Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

19th century

 * 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.
 * 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.
 * 1899 - Schoolhouse established.

20th century

 * 1901 - Stranahan house built.
 * 1910 - Population: 336.
 * 1911
 * Fort Lauderdale incorporated.
 * Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
 * Office of city marshall created.
 * 1912
 * North New River Canal built.
 * W.H. Marshall becomes mayor.
 * 1913 - Fire station built.
 * 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.
 * 1917
 * Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built.
 * Las Olas Boulevard built.
 * 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.
 * 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.
 * 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
 * 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
 * 1928
 * County Courthouse built.
 * Port Everglades opens.
 * 1930 - Population: 8,668.
 * 1935 - Hurricane occurs.
 * 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.
 * 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.
 * 1948
 * Broward County International Airport opens.
 * City Hall rebuilt.
 * 1950
 * War Memorial Auditorium opens.
 * Population: 36,328.
 * 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.
 * 1958
 * Museum of Art opens.
 * WFTL radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
 * 1960
 * New River Tunnel opens.
 * Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.
 * Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.
 * Population: 83,648.
 * 1962
 * Fort Lauderdale Stadium opens.
 * Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Fort Lauderdale Yankees baseball team formed.
 * 1963 - Fort Lauderdale High School built.
 * 1964
 * Nova Southeastern University founded.
 * Marshall Memorial Bridge built.
 * 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.
 * 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
 * 1970 - Population: 139,122.
 * 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.
 * 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.
 * 1974 - Broward County Library System established.
 * 1977
 * Snowfall occurs.
 * Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered.
 * 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.
 * 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
 * 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
 * 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.
 * 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
 * 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.
 * 2000
 * Nutrition Center opens.
 * Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum active.

21st century

 * 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.
 * 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
 * 2010 - Population: 165,521.
 * 2014
 * Higher-speed rail Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline) construction begins.
 * Mormon temple built.
 * 2017
 * January 6: Fort Lauderdale airport shooting occurs.
 * Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district.