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Timeline of Washington, D.C.

February 15, 2024

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following is a timeline of the history of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.

18th century edit

19th century edit

1800s–1850s edit

1860s–1890s edit

See also: Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War

20th century edit

1900s–1940s edit

1950s–1990s edit

21st century edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Richard Plummer Jackson (1878). The Chronicles of Georgetown, D.C., from 1751–1878. R. O. Polkinhorn. pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875".
  3. ^ Kathleen Menzie Lesko; Valerie Babb; Carroll R. Gibbs (1991). Black Georgetown Remembered : A History Of Its Black Community From The Founding Of "The Town of George". Georgetown University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9781626163263. OCLC 922572367.
  4. ^ "An ACT for establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States". American Memory. Library of Congress. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
  6. ^ a b c Laurence Urdang, ed. (1996). Timetables of American History. Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-7432-0261-9.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Evelyn 2008.
  8. ^ (1) Steward, John (1898). "Early Maps and Surveyors of the City of Washington, D.C." Records of the Columbia Historical Society. 2: 53. OCLC 40326234 – via Google Books.
    (2) Crew, Harvey W.; Webb, William Bensing; Wooldridge, John (1892). IV. Permanent Capital Site Selected. Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House. pp. 87–88, 101 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Federal Writers' Project 1937: "Chronology"
  10. ^ (1) . Johns Hopkins University Press. Archived from the original on April 2, 2005.
    (2) Kapsch, Robert J. (2004). Canals, Volume 1. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-73088-3.
  11. ^ a b c d Britannica 1911.
  12. ^ Robert Cohen (2013). "History of the Long Railroad Bridge Crossing Across the Potomac River". DC Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d Haydn 1910.
  14. ^ a b c d e Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  15. ^ a b c "Timeline of Washington, D.C. Railroad History". National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Chapter. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  16. ^ Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  18. ^ (1) Reeves, p. 43.
    (2) Harvey, pp. 46–47.
  19. ^ John Perry (2010). Lee: A Life of Virtue. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-1595550286. OCLC 456177249 – via Google Books..
  20. ^ Morton, W. Brown III (February 8, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Smithsonian Institution Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved January 4, 2016
  22. ^ a b Nell Irvin Painter (2006). "Timelines". Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 361+. ISBN 978-0-19-513755-2.
  23. ^ a b c d e Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Washington, DC". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  24. ^ "Conventions by Year (1869 National Convention of Colored Men held in Washington DC)". Digital Records. Colored Conventions Project. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  25. ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n National Park Service 2008.
  27. ^ Charles Emerson, 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War (2013) compares Washington to 20 major world cities; 144–160.
  28. ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "District of Columbia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  29. ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
  30. ^ "Riding the Rails: Timeline of the Great Depression". American Experience. USA: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  31. ^ "Timeline of the Folger Shakespeare Library", Folgerpedia, retrieved April 30, 2016
  32. ^ Richard Green (2008). Chronology of International Organizations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35590-6.
  33. ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Dist. of Columbia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  34. ^ "Events", Civil Rights Digital Library, Athens, GA: Digital Library of Georgia (Timeline)
  35. ^ a b "Timeline: History of the Campaign for D.C. Voting Rights". The Washington Post.
  36. ^ John Bassett McCleary (2004). "Anti-War Events". The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s. Ten Speed Press. pp. 602+. ISBN 978-1-58008-547-2.
  37. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Washington, DC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  38. ^ Ronald B. Frankum Jr. (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7956-0.
  39. ^ Andrew F. Smith (2011). "Chronology". Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8.
  40. ^ Christopher Freeze. "The Time a Stolen Helicopter Landed on the White House Lawn – Robert Preston's wild ride". Air & Space Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  41. ^ (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: National Park Service: United States Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government of the District of Columbia Planning Office. pp. 191–192. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  42. ^ (1) Elsa Walsh; Barton Gellman (August 23, 1990). "Chasm Divided Jurors in Barry Drug Trial". The Washington Post.
    (2) Michael York; Tracy Thompson (October 27, 1990). "Barry Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison;Judge Says Mayor Gave Aid to Drug Culture'". The Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
  43. ^ "DC Mayor Election 1990". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  44. ^ Michael Janofsky (November 9, 1994). "THE 1994 ELECTIONS: THE NATION THE CAPITAL; Barry Rebounds From Disgrace to Win Again in Washington". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  45. ^ (1) Michael Janofsky (April 8, 1995). "Congress Creates Board To Oversee Washington, D.C." The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
    (2) "H.R. 1345 (104th): District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995". GovTrack. Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  46. ^ . Archived from the original on December 19, 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  47. ^ Kristin A. Goss (2006). "Gun control organizations founded 1990-2002". Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 1-4008-3775-8.
  48. ^ "Washington (city), District of Columbia". State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 4, 2016.

