1800 Cleveland population--7.

David and Gilman Bryant open the community's first distillery.

Trumbull County created, with Cleveland located in that county.

1801 A grand ball is held 4 July.

1802 First census of Cleveland Township shows 76 free male inhabitants over the age of 21.

1803 Ohio admitted to the Union.

Mail service extended to Cleveland.

1805 The community's first postmaster, Elisha Norton, appointed.

Indian claims are cleared to the lands west of the Cuyahoga River.

Geauga County created, with Cleveland located in that county.

1806 Moses Cleaveland dies in Connecticut.

1807 First Presbyterian Church in what is now East Cleveland is founded; it is the second church in the entire Western Reserve.

1808 Lorenzo Carter builds the Zephyr, first ship to be launched in Cleveland.

Samuel Huntington elected governor of Ohio.

1810 Cleveland population--57 (approximate).

Cuyahoga County organized; Cleveland selected as county seat.

David Long, the community's first doctor, arrives.

1812 John O'Mic, a Native American implicated in a murder, is first person to be executed in Cleveland.

1813 Oliver Hazard Perry wins the Battle of Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay.

Cleveland's first courthouse completed.

1814 Cleveland receives its charter as a village 23 December.

Lorenzo Carter dies.

Newburgh Township created.

1815 Alfred Kelley elected first president of the village of Cleveland.

Euclid Avenue laid out.

1816 Commercial Bank of Lake Erie opens in Cleveland.

Trinity Episcopal Parish organized.

First divorce in the community granted.

1819 The Cleveland Herald and Gazette publishes its first issue 19 October.

1820 Cleveland population--606.

Cuyahoga County population--6,328.

First Presbyterian Church (Old Stone) organized.

The first theatrical performance held 23 May.

1822 North Union Shaker colony established in what is now Shaker Heights.

A free bridge is opened across the Cuyahoga River.

1825 Construction of Ohio and Erie Canal begins.

Federal funds received for river improvement.

1826 St. Mary's, the community's first Catholic church, is organized.

Land is purchased for Erie Street Cemetery.

1828 Cleveland's second courthouse opened.

1829 First public market opens on Ontario Street.

First lighthouse begins operation.

1831 The Cleveland Advertiser "officially" changes the spelling of the community's name to Cleveland.

James A. Garfield born in Orange Township.

1832 Ohio and Erie Canal completed to the Ohio River.

A free school for blacks organized.

Major cholera epidemic takes fifty lives.

Dunham Tavern opens.

1833 First Baptist Society organized.

1835 Benjamin Strickland, the community's first dentist, arrives.

1838 St. John's Episcopal Church completed in Ohio City.

1839 First group of Jewish settlers comes to Cleveland under the leadership of Moses Alsbacher.

1840 Cleveland population--6,071 (45th largest city in nation).

Ohio City population--1,577.

Cuyahoga County population--26,506.

Globe Theater opens.

1842 Plain Dealer begins publication 7 January.

1843 Cleveland Medical College established.

1844 Steamship Empire built in Cleveland.

Village of Chagrin Falls incorporated.

1847 Catholic Diocese created in Cleveland 23 April.

The city's most notable hotel, the Weddell House, opens 25 June.

First telegraph line--from Cleveland to Pittsburgh--completed.

1849 Society for Savings (forerunner of Society Corp.) founded.

Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad runs first train in the city.

First street light installed.

National Meeting of the Free Soil Party held in Cleveland 13 July.

1851 In Zion Lutheran Church, first Christmas tree displayed.

Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad completed.

1852 Louis Kossuth visits Cleveland.

1853 First African American newspaper, The Aliened-American, published 9 April.

The Cleveland Theater opens.

Federal District Court of the Northern District of Ohio established.

1854 Cleveland and Ohio City merge 5 June.

First formal opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, performed 25 July.

Cleveland Leader begins publication 16 March.

Cuyahoga County People's (Republican) Party formed in September.

1855 Sault Canal opens.

Baldwin University founded in Berea.

1856 Water system begins operation.

1857 Omnibus service begins in the city.

Village of Olmsted Falls incorporated.

Public Square enclosed by fences.

1858 First sewer constructed.

Cleveland (Bank) Clearinghouse established.

1859 Oberlin-Wellington Rescuers' trial held in Cleveland.

1860 Cleveland population--43,417.

Cuyahoga County population--178,033.

Horsecar service inaugurated.

Perry Monument on Public Square dedicated 10 September.

Typographical Workers Union, Local 53 (Cleveland's oldest existing trade union in 1996) receives its charter.

1863 German Wallace College established in Berea.

First home delivery of mail takes place in Cleveland 1 July.

Cleveland Republican John Brough elected governor of Ohio.

1868 First "blow" of Bessemer Steel made at the Cleveland Rolling Mills 6 September.

Jewish Orphan Asylum (predecessor of Bellefaire) opens.

1870 Cleveland population--92,829 (15th largest city in nation).

Cuyahoga County population--132,010.

Standard Oil Co. created 10 January.

Sherwin-Williams Co. created 3 February.

Northern Ohio Fair Association established.

1871 Board of Park Commissioners created.

Cleveland Sunday Times, first successful Sunday paper, published 15 October.

1872 Horse epidemic, the Epizootic, takes place.

Union Club formed.

1875 Euclid Avenue Opera House opens.

The Greenback Party holds its organizing convention in Cleveland.

1876 Archibald Willard exhibits the "Spirit of 76."

1877 General railroad strikes take place.

Troop A ("First Cleveland Cavalry") formed to protect the city against strikers.

Cleveland branch of Socialist Labor Party organized.

1879 Brush arc light installed on Public Square 29 April.

Early Settlers Association formed 19 November.

Cleveland's professional baseball team joins the National League.

1880 Cleveland population--160,146 (12th largest city in nation).

Cuyahoga County population--196,943.

Cleveland Telephone Co. begins service.

Case School of Applied Sciences established.

Civil Engineers Club (later the Cleveland Engineering Society) formed.

The west breakwall completed.

1882 Western Reserve College moves to Cleveland.

Cleveland School of Art established, 13 November.

First Cleveland Rolling Mill strike takes place.

1884 First electric streetcar run in the city, 26 July.

Cleveland Electric Light Co. formed.

1885 Second Cleveland Rolling Mill strike takes place.

Hollenden Hotel opens 7 June.

Mary P. Spargo becomes first female lawyer in Cleveland.

1892 Central breakwall completed.

Rowfant Club established.

Tavern Club established.

1894 Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated.

Polish Roman Catholic Union of the Sacred Heart of the Blessed Virgin (predecessor to Union of Poles) established.

1896 Cleveland celebrates its centennial.

Hiram House established.

1898 University Club opens 8 June.