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Timeline of Wilmington, Delaware

April 10, 2024

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

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.

Prior to 19th century edit

19th century edit

 
Map of Wilmington, Delaware, 1874

20th century edit

21st century edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Hazard, Samuel; Linn, John Blair; Egle, William Henry; Reed, George Edward; Montgomery, Thomas Lynch; MacKinney, Gertrude; Hoban, Charles Francis (1880), "The Three Lower Counties, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex", List of Officers of the Colonies on the Delaware and the Province of Pennsylvania 1614-1776, Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, PA{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1938, p. 519: "Chronology"
  6. ^ a b c Hoffecker 1974.
  7. ^ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  8. ^ a b c . City of Wilmington, Delaware. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  9. ^ Kenneth R. Martin; Bruce Sinclair (1974). "A Pennsylvanian in the Wilmington Whaling Trade, 1841-1844". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 41 (1): 27–51. JSTOR 27772175.
  10. ^ Scharf 1888, p. 749-758: "Wilmington: Commerce"
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  12. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d "Movie Theaters in Wilmington, DE". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  14. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  15. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1938.
  16. ^ Singleton 1975.
  17. ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Delaware", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  18. ^ Rendle 2010.
  19. ^ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Wilmington, Delaware". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  20. ^ "Banking Haven", Washington Post, June 26, 1983
  21. ^ "As Goes MBNA, So Goes Delaware", New York Times, December 14, 2005
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on 1996-12-22 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

Bibliography edit

Published in the 18th–19th c. edit

  • Jedidiah Morse (1797). "Wilmington". The American Gazetteer. Boston: S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews. OL 23272543M.
  • Charter and Ordinances of the City of Wilmington, Delaware. 1863.
  • Wm. H. Boyd, ed. (1874). "Wilmington City Directory". Delaware State Directory and Gazetteer. The Commercial printing company. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010204223.
  • Charles P. Dare (1877), "Wilmington", Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Guide Book, OCLC 37266637 – via Internet Archive
  • John Thomas Scharf (1888). History of Delaware: 1609-1888. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co. LCCN 01013423.
  • "Wilmington (1.)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (9th ed.). 1888.

Published in the 20th c. edit

  • "Wilmington (Delaware)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 690.
  • Charter of the City of Wilmington. Star Printing Company. 1911.
  • Edward Noble Vallandigham (1922). "Wilmington". Delaware and the Eastern Shore: Some Aspects of a Peninsula Pleasant and Well Beloved. J. B. Lippincott Company.
  • Anna T. Lincoln (1937). Wilmington, Delaware; three centuries under four flags, 1609-1937. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)
  • Federal Writers' Project (1938). "Wilmington". Delaware: A Guide to the First State. American Guide Series. New York: Viking. ISBN 9781603540087 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) + chronology
  • Greater Wilmington Development Council (1962). Wilmington area research: an annotated list of research reports and selected data sources for the Wilmington Metropolitan area. University of Delaware, Division of Urban Affairs – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)
  • Carol Hoffecker (1974). Wilmington, Delaware: Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910. University Press of Virginia – via State of Delaware, Delaware Public Archives. (fulltext)
  • David W. Singleton (1975). "Firefighting Productivity in Wilmington: A Case History". Public Productivity Review. 1 (2): 19–29. doi:10.2307/3380139. JSTOR 3380139.
  • Carol Hoffecker (1982). Wilmington: a Pictorial History. Donning Company – via State of Delaware, Delaware Public Archives. (fulltext)
  • Carol Hoffecker (1983). Corporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century. Philadelphia: Temple University Press – via State of Delaware, Delaware Public Archives. (fulltext)
  • Priscilla M. Thompson; Sally O'Byrne (1999). Wilmington's Waterfront. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-2724-2.
  • Marjorie G. McNinch (2000). Wilmington in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-0647-0.

