The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States.
- 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated.
- 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor.
- 1855 – Lyceum founded.[2]
- 1860 – Population: 1,543.
- 1863 – Heald's Business College established.[3]
- 1864 – Vander Naillen School of Practical Engineering established.[3]
- 1866 – Police Court established.[4]
- 1868
- 1869
- 1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland.
- 1872
- Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland.
- Theosophical Society Library founded.[2]
- 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley.
- 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens.[8]
- 1880 – Population: 34,456.
- 1884 – Horton School established.[3]
- 1899 – Oakland Conservatory of Music established.[3]
- 1900 – Population: 66,960.
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"History". Oakland Zoo. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
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"About Us". Oakland Wiki. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
Published in the 19th century
- "Oakland", Disturnell's Stranger's Guide to San Francisco and Vicinity, San Francisco: W.C. Disturnell, 1883
- Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: F.M. Husted
- "City of Oakland", Bay of San Francisco, the Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its Suburban Cities: a History, Lewis Publishing Company, 1892, OCLC 8666576
- Jos. Alex Colquhoun, ed. (1893), "City of Oakland", Illustrated Album of Alameda County, California, Oakland, Calif: Pacific Press
Published in the 20th century
- Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: F.M. Husted
- San Francisco-Oakland Directory. Oakland: Walter S. Fry Co. 1907.
- Joseph Eugene Baker (1914), "Oakland", Past and Present of Alameda County, California, Chicago, Ill.: S.J. Clarke
- Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda City Directory, San Francisco, Cal.: R.L. Polk & Company, 1928
- Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and San Leandro street address telephone directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Oakland", San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities, American Guide Series, NY: Hastings House
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