Denver is located in the United States
Denver
Denver
Location of Denver in the United States of America.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Denver, Colorado, United States, from its founding in 1858 to the present.

1800s

1858 to 1879

  • 1858
  • 1859
    • The first burial ground, the Mount Prospect Cemetery (later called the Old Denver City Cemetery) was established.[2]
    • Rocky Mountain News begins publication.[3]
    • John C. Moore becomes mayor.[4]
    • October 3 – The first school, a private institution founded by O.J. Goldrick, opens for classes in Auraria on 12th Street between Market and Larimer Streets.[5]
  • 1860
    Illustration of Denver in 1860
    • Construction of the first canal called, the "Big Ditch", to deliver water to the city begun by the Capitol Hydraulic Company.[6]
    • January – Denver Police Department established by Mayor Moore, replacing Denver Marshals.[7]
    • May 18 – Barney Ford, who later became an important civil rights activist, arrives in Denver for the first time.[8]
    • July – Clark, Gruber & Co. a privately owned gold brokerage and mint, produces the first coins in Colorado.[9]
    • October 6 – James Gordon executed by hanging for the drunken murder of German immigrant Jacob Gantz by order of the "People's Court" and Alexander Cameron Hunt presiding as judge.[10]
  • 1861 – Denver City becomes part of Colorado Territory.
  • 1863
    • Telegraph begins operating.[11]
    • April 19 – Fire destroys much of Downtown and results in laws requiring new buildings to be made of brick.[12][13]
  • 1864
    Flood on Cherry Creek 19 May 1864
  • 1867
    • Colorado Tribune newspaper begins publication.[3]
    • Platte Water Company finishes the "Big Ditch" to provide Denver with water, terminating in Smith Lake in what is today Washington Park.[6]
    • December – Legislature of Colorado Territory votes to relocate to Denver City from Golden City.[17]
  • 1868
  • 1870
  • 1871
    • December 17 – Denver Horse Railroad the first rail transit service begins operating, changing its name in the next year to the Denver City Railway Co.[22]
  • 1873 – Palace Theater, a gambling and entertainment establishment, opened by Ed Chase.[23]
  • 1875 – East High School opens as part of the Arapahoe School.[24]
    Front of East High School in Denver Colorado
  • 1876
  • 1878
  • 1879
    • July 11 – State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, later History Colorado headquartered in Denver.[28]

1880 to 1899

  • 1880
    • Population of the City & County: 35,629
      50th most populous US city. First time in 100 most populous cities in the US.[29]
  • 1881
    Tabor Grand Opera House, c. 1888
  • 1882
    • High Line Canal opens to provide water to agricultural areas south of Denver.[33]
    • February 18 – Purchase of land for City Park approved by Denver City Council.[34]
    • December – Colorado Scientific Society founded in Denver, not incorporated until January 1885.[28]
  • 1883
    • First St. Patrick's Day parade organized by Father Joseph P. Carrigan.[35]
    • Second City Hall completed.[36]
    • Arapahoe County Courthouse completed on 16th and Tremont Streets. It served until 1902 when Denver was separated from the county.[37]
  • 1884
  • 1885
    • November – Mercantile Library, a predecessor of the Public Library, opened by the Denver Chamber of Commerce.[40]
  • 1886
  • 1887
    • College of the Sacred Heart (later renamed Regis University) relocates to Denver.
    • February 28 – Congress votes to establish an army base near Denver, later named Fort Logan, due to the petitioning of the citizens of the city.[45]
  • 1889
    • Construction of the Boston Building, Denver's first modern office building begins.[46]
    • July 30 – Soapy Smith assaults and injures Rocky Mountain News editor John Arkins. The News declares a crusade to rid Denver of the bad man, which took a decade to complete.[47]
    • Denver Athletic Club's historic clubhouse is built.[48]
  • 1890
    University Hall, built in 1890
    • Population of the City & County: 106,713
      26th most populous US city.[29]
    • Elitch Gardens amusement venue opens.[49]
    • Mount Prospect, the Denver City Cemetery, closed to further burials.[50]
    • April 8 – Construction of the Masonic Temple begins at 16th and Welton Streets.[51]
  • 1891
  • 1892
  • 1893
    • Denver's oldest continuously operating restaurant, the Buckhorn Exchange opens under the name "The Rio Grande Exchange".[54]
    • Denver government orders all bodies to be removed from the old City Cemetery.[55]
    • Denver Artist Club, which later became the Denver Art Museum founded.[56]
    • June – Silver prices fall from $1.05 per ounce to 83¢ per ounce, starting the Denver Depression.[57]
    • July
      • 18 – Six Denver banks fail.[57]
      • 19 – Three more banks suspend payments.[57]
  • 1894
    • February 7 – South Denver annexed by the city.[58]
    • Colorado State Capitol building complete, Governor Davis Hanson Waite moves his office to the building.[41]
    • March 15 – Governor Waite orders state militiamen to march on Denver City Hall to remove the Police and Fire Commissioners in what became known as the City Hall War.[59]
  • 1895
  • 1896 – Denver Zoo founded because of the gift of a orphan bear to Mayor Thomas S. McMurray.[61]
  • 1898
  • 1899

1900s

Skeleton of Edmontosaurus Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Crystalline gold from Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Colorado.

1900 to 1919

1920 to 1939

1940 to 1959

1960 to 1979

Beaton

1980 to 1999

2000s

2000s

2010s

2020s

  • 2020
    • Population of the City & County: 715,522
      19th most populous US city.
  • 2021 – December 27: A gunman goes on a shooting spree across the Denver metropolitan area, killing five and injuring two before dying in a shootout with police.[132][133]
  • 2023 – June 12: Denver Nuggets win first championship in franchise history after 47 years.

See also


References

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