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Timeline of San Antonio

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Contents

18th century

  • 1718 – San Antonio founded.
  • 1720 – Mission San Jose founded.
  • 1722 – Presidio San Antonio de Bexar built.
  • 1731 – Juan Leal Goraz becomes first mayor.
  • 1750 – Church of San Fernando built.
  • 1782 – Mission San Jose building constructed.

    • 19th century

  • 1811 – January 22: Juan Baptista de Las Casas, a retired captain from Nuevo Santander, along with several revolutionaries buoyed by the successes of Hidalgo's army in Guanajuato, march into town and arrest the Governors Herrera and Salcedo. Spain stops sending money for troops.
  • 1813 – August: Battle of Medina occurs near town.
  • 1821 – San Antonio becomes part of the Mexican Empire.
  • 1836 – February 23 – March 6: Battle of the Alamo.
  • 1837 – John William Smith becomes mayor.
  • 1840 – March 19: Council House Fight.
  • 1842 – September 17: Battle of Salado Creek occurs near town.
  • 1845 – San Antonio becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas.
  • 1849 – Cholera epidemic.
  • 1852 – St. Mary's Institute founded.
  • 1853 – Public schools established.
  • 1860 – Population: 8,235.
  • 1865
  • U.S. Army Fort Sam Houston established.
  • San Antonio Express newspaper begins publication.
  • 1868 – Frost Bank established.
  • 1871 – Mount Zion Baptist Church founded.
  • 1872 – Alamo Literary Society formed.
  • 1874 – Catholic Diocese of San Antonio and Temple Beth-El congregation founded.
  • 1875 – Sociedad Benevolencia Mexicana founded.
  • 1877 – Railroad begins operating.
  • 1880 – Population: 20,550.
  • 1881 – Evening Light newspaper begins publication.
  • 1883 – San Antonio Brewing Company in business.
  • 1884
  • March 11: Vaudeville Theater Ambush.
  • Societa Italiana di Mutuo Soccorso founded.
  • 1885
  • Scholz's Palm Garden in business.
  • Alamo City Commercial College established.
  • 1890 – Population: 37,673.
  • 1891 – Battle of Flowers festival begins.
  • 1894 – Peacock Military College established.
  • 1896
  • Buckhorn Saloon and Gebhardt’s Chili Powder Company in business.
  • Bexar County Courthouse built.
  • 1898 – Woman's Club of San Antonio founded.
  • 1899 – Brackenridge Park created.

    • 1900s–1940s

  • 1900 – Population: 53,321.
  • 1903 – San Antonio Public Library established.
  • 1910 – Population: 96,614.
  • 1912 – Alamo Methodist Church built.
  • 1914 – San Antonio Zoo founded.
  • 1917 – U.S. Army Kelly Air Force Base established.
  • 1918
  • U.S. Army Brooks Air Force Base established.
  • San Antonio Evening News begins publication.
  • 1920 – Population: 161,379.
  • 1921 – September 1921 San Antonio floods.
  • 1924 – San Antonio Conservation Society formed.
  • 1925 – San Antonio Junior College founded.
  • 1926
  • Aztec Theater opens.
  • Witte Museum and Texas Cavaliers established.
  • 1928 – Air conditioning installed in hi-rise Milam Building.
  • 1930 – Population: 231,542.
  • 1931 – U.S. Army Randolph Air Force Base begins operating.
  • 1932 – Frito Company in business.
  • 1933 – Earl Abel's restaurant in business.
  • 1937
  • San Antonio Housing Authority established.
  • Station Hospital rebuilt.
  • 1938
  • Pecan-sheller labor strike.
  • Ciculo Social Femenino Mexicano founded.
  • 1940
  • Alamo Stadium built.
  • Hertzberg Circus Museum established.
  • Population: 253,854.
  • 1941
  • U.S. military Lackland Air Force Base, Broadway National Bank, and San Jose Mission National Historic Site established.
  • Mi Tierra restaurant in business.
  • 1946
  • Brooke Army Medical Center active.
  • Casa Rio restaurant in business.
  • 1947
  • Jim's eatery and Josephine Theatre in business.
  • Southwest Research Institute headquartered in city.
  • 1948 – Sultanas de Bejar (women's group) formed.

    • 1950s–1990s

  • 1950
  • Free port and Stock Show and Rodeo established.
  • Population: 408,442.
  • 1958 – Fiesta Noche del Rio begins.
  • 1960 - Population: 587,718.
  • 1961 – Henry B. Gonzalez becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 20th congressional district.
  • 1968
  • Tower of the Americas erected.
  • HemisFair Arena opens.
  • HemisFair '68 held.
  • Institute of Texan Cultures established.
  • Hilton Palacio del Rio hotel in business.
  • 1969 – Paseo Del Rio Association formed.
  • 1970 – Population: 654,153.
  • 1972 – Texas Folklife Festival begins.
  • 1973 – San Antonio Spurs basketball team active.
  • 1975 – Lila Cockrell elected Mayor, San Antonio's first woman mayor.
  • 1978 – City passes ordinance creating VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, the public transport system for San Antonio.
  • 1980
  • San Antonio Botanical Garden opens.
  • Area of city: 263.5 square miles.
  • San Antonio Food Bank active (approximate date).
  • Population: 785,880.
  • 1981
  • San Antonio Museum of Art established.
  • Hyatt Regency San Antonio hotel in business.
  • Henry Cisneros becomes mayor.
  • 1987 – Lamar S. Smith becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.
  • 1988 - SeaWorld in business.
  • 1990 - Population: 935,933.
  • 1991 – Nelson W. Wolff becomes mayor.
  • 1995
  • City website online (approximate date).
  • Artpace founded.
  • 1997 – 55th World Science Fiction Convention held.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Bahá’í Center of San Antonio founded.
  • Population: 1,144,646.
  • 2001– Gurudwara Sikh Center of San Antonio founded.
  • 2005 - Municipal Archives established.
  • 2008 – Spurs Community Garden created.
  • 2009– Julian Castro (2014 head of HUD) becomes mayor.
  • NOWCastSA community news begins publication.
  • 2010
  • Population: city 1,327,407; metro 2,142,508; megaregion 19,728,244.
  • Area of city: 460.93 square miles.
  • 2011 – Population: 1,359,758; metro 2,194,927.
  • 2013
  • BiblioTech public library opens.
  • Population: 1,409,019.
  • Joaquín Castro becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 20th congressional district.
  • 2014 - Ivy Taylor becomes first African-American female mayor of San Antonio.

    • References

    Timeline of San Antonio Wikipedia
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