The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo, Texas, USA.
1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by Tomás Sánchez and others in Spanish colonial Nuevo Santander, Viceroyalty of New Spain.
1760 - Chapel built.
1767 - San Agustin Church founded.
1790 - Population: 708.
1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent Mexican Empire.
1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent Republic of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Federalist War.
1846 - Laredo taken by U.S Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War.
1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.
1848
Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War.
Webb County, Texas created.
1849 - U.S military Camp Crawford established.
1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city."
1860 - Population: 1,256.
1872 - San Agustin Church rebuilt.
1880
Corpus Christi-Laredo railway begins operating.
Population: 3,521.
1881
Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.
St. Peter's neighborhood development begins.
City plan for Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, "'Plano de los Dos Laredos' created by E.R. Laroche."
1882
Laredo Seminary and city water works established.
County Courthouse built.
1883 - Daily Laredo Times newspaper begins publication.
1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.
1889
Street railway begins operating.
"Foot and wagon bridge built across the Rio Grande" at Convent Avenue.
1890 - Population: 11,319.
1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).
1904 - Laredo Academy established.
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.
1909 - Webb County Courthouse built.
1910 - Population: 14,855.
1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.
1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).
1920 - Population: 22,710.
1922
International Bridge opens.
Azteca Theater opens.
1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.
1947 - Laredo Junior College established.
1950 - Population: 51,910.
1954 - Flood.
1970
River Drive Mall in business.
Population: 69,678.
1977 - Mall del Norte in business.
1978 - Aldo Tatangelo becomes mayor.
1980
Webb County Heritage Foundation established.
Population: 91,449.
1990
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr. becomes mayor.
Population: 122,899.
1993
Laredo Community College active.
Cinemark Movies 12 (cinema) in business.
1998 - Betty Flores becomes mayor.
2000
Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo established.
Population: 176,576.
2001 - City website online (approximate date).
2005 - Henry Cuellar becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district.
2006 - Raul G. Salinas becomes mayor.
2007 - Cinemark Mall Del Norte (cinema) in business.
2008 - Rio Grande Detention Center opens, housing up to 1900 federal prisoners for the U.S. government
2010 - Population: 236,091.
2014 - Pete Saenz becomes mayor.
Timeline of Laredo, Texas Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA