Timeline of St. Louis
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Prior to 19th-century[]
| History of St. Louis |
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| Exploration and Louisiana |
| City founding and early history |
| Expansion and the Civil War |
| St. Louis as the Fourth City |
| Urban decline and renewal |
| Recent developments |
| See also |
- 1764 – St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclède in Louisiana, New Spain.[1]
- 1780 – "Indian attack."[2]
- 1799 – Population: 925.[3]
19th century[]
1800s–1850s[]
- 1800 – St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana.[2]
- 1804
- St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase.[2]
- Post Office established.[4]
- 1805 – St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory.[2][5]
- 1808 – Missouri Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1809
- 1811 – December 16: New Madrid earthquake.[7]
- 1812 – St. Louis County established.[4]
- 1815 – Theatre opens.[4]
- 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated.[8]
- 1818
- 1819 – Erin Benevolent Society founded.[1]
- 1820
- June: Missouri constitutional convention held.[3]
- September: Missouri General Assembly convenes.[5]
- 1821
- 1822
- 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor.
- 1825 – Lafayette visits town.[11]
- 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.[12]
- 1828 – County Courthouse built.
- 1830 – Population: 4,977.[13]
- 1834
- Daily Evening Herald newspaper begins publication.[4][6]
- Cathedral of St. Louis consecrated.[12]
- 1835 – Anzeiger des Westens German-language newspaper begins publication.[4][6]
- 1836 – Chamber of Commerce established.[14]
- 1837 – Daniel Webster visits city.[15]
- 1840
- 1841
- United Hebrew Congregation founded.
- Area of city: 4.5 square miles.[10]
- 1844 – Anti-immigration unrest.[7]
- 1846
- 1847 – Boatmen's Savings Institution chartered.[15]
- 1849
- Concordia Seminary relocates to St. Louis.[17]
- Cholera epidemic.[7]
- Fire.[3]
- Bellefontaine Cemetery established.
- 1850
- Third Baptist Church established.
- Population: 77,860.[10]
- 1851 – Bates' Theatre opens.[18]
- 1852
- Iron Mountain railroad built.[14]
- Bavarian Brewery in business.
- 1853 – Washington University founded.[17]
- 1854 – Czech Slavonic Benevolent Society founded.[19]
- 1856
- Academy of Science founded.
- St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair begins.[14]
- Grand Opera House opens.[8]
- 1857
- St. Louis Fire Department established.[20]
- Lindell Hotel in business.[14]
- Dred Scott decision in March, 1857.
- 1859
1860s–1890s[]
- 1860 – Population: 160,773.[13]
- 1861 – Western Sanitary Commission[21] and Ladies Union Aid Society established.
- 1862 – Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business.[22]
- 1865
- 1866
- 1867 – City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park[26] established.
- 1869 – Congregation Shaare Emeth founded.
- 1870
- 1871
- 1871 St. Louis tornado.
- Puck German-language magazine begins publication.[27]
- 1872
- 1873 – Laclede Gas Light Company in business.[29]
- 1874 – Eads Bridge built.[14]
- 1875
- Merchants Exchange opens.[8]
- Brownell and Wight Car Company in business.
- 1876
- June: City hosts 1876 Democratic National Convention.
- Forest Park opens.
- Busch's Budweiser beer introduced.
- Area of city: 61.37 square miles.[10]
- 1877
- City secedes from St. Louis County.
- July: 1877 St. Louis general strike.[30]
- 1878 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper begins publication.[28]
- 1879
- Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business.
- Pope's Theatre opens.[18]
- 1880
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built.
- Population: 350,518.[31]
- 1882 – Mallinckrodt Chemical Works incorporated.
- 1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens.[8]
- 1884 – St. Louis Maroons baseball team active.
- 1886
- May 1: Labour strike.[32]
- St. Louis Watchmaking School[17] and Congregation Temple Israel founded.
- 1888 – City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention.
- 1889 – Missouri Botanical Garden established.[17]
- 1890 – Population: 451,770.[31]
- 1891
- Rubicam Business School established.[17]
- Wainwright Building constructed.
- American Car Company in business.
- Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall.[33]
- 1892
- St. Louis Browns baseball team active.[34]
- St. Louis Country Club established.[35]
- Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business.
- National People's Party founded in St. Louis.[36]
- 1894 – Union Station opens.
- 1896
- May: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado.[37]
- June: Flood.[37]
- City hosts 1896 Republican National Convention.
- Busch's Michelob beer introduced.
- 1898 – Compton Hill Water Tower erected.
20th-century[]
1900s–1970s[]
- 1900
- 1902 – Sportsman's Park opens.
- 1903 – Missouri Athletic Club founded.
- 1904
- Buckingham Hotel built.
- April: St. Louis World's Fair opens;[37] Palace of Fine Arts built.
- City hosts 1904 Summer Olympics and 1904 Democratic National Convention.
- 1905 – May Department Store relocates to St. Louis.[39]
- 1906
- Racquet Club of St. Louis founded.
- Statue of Louis IX of France unveiled in Forest Park.
- 1908
- Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated.[40]
- Aeronautic Supply Company in business.[40]
- St. Louis Coliseum built.
