Timeline of Buffalo, New York

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

Prior to 18th century 

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

18th century 

 1793 - Holland Land Purchase is completed

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 - YMCA 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.

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).

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.

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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