The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Wichita, Kansas, USA.
1870 - Town of Wichita incorporated in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
1872
Santa Fe Railway built.
Wichita Eagle newspaper begins publication.
1880 - Wichita annexed the Delano community on the west side of the river.
1885 - Topeka State Journal newspaper in publication.
1887
Women enfranchised.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita established..
1888 - All Hallows Academy established.
1890 - Sedgwick County Courthouse built.
1891 - Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club founded.
1892 - Fairmount Institute opens. (later becomes Wichita State University)
1898 - Garfield University established. (later becomes Friends University)
1900 - December 27: Temperance activist "Carry Nation smashes the Hotel Carey saloon."
1905 - Waco Elementary School built.
1909
City commission form of government adopted.
Wichita Union Stockyards Exchange Building constructed.
1910 - First Presbyterian Church and Municipal Forum built.
1911
Henry's (clothiers) in business.
Central Intermediate School built.
1912 - Wesley Medical Center established.
1915 - Wichita City Library built.
1917 - Office of city manager established.
1918
Fountain installed at Union Station Plaza.
Exposition Building constructed.
1919 - The Negro Star newspaper in publication.
1920 - Population: 72,217.
1921 - White Castle (restaurant) in business.
1922 - Orpheum Theatre and Miller Theater open.
1924 - Wichita East High School built.
1926 - Municipal University of Wichita established. (later becomes Wichita State University)
1927 - Cessna Aircraft Company in business.
1929
Wichita Municipal Airport construction begins.
Wichita North High School built.
1931 - McKnight memorial statue erected.
1932
Beech Aircraft Corp. in business.
United States Post Office and Federal Building constructed.
Minisa Bridge dedicated.
1934 - Lawrence Athletic Field, later Lawrence–Dumont Stadium, opened.
1935 - Wichita Art Museum built.
1950 - Population: 168,279.
1953
US military Wichita Air Force Base in use.
University of Wichita Field House built.
1954 - Wichita Audubon Society founded.
1958
July: Dockum Drug Store sit-in for civil rights.
Pizza Hut in business.
1964 - Wichita State University established.
1967 - Central Wichita Public Library building dedicated.[1]
1969
Century II opened.
250 Douglas Place hi-rise built.
1970 - Population: 276,554.
1972 - Kansas African American Museum founded.
1975 - Towne East Square shopping mall in business.
1976 - Mid-America All-Indian Center established.
1977 - Kansas Coliseum opens.
1979 - April 15: Herman Hill riot.
1980 - Towne West Square shopping mall in business.
1984 - Kansas Food Bank established.[2]
1987 - Botanica, The Wichita Gardens open.
1989 - Epic Center hi-rise built.
1990 - Population: 304,011.
1992 - Wichita Thunder ice hockey team formed.
1993 - Southwind Sangha Sōtō Zen Association founded.
1997 - City website online (approximate date).
2006 - Spirit AeroSystems Inc. in business.
2009 - May 31: Assassination of George Tiller, abortion doctor.
2010
Intrust Bank Arena opens.
Population: 382,368.
2011 - Mike Pompeo becomes U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district.
2012 - April 13–16, 2012 tornado outbreak.
2013 - Alleged 2013 Wichita bomb plot thwarted.
2015 - Jeff Longwell becomes mayor.
Timeline of Wichita, Kansas Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA