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Pre-history
  
until 1497

British Rule
  
1763–1783

U.S. Territorial Period
  
1822–1845

Spanish Rule
  
1513–1763

Spanish Rule
  
1783–1821

Statehood
  
1845–present

Timeline of Orlando, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Orlando, Florida, United States.

Contents

1800–1900

  • 1875
  • Town of Orlando incorporated.
  • William Jackson Brack becomes mayor.
  • 1878 - Orange County Reporter newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880
  • South Florida Railroad begins operating.
  • Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church established.
  • 1884 - Orange County Jail built.
  • 1886
  • Orlando Black (school) opens.
  • Orlando Street Railway begins operating (approximate date).
  • English Club formed.
  • 1889 - Church Street Station built.
  • 1891 - St. James Cathedral built.
  • 1892
  • Courthouse built.
  • Lake Eola Park established.

    • 1900s-1960s

  • 1900 - Florida Christian Recorder newspaper begins publication.
  • 1905 - City Hall built.
  • 1910 - Population: 3,894.
  • 1913 - Grand Theater opens.
  • 1914 - Commission form of government effected.
  • 1918 - Orange General Hospital opens.
  • 1921
  • Beacham Theater opens.
  • Jones High School active.
  • 1923
  • Orlando Utilities Commission established; municipal electric plant begins operating.
  • Albertson Public Library opens.
  • 1924
  • Edgewater Heights, Lorna Doone Park, and Orwin Manor become part of Orlando.
  • Orlando Museum of Art founded.
  • Orange Court Hotel built.
  • 1925 - Glendonjo Park and Spring Lake Terrace become part of Orlando.
  • 1926
  • Country Club Estates, Ivanhoe Plaza, Oakhurst Subdivision, Orlando Highlands, Princeton Court, and Silver Lake Park become part of Orlando.
  • Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, and Municipal Auditorium built.
  • Well'sbuilt Hotel in business.
  • 1927 - Orange County Courthouse built.
  • 1928 - Orlando Municipal Airport begins operating.
  • 1934 - Orlando Dixie Sun newspaper begins publication.
  • 1936
  • Orlando Stadium opens.
  • Cypress Gardens opens in nearby Winter Haven.
  • 1940 - Orlando Army Air Base established.
  • 1943 - Pinecastle Army Airfield in operation.
  • 1945 - Negro Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1946 - Ben White Raceway opens.
  • 1949 - Gatorland opens.
  • 1952 - William R. Boone High School built.
  • 1954
  • WDBO-TV begins broadcasting.
  • Bishop Moore High School built.
  • 1956 - Colonial Plaza shopping centre in business.
  • 1957
  • Orange County Historical Commission established.
  • Martin Company missile manufactory begins operating near Orlando.
  • Interstate 4 highway constructed.
  • 1960 - Central Florida Museum opens.
  • 1961 - Harry P. Leu Gardens deeded to city.
  • 1967
  • Carl T. Langford becomes mayor of Orlando.
  • Disney-controlled City of Bay Lake and City of Reedy Creek incorporated near Orlando.
  • 1968
  • Florida Technological University opens.
  • Naval Training Center Orlando and Catholic Diocese of Orlando established.

    • 1970s-1990s

  • 1970
  • Lake Highland Preparatory School founded.
  • Population: 99,006 city; 344,311 county.
  • University Drive-In cinema built.
  • 1971
  • Disney World in business.
  • Historical Society of Central Florida headquartered in Orlando.
  • 1973
  • Orlando Fashion Square Mall opens
  • Sentinel Star newspaper began publication.
  • SeaWorld theme park in business.
  • 1974 - East-West Expressway constructed.
  • 1975 - Metropolitan Orlando Women's Political Caucus and Orlando Lutheran Academy founded.
  • 1976
  • Orlando International Airport in operation.
  • Disney's Discovery Island in business.
  • 1977
  • Orlando Regional Medical Center established.
  • Wet 'n Wild Orlando theme park in business.
  • 1979
  • Orlando Opera incorporated.
  • Basilica of Mary (church) built.
  • 1980
  • July: Racial unrest.
  • Bill Frederick becomes mayor.
  • Population: 128,291 city; 471,016 county.
  • 1981 - Bill McCollum becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district.
  • 1982
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida established.
  • Disney's Epcot Center theme park in business in nearby Lake Buena Vista.
  • 1983 - Orange County Convention Center opens.
  • 1984 - Orlando Science Center active.
  • 1986 - The Peabody Orlando hotel and Disney's Living Seas in business.
  • 1987 - Dr. Phillips High School opens.
  • 1989 - Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival begins.
  • Orlando Arena (now the Amway Arena) opened
  • 1990
  • Universal Orlando theme park in business.
  • Population: 164,693 city; 677,491 county.
  • Zora Neale Hurston Festival begins in nearby Eatonville.
  • 1991
  • UCF Arena opens.
  • Orlando Predators football team formed.
  • 1992
  • Cypress Creek High School and Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra established.
  • Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival begins.
  • 1993
  • Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in operation.
  • Glenda Hood becomes mayor.
  • 1994 - June–July: Some 1994 FIFA World Cup games held in Orlando.
  • 1996 - City website online (approximate date).
  • 1998
  • Muvico Pointe cinema in business.
  • Mennello Museum opens.
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in business.
  • 1999 - Cinemark Festival Bay Mall (cinema) in business.

    • 21st century

  • 2002 - Millenia Mall in business.
  • 2003
  • Freedom High School established.
  • Buddy Dyer becomes mayor.
  • 2007 - CFE Arena opens.
  • 2010
  • Amway Center event venue opens.
  • Orlando City Soccer Club formed.
  • 2011
  • Daniel Webster becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 8th congressional district.
  • Population: 238,300; metro 2,171,360.
  • 2015 - Orlando Eye ferris wheel built.
  • 2016 - Orlando nightclub shooting

    • References

    Timeline of Orlando, Florida Wikipedia
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