Timeline of the history of San Francisco, California, United States
The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
San Francisco ,
California , United States.
Prior to the 1800s
1800s
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853 –
California Academy of Sciences ,
YMCA , and Russ garden established.
1854
1855 – Hebrew Young Men's Literary Assoc. active.
[11]
1856 – Mirror of the Times
[5] and
Daily Morning Call
[12] newspapers begin publication.
1857 –
California State Convention of Colored Citizens , a
colored convention , held in city.
[13]
1858 – Italian Benevolent Society organized.
1859 – San Francisco Schuetzen-Verein founded.
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864 –
1865 –
Daily Examiner and
Daily Dramatic Chronicle newspapers begin publication.
[12]
1866 – Merchants' Exchange Association, Caledonian Club, and
Woodward's Gardens established.
1867
1868 – San Francisco County Medical Society and Women's Co-operative Printing Office
[1] established.
1869
1870
1871 –
San Francisco Art Association and
St. Luke's Hospital
[25] established.
1872 –
Bohemian Club and Bar Association of San Francisco founded.
1873
1874 –
California School of Design , and Territorial Pioneers of California established.
1875
1876
Pioneer Park , Pacific Homeopathic Dispensary Association, and Ligue Nationale Francaise established.
Railway connexion to Los Angeles.
1877
1878 –
San Francisco Public Library ,
[28]
[29] Pacific Yacht Club, and Young Women's Christian Association founded.
1879 – Golden Gate Kindergarten Association organized.
1880 –
California State Convention of Colored Citizens , a
colored convention , held in city.
[30]
1881 – Geographical Society of the Pacific organized.
1883 – Pacific Coast Amateur Photographic Association headquartered in city.
[31]
1887 –
Cogswell Polytechnical College established.
[19]
1888 –
Associated Charities and San Francisco Business College
[19] established.
1889 –
Pacific-Union Club formed.
1890
1891 –
Gregg Shorthand school established.
[19]
1892
1893 –
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art established.
[34]
1894
1895
1896 –
Sutro Baths open.
1898
1899
1900 – Population: 342,782.
[40]
1900s
1900s–1940s
1950s–1990s
1952 –
The Purple Onion nightclub in business.
1953 –
City Lights Bookstore in business.
[48]
1955 –
City Lights Pocket Poets Series begins publication.
1957
1959 –
Embarcadero Freeway opens.
1960 –
Mandarin restaurant in business.
[60]
1963– The
Reverend Cecil Williams becomes pastor at
Glide Memorial Church , shifting the church's politics to the left.
[61]
1964 – City's "San Francisco History Center" established.
[2]
[3]
1965 –
Intersection for the Arts incorporated.
1966–
The Compton's Cafeteria riot breaks out when transgender patrons become angry over police harassment.
[62]
1967 –
Summer of Love .
January: The
Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate park, a prelude to the Summer of Love.
The anarchist group
The Diggers is founded, and begins distributing free food.
[63]
1968 – Sister city relationship established with
Sydney , Australia.
[59]
The Church of John Coltrane is established, and continues religious services until 2016.
[64]
1969
1970 – Regional
Metropolitan Transportation Commission established.
1971 –
Peoples Temple in San Francisco and Church of the Tree of Life
[18] established.
1972
1973
October:
Zebra murders begin.
[66]
Church of the Gentle Brothers and Sisters incorporated.
[18]
Sister city relationship established with
Haifa , Israel.
[59]
1974
1975
1976 –
Bay Area Video Coalition founded.
1977
1978
1979
1980 –
Davies Symphony Hall opens.
1981
1982 – City/county handgun ban approved; later struck down by state court.
[66]
1983
1984 – Sister city relationship established with
Cork , Ireland.
[59]
1986
1987 – Luggage Store (arts organization) established.
[68]
1988 –
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society founded.
1989
1990
1991 –
Museum of the City of San Francisco opens.
[72]
1992
1993 –
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts opens.
1993 –
101 California Street shooting occurs.
[66]
1994 –
Santarchy begins.
1995
1996
1997
Sister city relationship established with
Paris , France.
[59]
Pinecrest Diner , a popular all-night diner-style restaurant in San Francisco, becomes notorious for a murder over an order of eggs.
[75]
1998 –
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts founded.
[68]
2000 – Population: 776,733.
[40]
2000s
See also
History of San Francisco
National Register of Historic Places listings in San Francisco, California
List of pre-statehood mayors of San Francisco
List of mayors of San Francisco (since 1850)
Timelines of San Francisco's sister cities:
Abidjan ,
Amman ,
Barcelona ,
Haifa ,
Kraków ,
Manila ,
Osaka ,
Paris ,
Seoul ,
Shanghai ,
Sydney ,
Zürich
Timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area
Timelines of other
cities in the
Northern California area of California:
Fresno ,
Mountain View ,
Oakland ,
Sacramento ,
San Jose
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Published in the 2000s
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