Bibliography edit

See also: History of Washington, D.C. § Further reading
  • Alfred Hunter, ed. (1853). Washington and Georgetown Directory. Washington DC: Printed by Kirkwood & McGill. ISBN 9781425540517 – via HathiTrust.
  • Andrew Boyd, ed. (1860). Boyd's Washington and Georgetown Directory. Washington DC: Taylor and Maury – via Internet Archive.
    • 1864
  • William Henry Overall, ed. (1870), "Washington", Dictionary of Chronology, London: William Tegg, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949, OCLC 2613202 – via HathiTrust
  • George Henry Townsend (1877), "Washington", A Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co., hdl:2027/hvd.32044088047865
  • Boyd, Elizabeth S.; Boyd, Andrew; Boyd, William Henry (1887). Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia. Washington DC: Wm. H. Boyd. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074642748.
  • Gannett, Henry (1888). "Washington (1.)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (9th ed.).
  • Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1900). Bibliography of the District of Columbia. Washington: Government Printing Office.
    • 1901
  • Frederick L. Harvey (1902). History of the Washington National Monument and Washington National Monument Society. Washington, D.C.: Norman K Elliott Printing Co. OCLC 4909191. Retrieved April 19, 2017 – via Google Books.
    • 1903
  • Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1900). Bibliography of the District of Columbia. Washington: Government Printing Office.
  • Boyd, Elizabeth S.; Boyd, Andrew; Boyd, William Henry (1909). Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia. Washington DC: R.L. Polk & Co. hdl:2027/mdp.39015006986833.
  • "Washington (District of Columbia)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 349–352.
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Washington", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
  • Proctor, John Clagett (1922). "Washington (District of Columbia)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.).
  • Federal Writers' Project (1937), "Chronology", Washington, City and Capital, American Guide Series, U.S. Govt. print. off., hdl:2027/mdp.39015007194775
  • Thomas C. Reeves (February 1975). Gentleman Boss. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-46095-6.
  • Howard Furer (1975). Washington, a chronological & documentary history, 1790-1970. American Cities Chronology Series. Oceana Publications. ISBN 0379006111.
  • Alan Lessoff (2000). "Washington, D.C". In Paul Finkelman (ed.). Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0684805006.
  • David Goldfield, ed. (2007). "Washington, D.C.". Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
  • Douglas E. Evelyn; Paul Dickson (2008). "Historical Timeline of Washington DC". On this Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington (3rd ed.). Capital Books. pp. 8–12. ISBN 978-1-933102-70-2.
  • "Washington, DC Timeline and Historic Plans: Illustrating the Evolution of the 'Monumental Core' of the Nation's Capital" (PDF). US National Park Service. 2008.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Washington, D.C..
  • "Washington, DC – Historical Timeline of the Nation's Capital". DCVote.org.
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture. "Collection Search: Washington, D.C." Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution. (Sortable by decade)

