Timeline of Washington, D.C.

The following is a timeline of the history of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.

18th century

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19th century

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1800s–1850s

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1860s–1890s

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20th century

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1900s–1940s

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1950s–1990s

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21st century

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875".
  3. ^ Kathleen Menzie Lesko; Valerie Babb; Carroll R. Gibbs (1991). Black Georgetown Remembered : A History Of Its Black Community From The Founding Of "The Town of George". Georgetown University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9781626163263. OCLC 922572367.
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  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Evelyn 2008.
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    (2) Crew, Harvey W.; Webb, William Bensing; Wooldridge, John (1892). IV. Permanent Capital Site Selected. Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House. pp. 87–88, 101 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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    (2) Kapsch, Robert J. (2004). Canals, Volume 1. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-73088-3.
  11. ^ a b c d Britannica 1911.
  12. ^ Robert Cohen (2013). "History of the Long Railroad Bridge Crossing Across the Potomac River". DC Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d Haydn 1910.
  14. ^ a b c d e Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
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  18. ^ (1) Reeves, p. 43.
    (2) Harvey, pp. 46–47.
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  22. ^ a b Nell Irvin Painter (2006). "Timelines". Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 361+. ISBN 978-0-19-513755-2.
  23. ^ a b c d e Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Washington, DC". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  24. ^ "Conventions by Year (1869 National Convention of Colored Men held in Washington DC)". Digital Records. Colored Conventions Project. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  25. ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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  28. ^ Charles Emerson, 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War (2013) compares Washington to 20 major world cities; 144–160.
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  37. ^ a b "Timeline: History of the Campaign for D.C. Voting Rights". The Washington Post.
  38. ^ John Bassett McCleary (2004). "Anti-War Events". The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s. Ten Speed Press. pp. 602+. ISBN 978-1-58008-547-2.
  39. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Washington, DC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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  41. ^ Andrew F. Smith (2011). "Chronology". Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8.
  42. ^ Christopher Freeze. "The Time a Stolen Helicopter Landed on the White House Lawn – Robert Preston's wild ride". Air & Space Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  43. ^ "Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: National Park Service: United States Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: Government of the District of Columbia Planning Office. pp. 191–192. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  44. ^ (1) Elsa Walsh; Barton Gellman (August 23, 1990). "Chasm Divided Jurors in Barry Drug Trial". The Washington Post.
    (2) Michael York; Tracy Thompson (October 27, 1990). "Barry Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison;Judge Says Mayor Gave Aid to Drug Culture'". The Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
  45. ^ "DC Mayor Election 1990". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  46. ^ Michael Janofsky (November 9, 1994). "THE 1994 ELECTIONS: THE NATION THE CAPITAL; Barry Rebounds From Disgrace to Win Again in Washington". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  47. ^ (1) Michael Janofsky (April 8, 1995). "Congress Creates Board To Oversee Washington, D.C." The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
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