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Baton Rouge". Louisiana: a Guide to the State. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House. + Chronology
- Wm. L. Richter (1969). "Slavery in Baton Rouge, 1820-1860". Louisiana History 10. JSTOR 4231058.
- Sidney Tobin (1969). "The Early New Deal in Baton Rouge as Viewed by the Daily Press". Louisiana History 10. JSTOR 4231090.
- Meyers, Rose. A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812 (1976)
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Baton Rouge", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Baton Rouge", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, ABC-CLIO (fulltext via Open Library)
- Published in the 21st century
- Connie H. Nobles (2000). "Gazing upon the Invisible: Women and Children at the Old Baton Rouge Penitentiary". American Antiquity 65. JSTOR 2694805.
- "Plantation Country: Baton Rouge", Louisiana & the Deep South, Lonely Planet, 2001 (fulltext via Open Library)
- Florence M. Jumonville (2002). "East Baton Rouge". Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood. p. 524+. ISBN 978-0-313-28240-9.
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