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Timeline of Newark, New Jersey
History of Newark, New Jersey, US by century
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
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- 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe.[1][2]
- 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date).
- 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date).[3]
- 1726 - College of New Jersey founded.[2]
- 1730 - Presbyterianism superseded Congregationalism.[2]
- 1743 - Trinity Church built.
- 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton.[4]
- 1770 - One tannery operated.[2]
- 1774 - Newark Academy established.
- 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces.
- 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built.
- 1791 - Woods's Newark Gazette begins publication.[5]
- 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date).
- 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded.[6]
- 1798 - Three tanneries operating.[2]
- 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded.[7]
- 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[8]
- 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.[9]
- 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.[10]
- 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).[8]
- 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).[11]
- 1830 - Population: 10,953.[12][13]
- 1831 - Plane Street Church organized.[1]
- 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens.
- 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.[6][2]
- 1837 - 155 curriers and patent leather makers in the city.[2]
- 1840
- Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business.[14]
- Population: 17,290.[13]
- 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
- 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.[2]
- 1847 - Library Association founded.[8]
- 1848 - Influx of Germans.[2]
- 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1850
- Bethel Mission established.
- Population: 38,894.[13]
- 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1857
- 1858
- New Jersey Freie Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in business.
- 1860 - Population: 71,941.[13]
- 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.[17]
- 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business.[18]
- 1869
- Newark and New York Railroad begins operating.
- Newark City Cemetery in use.[citation needed]
- Newark Morning Register newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)[18]
- 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.[19][20]
- 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built.
- 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.[17]
- 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.[11]
- 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1881 - Newark Technical School established.
- 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens.
- 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built.
- 1885
- Johnston & Murphy[21] and Lutz Cafe in business.[17]
- 1885 American Cup soccer tournament held.[22]
- 1886 - Miner's Newark Theater opens.[23]
- 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
- 1889
- Newark Free Public Library opens.[24]
- Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway incorporated.
- 1890 - Population: 181,830.[2]
- 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business.
- 1894
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
- Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1895 - Branch Brook Park established.
- 1899 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart construction begins.
1900-1909
- 1900 - Population: 246,070.[25]
- 1901
- Beth Israel Hospital founded.[26]
- Newark Free Public Library opens its current location.[24]
- 1902 - Newark City Hall opened.
- 1903
- Jackson Street Bridge and Clay Street Bridge open.
- Roseville railroad station built.
- Newark trolley accident kills 8 students[27]
- 1905
- 1906
- Trees planted in Pequannock Watershed.[28]
- Literary Stratemeyer Syndicate active.[29]
- 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built.[16]
- 1908
- Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- St. Casimir's Church founded.
- 1909 - Newark Museum established.
1910s
- 1910
- 1911 - Shubert Theatre opens.[23]
- 1912
- Adams Theatre[31] and Empire Theatre built.[23]
- Equestrian statue of George Washington by J. Massey Rhind dedicated in Washington Park
- 1913
- Bridge Street Bridge opens.
- Moorish Science Temple of America headquartered in Newark.[32]
- 1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication.[33]
- 1916
- Robert Treat Hotel in business.[17]
- Military Park first opened.
- 1917 - Urban League founded.[34]
1920s
- 1920 - Carrier air conditioning plant begins operating.[citation needed]
- 1921 - Newark Morgen-Steren Yiddish/English-language newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1922 - New Jersey Symphony Orchestra headquartered in city.
- 1925
- Shriners Salaam Temple built.
- Newark Schools Stadium opens.
- 1926 - Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge and Davids' Stadium open.
- 1927 - Stanley Theater opened.
- 1928
- Newark Airport begins operating.
- New Jersey Luso-Americano Portuguese-language newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[5]
1930s
- 1930 - Lefcourt building constructed.
- 1931
- Italian Tribune begins publication.[35]
- National Newark building opens.
- 1935
- Newark City Subway begins operating.
- Newark Penn Station dedicated.
- 1936 - University of Newark established.
- 1939 - Newark Hot Club formed (music club).[36]
1940s and 1950s
- 1942
- Savoy Records founded.[37]
- Hydeaway Bar in business.[37]
- 1949 - After Hours magazine begins publication.[37]
- 1954 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart consecrated.
- 1958 - September 15: Newark Bay rail accident.
1960s
- 1960 - Population: 405,000.[38]
- 1962 - Youth Career Development Center initiated.[39]
- 1964 - Newark Symphony Hall established.
- 1966 - New Jersey Symphony Boys Choir founded.
- 1967
- July 12–17: 1967 Newark riots occur.[40][26]
- July 20: Black power conference held in city.[41][40]
- 1969 - Ironbound Community Corporation[42] and New Community Corporation founded.
1970s
- 1970 - Kenneth Gibson becomes first African American mayor on the eastern seaboard.[43]
- 1971 - Gateway Center built.
- 1977 - City hosts first Islamic Conference of North America.[32]
- 1978 - August 20: Clinton Avenue Five boys disappear.
- 1979 - Foreign trade zone established.[44][45]
1980s
- 1984 - Former Diamond Alkali plant site in Ironbound declared a Superfund site (polluted area).[46]
- 1986 - Sharpe James becomes mayor.[47]
- 1989
- Donald M. Payne becomes U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district.[48]
- Sister city relationship established with Aveiro, Portugal.[49]
1990s
- 1990 - Population: 275,221.[13]
- 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Banjul, Gambia.[50]
- 1992
- One Newark Center and Penn Plaza East building constructed.[16]
- Sister city relationship established with Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.[51]
- 1995 - Society Hill condo built.[52]
- 1997
- City website online.[53][54][55]
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center opens.
- 1999 - Bears Stadium opens.[56]
2000-2009
- 2000
- Newark Legal Center built.
- Population: 273,546.[25]
- 2002 - City's "Open Public Records Act Office" established.[57]
- 2003 - May 11: Murder of Sakia Gunn.
- 2006
- Cory Booker becomes mayor.[58]
- Garden State Rollergirls headquartered in city.
- 2007
- Jewish Museum of New Jersey opens.
- Prudential Center built.
2010s
- 2010
- 2013 - November 4: Luis A. Quintana becomes interim mayor.[61]
- 2014 - Ras Baraka becomes mayor.[62]
- Rowan Jacobsen (2014). Apples of Uncommon Character. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63286-035-4.
- "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- Mrs. A.F.R. Martin, ed. (1903). History of the Newark Female Charitable Society. The Society.
- Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- Joseph C. Potts (1837). New Jersey register. Trenton: William D'Hart. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081913026.
- "Historical Landmarks". City of Newark, New Jersey. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- "Newark Industrial Exposition", New York Times, October 24, 1874
- Tom Dunmore (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
- "Movie Theaters in Newark, NJ". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
- "Los Angeles Herald 20 February 1903 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- Publishers Weekly, November 14, 1914
- Applebome, Peter (2011-02-23). "In Newark, Wresting a Fatal Factory Fire From Oblivion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- Pluralism Project. "Islam in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Harvard University. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- "New Jersey: Newark", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690
- "William Ashby, 101, Dies; Activist, Social Worker". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. June 10, 1991.
- Michael J. Eula (2001). "Ethnicity and Newark's Italian Tribune, 1934-1980". Italian Americana. 19 (1): 23–35. JSTOR 29776660.
- David W. Stowe (1996), Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America, Harvard University Press, ISBN 9780674858268
- "This Day in Black History", Bet.com, retrieved August 30, 2015
- Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
- "Neighborhoods". City of Newark. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009.
- "Former Newark Mayor Ken Gibson has Died". Insider NJ. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 242, ISBN 9781849802437
- "A Flash of Hope for a Tainted River". New York Times. August 17, 2008.
- "About the Mayor". City of Newark. Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
- "New Jersey". 1991-1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
- "Newark Plays Host to Portugal Mayor", Star-Ledger, June 9, 1990
- "Sister City Paid Visit", Star-Ledger, October 23, 1991
- "Newark's Sister City", Star-Ledger, April 20, 1993
- "City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 29, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- "Welcome to the City of Newark". Archived from the original on May 30, 1997.
- "Towns put out the word on the Web: Residents tune in to cyberspace", Star-Ledger, November 5, 1997
- "Office of the City Clerk". City of Newark. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22.
- "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- "Newark Archives Project". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22 – via Rutgers University.
- "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
- Sherman, Ted. (November 4, 2013). "Luis Quintana sworn in as Newark's first Latino mayor, filling unexpired term of Cory Booker". The Star-Ledger (nj.com).
- "Defying Expectations, Mayor Ras Baraka Is Praised in All Corners of Newark", New York Times, August 30, 2015
- This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
Published in 19th century
1800s-1840s
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Newark", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- "Newark", American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods, New York: Jocelyn, Darling & Co., 1831, OCLC 1018684
- Thomas Francis Gordon (1834), "Newark", Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, Trenton: Daniel Fenton, OCLC 4366560
- Directory of Newark, for 1835-6, Newark, N.J.: Office of the Newark Daily Advertiser, 1835, OL 23673568M
- Directory of the City of Newark, for 1838-9, Newark, N.J.: Pierson, 1838, OL 23295513M
1850s-1890s
- B.T. Pierson (1851), Directory of the City of Newark, for 1851-52, Newark, N.J.: Holbrook's Steam Press, OL 7137264M
- City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Newark. Daily Advertiser. 1858.
- Hand book and guide for the city of Newark, New Jersey, Newark: Newark daily advertiser print, 1872, OL 24158393M
- William F. Ford (1874), The industrial interests of Newark, N. J, New York: Van Arsdale & Company, OCLC 7369689, OL 6904305M
- "Newark", Goulding's Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City, and Hoboken, Lawrence G. Gulding, 1875
- Martha J. Lamb, "Newark," Harper's New Monthly 53 (October 1876): 671–672.
