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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US.
- 1706 – Town founded as a trading post between the Tiwa Puebloan peoples and the Hispanos in Nuevo México by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés for New Spain.[1]
- 1793 – San Felipe de Neri Church built.
- 1837 – Unrest.[2]
- 1846 – U.S. army fort built.[3]
- 1850 – Town becomes part of U.S. New Mexico Territory.
- 1862 – Town occupied by Confederate troops before being retaken by the Union Army.[4]
- 1867 – Military post closes.[3]
- 1873 – Jesuit College established.[5]
- 1879 – Albuquerque High School established.
- 1880
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot built near town.[3]
- New town platted.[6]
- Albuquerque Daily Journal newspaper begins publication.[7]
- Albuquerque Indian School[8] and Albuquerque Street Railway Company established.[9]
- 1881
- Territorial Exposition held.[10]
- Menaul School established.[8]
- 1882
- First Methodist Episcopal Church built in new town.
- Albuquerque Browns baseball team[11] and St. Vincent Academy[8] established.
- Park Van Tassel makes the first balloon flight in New Mexico Territory on July 4 at New Town.[12]
- 1883
- Germania club founded.[13]
- Ladies' Library Association active.
- 1885
- 1889 – University of New Mexico founded.
- 1890 – Population: 3,785.[4]
- 1891
- 1894 – Harwood Industrial School established.[8]
- 1895 – La Bandera Americana newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1897 – El Nuevo Mundo newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1899 – Southwestern Brewery and Ice Company building constructed.
- 1901 – Albuquerque Public Library opens.[17][18]
- 1902 – Alvarado Hotel in business.[19]
- 1903
- 1904 – Electric streetcar begins operating.[20]
- 1906 – Southwest Presbyterian Sanatorium founded.[21]
- 1910 – Population: 11,020.[4]
- 1912
- City becomes part of the new State of New Mexico.
- New Mexico State Fair begins.[22]
- Albuquerque Independent Society formed.[23]
- "First meeting of the New Mexico League of Municipalities was held in Albuquerque"[24]
- 1914
- Albuquerque High School building constructed.
- Home Circle Club chartered.[23]
- 1917 – City Charter adopted.[14]
- 1919 – New Mexico Workers Chronicle begins publication.[25]
- 1920 – People's Sanatorium opens.[23]
- 1922 – First National Bank Building (Albuquerque) constructed.
- 1924 – Sunshine Theatre opens.[26]
- 1925 – Santa Fe Railway Shops (Albuquerque) built.
- 1926 – Courthouse relocated to New Town from Old Town.[3]
- 1927
- Rio Grande Zoo opens.
- KiMo Theater built.[27]
- 1928
- Oxnard Field, Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed.
- KGGM radio begins broadcasting.[28]
- 1929
- First commercial airline service by Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport
- West Mesa Airport constructed.
- 1930 – Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express merge to become TWA.[relevant?]
- 1932 – Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico established.
- 1933 – KKOB (AM) radio headquartered in city.
- 1934 – Continental Airlines begins service.
- 1936 – Albuquerque Little Theater dedicated.[29]
- 1938 – Lobo Theater[26] and New Mexico State Fair grounds open.[28]
- 1939
- Albuquerque Municipal Airport constructed.
- Hilton Hotel built.
- 1942 – Kirtland Air Force Base established.
- 1942-1944 – Royal Air Force cadets, flying from the British base at Terrell, Texas, fly to Albuquerque frequently on training flights, using it as a stand-in for Warsaw, Poland.[30]
- 1943 – POW Camp Albuquerque established.
- 1946 – U.S. military Sandia Base (nuclear weapons installation) active.[28]
- 1947 – Old Town Historical Society established.[31]
- 1948 – Ernie Pyle House/Library branch established.
- 1949 – Old Town annexed to city.[28]
- 1954 – Simms Building constructed.
- 1956 – Albuquerque Petroleum Club founded.
- 1957 – Tingley Coliseum dedicated.
- 1959 – Uncle Cliff's Kiddieland opens.
- 1960 – New Mexico Genealogical Society headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1961
- Winrock Shopping Center in business.
- Bank of New Mexico Building constructed.
- TWA begins the first commercial jet service with the Boeing 707 and the Convair 880.[relevant?]
- 1963
- Circle Autoscope Drive-In cinema opens.[26]
- First National Bank Building East constructed.
- Albuquerque Municipal Airport renamed to Albuquerque Sunport
- 1965
- New terminal opens at the Albuquerque Sunport.
- Coronado Center shopping mall in business.
- Albuquerque Press Club founded.
- 1967 – Albuquerque Museum of Art and History established.
- 1970 – Anti-war protest.[32]
- 1972
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins.[28]
- Glenwood Hills Association established.[33]
- 1974
- City adopts mayor-council form of government.[14]
- TWA begins the first jumbo jet aircraft service with the Lockheed 1011.[relevant?]
- 1976 – Indian Pueblo Cultural Center opens.
- 1979
- National Solar Thermal Test Facility established.
- TWA begins the first nonstop flights to New York.[relevant?]
- American Airlines begins service.
- 1980
- Southwest Airlines begins service.
- Population: 331,767.[34]
- 1982 United Airlines begins service.
- 1983 Delta Air Lines begins service.
- 1986
- Albuquerque Petroleum Building constructed.
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science founded.
- 1987-1989 Albuquerque International Sunport undergoes a major expansion.
- 1990
- Albuquerque Plaza built.
- American International Rattlesnake Museum opens.
- Population: 384,736.[35]
- 1991 – National Museum of Nuclear Science & History chartered.
- 1993 – ¡Explora! Science Center and Children's Museum opens.
- 1994
- Albuquerque Poetry Slam begins.[36]
- 1996
- April: City website online.[37][38]
- Rio Grande Botanic Garden and Albuquerque Aquarium open.
- Cottonwood Mall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in business.
- 1997 – Jim Baca elected mayor.[39]
- 2000 – National Hispanic Cultural Center opens.
- 2002 – Alvarado Transportation Center opens.
- 2003 – Metropolitan Courthouse built.
- 2004 – Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara established.[40][41]
- 2005
- Duke City Derby (roller derby) league formed.
- Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum opens.
- ¡Globalquerque! music fest begins.
- 2007 – Alamosa Skatepark built.[42]
- 2009 – Richard J. Berry becomes mayor.[43]
- 2010 – Population: 545,852.[14]
- 2011 – I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange planned.[14]
- 2012 – Population: 555,417.[14]
- 2013 – I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange construction started.[14]
- 2015 – Panhandler jobs program begins.[44]
- 2017 – Tim Keller is elected Mayor [45]
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