Timeline of Newark, New Jersey

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

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Before 1800[]

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New Jersey
Colonial period
American Revolution
Nineteenth century
Twentieth century
Twenty-first century
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  • t
  • 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe.[1]
  • 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date).
  • 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date).[2]
  • 1743 - Trinity Church built.
  • 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton.[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date).
  • 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded.[5]

1800s[]

  • 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded.[6]
  • 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[7]
  • 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.[8]
  • 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.[9]
  • 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[7]
  • 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).[10]
  • 1830 - Population: 10,953.[11][12]
  • 1831 - Plane Street Church organized.[1]
  • 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens.
  • 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.[5]
  • 1840
    • Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business.[13]
    • Population: 17,290.[12]
  • 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
  • 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.
  • 1847 - Library Association founded.[7]
  • 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1850
    • Bethel Mission established.
    • Population: 38,894.[12]
  • 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1857
    • City police department established.[14]
    • Newark Orphan Asylum built.[15]
  • 1858
  • 1860 - Population: 71,941.[12]
  • 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.[16]
  • 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business.[17]
  • 1869
  • 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)[17]
  • 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.[18][19]
  • 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built.
  • 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.[16]
  • 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.[10]
  • 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1881 - Newark Technical School established.
  • 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens.
  • 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built.
  • 1885
  • 1886 - Miner’s Newark Theater opens.[22]
  • 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
  • 1889 - Newark Free Public Library opens.[23]
  • 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business.
  • 1894
    • Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
    • Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1895 - Branch Brook Park established.

1900s[]

1900-1909[]

  • 1900 - Population: 246,070.[24]
  • 1901
    • Beth Israel Hospital founded.[25]
    • Newark Free Public Library opens its current location.[23]
  • 1903
  • 1905
    • La Revista Italian/English-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
    • Feigenspan mansion built.[15]
    • Automobile Renting Co. in business.[16]
  • 1906
  • 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built.[15]
  • 1908
    • Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
    • St. Casimir's Church founded.
  • 1909 - Newark Museum established.

1910s[]

1920s[]

  • 1920 - Carrier air conditioning plant begins operating.[citation needed]
  • 1921 - Newark Morgen-Steren Yiddish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1922 - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra headquartered in city.
  • 1925
  • 1926 - Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge and Davids' Stadium open.
  • 1928
    • Newark Airport begins operating.
    • New Jersey Luso-Americano Portuguese-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[4]

1930s[]

1940s and 1950s[]

  • 1942
  • 1949 - After Hours magazine begins publication.[36]
  • 1958 - September 15: Newark Bay rail accident.

1960s[]

1970s[]

  • 1970 - Kenneth Gibson becomes first African American mayor on the eastern seaboard.[42]
  • 1971 - Gateway Center built.
  • 1977 - City hosts first Islamic Conference of North America.[31]
  • 1978 - August 20: Clinton Avenue Five boys disappear.
  • 1979 - Foreign trade zone established.[43][44]

1980s[]

1990s[]

  • 1990 - Population: 275,221.[12]
  • 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Banjul, Gambia.[49]
  • 1992
    • One Newark Center and Penn Plaza East building constructed.[15]
    • Sister city relationship established with Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.[50]
  • 1995 - Society Hill condo built.[51]
  • 1997
    • City website online.[52][53][54]
    • New Jersey Performing Arts Center opens.
  • 1999 - Bears Stadium opens.[55]

2000s[]

2000-2009[]

2010s[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Rowan Jacobsen (2014). Apples of Uncommon Character. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63286-035-4.
  3. ^ Alden's New-Jersey Register and United States' Calendar, Newark: Printed by William Tuttle, 1811, OCLC 11648006, OL 24162619M
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Atkinson 1878.
  6. ^ Mrs. A.F.R. Martin, ed. (1903). History of the Newark Female Charitable Society.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Hill 1902.
  9. ^ Mumford 2007.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 1898.
  11. ^ Joseph C. Potts (1837). New Jersey register. Trenton: William D'Hart. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081913026.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  13. ^ Shaw 1884.
  14. ^ City of Newark 1858.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Historical Landmarks". City of Newark, New Jersey. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Scannell 1916.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b Board of Trade 1912.
  18. ^ "Newark Industrial Exposition", New York Times, October 24, 1874
  19. ^ Report and catalogue of the first exhibition of Newark industries ... 1872, Newark, N.J: Holbrook's Steam Printery, 1882, OL 7039235M
  20. ^ Johnston & Murphy. "History". Nashville, TN: Genesco. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  21. ^ Tom Dunmore (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Movie Theaters in Newark, NJ". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b The Free Public Library of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 1889
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
  25. ^ Jump up to: a b Tuttle 2009.
  26. ^ "Los Angeles Herald 20 February 1903 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  27. ^ Heilman 1947.
  28. ^ Publishers Weekly, November 14, 1914
  29. ^ Applebome, Peter (2011-02-23). "In Newark, Wresting a Fatal Factory Fire From Oblivion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  30. ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  31. ^ Jump up to: a b Pluralism Project. "Islam in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Harvard University. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  32. ^ "New Jersey: Newark", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690
  33. ^ "William Ashby, 101, Dies; Activist, Social Worker". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. June 10, 1991.
  34. ^ Michael J. Eula (2001). "Ethnicity and Newark's Italian Tribune, 1934-1980". Italian Americana. 19 (1): 23–35. JSTOR 29776660.
  35. ^ David W. Stowe (1996), Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America, Harvard University Press, ISBN 9780674858268
  36. ^ Jump up to: a b c Kukla 2002.
  37. ^ Janson 1968.
  38. ^ Palley 1967.
  39. ^ Jump up to: a b "This Day in Black History", Bet.com, retrieved August 30, 2015
  40. ^ Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
  41. ^ "Neighborhoods". City of Newark. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009.
  42. ^ "Former Newark Mayor Ken Gibson has Died". Insider NJ. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  43. ^ "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  44. ^ Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 242, ISBN 9781849802437
  45. ^ "A Flash of Hope for a Tainted River". New York Times. August 17, 2008.
  46. ^ "About the Mayor". City of Newark. Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
  47. ^ "New Jersey". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
  48. ^ "Newark Plays Host to Portugal Mayor", Star-Ledger, June 9, 1990
  49. ^ "Sister City Paid Visit", Star-Ledger, October 23, 1991
  50. ^ "Newark's Sister City", Star-Ledger, April 20, 1993
  51. ^ Educational Broadcasting Corporation 2002.
  52. ^ "City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 29, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  53. ^ "Welcome to the City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
  54. ^ "Towns put out the word on the Web: Residents tune in to cyberspace", Star-Ledger, November 5, 1997
  55. ^ Newman 2004.
  56. ^ "Office of the City Clerk". City of Newark. Archived from the original on July 2015.
  57. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
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  59. ^ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
  60. ^ Sherman, Ted. (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker". The Star-Ledger (nj.com).
  61. ^ "Defying Expectations, Mayor Ras Baraka Is Praised in All Corners of Newark", New York Times, August 30, 2015
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This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Published in 19th century[]