- Newark, N. J. (1877). City Charter and Supplements Thereto of the City of Newark.
- Joseph Atkinson (1878), The History of Newark, New Jersey, Newark, N.J.: W.B. Guild, OCLC 1247333, OL 6904304M
- George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Newark". The American Cyclopaedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company.
- Joseph Sabin, ed. (1881). "Newark, N.J.". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 13. New York. OCLC 13972268.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - William H. Shaw (1884), "City of Newark (etc.)", History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia: Everts & Peck
- "Newark (2.)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (9th ed.). 1884. pp. 370–371.
- Terence Devine (1886), Devine's Newark City Street Guide, Newark, N.J., OL 17940766M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Newark Department", Business Directory of New York City, and Newark City, N.J., American Reporter Co., 1886
- F. Killenberger (1887), "Newark", F. Killenberger's Pocket Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, New Brunswick: New Jersey Pub. Co.
- "Newark". Quarter-Century's Progress of New Jersey's Leading Manufacturing Centres. NY: International Publishing Company. 1887.
- "Business Directory of Newark City, NJ", Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark, H.A. Curtin, 1888 + 1889 ed.
- Newark and its leading businessmen, Newark, N.J.: Mercantile Publishing Co., 1891, OCLC 13695297, OL 24332537M
- Peter J. Leary (1893), Newark, N.J., illustrated, Newark, N.J.: W.A. Baker, OL 17940499M
- Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey, New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1898, OL 17996898M
- The 'Guide Book' Street Guide and General Information of Newark, Newark, N.J.: Cities Map & Guide Co., 1900, OL 23698396M
Published in 20th century
1900s-1940s
- Frank Pierce Hill; Varnum Lansing Collins (1902), Books, pamphlets and newspapers printed at Newark, New Jersey, 1776-1900, Newark, OL 7059947M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Herbert L. Thowless (1902), Historical Sketch of the City of Newark, New Jersey, Newark, OL 17940595M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Newark". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908.
- "Newark (New Jersey)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910.
- Newark in the public schools of Newark: A course of study on Newark, its geography, civics and history, Newark: Board of Education, 1911, OL 6560916M
- Newark, the City of Industry: Facts and Figures Concerning the Metropolis of New Jersey, 1912, Newark Board of Trade, 1912, OL 17940508M
- Directory, Newark Made Goods: Newark Manufacturers, Alphabetically Arranged in English, French, and Spanish. Newark Board of Trade. 1913.
- Frank John Urquhart (1913), History of the City of Newark, New Jersey, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., OCLC 7981444. v.1, v.2, v.3
- Arthur Fremont Rider (1916), "Newark", Rider's New York City and Vicinity, including Newark, Yonkers and Jersey City, New York: H. Holt and Company
- Official Guide and Manual of the 250th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1916. 1916.
- Historic Newark: a Collection of Facts and Traditions about the Most Interesting Sites, Streets and Buildings of That City, Newark, N.J.: Fidelity Trust Company, 1916, OCLC 27101481, OL 6588031M
- Newark's anniversary industrial exposition in celebrating of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Newark, New Jersey, Paterson, NJ: J.J. Scannell, 1916, OL 17940585M
- Frank John Urquhart (1916), A Short History of Newark, Newark, N.J.: Baker Printing Co., OCLC 3050302, OL 6587251M
- "Newark, Essex County". Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Paterson NJ. 1918.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Federal Writers' Project (1946). "Newark". New Jersey: a Guide to its Present and Past. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010421512.
- John M. Heilman (1947). "Forest Management for Newark". Journal. 39 (1). American Water Works Association: 87–92. JSTOR 23349329.
1950s-1990s
- Howard A. Palley (Spring 1967). "Community Action, Public Programs and Youth Unemployment: A Case Study of Newark, New Jersey". Journal of Negro Education. 36 (2): 100–110. doi:10.2307/2293885. JSTOR 2293885.
- Carl-Gunnar Janson (1968). "The Spatial Structure of Newark, New Jersey, Part I, the Central City". Acta Sociologica. 11 (3): 144–169. doi:10.1177/000169936801100302. JSTOR 4193673. S2CID 146727783.
- Arnold S. Rice (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Newark: a chronological & documentary history, 1666-1970, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006081
Published in 21st century
- "History of Newark". A Walk Through Newark. NY: Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2002.
- Barbara J. Kukla (2002), Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813531168
- "Newark". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- Kathe Newman (2004). "Newark, Decline and Avoidance, Renaissance and Desire: From Disinvestment to Reinvestment". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 594: 34–48. doi:10.1177/0002716204264963. JSTOR 4127692. S2CID 154358268.
- Kevin Mumford (2007), Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America, NYU Press, ISBN 9780814757178
- Brad R. Tuttle (2009), How Newark became Newark: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an American city, New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, ISBN 9780813544908
- Ezra Shales (2010), Made in Newark: industrial arts and civic identity in the progressive era, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, OCLC 436387175
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