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources The following is a timeline of the history of Washington D C the capital city of the United States Contents 1 18th century 2 19th century 2 1 1800s 1850s 2 2 1860s 1890s 3 20th century 3 1 1900s 1940s 3 2 1950s 1990s 4 21st century 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links18th century edit1751 Georgetown founded 1752 February First survey of Georgetown completed 1 1784 October 7 Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton or of the Potomac near Georgetown provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid for a federal town 2 1789 Town of Georgetown Maryland chartered and incorporated Georgetown University founded 3 1790 July 16 Residence Act enacted selecting a site along the Potomac River as the future location of the permanent seat of the federal government of the United States 4 1791 January 24 Federal District proclamation issued by President George Washington 5 Team led by Andrew Ellicott begins survey of the future boundaries of the original District of Columbia 6 L Enfant Plan for design of the City of Washington introduced 7 September 9 Commissioners appointed by President Washington name the federal district as The Territory of Columbia and the federal city as the City of Washington 8 1792 Construction of White House presidential residence begins 1794 Tudor Place residence built in Georgetown 9 1797 Bridge at Little Falls crossing the upper Potomac River several miles northwest of Georgetown opens at the future site of 19th century Chain Bridge 9 10 1800 May 14 November 1 Seat of Federal government of the United States relocated after ten years from second federal capital of Philadelphia centered at Independence Hall old Pennsylvania State House to constitutionally designated ten mile square federal district entitled District of Columbia on both sides of Potomac River Originally called the Federal City it soon acquires namesake after President Washington especially after his recent death a few months earlier at nearby Mount Vernon in December 1799 known in 19th century as Washington city 6 7 11 Second President John Adams travels south from former second national capital at Philadelphia and is the first chief executive to occupy the President s House future White House in November with his wife Abigail to the unfinished mansion The Adamses occupy the house for only the last four months of his term having been defeated for reelection by incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson in the Election of 1800 until Jefferson s inauguration the following year on March 4 1801 United States Capitol building construction continues with partial completion of the north Senate wing where the United States Congress meets for its first sessions in Washington Construction continues on south House of Representatives south wing The Senate wing completed first temporarily provides spaces to be used by both houses of the Congress the beginnings of the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court for several years of continued construction work Washington Navy Yard established on the Eastern Branch later known as Anacostia River of the Potomac River waterfront south of the under construction Capitol 9 Population 14 093 9 19th century editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2016 1800s 1850s edit 1801 February 24 US Congress establishes the District of Columbia comprising Washington County Alexandria and Alexandria County 7 March 4 US president Jefferson inaugurated 9 1802 City of Washington incorporated mayor council government established 9 Jail built 9 1806 Public school opens 9 1809 May 20 Long Bridge crossing the Potomac River near 14th Street SW opens 9 12 1814 August 24 Burning of Washington by British forces 13 1815 Washington City Canal begins operating 7 1816 St John s Episcopal Church Lafayette Square built 9 1818 Central heating system installed in the U S Capitol building 14 1835 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins operating 15 Labor strike by federal navy yard workers 16 1836 December 15 1836 U S Patent Office fire 1840 Population 23 364 in city 17 43 712 in district 7 1842 United States Naval Observatory established 13 1844 Baltimore Washington telegraph begins operating 14 1846 District of Columbia retrocession of Alexandria and Alexandria County to Virginia 7 National Smithsonian Institution established 13 1848 Cornerstone of the Washington Monument placed 18 Washington Gas Light Company established 7 1850 District of Columbia s stone for the Washington Monument dedicated 19 Congress abolishes slave trade in the District of Columbia 7 1851 University of the District of Columbia founded formerly known as Miner Normal School 1855 Smithsonian Institution Building The Castle completed 20 1860s 1890s edit See also Washington D C in the American Civil War 1860 Population 61 122 17 11 1862 Slavery abolished 7 Congress requires city to provide schooling for black students 1863 National Academy of Sciences headquartered in city 6 1864 July Battle of Fort Stevens 7 11 1865 April 14 Assassination of president Lincoln 21 first black school opens at 2nd and C SE 1867 Howard University founded 22 23 Blacks given right of suffrage 5 1869 National Convention of the Colored Men of America held in city 24 American Equal Rights Association meets in city 5 1870 Children s Hospital established 23 Population 109 199 17 11 1871 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effected 7 Norton P Chipman becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia 1877 Washington Post newspaper begins publication 25 1878 Telephone begins operating 7 1880 Population 147 293 in city 17 177 624 in district 7 1881 February Flood 7 Tiber Canal filled in to become Constitution Avenue 26 American National Red Cross headquartered in city 23 1885 Washington Monument dedicated 13 1888 Electric streetcar begins operating 7 1889 National Zoo opens 7 1890 Rock Creek Park established 7 Population 230 392 17 1893 American University founded 23 1897 American Negro Academy founded 22 1899 Height of Buildings Act of 1899 legislated 7 1900 Population 278 718 17 20th century editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2016 1900s 1940s edit 1902 McMillan Plan for design of city introduced 7 1906 District Building city hall constructed 7 1907 Union Station built 9 Washington National Cathedral construction begins 1 1910 Population 331 069 17 1912 Cherry trees planted around the Tidal Basin 26 1913 27 1915 Association for the Study of Negro Life and History established 1917 National Sylvan Theater opens 26 1919 July Racial unrest 7 1920 Population 437 571 17 Dedication of the 16th Street World War I Memorial Trees 1922 January 28 Storm crushes Knickerbocker Theatre 7 May 30 Lincoln Memorial dedicated 7 1923 Smithsonian s Freer Gallery of Art opens 26 1924 National Capital Park Commission established 26 Washington Senators baseball team wins 1924 World Series 7 1925 WMAL radio begins broadcasting 28 1926 Federal Triangle construction begins 7 1930 Population 486 869 17 1931 National Symphony Orchestra formed 29 1932 May Bonus Army demonstration 30 Arlington Memorial Bridge opens 26 Folger Shakespeare Library built 31 1935 National Cherry Blossom Festival begins 26 1937 Washington Redskins football team active 7 1940 Population 663 091 17 1941 National Airport built 7 National Gallery of Art opens 14 1942 Declaration by United Nations signed in city 5 1944 International Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in city 32 1946 International Monetary Fund headquartered in city 2 1947 WMAL TV WRC TV and WTTG television begin broadcasting 33 1949 Whitehurst Freeway begins operating 7 WTOP TV television begins broadcasting 33 1950s 1990s edit 1950 Population 802 178 17 1953 January 15 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck 15 1954 March 1 United States Capitol shooting incident 1954 Bolling v Sharpe decided schools integrated in 54 55 school year 1957 May 17 National Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom civil rights demonstration takes place in D C 34 1959 International Antarctic Treaty signed in city 21 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signed in city 5 Population 763 956 17 1962 Streetcar stops operating 7 1963 August 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Martin Luther King Jr gives I Have a Dream speech 21 1964 November D C residents are able to vote for president for the first time 35 Capital Beltway constructed 7 1965 April 17 March Against the Vietnam War 36 Washingtonian magazine begins publication 1967 Mayor council form of government implemented 7 Walter Washington becomes mayor 14 Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins 26 Biograph cinema opens 37 1968 April 1968 Washington D C riots occur 26 American Association of Retired Persons headquartered in city approximate date 23 1969 November 15 Protest against Vietnam War 21 Gay Blade newspaper begins publication 25 Key Theatre in business 37 1970 Population 756 510 17 1971 April Antiwar protest 38 May 1971 May Day protests against war 21 June 30 New York