The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Prior to 19th-century
edit19th century
edit1800s–1850s
edit- 1800 – St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana.[3]
- 1804
- St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase.[3]
- Post Office established.[5]
- 1805 – St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory.[3][6]
- 1808 – Missouri Gazette newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1809
- Town incorporated.[1]
- Missouri Fur Company established.[6]
- First drug store opens.[8]
- 1811 – December 16: New Madrid earthquake.[9]
- 1812 – St. Louis County established.[5]
- 1815 – Theatre opens.[5]
- 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated.[10]
- 1818
- Saint Louis Academy founded.[11]
- Baptist Church built.[1]
- 1819 – Erin Benevolent Society founded.[1]
- 1820
- June: Missouri constitutional convention held.[4]
- September: Missouri General Assembly convenes.[6]
- 1821
- St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri.
- City Directory begins publication.[1][10]
- 1822
- 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor.
- 1825 – Lafayette visits town.[13]
- 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.[14]
- 1828 – County Courthouse built.
- 1830 – Population: 4,977.[15]
- 1832 - Cholera.[2]
- 1834
- Daily Evening Herald newspaper begins publication.[5][7]
- Cathedral of St. Louis consecrated.[14]
- 1835 – Anzeiger des Westens German-language newspaper begins publication.[5][7]
- 1836 – Chamber of Commerce established.[16]
- 1837 – Daniel Webster visits city.[17]
- 1840
- 1841
- United Hebrew Congregation founded.
- Area of city: 4.5 square miles.[12]
- 1844
- 1846
- Dred Scott files lawsuit.[9]
- Mercantile Library Association established.[10]
- 1847 – Boatmen's Savings Institution chartered.[17]
- 1849
- Concordia Seminary relocates to St. Louis.[19]
- Cholera epidemic.[9]
- Fire.[4]
- Bellefontaine Cemetery established.
- 1850
- Third Baptist Church established.
- Population: 77,860.[12][2]
- 1851 – Bates' Theatre opens.[20]
- 1852
- Iron Mountain railroad built.[16]
- Bavarian Brewery in business.
- Grand Opera House opens under the name Varieties Theatre[21]
- 1853 – Washington University founded.[19][2]
- 1854 – Czech Slavonic Benevolent Society founded.[22]
- 1856
- Academy of Science founded.
- St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair begins.[16]
- 1857
- For the next quarter century, the city was "the centre of an idealistic philosophical movement".[2]
- St. Louis Fire Department established.[23]
- Lindell Hotel in business.[16]
- Dred Scott decision in March, 1857.
- Westliche Post (German language newspaper) established. (closed 1938)
- 1859
- Horse-drawn streetcars begin operating .[16]
- Mary Institute founded.
- Synagogue consecrated on Sixth Street.
- Missouri Botanical Garden founded.[2]
1860s–1890s
edit- 1860 – Population: 160,773.[15][2]
- 1861 – Western Sanitary Commission[24] and Ladies Union Aid Society established.
- 1862 – Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business.[25]
- 1865
- Sokol sport club,[26] and Germania Association[20] established.
- St. Louis Public Library established.
- Southern Hotel[27] and Meyer & Brother drug store[28] in business.
- 1866
- Cholera epidemic.[9]
- Missouri Historical Society headquartered in city.[29]
- Olympic Theatre opens.[20]
- 1867 – City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park[30] established.
- 1869 – Congregation Shaare Emeth founded.
- 1870
- Carondelet becomes part of St. Louis.[9]
- Area of city: 17.98 square miles.[12]
- Population: 310,864.[15][2]
- 1871
- 1871 St. Louis tornado.
- Puck German-language magazine begins publication.[31]
- 1872
- Maryville College of the Sacred Heart and University Club[20] founded.
- Catholic Amerika begins publication.[7][32]
- Smallpox outbreak.[2]
- 1873 – Laclede Gas Light Company in business.[33]
- 1874 – Eads Bridge opened.[16][2]
- 1875
- Merchants Exchange opens.[10]
- Brownell and Wight Car Company in business.
- 1876
- June: City hosts 1876 Democratic National Convention.
- Forest Park opens.[2]
- Busch's Budweiser beer introduced.
- Area of city: 61.37 square miles.[12]
- 1877
- City secedes from St. Louis County.
- July: 1877 St. Louis general strike.[34]
- 1878 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper begins publication.[32]
- 1879
- Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business.
- St. Louis Children's Hospital opened.
- St. Louis School of Fine Arts opened.
- Pope's Theatre opens.[20]
- 1880
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built.
- Population: 350,518.[2]
- 1882 – Mallinckrodt Chemical Works incorporated.
- 1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens.[10]
- 1884 – St. Louis Maroons baseball team active.
- 1886
- May 1: Labour strike.[35]
- St. Louis Watchmaking School[19] and Congregation Temple Israel founded.
- 1888 – City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention.
- 1889
- Missouri Botanical Garden established.[19]
- Tower Grove Park established.[2]
- Merchants Bridge opened.
