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** December 27: Austin incorporated.
** December 27: Austin incorporated.
* 1840
* 1840
** [[Edwin Waller]] becomes mayor.
** [[Edwin Waller]] becomes first mayor.
** Population: 856.<ref name=wpa1940 />
** Population: 856.<ref name=wpa1940 />
* 1841
* 1841
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* 1933
* 1933
** Austin Public Library [[Austin History Center|building]] opens.
** Austin Public Library [[Austin History Center|building]] opens.
** [[Robert Thomas Miller|Tom Miller]] becomes mayor.
** [[Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building|State Highway Building]] constructed.
** [[Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building|State Highway Building]] constructed.
[[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>
** 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>
* 1997 - [[Kirk Watson]] becomes mayor.
* 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.<ref name=pluralism />
* 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.<ref name=pluralism />
* 1999
* 1999
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** Area of city: 251 square miles.<ref name=quickfacts2000 />
** Area of city: 251 square miles.<ref name=quickfacts2000 />
** 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>
* 2001 - Gus Garcia becomes mayor.
* 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.
* 2003
* 2003
** [[Texas Rollergirls]] founded.
** [[Texas Rollergirls]] founded.
** [[Will Wynn]] becomes mayor.
** [[Frost Bank Tower]] built.
** [[Frost Bank Tower]] built.
* 2005 - [[Austin Film Critics Association]] founded.
* 2005 - [[Austin Film Critics Association]] founded.
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* 2009 – ''[[Texas Tribune]]'' headquartered in city.<ref name=cjr />
* 2009
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** ''[[Texas Tribune]]'' headquartered in city.<ref name=cjr />
** [[Lee Leffingwell]] becomes mayor.
* 2010
* 2010
** February 18: [[2010 Austin suicide attack]].
** February 18: [[2010 Austin suicide attack]].

Revision as of 03:18, 17 December 2014

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

Part of a series on the
History of Texas
Timeline
Pre-Columbian Texas
Early Spanish explorations 1519–1543
French Texas 1684–1689
Spanish Texas 1690–1821
Mexican Texas 1821–1836
Republic of Texas 1836–1845
Statehood 1845–1860
Civil War Era 1861–1865
Reconstruction 1865–1899
Years in Texas
flag Texas portal
1873 map of Austin
The Goddess of Liberty on the Texas State Capitol Grounds prior to installation on top of the capitol rotunda.

20th century

1900s-1940s

Austin Dam failure
The Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin

1950s-1990s

The Armadillo World Headquarters
The Pennybacker Bridge

21st century

The Frost Bank Tower

See also

References

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  2. ^ 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 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  4. ^ J. DeCordova (1856). Texas Immigrant and Traveller's Guide Book. Austin: DeCordova and Frazier.
  5. ^ a b c Larry Jay Gage (1960). "The City of Austin on the Eve of the Civil War". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 63. JSTOR 30240883.
  6. ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  7. ^ Philip A. Metzger (1986). "A Circulating Library in the Southwest: J. S. Penn in Austin, Texas". Journal of Library History. 21. JSTOR 25541689.
  8. ^ A.T. Jackson (1954). "Austin's Streetcar Era". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 58. JSTOR 30237667.
  9. ^ a b "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ "Austin, Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  11. ^ Austin History Center. "Austin Chronology". O. Henry in Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  12. ^ Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 29. Chicago. 1932.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Burnes St. Patrick Hollyman (1977). "First Picture Shows: Austin, Texas (1894 - 1913)". Journal of the University Film Association. 29. JSTOR 20687375.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ University of Texas Libraries. "Austin (Tex)". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Austin, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  17. ^ a b c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Austin, Texas". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  18. ^ Andrew Smith, ed. (2013). Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2.
  19. ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Austin History Center. "Five Decades of Social Change: A Timeline". Desegregation in Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  21. ^ a b "History". Austin, TX: Sustainable Food Center. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  22. ^ a b c d e Pluralism Project. "Austin, Texas". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  23. ^ "Texas Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  24. ^ Austin Public Library. "Timeline of AHC History". City of Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  25. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  27. ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1997. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ a b "Austin (city), Texas". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ a b "Texas". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  30. ^ a b "Austin (city), Texas". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  31. ^ "Shooter targets federal courthouse, APD"

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

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).

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