Times Co v United States decided allows Washington Post to publish Pentagon Papers about Vietnam 21 Walter E Fauntroy becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia National Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens 26 Center for Science in the Public Interest headquartered in city 39 1972 Watergate scandal discovered 1973 Mayoral election established per US Congress District of Columbia Home Rule Act 35 1974 1974 White House helicopter incident 40 Smithsonian s Hirshhorn Museum opens 26 1976 March Washington Metro begins operating 15 May Concorde supersonic airplane begins operating 14 US Bicentennial held 26 1979 Marion Barry becomes mayor C SPAN begins televising federal government proceedings 1980 Western Plaza later renamed to Freedom Plaza containing a raised marble inlay depicting parts of the L Enfant Plan for the city of Washington opens along Pennsylvania Avenue N W between the White House and the United States Capitol 41 1981 March 30 Attempted assassination of president Reagan 21 Washington City Paper begins publication 25 1982 January 13 Crash of Air Florida Flight 90 5 Washington Convention Center built National Vietnam Veterans Memorial erected 26 21 Washington Times newspaper begins publication 25 1983 1983 U S Senate bombing 1985 Federal News Service in business National Building Museum opens Washington Printmakers Gallery opens 1987 Smithsonian s Sackler Gallery and National Museum of African Art open 26 Dupont Circle 5 cinema in business 37 1990 Population 606 900 17 October 27 Mayor Marion Barry receives six month prison sentence for cocaine possession 42 November 6 Sharon Pratt Dixon wins mayoral election 43 1991 Eleanor Holmes Norton becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia City bicentennial 7 1993 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opens National Postal Museum opens 1994 November 8 Marion Barry wins mayoral election 44 1995 April 17 President William J Clinton signs the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 establishing the District of Columbia Financial Control Board 45 October 16 National Million Man March held in city 1996 City website online approximate date 46 1997 July 7 Starbucks triple homicide in Georgetown 1998 United States Capitol shooting incident 1999 Anthony A Williams becomes mayor 2000 May 14 Million Mom March held 47 21st century editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2016 2001 September 2001 anthrax attacks 2002 International Spy Museum opens 2003 Washington Convention Center rebuilt 7 2007 Adrian Fenty becomes mayor 2008 Nationals Park opens 7 Newseum opens in D C 2009 January 20 Inauguration of U S president Obama Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian is released taking place in D C The District survives Snowmageddon 2010 Population 601 723 48 2011 Vincent C Gray becomes mayor CityCenterDC construction begins 2014 Initiative 71 approved by voters leading to the legalization of cannabis 2015 Muriel Bowser becomes mayor 2016 January 2016 United States winter storm DC Streetcar begins operating March April 2016 Nuclear Security Summit National Museum of African American History and Culture opens to the public District of Columbia statehood referendum 2016 2017 January 20 Inauguration of U S President Donald Trump January 21 National Women s March on Washington scheduled 2018 The Washington Capitals win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history 2019 The Washington Nationals win the World Series 2020 The coronavirus disease 2019 causes the District to lock down for the first time in history 2021 January 6 Storming of the United States Capitol January 20 Inauguration of U S President Joe Biden April 2 Vehicle ramming attack outside the United States Capitol See also editHistory of Washington D C List of mayors of Washington D C Category African American history of Washington D C National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington D C List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington D C List of United States Congresses List of US presidential inaugural ceremonies Timeline of Alexandria Virginia List of rallies and protest marches in Washington D C Architecture of Washington D C References edit Richard Plummer Jackson 1878 The Chronicles of Georgetown D C from 1751 1878 R O Polkinhorn pp 3 4 A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation U S Congressional Documents and Debates 1774 1875 Kathleen Menzie Lesko Valerie Babb Carroll R Gibbs 1991 Black Georgetown Remembered A History Of Its Black Community From The