Timeline of Orlando, Florida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Orlando, Florida, United States.
Prior to 20th century
| History of Florida | |
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The seal of Florida reflects the state's Native American ancestry | |
| Historical Periods | |
| Pre-history | until 1497 |
| Spanish Rule | 1513–1763 |
| British Rule | 1763–1783 |
| Spanish Rule | 1783–1821 |
| U.S. Territorial Period | 1822–1845 |
| Statehood | 1845–present |
| Major Events | |
| American Revolutionary War | 1775–1783 |
| War of 1812 | 1811–1814 |
| First Seminole War | 1817–1818 |
| Capitol moved to Tallahassee | 1824 |
| Second Seminole War | 1835–1842 |
| Constitutional convention | 1838 |
| Third Seminole War | 1855–1858 |
| Ordinance of Secession | 1861 |
| Civil War | 1861–1865 |
| 3rd Constitution | 1865 |
| Reconstruction | 1865–1868 |
| 4th Constitution | 1868 |
| 5th Constitution | 1885 |
| Great Migration | 1910–1930 |
| Land Boom | 1925–1929 |
| 6th Constitution | 1968 |
| Gore v. Harris 2000 Presidential Election | 2000 |
| Timeline | |
- 1875
- Town of Jernigan incorporated (later renamed "Orlando").[1]
- William Jackson Brack becomes mayor.
- 1878 - Orange County Reporter newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1880
- South Florida Railroad begins operating.[1]
- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church established.[3]
- 1884 - Orange County Jail built.[4]
- 1886
- Orlando Black (school) opens.[3]
- Orlando Street Railway begins operating (approximate date).
- English Club formed.[1]
- 1889 - Church Street Station built.[5]
- 1891 - St. James Cathedral built.[6]
- 1892
- Courthouse built.[1]
- Lake Eola Park established.
20th century
1900s-1960s
- 1900 - Florida Christian Recorder newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1905 - City Hall built.[1]
- 1910 - Population: 3,894.[4]
- 1913 - Grand Theater opens.[6]
- 1914 - Commission form of government effected.[4]
- 1918 - Orange General Hospital opens.
- 1921
- Beacham Theater opens.
- Jones High School active.[3]
- 1923
- Orlando Utilities Commission established; municipal electric plant begins operating.[7]
- Albertson Public Library opens.[1]
- 1924
- Edgewater Heights, Lorna Doone Park, and Orwin Manor become part of Orlando.[4]
- Orlando Museum of Art founded.[8]
- Orange Court Hotel built.
- 1925 - Glendonjo Park and Spring Lake Terrace become part of Orlando.[4]
- 1926
- Country Club Estates, Ivanhoe Plaza, Oakhurst Subdivision, Orlando Highlands, Princeton Court, and Silver Lake Park become part of Orlando.[4]
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, and Municipal Auditorium built.
- Well'sbuilt Hotel in business.
- 1927 - Orange County Courthouse built.[1]
- 1928 - Orlando Municipal Airport begins operating.[4]
- 1934 - Orlando Dixie Sun newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1936
- Orlando Stadium opens.
- Cypress Gardens opens in nearby Winter Haven.
- 1940 - Orlando Army Air Base established.[4]
- 1943 - Pinecastle Army Airfield in operation.
- 1945 - Negro Chamber of Commerce established.[3]
- 1946 - Ben White Raceway opens.[9]
- 1949 - Gatorland opens.
- 1952 - William R. Boone High School built.
- 1954
- WDBO-TV begins broadcasting.
- Bishop Moore High School built.
- 1956 - Colonial Plaza shopping centre in business.[4]
- 1957
- Orange County Historical Commission established.[10]
- Martin Company missile manufactory begins operating near Orlando.[11]
- Interstate 4 highway constructed.[11]
- 1960 - Central Florida Museum opens.
- 1961 - Harry P. Leu Gardens deeded to city.
- 1967
- Carl T. Langford becomes mayor of Orlando.
- Disney-controlled City of Bay Lake and City of Reedy Creek incorporated near Orlando.
- 1968
- Florida Technological University opens.
- Naval Training Center Orlando and Catholic Diocese of Orlando established.
1970s-1990s
- 1970
- Lake Highland Preparatory School founded.
- Population: 99,006 city; 344,311 county.[11]
- University Drive-In cinema built.[12]
- 1971
- Disney World in business.
- Historical Society of Central Florida headquartered in Orlando.[10]
- 1973
- Orlando Fashion Square Mall opens
- Sentinel Star newspaper began publication.[2]
- SeaWorld Orlando theme park in business.