- 1890
- Portland and Westmoreland Places begin to develop.[2]
- Population: 451,770.[2]
- 1891
- Rubicam Business School established.[19]
- Wainwright Building constructed.
- Washington University School of Medicine opened.
- American Car Company in business.
- Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall.[36]
- 1892
- St. Louis Browns baseball team active.[37]
- St. Louis Country Club established.[38]
- Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business.
- National People's Party founded in St. Louis.[39]
- 1894 – Union Station opens.[2]
- 1896
- May: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado.[40]
- June: Flood.[40]
- City hosts 1896 Republican National Convention.
- Busch's Michelob beer introduced.
- 1898 – Compton Hill Water Tower erected.
20th-century
edit1900s–1970s
edit- 1900
- St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900.
- Monsanto Chemical Works in business.[28]
- Population: 575,238.[41][2]
- 1902 – Sportsman's Park opens.
- 1903 – Missouri Athletic Club founded.[29]
- 1904
- Buckingham Hotel built.
- Inside Inn an hotel built of wood.[29]
- April: St. Louis World's Fair opens;[40]
- Saint Louis Art Museum built.[2]
- City hosts 1904 Summer Olympics and 1904 Democratic National Convention.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition held.
- 1905
- May Department Store relocates to St. Louis.[42]
- Shaare Zedek Synagogue founded.
- 1906
- Racquet Club of St. Louis founded.
- Statue of Louis IX of France unveiled in Forest Park.
- 1908
- Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated.[43]
- Aeronautic Supply Company in business.[43]
- St. Louis Coliseum re-built.[2]
- Fairground Park established.[30]
- 1909 – October: City centennial.
- 1910 – Population: 687,029.[2]
- 1911
- Urban League branch established.[44]
- Famous-Barr (shop) in business.[42]
- Benoist Flying School established.[43]
- 1912
- Ethical Society building constructed.
- St. Louis Argus newspaper begins publication.[45]
- Missouri Peace Society founded.[46][47]
- 1913 – Henry Kiel becomes mayor.
- 1914
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis begins operating.[48]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established.[45]
- Railway Exchange Building constructed.
- "Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis" held.[5]
- St. Louis Zoo incorporated.
- Barnes Hospital opened.[29]
- New charter adopted reducong the elective officers to terms of four years.[29]
- Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis completed.[29]
- 1915 – Junior League of St. Louis organized.[49]
- 1917
- MacArthur Bridge opens.
- St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre (The Muny) opens
- 1918
- Poro beauty school opens.[50]
- 1919
- League of Women Voters of St. Louis organized.[51]
- City Hospital No. 2 begins operating.[52]
- Pine Street YMCA opens.[53]
- 1920
- Chase Hotel built.
- Population: 772,897.[41][29]
- 1921
- WEW radio begins broadcasting.[5]
- American Association of University Women chapter active.[49]
- 1925 – St. Louis Theater opens.
- 1926
- Southwestern Bell Building constructed.
- New Masonic Temple built.
- 1927
- Racquet Club of St. Louis funds Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis airplane.
- Tornado.[5]
- B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation in business.[43]
- 1928 – St. Louis American newspaper begins publication.[32]
- 1929
- Fox Theatre opens.[54]
- St. Louis Arena opened.
- 1930 – Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport dedicated.[43]
- 1931 – Rombauer's Joy of Cooking published.[32]
- 1933
- Firmin Desloge Hospital opens.[52]
- Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales established.
- 1935 – Neighborhood Gardens (housing) opens.[55]
- 1937 – Floral Conservatory built in Forest Park.
- 1939
- 1939 St. Louis smog.
- Oldani's restaurant in business.
- 1940 – Population: 816,048.[41]
- 1942 – George Hudson Orchestra debuts.[56]
- 1943 – Campbell House Museum opens.
- 1947 – Congress of Racial Equality chapter organized.[57]
- 1948 – U.S. Supreme Court decides Shelley v. Kraemer lawsuit.[6]
- 1949 – Fairground Park riot.
- 1950 – Population: 856,796.
- 1951 – Veterans' Memorial Bridge built.
- 1954
- KETC television begins broadcasting.
- Pruitt–Igoe housing built.[58]
- 1955
- Peabody Coal Company relocates to St. Louis.
- Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum architects in business.
- 1958 – Landmarks Association of St. Louis established.
- 1959 – St. Louis sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement.[59]
- 1960
- Population: 750,026.[41]
- Sister city relationship established with Stuttgart, Germany.[60]
- The National Football League's Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis. They will remain through 1987.
- 1962 – St. Louis Community College established.
- 1963
- University of Missouri–St. Louis established.
- MetroBus begins operating.
- Planetarium opens.
- 1964
- LaClede Town (housing) opens.
- Imo's Pizza in business in Shaw.
- Cardinals win the World Series, defeating New York Yankees in seven games
- 1965
- Gateway Arch erected.[6]
- Regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments established.
- 1966 – Busch Stadium opens.
- 1967
- Poplar Street Bridge completed.
- St. Louis Blues - National Hockey League - NHL Expansion ice hockey team formed.
- K-SHE 95 (94.7) FM radio station begins broadcasting its current Rock n' Roll format.
