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.
Before 1800
1800s
1803 -
Newark Female Charitable Society founded.
[7]
1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
[8]
1814 - Newark Bible Society founded.
1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded.
1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
[8]
1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date).
1830 - Population: 10,953.
[12]
[13]
1831 - Plane Street Church organized.
1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
[5]
1834 -
Centre Street Bridge opens.
1836 - Newark incorporated as a city.
1837 - 155 curriers and patent leather makers in the city.
1840
1844 -
Mount Pleasant Cemetery established.
1846 -
New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark.
1847 - Library Association founded.
[8]
1848 - Influx of Germans.
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
City police department established.
Newark Orphan Asylum built.
[16]
City charter.
1858
1860 - Population: 71,941.
[13]
1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business.
1865 -
Murphy Varnish Company in business.
1869
1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.)
1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins.
[19]
[20]
1874 -
St. Stephen's Church built.
1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business.
1879 - Newark City Brewery in business.
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
1886 - Miner's Newark Theater opens.
[23]
1888 -
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built.
1889
1890 - Population: 181,830.
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.
1900s
1900-1909
1900 - Population: 246,070.
[25]
1901
1902 -
Newark City Hall opened.
1903
1905
La Revista Italian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
[5]
Feigenspan mansion built.
[16]
Automobile Renting Co. in business.
1906
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
Fire on High Street (now Martin Luther King Blvd) at factory kills 26
[30]
Population: 347,469.
1911 - Shubert Theatre opens.
[23]
1912
1913
1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication.
[33]
1916
1917 - Urban League founded.
[34]
1920s
1930s
1940s and 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
1990 - Population: 275,221.
[13]
1991 - Sister city relationship established with
Banjul , Gambia.
[50]
1992
1995 - Society Hill condo built.
1997
1999 -
Bears Stadium opens.
2000s
2000-2009
2010s
See also
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Published in 20th century
1900s-1940s
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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,
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1950s-1990s
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"History of Newark" . A Walk Through Newark . NY:
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