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Timeline of Oakland, California

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

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19th century

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  • 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.{{sfn|Disturnell|1883}}
  • 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
  • 1855 – Lyceum founded.
  • 1860 – Population: 1,543.
  • 1863 – Heald's Business College established.{{cite book |title=Patterson's American Educational Directory |volume=13 |year=1916 |location=Chicago |hdl=2027/nyp.33433075985949 |last1=Patterson |first1=Homer L. }}
  • 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.
  • 1866 – Police Court established.{{Citation |publisher = Oakland News Office |date = 1869 |location = Oakland, Calif. |title = Directory of the Township and City of Oakland |editor=B.F. Stilwell |ol = 24159483M}}
  • 1868
  • Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=California&county=&city=Oakland&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=November 5, 2013 }}
  • University of California and Oakland Library Association established.{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author= Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=November 5, 2013 }}
  • Oakland Long Wharf bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
  • 1869
  • Railway begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940|ps=: "Oakland"}}
  • Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940|ps=: "Oakland"}} and Oakland Fire Department established.
  • Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.{{cite web |title=Railroad celebration at Oakland |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18691109.2.6&e=01-06-1869-31-12-1869--en--20--61--txt-txIN-western+pacific-------1 |website=California digital newspaper collection |publisher=Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7172, 9 November 1869 |access-date=10 May 2019|quote=New York and Oakland are bound together by ties strapped with iron.}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/about/history-oakland-public-library/oakland-public-library-historical-timeline |title=Oakland Public Library Historical Timeline |access-date=October 30, 2014 }}
  • 1880 – Population: 34,456.{{sfn|Disturnell|1883}}
  • 1884 – Horton School established.
  • 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.
  • 1900 – Population: 66,960.

20th century

21st century

  • 2002 – Taoist Center opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.thetaoistcenter.com/ |title=Taoist Center |location=Oakland |access-date=November 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/page:1/city:oakland/country:US/state:CA/tag:-1 |title=Oakland, California |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=October 23, 2013}}
  • 2003
  • April 7: Anti-war protest.
  • Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030216141050/http://www.coloredgirls.org/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 16, 2003 |url = http://www.coloredgirls.org/ |title = Women of Color Resource Center}}{{cite web |url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Organizations |title=Organizations |work= International Relations and Security Network |location=Switzerland |publisher=Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich |access-date=October 30, 2014 }}
  • Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).{{cite web |url=http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront |title=Urban Habitat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815203814/http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront |archive-date=2014-08-15 }}
  • 2004 – Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
  • 2007
  • East Bay Meditation Center opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastbaymeditation.org/index.php?s=12 |title=Mission and History |location=Oakland |publisher=East Bay Meditation Center |access-date=November 5, 2013}}
  • Ron Dellums becomes mayor.
  • 2008 – Cathedral of Christ the Light dedicated.
  • 2009
  • January 1: BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant.
  • March 21: 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers.
  • Oakland Local begins publication.{{cite web |url= https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/online-news-websites/location/california-news.php |title=California |work=CJR's Guide to Online News Startups |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review |location=New York |access-date=November 5, 2013 }}
  • 2010
  • Ace Monster Toys founded.{{cite web |url=https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces |title= Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces |work=Hackerspaces |access-date=November 9, 2013 }}
  • Population: city 390,724; metro 4,335,391.{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/026/508.php |year=2012 |title= Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010) |publisher=US Census Bureau }}
  • 2011
  • October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
  • Jean Quan becomes mayor.
  • Sudoroom established.{{cite web |url=https://sudoroom.org/wiki/FAQ |title=FAQ |publisher=Sudoroom }}
  • 2012
  • April 2: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
  • Oakland Wiki begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://oaklandwiki.org/About_Us |title=About Us |work= Oakland Wiki |access-date=November 5, 2013}}
  • 2014
  • Oakland Police Beat begins publication.{{citation |work=Atlantic Cities |date=April 10, 2014 |title=Scary Things You Learn From 23 Years of Oakland Police Records |url= http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2014/04/scary-things-you-learn-23-years-oakland-police-records/8847/ }}
  • Libby Schaaf becomes mayor.
  • 2016
  • 2016 Oakland warehouse fire.
  • 2020
  • George Floyd protests in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • 2022
  • Sheng Thao becomes mayor.
  • 2024
  • Thao is recalled in an election.
  • 2025
  • Barbara Lee becomes mayor.

See also

References

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Bibliography

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=Published in the 19th century=

  • {{Citation |publisher = W.C. Disturnell |date = 1883 |location = San Francisco |title = Disturnell's Stranger's Guide to San Francisco and Vicinity |chapter=Oakland |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/disturnellsstran00dist#page/138/mode/2up

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  • {{Citation |title = Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory |location = San Francisco, Cal. |publisher=F.M. Husted }}
  • [https://archive.org/stream/hustedsoaklandal8990hust#page/n7/mode/2up 1890 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/hustedsoaklandal9293hust#page/8/mode/2up 1892 ed.]
  • {{Citation |publisher = Lewis Publishing Company |title = Bay of San Francisco, the Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its Suburban Cities: a History |date = 1892 |oclc = 8666576 |chapter=City of Oakland |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hmwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355 }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Pacific Press |location = Oakland, Calif |editor = Jos. Alex Colquhoun |title = Illustrated Album of Alameda County, California |date = 1893 |chapter=City of Oakland |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/illustratedalbum00colq#page/42/mode/2up }}

=Published in the 20th century=

  • {{Citation |title = Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory |location = San Francisco, Cal. |publisher=F.M. Husted }}
  • [https://archive.org/stream/hustedsoaklandal1905hust#page/n7/mode/2up 1905 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/hustedsoaklandal1909hust#page/n7/mode/2up 1909 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/hustedsoaklandal1911hust#page/28/mode/2up 1911 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/polkhusteddirect1915polk#page/n23/mode/2up 1915 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/oaklandberkeleya1924polk#page/n153/mode/2up 1924 ed.]
  • {{cite book |title=San Francisco-Oakland Directory |year=1907 |location=Oakland |publisher=Walter S. Fry Co. |url= https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscooak00unkngoog }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = S.J. Clarke |location = Chicago, Ill. |author = Joseph Eugene Baker |title = Past and Present of Alameda County, California |date = 1914 |chapter=Oakland |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/pastpresentofala001bake#page/354/mode/2up }}
  • {{Citation |title = Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda City Directory |location = San Francisco, Cal. |publisher=R.L. Polk & Company |year=1928 |url=https://archive.org/stream/polksoaklandberk1927rlpo#page/n5/mode/2up }}
  • {{Citation |title = Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and San Leandro street address telephone directory |publisher = Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co }}
  • [https://archive.org/stream/oaklandalamedabe1938paci#page/n5/mode/2up 1938 ed.]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/oaklandalamedabe00paci#page/n3/mode/2up 1944 ed.]
  • {{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |location=NY |publisher=Hastings House |series= American Guide Series |title=San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities |year= 1940 |chapter=Oakland |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/sanfranciscobaya00writrich#page/374/mode/2up

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