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The French major general Joseph Jumonville is killed and starts a war. It is when an Indian strikes him in the head(Half-King).
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A young 15 year old girl named Mary Jemison is captured and made a captive while the rest of her family are killed and scalped due to a heavy load. She is taken by the Seneca and marries and Indian and whose two children. One in which dies right after birth.
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Braddock dies due to fatal wounds.
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Smallpox spreads through the Indian camps and kills a majority of them.
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General Forbes is granted supplies from the colonists and it helps him win Fort Duquesne. This is a valuable source for the British later on.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is the first newspaper company west of the Alleghenies and was founded by John Scull.It has published the Constitution of the United States.
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Pittsburgh officially becomes a city on March 18, 1816. The mayor of this newly created city is named Ebenezer Denney.
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The great fire of Pittsburgh demolishes much of the city and leaves 12,000 residents homeless. The fire started on the corner of the Blvd. of Allies and Stanwix street by a washer women, where the school City Charter High School and Stanwix Apartments stands today.
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Abraham Lincoln leads a war to help free slaves and have independence rights. Commonly used weapons are grenades and cannons. The war went on for four years.
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The Northern Sates of North America win the Civil War. There are now new rights and President Abraham Lincoln established the Gettysburg address. He is soon after assassinated.
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The Pirates have made it into the World Series. They have also won the game and since then have not made it to the World Series.
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Luna Park is one of Pittsburgh's first parks. Kennywood, another theme opens soon after by a few years. Luna Park as experienced two trageties. One in which a young woman was eaten by a lion and another where it caught on fire. Luna PArk was not rebuilt after the fire.
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The National Negro League was the first black league to join the NBL. The were also taken by the name of the Homestead Grays.
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The Liberty Tubes were officially built in the year 1924. The two sons of Joseph G. Armsrong have cut the ribbon to open the Liberty Bridge. They are still in use today.
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The great flood in Pittsburgh occured in downtown. On was on St. Patrick's Day hence where it got its name.
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George Westinghouse has announced a project. He hoped it would solve "much of the mystery surrounding the structure of matter." It would gamma rays to split uranium atoms.
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David L. Lawrence is elected mayor of Pittsburgh. A building in Pittsburgh is named after him: David L. Lawrence convention center.
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Famlies take their children to see airplanes land and take off.. A mobile Alexander Calder hangs in the Pittsbugh International Airport's Airside Terminal.
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Jonas Salk discovers a Polio vaccine. With this vaccine he cures or protects people from getting the disease.
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The Hienz Hall opens after John Heinz. The Steelers Stadium is also named after him: Hienz Field.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates make it to the world series. They make the accomplishment of winning the World Series in 1979. Where as today, the Pirates have not been making progress to make it to the World Series.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers win the Super Bowl and remain to do so in most cases today. They are named after Pittsburgh: The Steel City.
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F1 tornado hits Mount Washinton and causes...
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Mario Lemieux returns to play in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux foundation is named after him.
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The circular staium is taken down for "up to date structure". Baseball players align for a the National Anthem for the new opening park.
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The popular gambling site in the USA opens in Pittsbsurgh as Three Rivers Casino. It is a popular place for adults for a "getaway".
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The tall glass uilding PPG Place (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) is redeveloped into a glass building. The building is made of glass from the comany its self.
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the Pittsburgh Fountain reopens after some difficulties being ran. It is one of the most popular places in Pittsburgh today.
