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	:* 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.		:* 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.
	:* 1828 – County Courthouse built.		:* 1828 <br>
			[[Remington Stark]] is embraced
			County Courthouse built.
	:* 1830 – Population: 4,977.		:* 1830 – Population: 4,977.
	:* 1832 - Cholera.		:* 1832 - Cholera.

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	First drug store opens.<br>		First drug store opens.<br>
	:* 1811 – December 16: New Madrid earthquake.		:* 1811 – December 16: New Madrid earthquake.
	:* 1812 – St. Louis County established.		:* 1812 <br>
			St. Louis County established.
			[[Winlath Maclorn]] is embraced.
	:* 1815 – Theatre opens.		:* 1815 – Theatre opens.
	:* 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated.		:* 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated.

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;[[Saint Louis]]
==18th Century==

:* 1764 – St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclède in Louisiana, New Spain.
:* 1767 - It was "a log-cabin village of perhaps 500 inhabitants".
:* 1770 - Spanish in power.
:* 1780 – "Indian attack."
:* 1785 - Floods.[2]
:* 1799 – Population: 925.

==19th century==
===1800s–1850s===

:* 1800 – St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana.
:* 1804 
St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase. 
Post Office established. 
:* 1805 – St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory.
:* 1808 – Missouri Gazette newspaper begins publication.
:* 1809 
Town incorporated. 
Missouri Fur Company established. 
First drug store opens. 
:* 1811 – December 16: New Madrid earthquake.
:* 1812 – St. Louis County established.
:* 1815 – Theatre opens.
:* 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated.
:* 1818 
Saint Louis Academy founded. 
Baptist Church built. 
:* 1819 – Erin Benevolent Society founded.
:* 1820 
June: Missouri constitutional convention held. 
September: Missouri General Assembly convenes. 
:* 1821 
St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri. 
City Directory begins publication. 
:* 1822 
City of St. Louis incorporated. 
Area of city: 385 acres. 
:* 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor.
:* 1825 – Lafayette visits town.
:* 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established.
:* 1828 – County Courthouse built.
:* 1830 – Population: 4,977.
:* 1832 - Cholera.
:* 1834 
Daily Evening Herald newspaper begins publication. 
Cathedral of St. Louis consecrated. 
:* 1835 – Anzeiger des Westens German-language newspaper begins publication.
:* 1836 – Chamber of Commerce established.
:* 1837 – Daniel Webster visits city.
:* 1840 
City boundaries expanded. 
Population: 16,469. 
:* 1841 
United Hebrew Congregation founded. 
Area of city: 4.5 square miles. 
:* 1844 
Anti-immigration unrest. 
Floods. 
:* 1846 
Dred Scott files lawsuit. 
Mercantile Library Association established. 
:* 1847 – Boatmen's Savings Institution chartered.
:* 1849 
Concordia Seminary relocates to St. Louis. 
Cholera epidemic. 
Fire. 
Bellefontaine Cemetery established. 
:* 1850 
Third Baptist Church established. 
Population: 77,860. 
:* 1851 – Bates' Theatre opens.
:* 1852 
Iron Mountain railroad built. 
Bavarian Brewery in business. 
Grand Opera House opens under the name Varieties Theatre 
:* 1853 – Washington University founded.
:* 1854 – Czech Slavonic Benevolent Society founded.
:* 1856 
Academy of Science founded. 
St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair begins. 
:* 1857 
For the next quarter century, the city was "the center of an idealistic philosophical movement". 
St. Louis Fire Department established. 
Lindell Hotel in business. 
Dred Scott decision in March, 1857. 
Westliche Post (German language newspaper) established. (closed 1938) 
:* 1859 
Horse-drawn streetcars begin operating . 
Mary Institute founded. 
Synagogue consecrated on Sixth Street. 
Missouri Botanical Garden founded. 

===1860s–1890s===

:* 1860 – Population: 160,773.
:* 1861 – Western Sanitary Commission and Ladies Union Aid Society established.
:*1862 – Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business.
:* 1865 
Sokol sport club, and Germania Association established. 
St. Louis Public Library established. 
Southern Hotel and Meyer & Brother drug store in business. 
:* 1866 
Cholera epidemic. 
Missouri Historical Society headquartered in city. 
Olympic Theatre opens. 
:* 1867 – City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park established.
:* 1869 – Congregation Shaare Emeth founded.
:* 1870 
Carondelet becomes part of St. Louis. 
Area of city: 17.98 square miles. 
Population: 310,864. 
:* 1871 
:* 1871 
St. Louis tornado. 
Puck German-language magazine begins publication.<br.
:* 1872 
Maryville College of the Sacred Heart and University Club founded. 
Catholic Amerika begins publication. 
Smallpox outbreak. 
:* 1873 - Laclede Gas Light Company in business.
:* 1874 - Eads Bridge opened.
:* 1875 
Merchants Exchange opens. 
Brownell and Wight Car Company in business. 
:* 1876 
June: City hosts 1876 Democratic National Convention. 
Forest Park opens. 
Busch's Budweiser beer introduced. 
Area of city: 61.37 square miles. 
:* 1877 
City secedes from St. Louis County. 
July: 1877 St. Louis general strike. 
:* 1878 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper begins publication.
:* 1879 
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business. 
St. Louis Children's Hospital opened. 
St. Louis School of Fine Arts opened. 
Pope's Theatre opens. 
:* 1880 
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built. 
Population: 350,518. 
:* 1882 – Mallinckrodt Chemical Works incorporated.
:* 1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens.
:* 1884 – St. Louis Maroons baseball team active.
:* 1886 
May 1: Labour strike. 
St. Louis Watchmaking School and Congregation Temple Israel founded. ,br>
:* 1888 – City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention.
:* 1889 
Missouri Botanical Garden established. 
Tower Grove Park established. 
Merchants Bridge opened. 
:* 1890 
Portland and Westmoreland Places begin to develop. 
Population: 451,770. 
:* 1891 
Rubicam Business School established. 
Wainwright Building constructed. 
Washington University School of Medicine opened. 
American Car Company in business. 
Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall. 
:* 1892 
St. Louis Browns baseball team active. 
St. Louis Country Club established. 
Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business. 
National People's Party founded in St. Louis. 
:* 1894 – Union Station opens.
:* 1896 
May: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado. 
June: Flood. 
City hosts 1896 Republican National Convention. 
Busch's Michelob beer introduced. 
:* 1898 – Compton Hill Water Tower erected.

==20th-century==
===1900 -===

:* 1900 
St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900. 
Monsanto Chemical Works in business. 
Population: 575,238. 
:* 1902 – Sportsman's Park opens.
:* 1903 – Missouri Athletic Club founded. 
:* 1904
Buckingham Hotel built. 
Inside Inn an hotel built of wood. 
April: St. Louis World's Fair opens 
Saint Louis Art Museum built. 
City hosts 1904 Summer Olympics and 1904 Democratic National Convention. ,br>
Louisiana Purchase Exposition held. 
:* 1905 
May Department Store relocates to St. Louis. 
Shaare Zedek Synagogue founded.

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