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** December 27: Austin incorporated. |
** December 27: Austin incorporated. |
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** [[Edwin Waller]] becomes mayor. |
** [[Edwin Waller]] becomes first mayor. |
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** Population: 856.<ref name=wpa1940 /> |
** Population: 856.<ref name=wpa1940 /> |
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** Austin Public Library [[Austin History Center|building]] opens. |
** Austin Public Library [[Austin History Center|building]] opens. |
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** [[Robert Thomas Miller|Tom Miller]] becomes mayor. |
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** [[Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building|State Highway Building]] constructed. |
** [[Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building|State Highway Building]] constructed. |
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[[File:Uttower1.jpg|thumb|The Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin]] |
[[File:Uttower1.jpg|thumb|The Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin]] |
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** [[Lloyd Doggett]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Texas's 10th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Official Congressional Directory]] |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1997 |chapter=Texas |chapterurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015038905678?urlappend=%3Bseq=309 }}</ref> |
** [[Lloyd Doggett]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Texas's 10th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Official Congressional Directory]] |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1997 |chapter=Texas |chapterurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015038905678?urlappend=%3Bseq=309 }}</ref> |
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** Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.<ref name=pluralism>{{cite web |url=http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/country:US/state:TX/city:austin/tag:-1 |title= Austin, Texas |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |accessdate= February 28, 2014 }}</ref> |
** Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.<ref name=pluralism>{{cite web |url=http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/country:US/state:TX/city:austin/tag:-1 |title= Austin, Texas |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |accessdate= February 28, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 1997 - [[Kirk Watson]] becomes mayor. |
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* 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.<ref name=pluralism /> |
* 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.<ref name=pluralism /> |
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** Area of city: 251 square miles.<ref name=quickfacts2000 /> |
** Area of city: 251 square miles.<ref name=quickfacts2000 /> |
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** Population: 656,562.<ref name=quickfacts2000>{{cite web |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090329040703/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |archivedate= March 29, 2009 |deadurl=yes |url= http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |title= Austin (city), Texas |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=February 28, 2014 }}</ref> |
** Population: 656,562.<ref name=quickfacts2000>{{cite web |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090329040703/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |archivedate= March 29, 2009 |deadurl=yes |url= http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4805000.html |title= Austin (city), Texas |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=February 28, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* 2001 - Gus Garcia becomes mayor. |
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* 2002 - [[The Texas Archive of the Moving Image|Texas Archive of the Moving Image]] headquartered in city. |
* 2002 - [[The Texas Archive of the Moving Image|Texas Archive of the Moving Image]] headquartered in city. |
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* 2003 |
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** [[Texas Rollergirls]] founded. |
** [[Texas Rollergirls]] founded. |
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** [[Will Wynn]] becomes mayor. |
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** [[Frost Bank Tower]] built. |
** [[Frost Bank Tower]] built. |
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* 2005 - [[Austin Film Critics Association]] founded. |
* 2005 - [[Austin Film Critics Association]] founded. |
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** [[Lee Leffingwell]] becomes mayor. |
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* 2010 |
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** February 18: [[2010 Austin suicide attack]]. |
** February 18: [[2010 Austin suicide attack]]. |
Revision as of 06:31, 15 December 2014
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.
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- 1839
- Austin designated capital of the Republic of Texas.[1]
- December 27: Austin incorporated.
- 1840
- Edwin Waller becomes first mayor.
- Population: 856.[2]
- 1841
- Houston-Austin coach begins operating.[2]
- Austin Lyceum active.[3]
- French Legation built.[1]
- 1842 - Texas capital relocated from Austin to Houston.[1]
- 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas.[2]
- 1846 - Texas capital relocated back to Austin from Houston.[1]
- 1850 - Population: 3,841.[4]
- 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed.[5]
- 1855
- Texas State Capitol built.[2]
- St. David's Episcopal Church consecrated.[2]
- 1857 - General Land Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1859 - Buaas's Hall (assembly room) renovated.[5]
- 1860 - Wharton College opens.[5]
- 1871
- Houston and Texas Central Railroad begins operating.[2]
- Democratic Statesman newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1872
- Connectional High School and Institute founded.