- 1974 - East-West Expressway constructed.[11]
- 1975 - Metropolitan Orlando Women's Political Caucus[9] and Orlando Lutheran Academy founded.
- 1976 - Orlando International Airport in operation.
- 1977
- Orlando Regional Medical Center established.[13]
- Wet 'n Wild Orlando theme park in business.
- 1979
- Orlando Opera incorporated.[14]
- Basilica of Mary (church) built.
- 1980
- July: Racial unrest.[3]
- Bill Frederick becomes mayor.
- Population: 128,291 city; 471,016 county.[11]
- 1981 - Bill McCollum becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district.[15]
- 1982
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida established.[13]
- Disney's Epcot Center theme park in business in nearby Lake Buena Vista.
- 1983 - Orange County Convention Center opens.
- 1984 - Orlando Science Center active.
- 1986 - The Peabody Orlando hotel in business.
- 1987 - Dr. Phillips High School opens.
- 1989 - Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival begins.
- Orlando Arena (now the Amway Arena) opened
- 1990
- Universal Orlando theme park in business.
- Population: 164,693 city; 677,491 county.[11]
- Zora Neale Hurston Festival begins in nearby Eatonville.[9]
- 1991
- UCF Arena opens.
- Orlando Predators football team formed.
- 1992
- Cypress Creek High School and Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra established.
- Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival begins.
- 1993
- Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in operation.
- Glenda Hood becomes mayor.
- 1994 - June–July: Some 1994 FIFA World Cup games held in Orlando.[5]
- 1996 - City website online (approximate date).[16]
- 1998
- Muvico Pointe cinema in business.[12]
- Mennello Museum opens.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in business.[17]
- 1999 - Cinemark Festival Bay Mall (cinema) in business.[12]
21st century
- 2002 - Millenia Mall in business.
- 2003
- Freedom High School established.
- Buddy Dyer becomes mayor.
- 2007 - CFE Arena opens.
- 2010
- Amway Center event venue opens.
- Orlando City Soccer Club formed.
- 2011
- Daniel Webster becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 8th congressional district.[18]
- Population: 238,300; metro 2,171,360.[19]
- 2015 - Orlando Eye ferris wheel built.
See also
- Other cities in Florida
- Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida
- Timeline of Miami
- Timeline of Tampa, Florida
- Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Porter 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Porter 2009.
- 1 2 "40 Fun Orlando Facts". City of Orlando. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 Antequino 2012.
- ↑ W. W. Mathews (1926). "Municipal Water and Light Plant at Orlando, Florida". Journal of the American Water Works Association 15. JSTOR 41227765.
- ↑ Lonely Planet 2003.
- 1 2 3 "University Manuscripts by Subject". Special Collections & University Archives. University of Central Florida, Libraries. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 "About Us". Orlando: Orange County Regional History Center. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Archer 1997.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Orlando, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 2014.
- 1 2 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Orlando, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "About". Orlando Opera. Archived from the original on February 1, 2001.
- ↑ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985–1986.
- ↑ "City of Orlando Web Site". Archived from the original on October 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 2014.
- ↑ "30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot". American Cities Project. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013. Retrieved August 2014.
Bibliography
- Orlando, Florida: Indelible Photographs, Orlando: H.A. Abercromby, 1890
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Orlando", Florida; a Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series
- E. Bacon. 1977. Orlando: A centennial history. Chuluota, Fla.: Mickler House.
- L. Argrett Jr. 1991. A history of the black community of Orlando, Florida. Fort Bragg, Calif.: Cypress House Press.
- Kevin Archer (1997). "The Limits to the Imagineered City: Sociospatial Polarization in Orlando". Economic Geography 73. JSTOR 144487.
- Walt Disney World & Orlando, Frommer, 1998, OL 9936049M
- Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando. By Richard E. Foglesong. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001).
- Walt Disney World & Orlando for Dummies 2004, For Dummies, 2003, OL 8042293M
- Wendy Taylor (2003), Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, OL 19289916M
- Tana Mosier Porter (2004). "Segregation and Desegregation in Parramore: Orlando's African American Community". Florida Historical Quarterly 82. JSTOR 30149526.
- Tana Mosier Porter (2009). "Orlando". Historic Orange County: The Story of Orlando and Orange County. HPN Books. ISBN 978-1-893619-99-9.
- Stephanie Gaub Antequino; Tana Mosier Porter (2012). Lost Orlando. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-9173-5.
- American Cities Project (November 11, 2013). "Orlando". America's Big Cities in Volatile Times: City Profiles. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts.
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