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Timeline of Cleveland, Ohio, United States
This article is a
timeline of the
history of the city of
Cleveland ,
Ohio ,
USA .
1904 map of Cleveland
18th century
19th century
1800 –
Trumbull County created, encompassing Cleveland.
1803 –
Ohio becomes the 17th State admitted to the Union.
1805 –
Geauga County created, encompassing Cleveland.
1808 – Lorenzo Carter builds the Zephyr , the first ship to be launched in Cleveland.
1810 –
Cuyahoga County organized; Cleveland selected as county seat.
1813 –
Oliver Hazard Perry wins the
Battle of Lake Erie at
Put-in-Bay in the
War of 1812 .
1814
1815
Alfred Kelley is elected the first president of the village of Cleveland.
Euclid Avenue commissioned, subsequently known as Millionaires' Row.
1818 –
The Cleveland Gazette and Commercial Register , Cleveland's first newspaper is published.
[2]
1822 – a free bridge is opened across the
Cuyahoga River .
1827 – opening of the Ohio canal as far as
Akron .
1830 – population: 1,076.
1831
1832 –
Ohio and Erie Canal completed to the
Ohio River .
1836
Cleveland and
Ohio City are incorporated as cities.
John W. Willey is elected the first mayor of Cleveland.
Bridge War between Cleveland and Ohio City takes place.
1837 – Cleveland City Council votes to create City Hospital, now
MetroHealth .
1840 – population: 6,071.
1842 –
The Plain Dealer begins publication.
[2]
1844 –
Samuel Starkweather elected mayor.
1845 – City Bank of Cleveland (forerunner of
National City Corp .) founded.
1847
1848 – Colored National Convention held in city.
[3]
1850
1851 –
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad completed.
1852 –
The Aliened American newspaper begins publication.
[4]
[5]
1853
1854
1860
1861
1865
The American Civil War ends.
Thousands of Clevelanders mourn the death of Lincoln.
[6]
1866 – Cleveland Police Department established.
1869
1870
1873
1874 –
First Woman's National Temperance Convention held in Cleveland, establishing the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union .
[8]
1875 –
Euclid Avenue Opera House opens.
1876
1878 – Penny Press , predecessor to the
Cleveland Press , begins publication.
1880
1881
1882
1883 –
John H. Farley elected mayor.
1884
1887 –
Michelson–Morley experiment conducted at Western Reserve University.
1890
1894
1895 –
Robert E. McKisson elected mayor.
1896 – Cleveland celebrates its
centennial .
1897 –
Bohemian National Hall built.
1899
1900 – population: 381,768.
20th century
Map of Territorial Changes to the City of Cleveland
1900s–1940s
1901
1905
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912 –
Village of Nottingham annexed to Cleveland.
1913
1914
1915 –
Cleveland Play House and Western Reserve University's School of Applied Social Science
[10]
[1] established.
1916
1917 –
Cleveland Metroparks organized.
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922 – demolition for the Terminal Tower site begins
1923
1924
1925
1929
1930 – The
Tower City Center is dedicated.
1931
1932 –
Hope Memorial Bridge construction completed.
1933
Harry L. Davis returns as mayor.
Depression-era unemployment peaks in Cleveland: nearly one-third of the city's citizens are out of work.
Prohibition is repealed on December 23 – nearly eight months longer than the Eighteenth Amendment.
1935
1936 –
Republican National Convention held in Cleveland.
1937
1938
1939 –
Main Avenue Bridge opened.
1940 –
NACA , forerunner of
NASA , established at the Cleveland airport.
1941
1942 – Cleveland Bomber Plant (now the
I-X Center ) opens at Municipal Airport.
1944 –
Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion claims 130 lives.
1945
1946
1947
Operations begin at the lakefront airport.
First telecast by
WEWS , Ohio's first television station.
Eliot Ness runs for mayor of Cleveland but is defeated by incumbent
Thomas A. Burke .
Cleveland Browns win the All-America Football Conference championship.
1948
Cleveland Indians win World Series.
Cleveland Browns win the All-America Football Conference championship.
1949
Cleveland named an
All-America City for first time.
Cleveland Browns win the All-America Football Conference championship.
1950s-1990s
21st century
2001 –
Cleveland Barons are revived.
2002 – Cleveland citizens elect
Jane L. Campbell as the first female mayor of Cleveland.
2003 –
2003 North America blackout
2004 – vice-presidential candidates
Dick Cheney and
John Edwards debate at
Case Western Reserve University .
2005 –
Frank G. Jackson is the first sitting city councillor to be
elected mayor since
Stephen Buhrer in 1867.
[13]
2006
Barons leave Cleveland for the second time.
Cleveland,
Columbus , and other Ohio cities argue against a bill passed by the Ohio House legislature that will eliminate
residency rules.
2007
2008 –
Cuyahoga County federal corruption investigation.
[14]
2009
The Ohio Supreme Court upholds the 2006 law prohibiting residency requirements.
Frank Jackson wins a
second term as Mayor of Cleveland.
November, Ohio Voters open Ohio to casino gambling and Cleveland will have a casino by 2013.
Cleveland is selected by the International Gay Games committee to host the 2014 Gay Games. Cleveland beat out Boston, Washington DC, and Hamburg Germany.
2010 – population: 396,815.
[15]
2011 – construction begins on the
Medical Mart and new convention center, scheduled to open late 2013.
2013 – Frank Jackson wins a
third term as Mayor of Cleveland against Kenneth Lanci.
2014
2015 – Chief U.S. District Judge
Solomon Oliver Jr. signs consent decree for the
Cleveland Division of Police .
[16]
2016
2017 – Frank Jackson wins a
fourth term as Mayor of Cleveland, becoming the city's longest-serving mayor.
[17]
2018 – Cleveland's population begins to flatten as Downtown population increases.
[18]
2019
2020
2021
See also
Other cities in Ohio
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"Three Ohioans, all from Cuyahoga County, have coronavirus, Gov. Mike DeWine says" .
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