- Penn's Circulating Library in business.[7]
- 1873 - Austin Library Association active.[3]
- 1874 - St. Mary's Academy founded.[2]
- 1875 - Austin City Railroad begins operating.[8]
- 1876 - International–Great Northern Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1877
- Stuart Female Seminary founded.[9]
- Tillotson College chartered.[2]
- 1878 - St. Edward's University founded.[2]
- 1881
- November 9: State Capitol building burns down.
- University of Texas at Austin established.[1]
- Austin High School opens.
- 1884 - Congregation Beth Israel synagogue established.[10]
- 1885 - St. Edward's College established.[2]
- 1886
- Driskill Hotel in business.
- Hill City Quartet formed.[11]
- 1887 - Negro Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute opens.[2]
- 1888 - Texas State Capitol rebuilt.[2]
- 1894 - Heart's Ease Circle of King's Daughters (women's group) founded.[9]
- 1895 - Moonlight towers installed.[1]
20th century
1900s-1940s
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- 1900
- April: Austin Dam failure.
- Samuel Huston College opens.[2]
- 1902 - Nixon-Clay College and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary established.[12]
- 1908 - Confederate Woman's Home opens.[2]
- 1910 - Congress Avenue Bridge rebuilt.
- 1911 - Texas Fine Arts Association and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 205[13] established.
- 1917 - University of Texas' School for Military Aeronautics opens.[14]
- 1918 - State Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1921 - Austin Civic Theatre founded.[1]
- 1926
- Council-manager form of government effected.[2]
- University Airport in operation.[14]
- 1929 - Howson Community Center established.[15]
- 1930
- Municipal Airport opens.[14]
- Population: 53,120.[2]
- 1933
- Austin Public Library building opens.
- State Highway Building constructed.
- 1934
- O. Henry House museum opens.
- Junior League of Austin organized.
- 1935
- Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters built.[2]
- Flood.[1]
- 1937
- UT Tower built.
- Lyndon B. Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
- 1938 - Montopolis Bridge built.
- 1941 - Austin Daily Tribune Building constructed.
- 1942
- Bergstrom Army Air Field established.[14]
- Lamar Boulevard Bridge built.
- 1947 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin established.
1950s-1990s
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- 1952 - Burnet Drive-In cinema opens.[16]
- 1953 - Young Men's Christian Association of Austin chartered.[17]
- 1956 - Ballet Academy founded.
- 1958
- Goodwill Industries of Central Texas established.[17]
- Town & Country Food Stores in business.[18]
- 1959 - Palmer Auditorium opens.
- 1962 - Austin Aqua Festival begins.[1]
- 1963 - Jake Pickle becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[19]
- 1965 - The Citizen newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1966 - August 1: Whitman shootings.
- 1967
- Vulcan Gas Company music venue active.
- Fair Housing Ordinance established.[20]
- 1968 - Crockett High School opens.
- 1970
- Armadillo World Headquarters music venue active.
- University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs established.
- Population: 251,808.[1]
- 1971 - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum dedicated.
- 1973
- Austin Community College established.
- L.C. Anderson High School (Mesa Drive) and Aquarius cinema[16] open.
- 1975 - Austin Community Gardens created.[21]
- 1976 - Austin City Limits television music program begins national broadcast.
- 1979
- Austin Public Library new main branch building opens.
- Austin Shambhala Center founded.[22]
- 1980 - Whole Foods Market in business.
- 1981
- Capital Area Food Bank of Texas[23] and Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers established.
- Austin Chronicle and Austin Press[6] newspapers begin publication.
- 1982
- National Wildflower Research Center founded.
- Pennybacker Bridge opens.
- 1983
- Austin History Center active.[24]
- Austin Children's Museum established.[25]
- 1984 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy established.
- 1985 - Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins.
- 1986 - Austin Lyric Opera founded.
