Timeline of Oakland, California

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 bought by Central Pacific Railroad.
 * 1869
 * Railway begins operating.
 * Lake Merritt Wild-Fowl Sanctuary and Oakland Fire Department established.
 * Oakland Long Wharf becomes the western terminus of the First transcontinental railroad.
 * 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.
 * 1900 – Population: 66,960.

20th century

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 2000 – Allen v. City of Oakland lawsuit filed.

21st century

 * 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: 2012 Oikos University shooting.
 * Oakland Wiki begins publication.
 * 2014 – Oakland Police Beat begins publication.
 * 2016
 * 2016 Oakland warehouse fire

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 20th century

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 * 1909 ed.
 * 1911 ed.
 * 1915 ed.
 * 1924 ed.
 * 1938 ed.
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