Published in the 21st c. edit

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilmington, Delaware.
  • "Delaware History: Local Histories: Wilmington". Library Research Guides. University of Delaware.
  • "Local Historical Research". Wilmington Public Library.
  • Items related to Wilmington, Delaware, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Wilmington Delaware USA 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 Contents 1 Prior to 19th century 2 19th century 3 20th century 4 21st century 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 7 1 Published in the 18th 19th c 7 2 Published in the 20th c 7 3 Published in the 21st c 8 External linksPrior to 19th century edit1638 March 29 Peter Minuit and others arrive at what is known today as Swedes Landing in the Swedish colony of New Sweden Fort Christina built on behalf of the Swedish South Company settlement known as Christinaham 1 1655 Fort taken from Swedes by Dutch forces of Peter Stuyvesant 1 1664 English in power 1 1682 New Sweden becomes part of the English colonial Province of Pennsylvania 1 1698 Holy Trinity Church Old Swedes built 1 1731 Landowner Thomas Willing names his property Willingtown renamed Wilmington around 1739 1 1739 William Shipley becomes burgess of Wilmington 2 Shipbuilding industry begins approximate date 1 1740 First Presbyterian Church built 1 1748 Wilmington Friends School established 1 1777 September 11 Battle of Brandywine fought near town 1 1785 Delaware Gazette newspaper begins publication 3 1788 Wilmington Library Company founded 4 1798 Yellow fever outbreak 5 Town Hall built 1 19th century edit nbsp Map of Wilmington Delaware 18741802 DuPont gunpowder manufacturer in business at Eleutherian Mills on Brandywine Creek near Wilmington 1 1809 Borough of Wilmington expanded 1 1814 Harmonic Society formed 6 1824 First public opinion poll taken in Wilmington during the U S presidential election campaign 7 1832 Borough of Wilmington becomes a city per state charter 8 1 Richard H Bayard becomes city mayor 1835 Wilmington Whaling Company incorporated 9 1837 Board of Trade 10 and Wesleyan Female Seminary established Betts Pusey amp Harlan railcar manufactory in business 1838 Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad begins operating 1840 Democratic Free Press newspaper begins publication 3 Population 8 367 11 1849 Harlan and Hollingsworth shipbuilder and railcar manufactory in business 1855 Customshouse built 1864 Horse drawn railway begins operating 8 Historical Society of Delaware headquartered in Wilmington 1 John Merrick House built 1868 Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington established 12 1871 Grand Opera House built 13 1877 Wilmington Club for men incorporated 1880 Population 42 478 11 1881 New Castle County Court House built 6 1886 Brandywine Park established 1889 Rockford Park and New Century Club for women 6 established 1890 Delaware Hospital opens Population 61 431 11 1900 Population 76 508 11 20th century edit1905 Brandywine Zoo established 14 1910 Population 87 411 11 1911 Majestic Theatre opens 13 1917 Rodney Square established 15 1919 Wilmington Delaware race riot of 1919 1920 Population 110 168 11 1921 City fire department established 16 1922 WDEL and WILM radio begin broadcasting 17 1923 Wilmington Marine Terminal built 15 Monument to Caesar Rodney installed in Rodney Square 1928 Rodney Court apartment building constructed 1929 Wilmington Dry Goods in business 18 1930 Population 106 597 11 1937 Main Post Office built 1942 Crest Theater in business 13 1950 Population 110 356 11 1961 Burton v Wilmington Parking Authority lawsuit decided by U S Supreme Court broadening the Equal Protection Clause of the U S Constitution s 14th Amendment 1965 Wilmington Medical Center active 19 1968 Wilmington Riot of 1968 1981 State legislature passes the liberalizing Financial Center Development Act influencing the relocation of many banks to the Wilmington area 8 20 1991 Cinemark cinema in business 13 1995 MBNA Corporation headquartered in city 21 1996 City website online approximate date 22 21st century editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2016 2001 James M Baker becomes mayor 2013 Dennis P Williams becomes mayor See also editWilmington Delaware history List of mayors of Wilmington Delaware National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington DelawareReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Britannica 1910 Hazard Samuel Linn John Blair Egle William Henry Reed George Edward Montgomery Thomas Lynch MacKinney Gertrude Hoban Charles Francis 1880 The Three Lower Counties New Castle Kent and Sussex List of Officers of the Colonies on the Delaware and the Province of Pennsylvania 1614 1776 