A partial timeline of Oakland history, and where some* of the people in Legendary Locals of Oakland fit in.
pre-colonial
4000BCE
Ohlone
The Ohlone live in the Bay Area including what is now Oakland for thousands of years before the Spanish arrive, but the Mission era and statehood devastates the native population, reducing it to a tiny fraction of the former levels.
Today their descendants are working to rediscover their past culture.
![Ohlone in tule boat http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Ohlone_Indians_in_a_Tule_Boat_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_1822-768x508.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Ohlone_Indians_in_a_Tule_Boat_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_1822-768x508.jpg)
1776
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition arrives
From 1775 to 1776, Juan Bautista de Anza leads an expedition of soldiers, priests, and colonists from New Spain into “Alta California”. Some of the members of the expedition are Afro-Latinos from Mexico, seeking a better life.
![Anza Expedition Map http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anza-Expedition-Map-Banner-768x497.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anza-Expedition-Map-Banner-768x497.jpg)
1820s
1820
Luis Maria Peralta granted land
On August 3, 1820, Luís María Peralta is granted 44,800 acres of the East Bay by the Spanish Crown in recognition of his forty years of military service.
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1840s
1848
gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill
On January 24, 1848, gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill near Placerville, CA. Thousands of people come to California from all over the world seeking wealth.
![gold rush Chinese miners http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chinese1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chinese1.jpg)
1850s
1850
California becomes a state
On September 5, 1850, California becomes a U.S. state.
![ca_seal_1849 http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ca_seal_18491.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ca_seal_18491.jpg)
1852
Oakland becomes a town
The Town of Oakland is incorporated on May 4, 1852, based on the efforts of Horace Carpentier. Prior to passage of the bill creating the town, the area was a village known as “Contra Costa” (meaning the ‘other coast’).
![1857 map http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/002-768x553.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/002-768x553.jpg)
1854
Horace Carpentier becomes first mayor
On April 4, 1854, Horace Carpentier is elected Oakland’s first mayor by more votes than there are voters.
![102c http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/102c.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/102c.jpg)
1855
College of California formed
In 1855, the Contra Costa Academy started by Rev. Henry Durant becomes the College of California.
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1860s
1863-1869
First transcontinental railroad constructed
Most of the dangerous and back-breaking work of pushing the first transcontinental railroad through the western mountains is relegated to poorly paid Chinese workers. Many executives of the railroad fully expect to ship the workers to China when the work is done.
![first transcontinental railroad - Chinese workers http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chinese-Railroad-workers-768x512.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chinese-Railroad-workers-768x512.jpg)
1868
Oakland Library Association formed
The Oakland Library Association is a subscription-based library started March 5, 1868.
Ina Coolbrith becomes the first librarian.
![432px-Ina_Coolbrith_portrait_with_signature[1] http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/432px-Ina_Coolbrith_portrait_with_signature1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/432px-Ina_Coolbrith_portrait_with_signature1.jpg)
1868
University of California established
Following the passage of the Organic Act of March 23, 1868, the University of California is formed. The College of California becomes the College of Letters and Science. The university moves to Berkeley a few years later.
![CollegeofCalifornia-1860#1[1] http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/College20of20California20-2018602011.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/College20of20California20-2018602011.jpg)
1868
Great Earthquake of 1868
On October 21, 1868, a powerful earthquake strikes on the Hayward Fault. The East Bay is sparsely populated, but the quake kills 30 people.
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1869
first transcontinental train arrives
On November 8, 1869, months after the “Golden Spike” ceremony in Utah, the first transcontinental train arrives in Oakland.
“The Last Spike” painted by Thomas Hill captures the Utah ceremony with the golden spike provided by David Hewes.
![The_Last_Spike_1869 http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The_Last_Spike_1869-768x469.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The_Last_Spike_1869-768x469.jpg)
1870s
1870
Antonio Peralta builds home
In 1870, Antonio María Peralta, one of the four sons of Luís María Peralta, builds an Italianate-style house for his family. This replaces an adobe home destroyed in the 1868 earthquake.
Today the home is the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park.
![100 http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/100-768x566.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/100-768x566.png)
1870
Lake Merritt becomes a wildlife refuge
On March 18, 1870, Lake Merritt becomes the first official wildlife refuge in the U.S.
![8e40689ecd1773572b8c266add6f1984@1.5x[1] http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8e40689ecd1773572b8c266add6f1984@1.5x1-768x486.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8e40689ecd1773572b8c266add6f1984@1.5x1-768x486.jpg)
1872
Oakland schools desegregated
In 1872, Oakland and Brooklyn schools are desegregated, through the efforts of Isaac and Elizabeth Flood.
![205 Elizabeth Flood](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/205.jpg)
1872
Oakland annexes Brooklyn
In 1872, voters in Brooklyn approve its annexation by Oakland.
![1869 map http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1869-s4-c.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1869-s4-c.jpg)
1874
Oakland Tribune published
The Oakland Tribune is first published on February 21, 1874.
![2d5feaf60c496bb1237e3c47f653d40d@1.5x[1] http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2d5feaf60c496bb1237e3c47f653d40d@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2d5feaf60c496bb1237e3c47f653d40d@1.5x1.jpg)
1880s
1882
Chinese Exclusion Act signed
On May 6, 1882, president Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law. The law prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers, and those Chinese already here had to register or risk deportation. The law wasn’t full repealed until 1943.
![Chinese_Exclusion_Act_poster-c http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chinese_Exclusion_Act_poster-c.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chinese_Exclusion_Act_poster-c.png)
1883
Anthony Chabot donates telescope
In 1883, Anthony Chabot, the “Water King”, donates for an observatory in downtown.
![Chabot Observatory http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/612c8d6013e1daf0c8be14472a7a882e@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/612c8d6013e1daf0c8be14472a7a882e@1.5x1.jpg)
1884
Heinold’s opens
On June 1, 1884, Johnny Heinold opens Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon.
A young Jack London studies there, and later Johnny loans him tuition money for college.
![Heinold's http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fdd56b9d46213a01bb61d1db7580c2ec@1.5x1-768x502.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fdd56b9d46213a01bb61d1db7580c2ec@1.5x1-768x502.jpg)
1890s
1896
Hugh Dimond dies
On January 14, 1896, Hugh Dimond dies. Namesake of the Dimond district, he made his money in real estate and liquor.
![Hugh Dimond http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2bccf3829c931421f46438e3194c1449@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2bccf3829c931421f46438e3194c1449@1.5x1.jpg)
1900s
1906
1906 Earthquake
On April 18, 1906, the San Francisco Earthquake strikes, devastating the city. Thousands of people flee east to Oakland, doubling the population in a matter of days.
![1906 earthquake http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1906-earthquake-768x541.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1906-earthquake-768x541.png)
1908
William Shorey retires
In 1908, Captain William Shorey, known by his crews as the “Black Ahab”, retires from whaling.
![William Shorey http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/230.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/230.jpg)
1909
Feng Ru flies airplane
On September 21, 1909, Feng Ru is the first person to pilot an airplane on the West Coast, flying over Oakland and Piedmont.
![Feng Ru http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/301.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/301.jpg)
1909
annexation
On November 16, 1909, Oakland annexes Elmhurst, Fruitvale, Melrose, Fitchburg and Claremont, in its last and largest annexation.
![Annexation http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/annexation-768x691.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/annexation-768x691.png)
1910s
1914
Children’s Hospital Opens
On September 6, 1914, the Baby Hospital opens, thanks in large part to the efforts of Miss Mabel Weed and Bertha Wright. It is now known as Children’s Hospital.
![Miss Mabel Weed http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7b1a717c6082a4a1d01c9e09c145167f@1.5x1-e1597250685479.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7b1a717c6082a4a1d01c9e09c145167f@1.5x1-e1597250685479.jpg)
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1914-1918
World War I
At least 170 soldiers from Oakland lose their lives in WWI. The city decides to honor them by naming Gold Star streets after them.
