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Timeline of Oakland, California

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.

19th century

  • 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.
  • 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
  • 1855 – Lyceum founded.
  • 1860 – Population: 1,543.
  • 1863 – Heald's Business College established.
  • 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.
  • 1866 – Police Court established.
  • 1868
  • Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.
  • University of California and Oakland Library Association established.
  • Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
  • 1869
  • Railway begins operating.
  • Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary and Oakland Fire Department established.
  • Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.
  • 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
  • 1872
  • Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland.
  • Theosophical Society Library founded.
  • 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
  • 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.
  • 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.
  • 1880 – Population: 34,456.
  • 1884 – Horton School established.
  • 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.
  • 1900 – Population: 66,960.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

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