Founding Of The Town of George Georgetown University Press pp 1 2 ISBN 9781626163263 OCLC 922572367 An ACT for establishing the Temporary and Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States American Memory Library of Congress Retrieved April 19 2017 a b c d e f Ernie Gross 1990 This Day in American History Neal Schuman ISBN 978 1 55570 046 1 a b c Laurence Urdang ed 1996 Timetables of American History Touchstone ISBN 978 0 7432 0261 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Evelyn 2008 1 Steward John 1898 Early Maps and Surveyors of the City of Washington D C Records of the Columbia Historical Society 2 53 OCLC 40326234 via Google Books 2 Crew Harvey W Webb William Bensing Wooldridge John 1892 IV Permanent Capital Site Selected Dayton Ohio United Brethren Publishing House pp 87 88 101 via Google Books a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c d e f g h i j k Federal Writers Project 1937 Chronology 1 History of the Chain Bridge Johns Hopkins University Press Archived from the original on April 2 2005 2 Kapsch Robert J 2004 Canals Volume 1 W W Norton amp Company ISBN 978 0 393 73088 3 a b c d Britannica 1911 Robert Cohen 2013 History of the Long Railroad Bridge Crossing Across the Potomac River DC Chapter National Railway Historical Society Retrieved July 29 2014 a b c d Haydn 1910 a b c d e Patrick Robertson 2011 Robertson s Book of Firsts Bloomsbury ISBN 978 1 60819 738 5 a b c Timeline of Washington D C Railroad History National Railway Historical Society Washington D C Chapter Retrieved January 4 2016 Aaron Brenner Benjamin Day Immanuel Ness eds 2015 2009 Timeline Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History Routledge ISBN 978 1 317 45707 7 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States 1790 to 1990 US Census Bureau 1998 1 Reeves p 43 2 Harvey pp 46 47 John Perry 2010 Lee A Life of Virtue Nashville Tennessee Thomas Nelson pp 93 94 ISBN 978 1595550286 OCLC 456177249 via Google Books Morton W Brown III February 8 1971 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Smithsonian Institution Building National Park Service Retrieved May 11 2009 a b c d e f g h On This Day New York Times retrieved January 4 2016 a b Nell Irvin Painter 2006 Timelines Creating Black Americans African American History and Its Meanings 1619 to the Present Oxford University Press p 361 ISBN 978 0 19 513755 2 a b c d e Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei ed Washington DC Nonprofit Explorer New York ProPublica Retrieved January 4 2016 Conventions by Year 1869 National Convention of Colored Men held in Washington DC Digital Records Colored Conventions Project Retrieved November 6 2022 a b c d US Newspaper Directory Chronicling America Washington DC Library of Congress Retrieved January 4 2016 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n National Park Service 2008 Charles Emerson 1913 In Search of the World Before the Great War 2013 compares Washington to 20 major world cities 144 160 Jack Alicoate ed 1939 District of Columbia Radio Annual New York Radio Daily OCLC 2459636 Colin Lawson ed 2003 Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century chronological list Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 00132 8 Riding the Rails Timeline of the Great Depression American Experience USA Public Broadcasting Service Retrieved January 4 2016 Timeline of the Folger Shakespeare Library Folgerpedia retrieved April 30 2016 Richard Green 2008 Chronology of International Organizations Routledge ISBN 978 1 135 35590 6 a b Charles A Alicoate ed 1960 Television Stations Dist of Columbia Radio Annual and Television Year Book New York Radio Daily Corp OCLC 10512206 Events Civil Rights Digital Library Athens GA Digital Library of Georgia Timeline a b Timeline History of the Campaign for D C Voting Rights The Washington Post John Bassett McCleary 2004 Anti War Events The Hippie Dictionary A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s Ten Speed Press pp 602 ISBN 978 1 58008 547 2 a b c Movie Theaters in Washington DC CinemaTreasures org Los Angeles Cinema Treasures LLC Retrieved January 4 2016 Ronald B Frankum Jr 2011 Chronology Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 7956 0 Andrew F Smith 2011 Chronology Fast Food and Junk Food An Encyclopedia Greenwood ISBN 978 0 313 39393 8 Christopher Freeze The Time a Stolen Helicopter Landed on the White House Lawn Robert Preston s wild ride Air amp Space Magazine Smithsonian Institution Retrieved March 22 2017 Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site PDF National Register of