Timeline of Oakland, California facts for kids

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.

19th century

• 1852 - Town of Oakland incorporated.
• 1854 - Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
• 1855 - Lyceum founded.
• 1860 - Population: 1,543.
• 1863 - Heald's Business College established.
• 1864 - Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.
• 1866 - Police Court established.
• 1868
  • Oakland Evening Transcript newspaper begins publication.
  • University of California and Oakland Library Association established.
  • Oakland Long Wharf in use.
• 1869
  • Railway begins operating.
  • Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary and Oakland Fire Department established.
• 1871 - Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
• 1872
  • Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland.
  • Theosophical Society Library founded.
• 1873 - University of California relocates to Berkeley.
• 1875 - Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.
• 1878 - Oakland Free Library opens.
• 1880 - Population: 34,456.
• 1884 - Horton School established.
• 1899 - Oakland Conservatory of Music established.

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 66,960.
• 1904 - Pacific Technical College established.
• 1906 - April 18: San Francisco earthquake; refugees flee to Oakland.
• 1907 - California School of Arts and Crafts founded.
• 1909
  • Samuel Merritt College founded.
  • Moore & Scott Iron Works in business.
• 1910
  • Oakland Public Museum and YMCA open.
  • Population: 150,174.
• 1912 - Oakland School Women's Club and Children's Hospital founded.
• 1913 - Oakland Yacht Club established.
• 1914
  • Oakland Technical High School established.
  • Oakland City Hall and Civic Auditorium built.
• 1917 - Joaquin Miller Park established.
• 1920 - Population: 216,261.
• 1922 - Snow Museum of Natural History opens.
• 1923 - Tribune Tower completed.
• 1924 - Granada Theater opens.
• 1927
  • Oakland Airport begins operating.
  • Port of Oakland opens.
• 1928
  • Clorox Chemical Company in business.
  • Posey Tube (traffic tunnel) built.
• 1931 - Paramount Theatre built.
• 1933 - Oakland Symphony active.
• 1936
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
  • Alameda County Courthouse built.
  • Alameda County Botanical and Zoological Society established.
• 1937 - Caldecott Tunnel opens.
• 1940 - Population: 302,163.
• 1944 - Oakland Army Base active.
• 1946 - 1946 Oakland General Strike begins on December 3 and ends on December 5.
• 1954 - Oakland Junior College established.
• 1961 - Coliseum Drive-In opens.
• 1966
  • October: Black Panther Party established.
  • Oakland Coliseum opens.
• 1968 - Athletics baseball team relocates to Oakland.
• 1969 - Oakland Museum opens.
• 1970 - Regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
• 1971 - Your Black Muslim Bakery in business.
• 1972 - 12th Street Oakland City Center (BART station), 19th Street Oakland (BART station), and MacArthur (BART station) open.
• 1973 - Rockridge (BART station) opens.
• 1974 - West Oakland (BART station) opens.
• 1977 - Lionel Wilson becomes mayor.
• 1982 - Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences established.
• 1985 - Alameda County Community Food Bank established.
• 1988 - Oakland East Bay Symphony established.
• 1989 - October 17: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
• 1990 - Population: 372,242.
• 1991 - October 20: Oakland firestorm of 1991.
• 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
• 1999 - Jerry Brown becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2000 - Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.
• 2002 - Taoist Center opens.
• 2003
  • April 7: Anti-war protest.
  • Women of Color Resource Center headquartered in Oakland.
  • Urban Habitat headquartered in Oakland (approximate date).
• 2004 - Middle Harbor Shoreline Park landscaped.
• 2007
  • East Bay Meditation Center opens.
  • Ron Dellums becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Cathedral of Christ the Light dedicated.
• 2009
  • January 1: BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant.
  • March 21: 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers.
  • Oakland Local begins publication.
• 2010
  • Ace Monster Toys founded.
  • Population: city 390,724; metro 4,335,391.
• 2011
  • October 10: Occupy Oakland begins.
  • Jean Quan becomes mayor.
  • Sudoroom established.
• 2012
  • April 2: Oikos University shooting.
  • Oakland Wiki begins publication.
• 2014 - Oakland Police Beat begins publication.
• 2016
  • 2016 Oakland warehouse fire
• 2017
  • 2017 is going to be lit