![crowds welcome 159th Infantry home http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f6431513d8f8bf67c68747e20669f991@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f6431513d8f8bf67c68747e20669f991@1.5x1.jpg)
1918-1920
1918 Flu Pandemic
The 1918 Flu Pandemic kills millions worldwide, including more than 1,400 people in Oakland.
![1918 Flu Pandemic http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/4572238f2131c4c27267a7685571e1c1@1.5x1-768x594.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/4572238f2131c4c27267a7685571e1c1@1.5x1-768x594.jpg)
1930s
1931
Wilhelmine Yoakum elected to council
On May 12, 1931, Wilhelmine Yoakum becomes the first woman elected to Oakland city council. Unfortunately it was more than 15 years until the next woman was elected, and more than 25 years after that in 1977 for the third, Mary Moore.
![Wilhemine Yoakum http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/314.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/314.jpg)
1933
Slim Jenkins Club opens
On December 5, 1933, the day after Prohibition ends, Slim Jenkins opens his club.
![Slim Jenkins Club http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/736df0fc77e6872f042fd0f3b0045ad2@1.5x1-768x1109.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/736df0fc77e6872f042fd0f3b0045ad2@1.5x1-768x1109.jpg)
1934
redlining
Segregation through a practice known as redlining begins with the National Housing Act of 1934, but many areas of Oakland already had existing covenants and guidelines to keep blacks and other people of color from living in those neighborhoods.
![Redlining map 1937 http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5cca7bdeb3479905ada1c4af4733419f@1.5x1-768x567.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5cca7bdeb3479905ada1c4af4733419f@1.5x1-768x567.jpg)
1940s
1940
Kaiser opens first Richmond shipyard
In December 1940, Henry J. Kaiser opens his first Richmond shipyard to build ships for the British government.
After the U.S. entered WWII, Kaiser expanded to 4 shipyards in Richmond, and another 3 in the Pacific northwest.
![Henry Kaiser http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/88b34fb2b0f1565c57bbf31ae057e2b9@1.5x1-768x891.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/88b34fb2b0f1565c57bbf31ae057e2b9@1.5x1-768x891.jpg)
1941
Pearl Harbor bombed
On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor is bombed, drawing the U.S. into WWII.
![Pearl_Harbor_Attack_7_December_1941_-_80-G-19942[1] http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pearl_Harbor_Attack_7_December_1941_-_80-G-199421-768x599.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pearl_Harbor_Attack_7_December_1941_-_80-G-199421-768x599.jpg)
1942
Executive Order 9066 signed
February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 is signed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt, ordering the removal of over 100,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Families are uprooted from their homes, schools, and businesses, including Frank Ogawa.
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1942
Fred Korematsu
Not everyone goes along with Executive Order 9066 quietly. Fred Korematsu goes into hiding, but is eventually arrested. He appeals all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but loses. Many years later, it found that the solicitor general of the U.S. had suppressed FBI data that showed Japanese Americans were not a risk, and Korematsu’s conviction was formally vacated.
![Korematsu family http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/e58923e9c183513f749fa2440ca8472e@1.5x1-768x617.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/e58923e9c183513f749fa2440ca8472e@1.5x1-768x617.jpg)
1940-1945
population boom
Between 1940 and 1945, the combination of wartime industries and staging for war in the Pacific causes the population of the Bay Area to boom. In Oakland, it grows from 302,163 to 405,301, more than a 25% increase. The black population of Oakland grows even faster, by more than 400%.
![black Rosie the Riveter http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/welder_0-644x550-1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/welder_0-644x550-1.jpg)
1946
1946 General Strike
In November 1946, 425 mostly women workers at Kahn’s and Hasting’s department stores go on strike for wage equality. Officials bring in police and strike breakers to try to end the strike, but instead the strikers are joined by other unions and eventually 130,000 strikers shut down the city for more than two days.
![1946 General Strike http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9e781c51fd785573bbbaee34399790a5@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9e781c51fd785573bbbaee34399790a5@1.5x1.jpg)
1950s
1950
Children’s Fairyland opens
In 1950, Children’s Fairyland opens. Walt Disney visits to gather ideas for his own theme park which would open 5 years later.