Pennsylvania Archives Harrisburg PA a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link a b U S Newspaper Directory Chronicling America Washington DC Library of Congress Retrieved June 26 2016 Davies Project American Libraries before 1876 Princeton University Retrieved June 26 2016 Federal Writers Project 1938 p 519 Chronology a b c Hoffecker 1974 Patrick Robertson 2011 Robertson s Book of Firsts Bloomsbury ISBN 978 1 60819 738 5 a b c City History City of Wilmington Delaware Archived from the original on May 2 2016 Retrieved June 26 2016 Kenneth R Martin Bruce Sinclair 1974 A Pennsylvanian in the Wilmington Whaling Trade 1841 1844 Pennsylvania History A Journal of Mid Atlantic Studies 41 1 27 51 JSTOR 27772175 Scharf 1888 p 749 758 Wilmington Commerce a b c d e f g h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States 1790 to 1990 U S Census Bureau 1998 Chronology of Catholic Dioceses USA Norway Oslo katolske bispedomme Retrieved June 26 2016 a b c d Movie Theaters in Wilmington DE CinemaTreasures org Los Angeles Cinema Treasures LLC Retrieved June 26 2016 Vernon N Kisling Jr ed 2001 Zoological Gardens of the United States chronological list Zoo and Aquarium History USA CRC Press ISBN 978 1 4200 3924 5 a b Federal Writers Project 1938 Singleton 1975 Jack Alicoate ed 1939 Delaware Radio Annual New York Radio Daily OCLC 2459636 Rendle 2010 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei ed 9 May 2013 Wilmington Delaware Nonprofit Explorer New York ProPublica Retrieved June 26 2016 Banking Haven Washington Post June 26 1983 As Goes MBNA So Goes Delaware New York Times December 14 2005 Official Web Site of Wilmington Delaware Archived from the original on 1996 12 22 via Internet Archive Wayback Machine Bibliography editPublished in the 18th 19th c edit Jedidiah Morse 1797 Wilmington The American Gazetteer Boston S Hall and Thomas amp Andrews OL 23272543M Charter and Ordinances of the City of Wilmington Delaware 1863 Wm H Boyd ed 1874 Wilmington City Directory Delaware State Directory and Gazetteer The Commercial printing company hdl 2027 mdp 39015010204223 Charles P Dare 1877 Wilmington Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Guide Book OCLC 37266637 via Internet Archive John Thomas Scharf 1888 History of Delaware 1609 1888 Philadelphia L J Richards amp Co LCCN 01013423 Wilmington 1 Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 24 9th ed 1888 Published in the 20th c edit Wilmington Delaware Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 28 11th ed 1910 p 690 Charter of the City of Wilmington Star Printing Company 1911 Edward Noble Vallandigham 1922 Wilmington Delaware and the Eastern Shore Some Aspects of a Peninsula Pleasant and Well Beloved J B Lippincott Company Anna T Lincoln 1937 Wilmington Delaware three centuries under four flags 1609 1937 Rutland Vt Tuttle via HathiTrust fulltext Federal Writers Project 1938 Wilmington Delaware A Guide to the First State American Guide Series New York Viking ISBN 9781603540087 via Google Books a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint ref duplicates default link chronology Greater Wilmington Development Council 1962 Wilmington area research an annotated list of research reports and selected data sources for the Wilmington Metropolitan area University of Delaware Division of Urban Affairs via HathiTrust fulltext Carol Hoffecker 1974 Wilmington Delaware Portrait of an Industrial City 1830 1910 University Press of Virginia via State of Delaware Delaware Public Archives fulltext David W Singleton 1975 Firefighting Productivity in Wilmington A Case History Public Productivity Review 1 2 19 29 doi 10 2307 3380139 JSTOR 3380139 Carol Hoffecker 1982 Wilmington a Pictorial History Donning Company via State of Delaware Delaware Public Archives fulltext Carol Hoffecker 1983 Corporate Capital Wilmington in the Twentieth Century Philadelphia Temple University Press via State of Delaware Delaware Public Archives fulltext Priscilla M Thompson Sally O Byrne 1999 Wilmington s Waterfront Arcadia ISBN 978 1 4396 2724 2 Marjorie G McNinch 2000 Wilmington in Vintage Postcards Arcadia ISBN 978 0 7385 0647 0 Published in the 21st c edit Ellen Rendle 2010 New Castle County Arcadia ISBN 978 0 7385 8557 4 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilmington Delaware Delaware History Local Histories Wilmington Library Research Guides University of Delaware Local Historical Research Wilmington Public Library Items related to Wilmington Delaware various dates via Digital Public Library of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Wilmington Delaware amp oldid 1171398933, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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