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Timeline of Calgary history

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This is a timeline of the history of Calgary.

Contents

18th century

  • 1787 – Cartographer David Thompson spent the winter with a band of Peigan encamped along the Bow River. He was the first recorded European to visit the area.

    • 19th century

  • 1873 – John Glenn was the first documented European settler in the Calgary area.
  • 1875 – Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A. Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary by Colonel James Macleod.
  • 1882 - First sawmill on the Bow River
  • 1883 – The Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area and a rail station was constructed.
  • 1884 – Calgary was officially incorporated as a town and elected its first mayor, George Murdoch.
  • 1885 – Calgary Police Service established.
  • 1886 – The Calgary Fire of 1886.
  • 1888 – Anglican Diocese of Calgary established.
  • 1891 – Calgary and Edmonton Railway opened.
  • 1894 – It was incorporated as "The City of Calgary" in what was then the North-West Territories.
  • 1900 – Downtown East Village, Calgary established.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 – Oil was first discovered in Alberta in 1902.
  • 1910 - Parkdale was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910.
  • 1910 - 1913 - Calgary experienced a "major and economic and building boom."
  • 1912 – The Calgary Stampede is held for the first time.
  • 1915-18 – Mewata Armouries constructed.
  • 1919 - The Victory Stampede was Calgary's second rodeo, honoring the end of the Great War.
  • 1923 – A plebiscite increased the term in office for the mayor from one to two years. In 1968, the Municipal Act increased the term in office by one year, for a total of three years.
  • 1923 - The Calgary Stampede held for the third time and annually since then.
  • 1929 – Great Depression in Canada.
  • 1932-33 – The Glenmore Dam is constructed.
  • 1947 – Huge reserves of oil were discovered in the province. Calgary quickly found itself at the centre of the ensuing oil boom.
  • 1947 – Stampede Wrestling established.
  • 1967 - Construction of the Husky Tower Calgary Tower started. Opened to public June 30, 1968.
  • 1970 - First +15 enclosed pedestrian walkway constructed downtown.
  • 1971 – 403,000 inhabitants. The relatively low-rise Downtown Calgary quickly became dense with tall buildings, a trend that continues to this day.
  • 1973 – The city's economy grew when oil prices increased with the Arab Oil Embargo.
  • 1988 – Calgary hosts the 1988 Winter Olympics
  • 1989 – 675,000 inhabitants.
  • 1992 – Stephen Avenue is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
  • 1996 – Canadian Pacific Railway moved its head office from Montreal to Calgary.
  • 1997 – Calgary Declaration.
  • 1999 – Hub Oil explosion

    • 21st century

  • 2002 – J26 G8 Protests.
  • 2005 – Imperial Oil moved its headquarters from Toronto to Calgary in order to take advantage of Alberta's favourable corporate taxes and to be closer to its oil operations.
  • 2006 – EnCana announced the construction of the Bow, a 58-floor skyscraper in the downtown core of the city.
  • 2007 – 1,020,000 inhabitants.
  • 2008 – The Calgary Economic Region had an estimated population of 1,232,679.
  • 2010 – Centennial Place (Calgary) completed construction.
  • 2013 - Widespread flooding across southern Alberta forces the evacuation of 75,000 Calgary residents
  • 2014 - Calgary reached a population of around 1,419,800.

    • References

    Timeline of Calgary history Wikipedia
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