19th century
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- 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.[1]
- 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.[1]
- 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.[2][3]
- 1839
- 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1847 – Burial ground established.[7]
- 1850
- Population: 1,728.
- Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).[8]
- 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.[1]
- 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.[1]
- 1860 – Population: 2,190.
- 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.[8]
- 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).[8][9]
- 1866 – Charity Hospital established.[10]
- 1870 – Population: 4,607.
- 1871
- Shreveport becomes a city.[4]
- Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.[6]
- Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.[8]
- 1873
- 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1880
- First Presbyterian Church built.[8]
- Population: 8,009.
- 1886 – Grand Opera House built.[8]
- 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
- 1890
- 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.[8]
- 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.[4]
- 1900 – Population: 16,013.[4]
