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Timeline of Austin, Texas

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.

Contents

19th century

  • 1839
  • Austin designated capital of the Republic of Texas.
  • December 27: Austin incorporated.
  • 1840
  • Edwin Waller becomes first mayor.
  • Population: 856.
  • 1841
  • Houston-Austin coach begins operating.
  • Austin Lyceum active.
  • French Legation built.
  • 1842 - Texas seat of government relocated from Austin to Houston.
  • 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas.
  • 1846 - Texas seat of government relocated back to Austin from Houston.
  • 1850 - Population: 3,841.
  • 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed.
  • 1855
  • Texas State Capitol built.
  • St. David's Episcopal Church consecrated.
  • 1857 - General Land Office Building constructed.
  • 1859 - Buaas's Hall (assembly room) renovated.
  • 1860 - Wharton College opens.
  • 1871
  • Houston and Texas Central Railroad begins operating.
  • Democratic Statesman newspaper begins publication.
  • 1872
  • Connectional High School and Institute founded.
  • Penn's Circulating Library in business.
  • 1873 - Austin Library Association active.
  • 1874 - St. Mary's Academy founded.
  • 1875 - Austin City Railroad begins operating.
  • 1876 - International–Great Northern Railroad begins operating.
  • 1877
  • Stuart Female Seminary founded.
  • Tillotson College chartered.
  • 1878 - St. Edward's University founded.
  • 1881
  • November 9: State Capitol building burns down.
  • University of Texas at Austin established.
  • Austin High School opens.
  • 1884
  • Congregation Beth Israel synagogue established.
  • Servant Girl Annihilator murders begin (ending in 1885.)
  • 1885 - St. Edward's College established.
  • 1886
  • Driskill Hotel in business.
  • Hill City Quartet formed.
  • 1887 - Negro Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute opens.
  • 1888 - Texas State Capitol rebuilt.
  • 1894 - Heart's Ease Circle of King's Daughters (women's group) founded.
  • 1895 - Moonlight towers installed.

    • 1900s-1940s

  • 1900
  • April: Austin Dam failure.
  • Samuel Huston College opens.
  • 1902 - Nixon-Clay College and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary established.
  • 1908 - Confederate Woman's Home opens.
  • 1910 - Congress Avenue Bridge rebuilt.
  • 1911 - Texas Fine Arts Association and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 205 established.
  • 1917 - University of Texas' School for Military Aeronautics opens.
  • 1918 - State Office Building constructed.
  • 1921 - Austin Civic Theatre founded.
  • 1926
  • Council-manager form of government effected.
  • University Airport in operation.
  • 1929 - Howson Community Center established.
  • 1930
  • Municipal Airport opens.
  • Population: 53,120.
  • 1933
  • Austin Public Library building opens.
  • State Highway Building constructed.
  • 1934
  • O. Henry House museum opens.
  • Junior League of Austin organized.
  • 1935
  • Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters built.
  • Flood.
  • 1937
  • UT Tower built.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
  • 1938 - Montopolis Bridge built.
  • 1941 - Austin Daily Tribune Building constructed.
  • 1942
  • Bergstrom Army Air Field established.
  • Lamar Boulevard Bridge built.
  • 1947 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin established.

    • 1950s-1990s

  • 1950 – Population: 132,459.
  • 1952 - Burnet Drive-In cinema opens.
  • 1953 - Young Men's Christian Association of Austin chartered.
  • 1956 - Ballet Academy founded.
  • 1958
  • Goodwill Industries of Central Texas established.
  • Town & Country Food Stores in business.
  • 1959 - Palmer Auditorium opens.
  • 1960 – Population: 186,545.
  • 1962 - Austin Aqua Festival begins.
  • 1963 - Jake Pickle becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
  • 1965
  • August 1: Texas tower shooting.
  • The Citizen newspaper in publication.
  • 1966 - August 1: Whitman shootings.
  • 1967
  • Vulcan Gas Company music venue active.
  • Fair Housing Ordinance established.
  • 1968
  • Crockett High School opens.
  • Sister city relationship established with Saltillo, Mexico.
  • 1970
  • Armadillo World Headquarters music venue active.
  • University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs established.
  • Population: 251,808.
  • 1971 - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum dedicated.
  • 1973
  • Austin Community College and regional Austin Transportation Study established.
  • L.C. Anderson High School (Mesa Drive) and Aquarius cinema open.
  • 1975 - Austin Community Gardens created.
  • 1976 - Austin City Limits television music program begins national broadcast.
  • 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Maseru, Lesotho.
  • 1979
  • Austin Public Library new main branch building opens.
  • Austin Shambhala Center founded.
  • 1980
  • Whole Foods Market in business.
  • Population: 345,496.
  • 1981
  • Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers established.
  • Austin Chronicle and Austin Press newspapers begin publication.
  • Sister city relationship established with Lima, Peru.
  • 1982
  • National Wildflower Research Center founded.
  • Pennybacker Bridge opens.
  • 1983
  • Austin History Center active.
  • Austin Children's Museum established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Adelaide, Australia.
  • 1984 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy established.
  • 1985
  • Austin Film Society organized.
  • Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins.
  • 1986
  • Austin Lyric Opera founded.
  • Sister city relationship established with Taichung, Taiwan.
  • 1987
  • South by Southwest music festival begins.
  • Lamar Smith becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.
  • 1988
  • Dell Computer Corporation in business.
  • Bowie High School established.
  • 1990
  • Sister city relationship established with Ōita City, Japan.
  • Population: 465,622.
  • 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Koblenz, Germany.
  • 1992
  • Austin Convention Center opens.
  • Hyde Park Theatre founded.
  • 1993 - Sustainable Food Center and Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association chapter founded.
  • 1994
  • Um-Al-Mumeneen-Sayeda-Khadija Mosque built.
  • Goodwill Computer Museum founded.[1]
  • 1995
  • Lloyd Doggett becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
  • Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.
  • City website online.
  • 1997 - Sister city relationship established with Xishuangbanna, China.
  • 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.
  • 1999
  • Austin–Bergstrom International Airport opens.
  • Dell Foundation and Foodways of Austin club established.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Akins High School established.
  • George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in Austin.
  • Area of city: 251 square miles.
  • Population: 656,562.
  • Sister city relationship established with Orlu, Nigeria.
  • 2001 - Sister city relationship established with Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
  • 2002 - Texas Archive of the Moving Image headquartered in city.
  • 2003
  • Texas Rollergirls founded.
  • Frost Bank Tower built.
  • 2005 - Austin Film Critics Association founded.
  • 2009
  • Texas Tribune headquartered in city.
  • Sister city relationship established with Antalya Kepez, Turkey.
  • 2010
  • February 18: 2010 Austin suicide attack.
  • Capital MetroRail begins operating.
  • Austin Bulldog begins publication.
  • Area of city: 297.90 square miles.
  • Population: city 790,390; megaregion 19,728,244.
  • 2011 - Sister city relationship established with Angers, France.
  • 2012 - Austin Food & Wine Alliance established.
  • 2013 - Population: 885,400.
  • 2014
  • November 28: Larry Steven McQuilliams, 49, fired at least 100 shots at several government buildings and a police station before dying of a gunshot wound.
  • Sister city relationship established with Hackney, London.

    • References

    Timeline of Austin, Texas Wikipedia
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