- 1987
- South by Southwest music festival begins.
- Lamar Smith becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.[26]
- 1988
- Dell Computer Corporation in business.
- Bowie High School established.
- 1992
- Austin Convention Center opens.
- Hyde Park Theatre founded.
- 1993 - Sustainable Food Center[21] and Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association chapter[22] founded.
- 1994 - Um-Al-Mumeneen-Sayeda-Khadija Mosque built.[22]
- 1995
- Lloyd Doggett becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[27]
- Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.[22]
- 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.[22]
- 1999
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport opens.[14]
- Dell Foundation[17] and Foodways of Austin club established.
21st century
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- 2000
- Akins High School established.
- George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in Austin.
- Area of city: 251 square miles.[28]
- Population: 656,562.[28]
- 2002 - Texas Archive of the Moving Image headquartered in city.
- 2003
- Texas Rollergirls founded.
- Frost Bank Tower built.
- 2005 - Austin Film Critics Association founded.
- 2009 – Texas Tribune headquartered in city.[29]
- 2010
- February 18: 2010 Austin suicide attack.
- Capital MetroRail begins operating.
- Austin Bulldog begins publication.[29]
- Area of city: 297.90 square miles.[30]
- Population: 790,390.[30]
- 2012 - Austin Food & Wine Alliance established.
- 2014 - November 28: Larry Steven McQuilliams, 49, fired at least 100 shots at several government buildings and a police station before dying of a gunshot wound.[31]
See also
- History of Austin, Texas
- List of mayors of Austin, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of El Paso, Texas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of San Antonio
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Austin, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 36+, OL 4120668M
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Austin", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House
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- ^ J. DeCordova (1856). Texas Immigrant and Traveller's Guide Book. Austin: DeCordova and Frazier.
- ^ a b c Larry Jay Gage (1960). "The City of Austin on the Eve of the Civil War". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 63. JSTOR 30240883.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Philip A. Metzger (1986). "A Circulating Library in the Southwest: J. S. Penn in Austin, Texas". Journal of Library History. 21. JSTOR 25541689.
- ^ A.T. Jackson (1954). "Austin's Streetcar Era". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 58. JSTOR 30237667.
- ^ a b "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved December 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Austin, Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Austin History Center. "Austin Chronology". O. Henry in Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 29. Chicago. 1932.
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- ^ a b c d e Kenneth B. Ragsdale (2004). "Barnstormers, Businessmen, and High Hopes for the Future: Austin, Texas, Enters the Modern Air Age". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 107. JSTOR 30239461.
- ^ University of Texas Libraries. "Austin (Tex)". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Austin, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Austin, Texas". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Andrew Smith, ed. (2013). Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2.
- ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.
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- ^ a b "History". Austin, TX: Sustainable Food Center. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Pluralism Project. "Austin, Texas". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Texas Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Austin Public Library. "Timeline of AHC History". City of Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Texas: Austin". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 770+. ISBN 0759100020.
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- ^ "Shooter targets federal courthouse, APD"
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Historical and descriptive review of the industries of Austin, Austin, Texas, 1885
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Published in the 20th century
- Pearl Cashell Jackson (1915), Austin yesterday and today, Austin, Texs: E.L. Steck, OCLC 18393216
- Stuart MacCorkle, Austin's Three Forms of Government (San Antonio: Naylor, 1973).
- Austin Human Relations Commission, Housing Patterns Study: Segregation and Discrimination in Austin, Texas (Austin, 1979).
- Paul D. Lack, "Slavery and Vigilantism in Austin, Texas, 1840–1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 85 (July 1981).
- David C. Humphrey, Austin: An Illustrated History (Northridge, California: Windsor, 1985).
- Anthony M. Orum, Power, Money and the People: The Making of Modern Austin (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1987).
- David C. Humphrey, "A 'Muddy and Conflicting' View: The Civil War as Seen from Austin, Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 94 (January 1991).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austin, Texas.
- David C. Humphrey. "Austin, TX (Travis County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Austin, Texas, various dates