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Timeline Of Burlington, Vermont
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Burlington, Vermont, 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

19th century

  • 1801 - Vermont Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
  • 1802 - Court house built.
  • 1804 - Grasse Mount built, now a campus building of the University of Vermont
  • 1810 - Population: 1,690.
  • 1813 - August 2: Town besieged by British forces.
  • 1815 - September: University of Vermont begins operating again.
  • 1816 - Unitarian Church built.
  • 1823 - Methodist Episcopal Church established.
  • 1825 - LaFayette visits town.
  • 1826 - Champlain Transportation Company founded.
  • 1827
  • 1829
    • Lyman block built.
    • Burlington High School and Burlington Fire Company incorporated.
  • 1830 - Episcopal Society of Burlington founded.
  • 1834 - Baptist church established.
  • 1842 - Burlington Mechanics' Institute founded.
  • 1845 - Winooski Mill Company established.
  • 1847
    • E. & E. Lyman in business.
    • Commercial Bank of Burlington and Burlington Savings Bank chartered.
  • 1848 - Central Vermont Railway began operating (until 1995).
  • 1849
  • 1852 - Burlington Lyceum founded.
  • 1853 - Medical College established as part of the University of Vermont.
  • 1854
    • Town Hall built.
    • Vermont Episcopal Institute incorporated.
  • 1856 - Van Sicklen & Walker grocers in business.
  • 1857
  • 1858
    • Marine Hospital built.
    • Burlington Times newspaper begins publication.
  • 1862 - University of Vermont library building constructed.
  • 1865
    • Burlington chartered as a city; town of South Burlington established.
    • Albert Catlin becomes mayor.
    • Vermont Agricultural College incorporated with the University of Vermont.
    • Home for Destitute Children founded.
  • 1866 - St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum incorporated.
  • 1867
  • 1869 - First Methodist Church of Burlington built.
  • 1870
    • City market building constructed.
    • E.S. Fullam & Co. in business.
    • Population: 14,387.
  • 1872
    • Winooski & Burlington Horse Railroad incorporated.
    • Wells, Richardson & Co. in business.
  • 1873
  • 1874 - Park House (hotel) in business.
  • 1877 - Howard Opera House built (approximate date).
  • 1878 - Burlington Commercial School established.
  • 1879 - Mary Fletcher Hospital founded.
  • 1880 - Population: 11,365.
  • 1884 - Burlington Venetian Blind Company incorporated.
  • 1885
  • 1886 - Daniel Webster Robinson House built.
  • 1887 - Cathedral of Saint Joseph completed.
  • 1888 - Burlington Cotton Mills incorporated.
  • 1889
    • St. Mary's academy founded.
    • Baldwin Refrigerator Company established (approximate date).
  • 1890 - Population: 14,590.
  • 1894
  • 1897
  • 1900 - Population: 18,640.

20th century

21st century

  • 2003 - Howard Dean presidential campaign, 2004 headquartered in Burlington.
  • 2006 - Bob Kiss becomes mayor.
  • 2009 - Vermont Daily News begins publication.
  • 2010
    • Population: 42,417
    • The city-owned Burlington Telecom cable provider is unable to pay the city of Burlington the $17 million it owes. As a result, Moody's downrates the debt for the city to A2, "upper medium". Moody's also downrates the credit rating for Burlington International Airport.
  • 2012 - Miro Weinberger becomes mayor.
  • 2014 - with the purchase of the Winooski 1 hydroelectric project on the Winooski River electricity comes from 100 percent renewable sources
  • 2015 - Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016 headquartered in Burlington.
  • 2017 - Owen and Lucas Marchessault win a competition to redesign the former flag of Burlington. Their winning design is the current flag of the city.

See also

References

  1. ^ Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Child 1882.
  3. ^ Britannica 1878.
  4. ^ Hemenway 1867.
  5. ^ Charles S. Forbes (August 1905). "History of Vermont Newspapers". The Vermonter. 11 (1).
  6. ^ Morse 1823.
  7. ^ C. A. Castle (1903), History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Burlington, Vermont, Burlington: Free Press Association, OL 2673435M
  8. ^ Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library. "Finding Aids". Burlington: University of Vermont. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  9. ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  10. ^ Thompson, Daniel Pierce (1835). "List of all local and private act passed from 1824 to 1835". Laws of Vermont. Montpelier, Vermont.
  11. ^ Henry Crocker (1913), History of the Baptists in Vermont, Bellows Falls, Vt.: P.H. Gobie Press, OL 13497208M
  12. ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Rutland Railroad Archives at Middlebury College". Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  14. ^ "Vermont Timeline". Barre, VT: Vermont Historical Society. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  15. ^ Appleton 1870.
  16. ^ "Mayors of Burlington, 1865-present". City of Burlington. Archived from the original on August 27, 1999.
  17. ^ "Street Railway Supplement", Commercial and Financial Chronicle, NY, March 9, 1895
  18. ^ "Fletcher Free Library", Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, 1896
  19. ^ Auld 1894.
  20. ^ Blue Book Textile Directory of the United States and Canada. 1901.
  21. ^ Charter 1897.
  22. ^ "Movie Theaters in Burlington, VT". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  23. ^ "History of Forestry in Vermont". State of Vermont, Department of Forests Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  24. ^ "About Us". Essex Junction, VT: Champlain Valley Exposition, Inc. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  25. ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  26. ^ "Redistricting History". City of Burlington. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  27. ^ Rice 1985.
  28. ^ Woodard 2016.
  29. ^ "History of BCA". Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  30. ^ "City of Burlington, VT Home Page". Archived from the original on 5 December 1998.
  31. ^ "Contact the Campaign". Dean for America. Archived from the original on January 29, 2004.
  32. ^ Briggs, John (10 August 2010). "Burns leaving Burlington Telecom". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. pp. 1A, 5A. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.
  33. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  34. ^ AP: 100% of power for Vermont city now renewable

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