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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Prior to 19th-century

• 1764 - St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclède in Louisiana, New Spain.
• 1780 - "Indian attack."
• 1799 - Population: 925.

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19th century

1800s-1850s

• 1800 - St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana.
• 1804
  • St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase.
  • Post Office established.
• 1805 - St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory.
• 1808 - Missouri Gazette newspaper begins publication.
• 1809
  • Town incorporated.
  • Missouri Fur Company established.
• 1811 - December 16: New Madrid earthquake.
• 1812 - St. Louis County established.
• 1815 - Theatre opens.
• 1816 - Bank of St. Louis incorporated.
• 1818
  • Saint Louis Academy founded.
  • Baptist Church built.
• 1819 - Erin Benevolent Society founded.
• 1820
  • June: Missouri constitutional convention held.
  • September: Missouri General Assembly convenes.
• 1821
  • St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri.
  • City Directory begins publication.
• 1822
  • City of St. Louis incorporated.
  • Area of city: 385 acres.
• 1823 - William Carr Lane becomes mayor.
• 1825 - Lafayette visits town.
• 1826 - Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.
• 1828 - County Courthouse built.
• 1830 - Population: 4,977.
• 1834
  • Daily Evening Herald newspaper begins publication.
  • Cathedral of St. Louis consecrated.
• 1835 - Anzeiger des Westens German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1836 - Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1837 - Daniel Webster visits city.
• 1840
  • City boundaries expanded.
  • Population: 16,469.
• 1841
  • United Hebrew Congregation founded.
  • Area of city: 4.5 square miles.
• 1844 - Anti-immigration unrest.
• 1846
  • Dred Scott files lawsuit.
  • Mercantile Library Association established.
• 1847 - Boatmen's Savings Institution chartered.
• 1849
  • Concordia Seminary relocates to St. Louis.
  • Cholera epidemic.
  • Fire.
  • Bellefontaine Cemetery established.
• 1850
  • Third Baptist Church established.
  • Population: 77,860.
• 1851 - Bates' Theatre opens.
• 1852
  • Iron Mountain railroad built.
  • Bavarian Brewery in business.
• 1853 - Washington University founded.
• 1854 - Czech Slavonic Benevolent Society founded.
• 1856
  • Academy of Science founded.
  • St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair begins.
  • Grand Opera House opens.
• 1857
  • St. Louis Fire Department established.
  • Lindell Hotel in business.
• 1859
  • Streetcar begins operating.
  • Mary Institute founded.
  • Synagogue consecrated on Sixth Street.

1860s-1890s

• 1860 - Population: 160,773.
• 1861 - Western Sanitary Commission and Ladies Union Aid Society established.
• 1862 - Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business.
• 1865
  • Public Library, Sokol sport club, and Germania Association established.
  • Southern Hotel and Meyer & Brother drug store in business.
• 1866
  • Cholera epidemic.
  • Missouri Historical Society headquartered in city.
  • Olympic Theatre opens.
• 1867 - City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park established.
• 1869 - Congregation Shaare Emeth founded.
• 1870
  • Carondelet becomes part of St. Louis.
  • Area of city: 17.98 square miles.
  • Population: 310,864.
• 1871
  • 1871 St. Louis tornado.
  • Puck German-language magazine begins publication.
• 1872
  • Maryville College of the Sacred Heart and University Club founded.
  • Catholic Amerika begins publication.
• 1873 - Laclede Gas Light Company in business.
• 1874 - Eads Bridge built.
• 1875
  • Merchants Exchange opens.
  • Brownell and Wight Car Company in business.
• 1876
  • June: City hosts 1876 Democratic National Convention.
  • Forest Park opens.
  • Busch's Budweiser beer introduced.
  • Area of city: 61.37 square miles.
• 1877
  • City secedes from St. Louis County.
  • July: 1877 St. Louis general strike.
• 1878 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper begins publication.
• 1879
  • Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business.
  • Pope's Theatre opens.
• 1880
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built.
  • Population: 350,518.
• 1882 - Mallinckrodt Chemical Works incorporated.
• 1883 - St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens.
• 1884 - St. Louis Maroons baseball team active.
• 1886
  • May 1: Labour strike.
  • St. Louis Watchmaking School and Congregation Temple Israel founded.
• 1888 - City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention.
• 1889 - Missouri Botanical Garden established.
• 1890 - Population: 451,770.
• 1891
  • Rubicam Business School established.
  • Wainwright Building constructed.
  • American Car Company in business.
  • Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall.
• 1892
  • St. Louis Browns baseball team active.
  • St. Louis Country Club established.
  • Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business.
  • National People's Party founded in St. Louis.
• 1894 - Union Station opens.
• 1896
  • May: 1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado.
  • June: Flood.
  • City hosts 1896 Republican National Convention.
  • Busch's Michelob beer introduced.
• 1898 - Compton Hill Water Tower erected.

