Timeline of Buffalo, New York

City history timeline

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 - La Salle built Fort Conti and launched Le Griffon.[1]
  • 1687 - Marquis de Denonville built Fort Denonville at the mouth of the river.[1]

18th century

  • 1784 - Area known as the Buffalo Creek region.[1]
  • 1793 - Holland Land Purchase is completed

19th century

The 1805 plan for the village of Buffalo

1800s-1860s

1870s-1890s

20th century

Downtown Buffalo in 1945

21st century

Buffalo's skyline from the air in 2018

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Britannica 1878.
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  4. ^ a b c d e f Laurence Urdang, ed. (1996). Timetables of American History. Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-7432-0261-9.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Hellmann 2006.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
  7. ^ a b Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr. (2012). 100 Most Significant Events in American Business: an Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39862-9.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  9. ^ Young Men's Association of the City of Buffalo (1837), Annual Report 1837-
  10. ^ "Archival and Manuscript Collections". University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  11. ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  12. ^ Meehan, Sara (October 18, 2014). "Oct. 18, 1844: 'Great flood of 1844' devastates Buffalo". The Buffalo News. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  13. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  14. ^ a b Mingus, Nancy Blumenstalk (2003). Buffalo: Good Neighbors, Great Architecture. Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9780738524498.
  15. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  16. ^ Evening News 1908.
  17. ^ a b c d e American Association for State and Local History (2002). "New York". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
  19. ^ a b Peter Eisenstadt, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0808-0.
  20. ^ Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
  21. ^ "On This Day". New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  22. ^ a b c d e Britannica 1922.
  23. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Buffalo, NY". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  24. ^ a b c d e "This Day in Weather History". Aberdeen, South Dakota: National Weather Service. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  25. ^ a b Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: New York", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 Free access icon
  26. ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: New York", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206 Free access icon
  27. ^ "Welcome to City of Buffalo". Archived from the original on February 24, 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  28. ^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: New York". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on September 25, 2000.
  29. ^ "New York". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2005. hdl:2027/mdp.49015002997139.
  30. ^ "ERIE CANAL HARBOR OFFICIALLY OPENS TO PUBLIC" (PDF). Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  31. ^ "Buffalo city, New York". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  32. ^ "What census numbers could mean for WNY". WKBW. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  33. ^ "10 people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, police say. The 18-year-old suspect is in custody". CNN. 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

Bibliography

  • Directory for the City of Buffalo, L.P. Crary, 1832
  • "Buffalo City". Gazetteer of the State of New York. J. Disturnell. 1842. pp. 91–93.
  • Buffalo City Directory, E.A. Thomas, 1862
  • "Buffalo", Appletons' Handbook of American Travel: Northern and Eastern Tour, New York: D. Appleton, 1870
  • Joseph Sabin, ed. (1870). "Buffalo". Bibliotheca Americana. Vol. 3. New York. hdl:2027/nyp.33433082126743. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Franklin B. Hough (1872), "Erie County: Buffalo City", Gazetteer of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y: Andrew Boyd, OCLC 18450990
  • "Buffalo (2.)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (9th ed.). 1878. p. 443.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Knights of Pythias Directory and Buffalo Street Directory and Guide, Albert J. Kuebler and Fred Kraebel, 1894
  • History of the City of Buffalo. Buffalo Evening News. 1908.
  • "Buffalo", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
  • "Buffalo (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 754–756.
  • Wilner, Merton Merriman (1922). "Buffalo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 30 (12th ed.).
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Buffalo", New York: a Guide to the Empire State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 206–228, hdl:2027/uc1.b3627138 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Buffalo, NY", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E. P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
  • George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Buffalo", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M
  • Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "New York: Buffalo". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
  • "175 Years: Celebrating the Incorporation of the City of Buffalo, 1832-2007". Buffalo History Museum. 2007.
  • "Buffalo, NY". U.S. City Open Data Census. Sunlight Foundation and Open Knowledge International. 2018. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.
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