Timeline of Buffalo, New York

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Buffalo, New York, United States.

Video Timeline of Buffalo, New York

Prior to 18th century

• 1620 - Erie Nation occupies area
• 1651 - Seneca Nation destroys Erie Nation
• 1679 - Le Griffon is launched

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18th century

• 1793 - Holland Land Purchase is completed

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19th century

1800s-1860s

• 1810 - Population: 1,508.
• 1811 - Buffalo Gazette newspaper begins publication.
• 1813 - December 30: Battle of Buffalo fought during the War of 1812.
• 1816 - Village incorporated in Niagara County.
• 1818 - Walk-in-the-Water Great Lakes passenger steamboat begins operating.
• 1821 - Buffalo designated seat of newly created Erie County.
• 1825 - Erie Canal opens.
• 1830 - Population: 8,668.
• 1832 - City of Buffalo incorporated.
• 1835 - November 11: "Cyclone" occurs.
• 1836
  • Young Men's Association active.
  • Buffalo Library (social library) organized.
• 1840 - Population: 18,213.
• 1846 - University of Buffalo and its Medical School established.
• 1847 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo established.
• 1848 - June: 1848 Free Soil Party national convention held in Buffalo; Martin Van Buren nominated as U.S. presidential candidate.
• 1849 - Forest Lawn Cemetery established.
• 1850 - Population: 42,261.
• 1853 - New York Central Railroad in operation.
• 1854 - Young Men's Christian Association U.S. branch organized in Buffalo.
• 1856
  • Chippewa Market opens.
  • Manufacturers and Traders Bank in business.
• 1860 - Population: 81,129.
• 1861 - Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences founded.
• 1862 - Buffalo Historical Society formed.

1870s-1890s

• 1870
  • Catholic Canisius College founded.
  • Population: 117,714.
• 1873
  • International Railway Bridge to Canada opens.
  • Buffalo Sunday Morning News begins publication.
• 1880 - Population: 155,134.
• 1881 - Architect Louise Blanchard Bethune in business.
• 1882 - Grover Cleveland becomes mayor.
• 1886
  • Westinghouse AC electrical power station begins operating.
  • University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy established.
• 1887 - University at Buffalo Law School established.
• 1890 - Population: 255,664.
• 1892 - University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine established.
• 1893
  • Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad in operation.
  • Former mayor Grover Cleveland becomes U.S. president.
• 1899 - Labor strike of grain workers.
• 1900
  • Manufacture of Thomas Auto-Bi motorcycle begins.
  • Population: 352,387.

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20th century

• 1901
  • May 1: Pan-American Exposition opens.
  • September 6: Assassination of William McKinley, U.S. president.
  • September 14: Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. president.
  • September 23-24: Trial of assassin Leon Czolgosz held.
• 1905 - Albright Art Gallery (of modern art) opens.
• 1908 - Hotel Statler in business (first in chain).
• 1910 - Population: 423,715.
• 1914 - Art Theater in business.
• 1917 - December 9: Snowstorm.
• 1919 - Rivoli Theatre in business.
• 1920 - Population: 506,775.
• 1921 - Loew's State Theatre in business.
• 1922 - WGR radio begins broadcasting.
• 1924
  • DuPont cellophane manufactory begins operating.
  • WEBR radio begins broadcasting.
• 1926 - Buffalo Courier-Express newspaper in publication.
• 1927 - Peace Bridge to Canada opens.
• 1929 - Buffalo Museum of Science opens.
• 1932 - Buffalo City Hall built.
• 1936 - Coin-operated Launder-Ur-Own laundromat in business.
• 1948 - WBEN-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1950 - Population: 580,132.
• 1954 - WGR-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1966
  • January: Blizzard.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site established.
• 1971
  • February 22: Blizzard.
  • Erie Community College Buffalo campus established.
• 1977 - January: Blizzard of '77.
• 1979 - Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park established.
• 1989 - Western New York Documentary Heritage Program headquartered in Buffalo.
• 1990 - Population: 328,123.
• 1996 - City website online (approximate date).

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21st century

• 2001 - December: Snowstorm.
• 2005
  • Byron Brown becomes mayor.
  • Brian Higgins becomes U.S. representative for New York's 27th congressional district.
• 2006 - October 13: Snowstorm.
• 2010 - Population: 261,310.
• 2014 - November 17-20: Snowstorm.

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See also

• History of Buffalo, New York
• List of mayors of Buffalo, New York
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo, New York
• Timelines of other cities in New York state: New York City (also Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens); Saratoga Springs

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• "Online Collections". Buffalo History Museum.  (Includes atlases, city directories, etc.)
• "Directories: Buffalo". New York Heritage - via Empire State Library Network. 
• Items related to Buffalo, New York, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• "Buffalo, New York in Maps, Charts, and Images". Research Guides. University at Buffalo Libraries. 

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