The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Before 1800
1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe. 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date). 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date). 1726 - College of New Jersey founded. 1730 - Presbyterianism superseded Congregationalism. 1743 - Trinity Church built. 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton. 1770 - One tannery operated. 1774 - Newark Academy established. 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces. 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built. 1791 - Woods's Newark Gazette begins publication. 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date). 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded. 1798 - Three tanneries operating.
1800s
1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded. 1810 - Weller's Circulating Library in business (approximate date). 1814 - Newark Bible Society founded. 1817 - Newark Colonization Society founded. 1819 - Whybrew Circulating Library in business (approximate date). 1823 - Smith & Wright saddlery in business (approximate date). 1830 - Population: 10,953. 1831 - Plane Street Church organized. 1832 - Newark Daily Advertiser newspaper begins publication. 1834 - Centre Street Bridge opens. 1836 - Newark incorporated as a city. 1837 - 155 curriers and patent leather makers in the city. 1840 Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in business. Population: 17,290. 1844 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery established. 1846 - New Jersey Historical Society headquartered in Newark. 1847 - Library Association founded. 1848 - Influx of Germans. 1849 - Newark Daily Mercury newspaper begins publication. 1850 Bethel Mission established. Population: 38,894. 1853 - Newark Daily Eagle newspaper begins publication. 1857 City police department established. Newark Orphan Asylum built. City charter. 1858 New Jersey Freie Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication. Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in business. 1860 - Population: 71,941. 1864 - Lyon & Son's brewing company in business. 1865 - Murphy Varnish Company in business. 1869 Newark and New York Railroad begins operating. Newark City Cemetery in use. Newark Morning Register newspaper begins publication. 1870 - Bee Hive dry goods shop in business (later Plaut & Co.) 1872 - Newark Industrial Exposition begins. 1874 - St. Stephen's Church built. 1875 - Marshall & Ball clothing shop in business. 1879 - Newark City Brewery in business. 1880 - Newark Tribüne German-language newspaper begins publication. 1881 - Newark Technical School established. 1883 - Balbach electrolytic refinery opens. 1884 - Prince Street Synagogue built. 1885 Johnston & Murphy and Lutz Cafe in business. 1885 American Cup soccer tournament held. 1886 - Miner's Newark Theater opens. 1888 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church built. 1889 Newark Free Public Library opens. Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway incorporated. 1890 - Population: 181,830. 1893 - L. Bamberger & Company in business. 1894 Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built. Montagna Italian-language newspaper begins publication. 1895 - Branch Brook Park established. 1899 - Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart construction begins.
1900s
1900-1909
1900 - Population: 246,070. 1901 Beth Israel Hospital founded. Newark Free Public Library opens its current location. 1902 - Newark City Hall opened. 1903 Jackson Street Bridge and Clay Street Bridge open. Roseville railroad station built. Newark trolley accident kills 8 students 1905 La Revista Italian/English-language newspaper begins publication. Feigenspan mansion built. Automobile Renting Co. in business. 1906 Trees planted in Pequannock Watershed. Literary Stratemeyer Syndicate active. 1907 - Essex County Courthouse built. 1908 Kronika Polish/English-language newspaper begins publication. St. Casimir's Church founded. 1909 - Newark Museum established.
1910s
1910
Fire on High Street (now Martin Luther King Blvd) at factory kills 26
Population: 347,469. 1911 - Shubert Theatre opens. 1912 Adams Theatre and Empire Theatre built. Equestrian statue of George Washington by J. Massey Rhind dedicated in Washington Park 1913 Bridge Street Bridge opens. Moorish Science Temple of America headquartered in Newark. 1914 - New Jersey Observer begins publication. 1916 Robert Treat Hotel in business. Military Park first opened. 1917 - Urban League founded.