Timeline of Newark, New Jersey

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Before 1800

• 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe.
• 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date).
• 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date).
• 1726 - College of New Jersey founded.
• 1730 - Presbyterianism superseded Congregationalism.
• 1743 - Trinity Church built.
• 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton.
• 1770 - One tannery operated.
• 1774 - Newark Academy established.
• 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces.
• 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built.
• 1791 - Woods's Newark Gazette begins publication.
• 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date).
• 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded.
• 1798 - Three tanneries operating.

1800s

• 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded.
• 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
• 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.
• 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.
• 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
• 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).
• 1830 - Population: 10,953.
• 1831 - Plane Street Church organized.
• 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
• 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens.
• 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.
• 1837 - 155 curriers and patent leather makers in the city.
• 1840
• Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business.
• Population: 17,290.
• 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
• 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.
• 1847 - Library Association founded.
• 1848 - Influx of Germans.
• 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.
• 1850
• Bethel Mission established.
• Population: 38,894.
• 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication.
• 1857
• City police department established.
• Newark Orphan Asylum built.
• City charter.
• 1858
• New Jersey Freie Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
• Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in business.
• 1860 - Population: 71,941.
• 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.
• 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business.
• 1869
• Newark and New York Railroad begins operating.
• Newark City Cemetery in use.
• Newark Morning Register newspaper begins publication.
• 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)
• 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.
• 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built.
• 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.
• 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.
• 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1881 - Newark Technical School established.
• 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens.
• 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built.
• 1885
• Johnston & Murphy and Lutz Cafe in business.
• 1885 American Cup soccer tournament held.
• 1886 - Miner's Newark Theater opens.
• 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
• 1889
• Newark Free Public Library opens.
• Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway incorporated.
• 1890 - Population: 181,830.
• 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business.
• 1894
• Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
• Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1895 - Branch Brook Park established.
• 1899 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart construction begins.

1900s

1900-1909

• 1900 - Population: 246,070.
• 1901
• Beth Israel Hospital founded.
• Newark Free Public Library opens its current location.
• 1902 - Newark City Hall opened.
• 1903
• Jackson Street Bridge and Clay Street Bridge open.
• Roseville railroad station built.
• Newark trolley accident kills 8 students
• 1905
• La Revista Italian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
• Feigenspan mansion built.
• Automobile Renting Co. in business.
• 1906
• Trees planted in Pequannock Watershed.
• Literary Stratemeyer Syndicate active.
• 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built.
• 1908
• Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication.
• St. Casimir's Church founded.
• 1909 - Newark Museum established.

1910s

• 1910
• Fire on High Street (now Martin Luther King Blvd) at factory kills 26
• Population: 347,469.
• 1911 - Shubert Theatre opens.
• 1912
• Adams Theatre and Empire Theatre built.
• Equestrian statue of George Washington by J. Massey Rhind dedicated in Washington Park
• 1913
• Bridge Street Bridge opens.
• Moorish Science Temple of America headquartered in Newark.
• 1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication.
• 1916
• Robert Treat Hotel in business.
• Military Park first opened.
• 1917 - Urban League founded.

1920s

• 1920 - Carrier air conditioning plant begins operating.
• 1921 - Newark Morgen-Steren Yiddish/English-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1922 - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra headquartered in city.
• 1925
• Shriners Salaam Temple built.
• Newark Schools Stadium opens.
• 1926 - Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge and Davids' Stadium open.
• 1927 - Stanley Theater opened.
• 1928
• Newark Airport begins operating.
• New Jersey Luso-Americano Portuguese-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).

1930s

• 1930 - Lefcourt building constructed.
• 1931
• Italian Tribune begins publication.
• National Newark building opens.
• 1935
• Newark City Subway begins operating.
• Newark Penn Station dedicated.
• 1936 - University of Newark established.
• 1939 - Newark Hot Club formed (music club).

1940s and 1950s

• 1942
• Savoy Records founded.
• Hydeaway Bar in business.
• 1949 - After Hours magazine begins publication.
• 1954 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart consecrated.
• 1958 - September 15: Newark Bay rail accident.

1960s

• 1960 - Population: 405,000.
• 1962 - Youth Career Development Center initiated.
• 1964 - Newark Symphony Hall established.
• 1966 - New Jersey Symphony Boys Choir founded.
• 1967
• July 12–17: 1967 Newark riots occur.
• July 20: Black power conference held in city.
• 1969 - Ironbound Community Corporation and New Community Corporation founded.

1970s

• 1970 - Kenneth Gibson becomes first African American mayor on the eastern seaboard.
• 1971 - Gateway Center built.
• 1977 - City hosts first Islamic Conference of North America.
• 1978 - August 20: Clinton Avenue Five boys disappear.
• 1979 - Foreign trade zone established.

1980s

• 1984 - Former Diamond Alkali plant site in Ironbound declared a Superfund site (polluted area).
• 1986 - Sharpe James becomes mayor.
• 1989
• Donald M. Payne becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district.
• Sister city relationship established with Aveiro, Portugal.

1990s

• 1990 - Population: 275,221.
• 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Banjul, Gambia.
• 1992
• One Newark Center and Penn Plaza East building constructed.
• Sister city relationship established with Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
• 1995 - Society Hill condo built.
• 1997
• City website online.
• New Jersey Performing Arts Center opens.
• 1999 - Bears Stadium opens.

2000s

2000-2009

• 2000
• Newark Legal Center built.
• Population: 273,546.
• 2002 - City's "Open Public Records Act Office" established.
• 2003 - May 11: Murder of Sakia Gunn.
• 2006
• Cory Booker becomes mayor.
• Garden State Rollergirls headquartered in city.
• 2007
• Jewish Museum of New Jersey opens.
• Prudential Center built.

2010s

• 2010
• Newark Archives Project begins.
• Population: 277,140; metro 18,897,109.
• 2013 - November 4: Luis A. Quintana becomes interim mayor.
• 2014 - Ras Baraka becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Newark, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
• List of Mayors of Newark, New Jersey
• Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Timeline of New Jersey

References

This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

1800s-1840s

1850s-1890s

• Martha J. Lamb, "Newark," Harper's New Monthly 53 (October 1876): 671–672.
• + 1889 ed.

Published in 20th century

1900s-1940s

• . v.1, v.2, v.3

1950s-1990s

• Galishoff, Stuart. Newark: the nation's unhealthiest city, 1832-1895 (1988). online
• Galishoff, " Public health in Newark, 1832-1918" (PhD Dissertation, New York University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  1969. 7017269).

Published in 21st century

External links

• Items related to Newark, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Items related to Newark, New Jersey, various dates (via Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)