1800s-1840s[]

  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Newark", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • "Newark", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
  • Thomas Francis Gordon (1834), "Newark", Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, Trenton: Daniel Fenton, OCLC 4366560
  • Directory of Newark, for 1835-6, Newark, N.J.: Office of the Newark Daily Advertiser, 1835, OL 23673568M
  • Directory of the City of Newark, for 1838-9, Newark, N.J.: Pierson, 1838, OL 23295513M

1850s-1890s[]

  • B.T. Pierson (1851), Directory of the City of Newark, for 1851-52, Newark, N.J.: Holbrook's Steam Press, OL 7137264M
  • City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Newark. 1858.
  • Hand book and guide for the city of Newark, New Jersey, Newark: Newark daily advertiser print, 1872, OL 24158393M
  • William F. Ford (1874), The industrial interests of Newark, N. J, New York: Van Arsdale & Company, OCLC 7369689, OL 6904305M
  • "Newark", Goulding's Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City, and Hoboken, Lawrence G. Gulding, 1875
  • Martha J. Lamb, "Newark," Harper's New Monthly 53 (October 1876): 671-72.
  • Newark, N. J. (1877). City Charter and Supplements Thereto of the City of Newark.
  • Joseph Atkinson (1878), The History of Newark, New Jersey, Newark, N.J.: W.B. Guild, OCLC 1247333, OL 6904304M
  • George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Newark". The American Cyclopaedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newark, N.J.". Bibliotheca Americana. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.
  • William H. Shaw (1884), "City of Newark (etc.)", History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia: Everts & Peck
  • Terence Devine (1886), Devine's Newark City Street Guide, Newark, N.J., OL 17940766M
  • "Newark Department", Business Directory of New York City, and Newark City, N.J., American Reporter Co., 1886
  • F. Killenberger (1887), "Newark", F. Killenberger's Pocket Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, New Brunswick: New Jersey Pub. Co.
  • "Newark". Quarter-Century's Progress of New Jersey's Leading Manufacturing Centres. NY: International Publishing Company. 1887.
  • "Business Directory of Newark City, NJ", Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark, H.A. Curtin, 1888 + 1889 ed.
  • Newark and its leading businessmen, Newark, N.J.: Mercantile Publishing Co., 1891, OCLC 13695297, OL 24332537M
  • Peter J. Leary (1893), Newark, N.J., illustrated, Newark, N.J.: W.A. Baker, OL 17940499M
  • Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey, New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, OL 17996898M
  • The 'Guide Book' Street Guide and General Information of Newark, Newark, N.J.: Cities Map & Guide Co., 1900, OL 23698396M

Published in 20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

1950s-1990s[]

  • Howard A. Palley (Spring 1967). "Community Action, Public Programs and Youth Unemployment: A Case Study of Newark, New Jersey". Journal of Negro Education. 36 (2): 100–110. doi:10.2307/2293885. JSTOR 2293885.
  • Carl-Gunnar Janson (1968). "The Spatial Structure of Newark, New Jersey, Part I, the Central City". Acta Sociologica. 11 (3): 144–169. doi:10.1177/000169936801100302. JSTOR 4193673.
  • Arnold S. Rice (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Newark: a chronological & documentary history, 1666-1970, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006081

Published in 21st century[]

  • "History of Newark". A Walk Through Newark. NY: Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2002.
  • Barbara J. Kukla (2002), Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813531168
  • "Newark". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
  • Kathe Newman (2004). "Newark, Decline and Avoidance, Renaissance and Desire: From Disinvestment to Reinvestment". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 594: 34–48. doi:10.1177/0002716204264963. JSTOR 4127692.
  • Kevin Mumford (2007), Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America, NYU Press, ISBN 9780814757178
  • Brad R. Tuttle (2009), How Newark became Newark: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an American city, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813544908
  • Ezra Shales (2010), Made in Newark: industrial arts and civic identity in the progressive era, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, OCLC 436387175

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