Timeline of Orlando, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Orlando, Florida, United States.

19th century

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1875
- Town of Orlando incorporated.^[1]
- William Jackson Brack becomes mayor.
1878 - Orange County Reporter newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1880
- South Florida Railroad begins operating.^[3]
- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church established.^[4]
1884 - Orange County Jail built.^[5]
1886
- Orlando Black (school) opens.^[4]
- Orlando Street Railway begins operating (approximate date).
- English Club formed.^[3]
1889 - Church Street Station built.^[6]
1891 - St. James Cathedral built.^[7]
1892
- Courthouse built.^[3]
- Lake Eola Park established.
1900 - Florida Christian Recorder newspaper begins publication.^[4]

20th century

1900s-1960s

1905 - City Hall built.^[3]
1910 - Population: 3,894.^[5]
1913 - Grand Theater opens.^[7]
1914 - Commission form of government effected.^[5]
1918 - Orange General Hospital opens.
1920 - Population: 9,282.
1921
- Beacham Theater opens.
- Jones High School active.^[4]
1923
- Orlando Utilities Commission established; municipal electric plant begins operating.^[8]
- Albertson Public Library opens.^[3]
1924
- Edgewater Heights, Lorna Doone Park, and Orwin Manor become part of Orlando.^[5]
- WDBO radio begins broadcasting.^[9]
- Orlando Museum of Art founded.^[10]
- Orange Court Hotel built.
1925 - Glendonjo Park and Spring Lake Terrace become part of Orlando.^[5]
1926
- Country Club Estates, Ivanhoe Plaza, Oakhurst Subdivision, Orlando Highlands, Princeton Court, and Silver Lake Park become part of Orlando.^[5]
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, and Municipal Auditorium built.
- Well'sbuilt Hotel in business.
1927 - Orange County Courthouse built.^[3]
1928 - Orlando Municipal Airport begins operating.^[5]
1930 - Population: 27,330.
1934 - Orlando Dixie Sun newspaper begins publication.^[4]
1936
- Orlando Stadium opens.
- Cypress Gardens opens in nearby Winter Haven.
1940 - Orlando Army Air Base established.^[5]
1943
- Pinecastle Army Airfield in operation.
- DDT pesticide "Neocide" developed in United States Department of Agriculture lab in Orlando.^[11]^[12]
1945 - Negro Chamber of Commerce established.^[4]
1946 - Ben White Raceway opens.^[13]
1949 - Gatorland opens.
1950 - Population: 52,367.
1952 - William R. Boone High School built.
1954
- WDBO-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[14]
- Bishop Moore High School built.
1956 - Colonial Plaza shopping centre in business.^[5]
1957
- Orange County Historical Commission established.^[15]
- Martin Company missile manufactory begins operating near Orlando.^[16]
- Interstate 4 highway constructed.^[16]
1958 - WLOF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[14]
1960
- Central Florida Museum opens.
- Population: 88,135.
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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando established.^[17]

1970s-1990s

1970
- Lake Highland Preparatory School founded.
- Population: 99,006 city; 344,311 county.^[16]
- University Drive-In cinema built.^[18]
1971
- Disney World in business.
- Historical Society of Central Florida headquartered in Orlando.^[15]
1973
- Orlando Fashion Square Mall opens
- Sentinel Star newspaper began publication.^[2]
- SeaWorld theme park in business.^[19]
1974 - East-West Expressway constructed.^[16]
1975 - Metropolitan Orlando Women's Political Caucus^[13] and Orlando Lutheran Academy founded.
1976
- Orlando International Airport in operation.
- Disney's Discovery Island in business.^[19]
1977
- Orlando Regional Medical Center established.^[20]
- Wet 'n Wild Orlando theme park in business.
1979
- Orlando Opera incorporated.^[21]
- Basilica of Mary (church) built.
1980
- July: Racial unrest.^[4]
- Bill Frederick becomes mayor.
- Population: 128,291 city; 471,016 county.^[16]
1981 - Bill McCollum becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district.^[22]
1982
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida established.^[20]
- 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 and Disney's Living Seas^[19] 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.
- Orlando Weekly newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 164,693 city; 677,491 county.^[16]
- Zora Neale Hurston Festival begins in nearby Eatonville.^[13]
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.^[6]
- Mormon church built.
1996 - City website online (approximate date).^[23]
1998
- Muvico Pointe cinema in business.^[18]
- Mennello Museum opens.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in business.^[19]
1999 - Cinemark Festival Bay Mall (cinema) in business.^[18]

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.
- Population: 238,300.^[24]
2011 - Daniel Webster becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 8th congressional district.^[25]
2015
- Orlando Eye ferris wheel built.
- Population: 270,917 (estimate).^[26]
2016 - Orlando nightclub shooting

References

↑ Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee
1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
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 11, 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.
↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Florida", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
↑ Lonely Planet 2003.
↑ Gordon M. Patterson (2016). "Looking Backward, Looking Forward: The Long, Torturous Struggle with Mosquitoes". Insects. 7. doi:10.3390/insects7040056.
↑ Billman 2013.
1 2 3 "University Manuscripts by Subject". Special Collections & University Archives. University of Central Florida, Libraries. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Florida", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
1 2 "About Us". Orlando: Orange County Regional History Center. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Archer 1997.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Orlando, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
1 2 3 4 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
1 2 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Orlando, Florida". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved August 11, 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.
↑ Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Orlando", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
↑ Joe Germuska (ed.). "Orlando, FL". Censusreporter.org. USA. Retrieved May 3, 2017.

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E. Bacon. 1977. Orlando: A centennial history. Chuluota, Fla.: Mickler House.
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Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson (2003). Orlando, Florida. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
Tana Mosier Porter (2004). "Segregation and Desegregation in Parramore: Orlando's African American Community". Florida Historical Quarterly. 82. JSTOR 30149526.
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Counties	Flagler‡ Lake Orange Osceola Seminole Sumter‡ Volusia‡
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Years in Florida (1845–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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