- Cardinals win the World Series, defeating Boston Red Sox in seven games
- 1969 – Laclede Gas Building constructed.
- 1970
- 1972 - Demolition of Pruitt-Igoe begins and will last four years.
- 1974
- St. Louis Port Authority created.[9]
- Sister city relationship established with Suwa, Japan.[60]
- 1976 – Sister city relationship established with Lyon, France.[60]
- 1977
- St. Louis Convention Center opens.
- James F. Conway becomes mayor.
- Sister city relationship established with Galway, Ireland.[60]
- 1979 – Sister city relationship established with Nanjing, China.[60]
1980s–1990s
edit- 1980 - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis established.
- 1981 – Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor's Office.[62]
- 1982 - Cardinals win World Series, defeating Milwaukee Brewers in seven games
- 1986
- Express Scripts and Galleria Cinema[54] in business.
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Building constructed.
- 1987
- 1989 – One Metropolitan Square (hi-rise) built.
- 1990
- Population: 396,685.[15]
- Sister city relationship established with Georgetown, Guyana.[60]
- 1991 - Hindu Temple of St. Louis founded.
- 1992 – Sister city relationships established with Szczecin, Poland and Samara, Russia.[60]
- 1993 – MetroLink begins operating.
- 1994
- Kiel Center arena opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Saint-Louis, Senegal.[60]
- 1995
- St. Louis Rams football team relocates from Los Angeles..
- Trans World Dome (stadium) opens.
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[63]
- Ameren Corporation in business.
- Clarence Harmon becomes mayor.
- St. Louis Missouri Temple inaugurated.
21st-century
edit- 2000 – Population: 348,189.[41]
- 2001
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation museum opens.
- Francis G. Slay becomes mayor.
- William Lacy Clay, Jr. becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district.[64]
- Veterans for Peace headquartered in St. Louis.[65]
- 2002 – St. Louis Building Arts Foundation active (approximate date).[66]
- 2003 – St. Louis Area Regional Response System headquartered in city.[67]
- 2004 – Sister city relationship established with Bogor, Indonesia.[60]
- 2006
- New Busch Stadium built.
- Cardinals win World Series, defeating Detroit Tigers in five games
- 2007 – Center for Citizen Leadership headquartered in St. Louis.
- 2008 – Sister city relationship established with Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[60]
- 2009 – Citygarden opens.
- 2010 – Population: 319,294; metro 2,812,896.[68]
- 2011
- October: Occupy St. Louis begins.
- Cardinals win World Series, defeating Texas Rangers in seven games
- 2014
- 2016
- Rams leave St. Louis and become the L.A. Rams once again.[71]
- 2019 - Blues win Stanley Cup for the first time, defeating Boston Bruins in seven games
- 2022 - CityPark opens
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- John A. Paxton (1821), St. Louis Directory and Register, St. Louis, OCLC 14912466, OL 24166744M
- J. Thomas Scharf (1883), History of Saint Louis City and County, Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, OCLC 2991276, OL 7105650M
- M'Adam, David H (1886). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (9th ed.). pp. 183–185.
- Commercial and Architectural St. Louis. Dumont Jones. 1891.
- "Chronological and Historical Events". Shewey's Guide and Directory to Saint Louis. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey. 1892.
- Louis Public Library, St (January 1898), "Reading List: City of St. Louis", Public Library Magazine, vol. 5, St. Louis
- Helen Tutt (January 1898), "Development of St. Louis", Public Library Magazine, vol. 5, St. Louis
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 24–27.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "St. Louis", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Walter Barlow Stevens (1911). St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1764-1909. S.J. Clarke.
- John J. Tannrath (1913). "Saint Louis". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: New York, The Encyclopedia Press.
- Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin and Albert Bushnell Hart, ed. (1914). "St. Louis". Cyclopedia of American Government. Vol. 3. D. Appleton and Company.
- St. Louis City Plan Commission; Harland Bartolomew (1917). Problems of St. Louis. Nixon-Jones.
- Stevens, Walter Barlow (1922). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.).
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "St. Louis", Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State, American Guide Series, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- John Francis McDermott, ed. (1952). "Chronology". Early Histories of St. Louis. St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation. hdl:2027/mdp.39015019373631 – via Hathi Trust.
- Saint Louis: a Chronological and Documentary History, 1762–1970, by Robert Vexler. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, 1974.
- Charles Van Ravenswaay (1991). St. Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865. Missouri History Museum. ISBN 978-0-252-01915-9.
- Lorin Cuoco and William H. Gass, ed. (2000). "St. Louis Literary Chronology". Literary St. Louis: A Guide. Missouri History Museum. p. 4+. ISBN 978-1-883982-35-5.
- "Recommended Reading on St. Louis History". stl250. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11.
External links
edit- "Maps and atlases relating to St. Louis City and County: Chronological list". St. Louis County Library.
- St. Louis Mercantile Library. "Guide to Researching St. Louis History". Research Guides. University of Missouri–St. Louis.
- "250 Years in 20 Minutes: a Crash Course in the Large Events that Shaped St. Louis". stl250. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to St. Louis, various dates
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