![Children's Fairyland http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ohr-768x620.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ohr-768x620.jpg)
1958
last Key System train crosses Bay Bridge
On April 20, 1958, the last Key System train crosses the Bay Bridge. A few years later, the last bus was sold to AC Transit.
![Key System on Bay Bridge http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1938-test-train-768x567.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1938-test-train-768x567.png)
1960s
1965
Wee Pals first appears
The first comic strip with a diverse ethnic makeup of children appears in a newspaper on February 15, 1965. Morrie Turner’s “Wee Pals” is initially in 5 papers; following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it appeared in over 100.
![Morrie Turner http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/629-768x551.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/629-768x551.jpg)
1966
Black Panther Party formed
In October 1966, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton form the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Initially focusing on police misconduct against black people, they soon added social programs, including the first ever “free breakfast for schoolchildren” program.
![Black Panther Party http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/courthouse-768x403.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/courthouse-768x403.jpg)
1966
Frank Ogawa appointed to council
Frank Ogawa was appointed to Oakland city council in 1966 to fill a vacant seat, and was subsequently re-elected multiple times. He was the first Japanese-American on the city council, and served from 1966-1994, the longest tenure of any council member.
![Frank Ogawa Frank Ogawa](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/406.jpg)
1967
Dr. Raymond Eng elected to council
In 1967, not long after Frank Ogawa’s appointment to fill a vacant city council seat, Dr. Raymond Eng is elected to city council, becoming the first Chinese-American on council.
![Dr. Raymond Eng http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/de8bae0637037f4b166cf87904804d89@1.5x1.png](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/de8bae0637037f4b166cf87904804d89@1.5x1.png)
1970s
1972
BART service begins
On September 11, 1972, service begins on BART.
![BART begins service http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sfg4-628x471-1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sfg4-628x471-1.jpg)
1972-1974
A’s win the World Series
Under quirky owner Charlie Finley, the Oakland A’s win 3 consecutive World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974.
![Charlie Finley and Charlie O the mule http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/510-768x512.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/510-768x512.jpg)
1979
Robert Maynard becomes Oakland Tribune editor
In 1979, Robert Maynard becomes editor of the Oakland Tribune, becoming the first black editor of a major U.S. newspaper.
![Robert Maynard http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/424.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/424.jpg)
1980s
1989
Loma Prieta Earthquake
On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta Earthquake strikes. Sixty seven people are killed, including 42 when the Cypress Structure in West Oakland collapses.
![Cypress Structure after Loma Prieta Earthquak http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1a44c71cc511520ca123daaa807f55c9@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1a44c71cc511520ca123daaa807f55c9@1.5x1.jpg)
1990s
1991
1991 Firestorm
On October 19, 1991, Oakland firefighters battle a 5-acre brush fire. The next day the fire explodes, spread by high winds. The Oakland firestorm kills 25 people including a firefighter and a police officer, and destroys nearly 3,000 buildings.
![1991 Oakland firestorm http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5acc3633e3c2d1bf3256f6b89aa7f733@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/5acc3633e3c2d1bf3256f6b89aa7f733@1.5x1.jpg)
2000s
2009
Oscar Grant killed by BART police
On January 1, 2009, Oscar Grant is killed by a BART police officer, shot in the back while laying face down. The shooting is captured on video and quickly spreads, leading to a national uproar and ongoing protests in Oakland.
![Oscar Grant http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8ad29c6711026425289777172f25e9a7@1.5x1.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/8ad29c6711026425289777172f25e9a7@1.5x1.jpg)
2010s
2011
Occupy Oakland protests begins
Growing out of the protests following Oscar Grant’s killing and protesting police brutality, Occupy Oakland begins September 11, 2011 with an occupation of the plaza in front of City Hall.
![Occupy Oakland http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9df69cde4745ca06800c1f9b99b64bba@1.5x1-768x576.jpg](http://legendarylocals.ouroakland.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9df69cde4745ca06800c1f9b99b64bba@1.5x1-768x576.jpg)
* This timeline doesn’t include all 180+ people in Legendary Locals of Oakland—for that you have to buy the book!