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Timeline of Sacramento, California

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sacramento, California, United States.

Contents

19th century

  • 1843 – Sutter's Fort built.
  • 1849
  • Sacramento City founded by John Sutter, Jr. and Sam Brannan.
  • William Stout becomes mayor.
  • City Cemetery established.
  • 1850
  • August: Squatters' Riot.
  • October–November: Cholera outbreak
  • Population: 6,820.
  • Daily California Republican newspaper begins publication.
  • 1852
  • Congregation B'nai Israel synagogue established.
  • Big Four Building constructed.
  • 1854 – State legislature relocates to Sacramento.
  • 1855 – State Convention of Colored Citizens held in Sacramento.
  • 1857
  • Daily Bee newspaper begins publication.
  • Sacramento Library Association founded.
  • 1860 – Ground broken for California State Capitol building.
  • 1874 – Capitol building completed.
  • 1877 – Muybridge photographs galloping horse at Union Park Racetrack.
  • 1879 – Sacramento Free Public Library founded.
  • 1889 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament built.
  • 1890 – Population: 26,386.
  • 1891 – Brighton School rebuilt.
  • 1898 – Ruhstaller Building constructed.

    • 20th century

  • 1910 – Population: 44,696.
  • 1912 – Empress Theatre opens.
  • 1915 – Zoological park established.
  • 1919 – Business and Professional Women's Club founded.
  • 1923 – Sacramento Municipal Utility District established.
  • 1924 – Senator Hotel in business.
  • 1927
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church built.
  • William Land Park Zoo opens.
  • 1931 – Blue Anchor Building constructed.
  • 1933 – Federal Building constructed.
  • 1935
  • Tower Bridge opens.
  • McClellan Air Force Base established near city.
  • 1937 – Sacramento Movie Forum organized.
  • 1939 – Sacred Heart Parish School constructed.
  • 1941 – Sacramento Army Depot activated.
  • 1947
  • Sacramento Opera Guild founded.
  • Vic's Ice Cream in business.
  • 1948
  • Sacramento Symphony formed.
  • Belle Cooledge elected mayor.
  • 1954 – Sacramento Ballet founded.
  • 1955 – KCRA-TV begins broadcasting.
  • 1956 – Sacramento Youth Symphony founded.
  • 1957 – Arden Fair Mall in business.
  • 1960 – Tower Records in business.
  • 1961
  • Sacramento Peace Center established.
  • Sacramento Book Collectors Club active.
  • 1962 – The Sacramento Observer newspaper begins publication.
  • 1966 – From March to April, farmworkers march to Sacramento from Delano.
  • 1968 – Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society formed.
  • 1974 – Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee first held.
  • 1975
  • Phil Isenberg becomes mayor.
  • September 5: Gerald Ford assassination attempt.
  • 1977 – Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission established.
  • 1979
  • November 28: Anti-nuclear sit-in at State Capitol.
  • Local Government Commission headquartered in city.
  • 1982 – California State Capitol building restored.
  • 1983 – Anne Rudin becomes mayor.
  • 1985
  • Sacramento Kings basketball team active.
  • Sacramento History Center established.
  • 1989 – Renaissance Tower built.
  • 1990 – Population: 369,365.
  • 1991
  • April 4: 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis.
  • U.S. Bank Plaza built.
  • 1992 – Wells Fargo Center built.
  • 1993 – Joe Serna, Jr. becomes mayor.
  • 1995
  • City website online.
  • Sacramento Festival of Cinema begins.
  • 1996 – Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre founded.
  • 1997 – Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra established.
  • 1998 – Al-Arqam Islamic School established.
  • 1999 – Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse and Esquire Tower built.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Sacramento Film and Music Festival begins.
  • Heather Fargo becomes mayor.
  • 2008
  • Kevin Johnson becomes mayor.
  • Sacramento Press and Natomas Buzz begin publication.
  • U.S. Bank Tower built.
  • 2009 – Bank of the West Tower built.
  • 2010 – Population: 466,488.

    • References

    Timeline of Sacramento, California Wikipedia
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