Timeline of the history of San Jose, California, United States
The following is a timeline of the
history of
San Jose, California , United States.
Prior to the 19th century
19th century
1803 – San Jose de Guadalupe church built.
1805 - Mission San Jose's church built in 1805, not 1803, and named La Mission del Gloriosisimo Patriarch San Jose, or just Mission San Jose, but not San Jose de Guadalupe according to San Jose Mission's history page.
[3]
1809 - Mission San Jose's church completed and dedicated.
[4]
1822 – Mexicans in power.
1840 – Population: 750 (approximate).
1846 – Town occupied by U.S. forces.
1849 – December: Town becomes
capital of the new state of California.
[6]
1850
City chartered.
Josiah Belden becomes mayor.
San Francisco-San Jose stagecoach begins operating.
1851
1852 – San Jose Foundry in business.
1853 –
Hook and Ladder Company No.1 organized.
1855
1856 – Young Men's Literary Association organized.
[11]
1857 – Minn's Evening School established.
1861 – San Jose Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication.
[8]
1862 -
California State Normal School founded.
1864 – San Francisco-San Jose Railway in operation.
1865 – St. Joseph High School established.
[12]
1866 – Santa Clara Argus newspaper begins publication.
[8]
1867 – San Jose YMCA established.
[13]
1868 – St. Joseph's Church built (approximate date).
1870
1871 –
University of the Pacific relocated to San Jose vicinity.
1875 – San Jose Law Library,
[11] San Jose Fruit Packing Company, and California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
[16] established.
1878 – Home of Benevolence founded.
1879 – Daily Morning Times begins publication.
[8]
1886 – Board of Trade organized.
1888 –
Lick Observatory established atop Mount Hamilton.
1889
1890 – Population: 18,060.
1891 – Heald College established.
[12]
1892 –
First Unitarian Church of San Jose built.
1892 –
We and Our Neighbors Clubhouse (women's club) founded.
1894
1895 – Post Office built.
1897 – Good Government League organized.
1900 – Population: 21,500.
20th century
1900s–1950s
1960s–1990s
21st century
See also
References
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"First Woman Graduate Dies" . The Stanford Daily News . 12 October 1931. Retrieved 2018-01-05 .
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American Library Annual, 1917–1918 . New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
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"Historical Timeline of San Jose Public Library" . San Jose Public Library. Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
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"SJC History Timeline" . Mineta San Jose International Airport. Archived from
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"Movie Theaters in San Jose, CA" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
^ Rick Tejada-Flores (2004).
"Cesar Chavez" . Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle .
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^ Ken Cheetham (ed.).
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"San Jose" . Directory of Religious Centers . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
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"NII Awards 1995" . USA:
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^ Civic Impulse, LLC.
"Members of Congress" .
GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
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"City of San Jose Online" . Archived from
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"San Jose (city), California" . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from
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^ Gaura, Maria Alicia (August 10, 2005).
"San Jose / New City Hall gets rave reviews -- mostly / 18-story building was plagued by cost overruns" .
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"San Jose Council Asks Mayor to Resign, but He Vows to Fight" . New York Times . June 29, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
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"Ten U.S. Cities Now Have 1 Million People or More" . US Census Bureau. 2015.
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"Police Breaking Down Huge California Homeless Camp" , New York Times , Associated Press, December 4, 2014
^ Gecker, Jocelyn; Chea, Terence (May 26, 2021).
"8 dead in shooting at railyard serving Silicon Valley" . Associated Press. Retrieved May 26, 2021 .
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"Mass Shooting Leaves 8 Dead at VTA Yard in San Jose: Sheriff" . NBC Bay Area. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26 .
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Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Frederic Hall (1871), History of San José and surroundings , San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Co.,
OCLC
1742911 ,
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6916091M
G.H. Hare, Hare's Guide to San Jose and Vicinity for Tourists and New Settlers (San Jose, 1872)
Luther L. Paulson (1875).
Handbook and Directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties . Comp. and pub. by L.L. Paulson.
Bishop's Directory of the City of San Jose . San Francisco: B.C. Vandall. 1876.
J.P. Munro-Fraser (1881).
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"San José (California)" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 21 (9th ed.). 1886.
"San Jose" . Western and Southern States . Appletons' General Guide to the United States and Canada. New York:
D. Appleton & Co. 1889.
San Jose City Directory . F.M. Husted. 1892.
Picturesque San José , San Jose: H.S. Foote and C.A. Woolfolk, 1893
San Jose City Directory . F.M. Husted. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
San Jose City Directory . F.M. Husted. 1902.
Mary Bowden Carroll (1903), Ten years in Paradise , San Jose, Cal: Popp & Hogan,
OCLC
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Seeing San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley , San Jose: Guide Publishing Co., 1904
"San Jose" , United States (4th ed.), Leipzig:
Karl Baedeker , 1909,
OCLC
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Eugene T. Sawyer (1922), History of Santa Clara County, California , Los Angeles: Historic Record Co.,
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William F. James; George H. McMurry (1933), History of San Jose, California , San Jose, Calif: Smith Printing Co.
Oscar Osburn Winther (1935). "Story of San Jose, 1777–1869, California's First Pueblo". California Historical Society Quarterly . 14 (1): 2–27.
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JSTOR
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Peter A. Morrison (1974). "Urban Growth and Decline: San Jose and St. Louis in 1960s". Science . 185 (4153): 757–762.
Bibcode :
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JSTOR
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PMID
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S2CID
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Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "San Jose, California", Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York:
E.P. Dutton ,
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Timothy J. Lukes (1994). "Progressivism Off-Broadway: Reform Politics in San Jose, California, 1880–1920". Southern California Quarterly . 76 (4): 377–400.
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Ramón D. Chacón (1995). "Quetzalcoatl in San Jose: Conflict over a Commemoration". California History . 74 (3): 328–339.
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"City & Town Profiles: San Jose" , Santa Clara County, 1995 , Martinez, California: McCormack's Guides, 1995, p. 166+ (fulltext via Open Library)
Published in the 21st century
Johnson, Bob (2010).
San Jose . Charleston, South Carolina:
Arcadia Publishing .
ISBN
978-0-7385-8083-8 – via Google Books.
"San Francisco Bay Area: San Jose", California ,
Lonely Planet , 2003,
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"San Jose Mayor Declares State of 'Fiscal Emergency' " . New York Times . May 21, 2011.
"Cut Salaries, Not Pensions in San Jose, Judge Rules" . New York Times . December 23, 2013.
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