The Making of Milwaukee
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Updated: 8 Jan 2019
Sources: Wisconsin Historical Society and The Making of Milwaukee book by John Gurda, published by Milwaukee County Historical Society, copyright 1999, 2006.
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Events
Pocahontas saves life of John SmithGalileo sees the moons of
Jupiter through his telescopePilgrims arrive at Plymouth
Rock after 3-month voyage on Mayflower.Joliet & Marquette
establish trade route.French & Indian
War beginsPotawatomi dominate
Western Lake MichiganBoston Tea PartyAmerican RevolutionDeclaration of Independence
is signedConstitution is
ratified RevolutionBill of Rights
RatifiedVieau Establishes
Trading PostUS Negotiates
"Louisiana Purchase"
from France for $15 MillionLewis and Clark
Expedition beginsSolomon Juneau
Arrives in MilwaukeeSolomon Juneau
marries
Josette VieauSolomon and
Josette Juneau
open first trading postNative population declines
and Indian Removal Act
is passed.Byron Kilbourn
arrives in MilwaukeeGeorge H. Walker
arrives in MilwaukeeKilbourn builds
Milwaukee's first bridge.Frederick Douglass
escapes slaveryPotato famines in Ireland
cause a large wave
of Irish Immigration.West siders destroy
Eastside bridgeMilwaukee is
granted a charterFailed political uprising
in Germany against
royal rule.Milwaukeeans celebrate
VJ Day downtownIrish immigrants make up
nearly 15% of Milwaukee's
population.Mathilde Anneke launches a
newspaper called Woman's TimesPfister and Vogel Leather
Company is foundedOver 24 breweries are
operating in MilwaukeeDred Scott decision is announcedElegant Newhall House
hotel opensGermans make up
the majority of
Milwaukee's populationThe Lady Elgin sinks,
killing nearly 400 passengersPresident Abraham Lincoln
AssassinatedOne of four
"National Asylums" for
disabled soldiers opensEdward P. Allis opens
his Reliance Work's
shop in Walker's Point14th Amendment ratified
giving civil rights to African-AmericansMilwaukee Iron Company
first opens its doors in Bay ViewPabst becomes America's
largest producer of beerAlexander Graham Bell
invents the telephoneThomas Edison invents
a workable light bulbMeatpacking becomes
Milwaukee's Largest IndustryNewhall House Hotel burns
to the ground killing at least
75 peopleHarnischfeger and Pawling open a small
machine shop in Walker's PointA general strike for the eight-hour day
and the fatal shooting of at least five
workers by state militiaNorthwestern Mutual Life
Insurance constructs an office
building where Newhall House
Hotel stood.Life Expectancy if born
this year: 43 yearsMilwaukee becomes the largest
producer of tanned leather on
the planet.Polish Immigrants are second
in number only to Germans
in MilwaukeeSicilian's begin arriving in
Milwaukee in large numbersSicilian's begin arriving in
Milwaukee in large numbers.Population quadruples in
30 years to become 16th
largest cityVictor Berger launches
Socialist MovementA disastrous fire engulfs Milwaukee's
Third Ward driving many of the city's
Irish out of the areaPatrick Cudahy moves
his meatpacking plant
to the present day
village of CudahyHerman Falk launches
Falk Manufacturing CompanyA.O. Smith builds America's first
pressed-sized automobile frame
in Walker's Point shop.Automobiles beginning to
appear on city streetsTheodore Roosevelt
becomes PresidentAllis-Chalmers merger makes the
company one of the leading
manufacturers of heavy machinery
on earth.Lizzie Kander, a Jewish immigrant to Milwaukee,
publishes her favorite recipes in The Settlement
Cookbook.1902 Lynde Bradley rents shop space
to perfect his designs for a new type
of electric motor controller.3,000 Citizens Protest
Corrupt City OfficialsFirst motorized bikes produced
in a shed: Later becomes
Harley-DavidsonWright Brothers fly
first AirplaneNAACP founded and
led by W.E.B. DuBoisSocialists Win Nine
Common Council SeatsEmil Seidel becomes first
Socialist mayorWorld War I
1914-1918African American Migration
North BeginsDaniel Hoan becomes the
second Socialist mayorThe Milwaukee Enterprise
(later The Enterprise Blade)
the black community's leading
newspaper is founded.The United States enters
World War ICongress refuses to
seat Victor BergerProhibition hits
Milwaukee"The Jazz Singer," with Al Jolson,
first part-talking motion pictureOriental Theater opens
in MilwaukeeThe Great Depression
beginsProhibition endsFranklin D. Roosevelt
InauguratedWorld War II
1939-1945Pearl Harbor is bombed
US enters World War IICarl Ziedler becomes
Mayor of MilwaukeeWomen fill more than on-fourth of Milwaukee
County's industrial jobs.Korean War
1950-53County Stadium built
& Milwaukee Braves
arrive"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka"
bans racial segregation in public schoolsRosa Parks refuses to sit
at the back of the bus in
Montgomery, AlabamaVietnam War
1960's-70'sCivil Rights
MovementFather Groppi leads civil rights
protest in MilwaukeePresident Kennedy AssassinatedThurgood Marshall first
African American appointed
US Supreme CourtMartin Luther King, Jr.
AssassinatedMilwaukee's Summerfest
beginsNeil Armstrong first man
to walk on the moonSandra Day O'Connor is the
first woman appointed to
U.S. Supreme CourtOne quarter of Milwaukee's
industrial jobs lost
1979-1983AIDS is first
identifiedBerlin Wall
torn downPersian Gulf
WarTerrorists Attack US:
World Trade Center Towers
and Pentagon hit by jetlinersMilwaukee Art Museum
Calatrava additionIraq War
BeginsTom Barrett
becomes Milwaukee's
mayor
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