Historic Places Registration Form National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Washington D C Government of the District of Columbia Planning Office pp 191 192 Archived from the original PDF on January 7 2017 Retrieved March 29 2017 1 Elsa Walsh Barton Gellman August 23 1990 Chasm Divided Jurors in Barry Drug Trial The Washington Post 2 Michael York Tracy Thompson October 27 1990 Barry Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison Judge Says Mayor Gave Aid to Drug Culture The Washington Post p A01 Retrieved August 2 2008 DC Mayor Election 1990 Our Campaigns Retrieved February 7 2016 Michael Janofsky November 9 1994 THE 1994 ELECTIONS THE NATION THE CAPITAL Barry Rebounds From Disgrace to Win Again in Washington The New York Times Retrieved May 27 2010 1 Michael Janofsky April 8 1995 Congress Creates Board To Oversee Washington D C The New York Times Retrieved August 4 2008 2 H R 1345 104th District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 GovTrack Civic Impulse LLC Retrieved April 19 2017 Official Home Page of The District of Columbia Archived from the original on December 19 1996 via Internet Archive Wayback Machine Kristin A Goss 2006 Gun control organizations founded 1990 2002 Disarmed The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America Princeton University Press ISBN 1 4008 3775 8 Washington city District of Columbia State amp County QuickFacts US Census Bureau Retrieved January 4 2016 Bibliography editSee also History of Washington D C Further reading Alfred Hunter ed 1853 Washington and Georgetown Directory Washington DC Printed by Kirkwood amp McGill ISBN 9781425540517 via HathiTrust Andrew Boyd ed 1860 Boyd s Washington and Georgetown Directory Washington DC Taylor and Maury via Internet Archive 1864 William Henry Overall ed 1870 Washington Dictionary of Chronology London William Tegg hdl 2027 uc2 ark 13960 t9m32q949 OCLC 2613202 via HathiTrust George Henry Townsend 1877 Washington A Manual of Dates 5th ed London Frederick Warne amp Co hdl 2027 hvd 32044088047865 Boyd Elizabeth S Boyd Andrew Boyd William Henry 1887 Boyd s Directory for the District of Columbia Washington DC Wm H Boyd hdl 2027 mdp 39015074642748 Gannett Henry 1888 Washington 1 Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 24 9th ed Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan 1900 Bibliography of the District of Columbia Washington Government Printing Office 1901 Frederick L Harvey 1902 History of the Washington National Monument and Washington National Monument Society Washington D C Norman K Elliott Printing Co OCLC 4909191 Retrieved April 19 2017 via Google Books 1903 Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan 1900 Bibliography of the District of Columbia Washington Government Printing Office Boyd Elizabeth S Boyd Andrew Boyd William Henry 1909 Boyd s Directory for the District of Columbia Washington DC R L Polk amp Co hdl 2027 mdp 39015006986833 Washington District of Columbia Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 28 11th ed 1911 pp 349 352 Benjamin Vincent 1910 Washington Haydn s Dictionary of Dates 25th ed London Ward Lock amp Co hdl 2027 uc2 ark 13960 t41r6xh8t Proctor John Clagett 1922 Washington District of Columbia Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 32 12th ed Federal Writers Project 1937 Chronology Washington City and Capital American Guide Series U S Govt print off hdl 2027 mdp 39015007194775 Thomas C Reeves February 1975 Gentleman Boss New York NY Alfred A Knopf ISBN 978 0 394 46095 6 Howard Furer 1975 Washington a chronological amp documentary history 1790 1970 American Cities Chronology Series Oceana Publications ISBN 0379006111 Alan Lessoff 2000 Washington D C In Paul Finkelman ed Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century Charles Scribner s Sons ISBN 0684805006 David Goldfield ed 2007 Washington D C Encyclopedia of American Urban History Sage ISBN 978 1 4522 6553 7 Douglas E Evelyn Paul Dickson 2008 Historical Timeline of Washington DC On this Spot Pinpointing the Past in Washington 3rd ed Capital Books pp 8 12 ISBN 978 1 933102 70 2 Washington DC Timeline and Historic Plans Illustrating the Evolution of the Monumental Core of the Nation s Capital PDF US National Park Service 2008 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Washington D C Washington DC Historical Timeline of the Nation s Capital DCVote org National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Search Washington D C Washington DC Smithsonian Institution Sortable by 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