19th century
1800s-1860s
- 1801 - Buffalo is founded by Joseph Ellicott. [2]
- 1810 - Population: 1,508.
- 1811 - Buffalo Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1813 - December 30: Battle of Buffalo fought during the War of 1812.[2][4]
- 1816 - Village incorporated in Niagara County.[5]
- 1818 - Walk-in-the-Water Great Lakes passenger steamboat begins operating. It was named after Walk-in-the-Water a Huron chief.[6][1]
- 1820 - Population: 2,095.[2]
- 1821 - Buffalo designated seat of newly created Erie County.[5]
- 1825 - Erie Canal opens.[7]
- 1830 - Population: 8,668.[8][2]
- 1832
- City of Buffalo incorporated.[5]
- Ebenezer Johnson served as the first Mayor.[1]
- 1833 - Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway established.[2]
- 1834 - Cholera.[1]
- 1835 - November 11: "Cyclone" occurs.
- 1836
- Young Men's Association active.[9][10]
- Buffalo Library (social library) organized.[11]
- 1840 - Population: 18,213.[8][2]
- 1842 - Joseph Dart invented the Dart's Elevator, a steam-powered grain elevator.[1]
- 1844 - A seiche on Lake Erie sends a 22-foot (6.7 m) surge of water onshore, killing 78 people.[12]
- 1846 - University of Buffalo and its Medical School established.
- 1847 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo established.[13]
- 1848 - June: 1848 Free Soil Party national convention held in Buffalo; Martin Van Buren nominated as U.S. presidential candidate.[6][1]
- 1849 - Forest Lawn Cemetery established.[1]
- 1850 - Population: 42,261.[8][2]
- 1851
- St. Paul's Cathedral built.[2]
- Buffalo Seminary founded.[1]
- 1853 - New York Central Railroad in operation.[4]
- 1854 - YMCA U.S. branch organized in Buffalo.[6]
- 1856
- Chippewa Market opens.[14]
- Manufacturers and Traders Bank in business.[15]
- 1858 - Broadway Arsenal opened.
- 1860 - Population: 81,129.[8][2]
- 1861
- Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences founded.[16]
- St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute founded.[1]
- 1862 - Buffalo Historical Society formed.[16]
- 1863 - St. Joseph Cathedral consecrated.
1870s-1890s
- 1870
- Richardson Olmsted Complex built.
- Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Canisius College founded.[1]
- Population: 117,714.[8][2]
- 1871 - Buffalo Normal School founded, became "State Normal and Training School"
- 1873
- Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr established.
- International Railway Bridge to Canada opens.[5]
- Buffalo Sunday Morning News begins publication.[3]
- 1874 - "The number of ships built at Buffalo was thirty-seven."[2]
- 1875
- County and City Hall constructed.[2]
- Population: 134,238.[2]
- 1876
- Delaware Park–Front Park System developed.[2]
- Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church built.
- 1880 - Population: 155,134.[8]
- 1881 - Architect Louise Blanchard Bethune in business.[17]
- 1882 - Grover Cleveland becomes mayor.[4]
- 1886
- Westinghouse AC electrical power station begins operating.[4][7]
- University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy established.[1]
- 1887 - University at Buffalo Law School established.[1]
- 1890 - Population: 255,664.[8]
- 1892 - University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine established.[1]
- 1893
- Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad in operation.[18]
- Former mayor Grover Cleveland becomes U.S. president.[4]
- 1894 - Twentieth Century Club founded.
- 1896 - Ellicott Square Building completed.[1]
- 1899 - Labor strike of grain workers.[19]
- 1900
- Manufacture of Thomas Auto-Bi motorcycle begins.[17]
- Population: 352,387.[8]
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