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20th-century

1900s-1970s

• 1900
  • St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900.
  • Monsanto Chemical Works in business.
  • Population: 575,238.
• 1902 - Sportsman's Park opens.
• 1903 - Missouri Athletic Club founded.
• 1904
  • Buckingham Hotel built.
  • April: St. Louis World's Fair opens; Palace of Fine Arts built.
  • City hosts 1904 Summer Olympics and 1904 Democratic National Convention.
• 1905 - May Department Store relocates to St. Louis.
• 1906
  • Racquet Club of St. Louis founded.
  • Statue of Louis IX of France unveiled in Forest Park.
• 1908
  • Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated.
  • Aeronautic Supply Company in business.
  • St. Louis Coliseum built.
  • Fairground Park established.
• 1909 - October: City centennial.
• 1910 - Population: 687,029.
• 1911
  • Urban League branch established.
  • Famous-Barr (shop) in business.
  • Benoist Flying School established.
• 1912
  • Ethical Society building constructed.
  • St. Louis Argus newspaper begins publication.
  • Missouri Peace Society founded.
• 1913 - Henry Kiel becomes mayor.
• 1914
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis begins operating.
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established.
  • Railway Exchange Building and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis constructed.
  • "Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis" held.
  • Saint Louis Zoo incorporated.
• 1915 - Junior League of St. Louis organized.
• 1917 - MacArthur Bridge opens.
• 1918
  • Poro beauty school opens.
• 1919
  • League of Women Voters of St. Louis organized.
  • City Hospital No. 2 begins operating.
  • Pine Street YMCA opens.
• 1920
  • Chase Hotel built.
  • Population: 772,897.
• 1921
  • WEW radio begins broadcasting.
  • American Association of University Women chapter active.
• 1925 - St. Louis Theater opens.
• 1926 - Southwestern Bell Building constructed.
• 1927
  • Racquet Club of St. Louis funds Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis airplane.
  • Tornado.
  • B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation in business.
• 1928 - St. Louis American newspaper begins publication.
• 1929 - Fox Theatre opens.
• 1930 - Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport dedicated.
• 1931 - Rombauer's Joy of Cooking published.
• 1933
  • Firmin Desloge Hospital opens.
  • Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales established.
• 1935 - Neighborhood Gardens (housing) opens.
• 1937 - Floral Conservatory built in Forest Park.
• 1939
  • 1939 St. Louis smog.
  • Oldani's restaurant in business.
• 1940 - Population: 816,048.
• 1942 - George Hudson Orchestra debuts.
• 1943 - Campbell House Museum opens.
• 1947 - Congress of Racial Equality chapter organized.
• 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court decides Shelley v. Kraemer lawsuit.
• 1949 - The Fairgrounds Park Riot.
• 1950 - Population: 856,796.
• 1951 - Veterans' Memorial Bridge built.
• 1954
  • KETC television begins broadcasting.
  • Pruitt-Igoe housing built.
• 1955
  • Peabody Coal Company relocates to St. Louis.
  • Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum architects in business.
• 1958 - Landmarks Association of St. Louis established.
• 1959 - Civil rights sit-in.
• 1960
  • Population: 750,026.
  • Sister city relationship established with Stuttgart, Germany.
• 1962 - St. Louis Community College established.
• 1963
  • MetroBus begins operating.
  • Planetarium opens.
• 1964
  • LaClede Town (housing) opens.
  • Imo's Pizza in business in Shaw.
• 1965
  • Gateway Arch erected.
  • Regional East-West Gateway Council of Governments established.
• 1966 - Busch Stadium opens.
• 1967
  • Poplar Street Bridge built.
  • St. Louis Blues ice hockey team formed.
• 1969 - Laclede Gas Building constructed.
• 1970
  • Student antiwar demonstration.
  • Population: 622,236.
• 1974
  • St. Louis Port Authority created.
  • Sister city relationship established with Suwa, Japan.
• 1976 - Sister city relationship established with Lyon, France.
• 1977
  • St. Louis Convention Center opens.
  • James F. Conway becomes mayor.
  • Sister city relationship established with Galway, Ireland.
• 1979 - Sister city relationship established with Nanjing, China.

1980s-1990s

• 1981 - Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor's Office.

• 1986
  • Express Scripts and Galleria Cinema in business.
  • Southwestern Bell Telephone Building constructed.
• 1987
  • Sister city relationship established with Bologna, Italy.
  • Lindbergh Plaza cinema in business.
• 1989 - One Metropolitan Square (hi-rise) built.
• 1990
  • Population: 396,685.
  • Sister city relationship established with Georgetown, Guyana.
• 1992 - Sister city relationships established with Szczecin, Poland and Samara, Russia.
• 1993 - MetroLink begins operating.
• 1994
  • Kiel Center arena opens.
  • Sister city relationship established with Saint-Louis, Senegal.
• 1995
  • St. Louis Rams football team active.
  • Trans World Dome (stadium) opens.
• 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).
  • Ameren Corporation in business.
  • Clarence Harmon becomes mayor.

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21st-century

• 2000 - Population: 348,189.
• 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.
  • Veterans for Peace headquartered in St. Louis.
• 2002 - St. Louis Building Arts Foundation active (approximate date).
• 2003 - St. Louis Area Regional Response System headquartered in city.
• 2004 - Sister city relationship established with Bogor, Indonesia.
• 2006 - Busch Stadium rebuilt.
• 2007 - Center for Citizen Leadership headquartered in St. Louis.
• 2008 - Sister city relationship established with Br?ko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 2009 - Citygarden opens.
• 2010 - Population: 319,294; metro 2,812,896.
• 2011 - October: Occupy St. Louis begins.
• 2014
  • August 9: Shooting in nearby Ferguson, unrest ensues.
  • Musial Bridge and Center for Jazz open.
• 2016
  • Rams leave St. Louis and become the L.A. Rams.

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