- Fairground Park established.[26]
- 1909 – October: City centennial.
- 1910 – Population: 687,029.[31]
- 1911
- Urban League branch established.[41]
- Famous-Barr (shop) in business.[39]
- Benoist Flying School established.[40]
- 1912
- Ethical Society building constructed.
- St. Louis Argus newspaper begins publication.[42]
- Missouri Peace Society founded.[43][44]
- 1913 – Henry Kiel becomes mayor.
- 1914
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis begins operating.[45]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established.[42]
- Railway Exchange Building and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis constructed.
- "Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis" held.[4]
- St. Louis Zoo incorporated.
- 1915 – Junior League of St. Louis organized.[46]
- 1917
- MacArthur Bridge opens.
- St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre (The Muny) opens
- 1918
- Poro beauty school opens.[47]
- 1919
- 1920
- Chase Hotel built.
- Population: 772,897.[38]
- 1921
- 1925 – St. Louis Theater opens.
- 1926 – Southwestern Bell Building constructed.
- 1927
- Racquet Club of St. Louis funds Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis airplane.
- Tornado.[4]
- B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation in business.[40]
- 1928 – St. Louis American newspaper begins publication.[28]
- 1929 – Fox Theatre opens.[51]
- 1930 – Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport dedicated.[40]
- 1931 – Rombauer's Joy of Cooking published.[28]
- 1933
- Firmin Desloge Hospital opens.[49]
- Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales established.
- 1935 – Neighborhood Gardens (housing) opens.[52]
- 1937 – Floral Conservatory built in Forest Park.
- 1939
- 1939 St. Louis smog.
- Oldani's restaurant in business.
- 1940 – Population: 816,048.[38]
- 1942 – George Hudson Orchestra debuts.[53]
- 1943 – Campbell House Museum opens.
- 1947 – Congress of Racial Equality chapter organized.[54]
- 1948 – U.S. Supreme Court decides Shelley v. Kraemer lawsuit.[5]
- 1949 – Fairground Park riot.
- 1950 – Population: 856,796.
- 1951 – Veterans' Memorial Bridge built.
- 1954
- KETC television begins broadcasting.
- Pruitt–Igoe housing built.[55]
- 1955
- Peabody Coal Company relocates to St. Louis.
- Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum architects in business.
- 1958 – Landmarks Association of St. Louis established.
- 1959 – St. Louis sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement.[56]
- 1960
- 1962 – St. Louis Community College established.
- 1963
- MetroBus begins operating.
- Planetarium opens.
- 1964
- LaClede Town (housing) opens.
- Imo's Pizza in business in Shaw.
- 1965
- Gateway Arch erected.[5]
- Regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments established.
- 1966 – Busch Stadium opens.
- 1967
- Poplar Street Bridge completed.
- St. Louis Blues - National Hockey League - NHL Expansion ice hockey team formed.
- K-SHE 95 (94.7) FM radio station begins broadcasting its current Rock n' Roll format.
- 1969 – Laclede Gas Building constructed.
- 1970
- 1974
- St. Louis Port Authority created.[7]
- Sister city relationship established with Suwa, Japan.[57]
- 1976 – Sister city relationship established with Lyon, France.[57]
- 1977
- St. Louis Convention Center opens.
- James F. Conway becomes mayor.
- Sister city relationship established with Galway, Ireland.[57]
- 1979 – Sister city relationship established with Nanjing, China.[57]
1980s–1990s[]
- 1981 – Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor’s Office.[59]
- 1986
- Express Scripts and Galleria Cinema[51] in business.
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Building constructed.
- 1987
- 1989 – One Metropolitan Square (hi-rise) built.
- 1990
- 1992 – Sister city relationships established with Szczecin, Poland and Samara, Russia.[57]
- 1993 – MetroLink begins operating.
- 1994
- Kiel Center arena opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Saint-Louis, Senegal.[57]
- 1995
- St. Louis Rams football team active.
- Trans World Dome (stadium) opens.
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[60]
- Ameren Corporation in business.
- Clarence Harmon becomes mayor.
21st-century[]
- 2000 – Population: 348,189.[38]
- 2001
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation museum opens.
- Francis G. Slay becomes mayor.
- William Lacy Clay, Jr. becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district.[61]
- Veterans for Peace headquartered in St. Louis.[62]
- 2002 – St. Louis Building Arts Foundation active (approximate date).[63]
- 2003 – St. Louis Area Regional Response System headquartered in city.[64]
- 2004 – Sister city relationship established with Bogor, Indonesia.[57]
- 2006 – Busch Stadium rebuilt.
- 2007 – Center for Citizen Leadership headquartered in St. Louis.
- 2008 – Sister city relationship established with Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[57]
- 2009 – Citygarden opens.
- 2010 – Population: 319,294; metro 2,812,896.[65]
- 2011 – October: Occupy St. Louis begins.
- 2014
- 2016
- Rams leave St. Louis and become the L.A. Rams once again.[68]
See also[]
- History of St. Louis
- List of mayors of St. Louis
- National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, A–L), Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, M–Z), Missouri
- Timeline of Kansas City, Missouri
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- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to St. Louis, various dates
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