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George Washington describes the value of the Forks of the Ohio to the governor of Virginia.
George Washington visits the Forks of the Ohio and is taken back at how situated it was. What really he was amazed by was the structure of the rivers and how they connected. He liked the control that the Ohio had over the other two rivers. -
Gen. Braddock and Battle of the Monongahela. Braddock is killed.
George Washington had led two Virginia companies into the Great Meadows to try and take down the French and their allies. He had two horses shot from under him in the route of General Braddock’s army on the Monongahela plains. Later, Braddock end up being killed there. -
Mary Jemison is captured.
Mary Jemison and, all but two, family members were captured by French Soldiers and Shawnee warriors by their home. Later, she was separated from her family and sold to a party of Senecas. The rest of her family was murdered. -
Forbes calls the area at the location of the three rivers “Pittsborough” after William Pitt, British Prime Minister.
Johns Forbes was a British general who directed the last six weeks of his march to Duquesne. He died 4 months after he successfully accomplished his march to Duquesne. Before he died he named the land in honor of William Pitt. -
Pittsburgh’s street plan is laid out
Thomas Campbell laid a street plan for Pittsburgh in 1764. The Penn family had commissioned him. The street plan only included 4 blocks which was later added onto 20 years later by Col. George Woods and his assistant, Thomas Vickroy. -
Isaac Craig and Stephen Bayard are first real estate owners in “Pittsburgh”.
Isaac Craig and Stephen Bayard were one of the first settlers. In 1783, they had bought the first real estate in Pittsburgh. The people who sold it to them were the Penn Family. It was located at the Forks of the Ohio. -
Neville B. Craig is Born
Neville B. Craig is born in the blockhouse of Pittsburgh. His parents had attached an annex, where they set up house keeping. He became the editor of the Pittsburgh Gazette. -
Pittsburgh is Incorporated as a Town
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Pittsburgh Becomes a City
Pittsburgh is bumped up from Borough to a City. Major Ebenezer Denny was elected its' first mayor. -
Stephens Collins Foster is Born
Stephens Collins Foster is born in a small cottage in Lawrenceville. He later went on to write 189 songs, in his short lived life. -
Tomas Mellon marries Sarah Jane Negley
Thomas Mellon Married Sarah Jane negley on this day, and later on,, had 8 children together ( in whom 5 survived) -
1st Cable Suspension Bridge
In 1845 - 1847, John Roebling used wire rope in the design of the world's first cable suspension bridge in Pittsburgh. It went across the Monongahela River at Smithfield Street. -
Great Fire destroys much of the city and leaves 12,000 residents homeless.
A washerwoman’s open fire spread quickly throughout one-third of the city of Pittsburgh. 1000 building and homes were destroyed. 12,000 people were left homeless, and two lives were lost. -
Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor
Jane Grey Swisshelm publishes the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor, which lasted from 1848 to 1854. -
George Westinghouse Obtains First Patent
At the young age of 19, George Westinghouse obtained his first patent for the invention of a rotary steam engine. -
City becomes Pittsburgh
Due to recent protestst, the USBGN reversed it's decision and the city is offically "Pittsburgh" -
Frick Acres
Frick Acres became the site of University of Pittsburgh. -
First Scheduled Broadcast
1,000 Pittsburgers tuned into KDKA to hear the first scheduled broadcast. -
Liberty Tubes
The $6 Million Liberty Tubes project is completed. -
Cathedral of Learning
"The new building is to express that spirit of achievement" -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits
FDR comes to Pittsburgh to inspect Homestead Works and Mesto Machine Plant. -
News of War
When word of the war being over was announced at 7:02, a mass of people filled downtown with screaming and excitement. -
Heaviest Snowstorm in Local Histtory
Pittsburgh was in snow up to people's car's tops. -
Greater Pittsburgh Airport
After its' opening, many Pittsburgh family brought their children to watch planes arrive and take off. -
Andy Warhole Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum attracted about 25,000 visitors in its' opening weekend alone. -
August Wilson Dies
August Wilson died at the age of 60 from lung cancer in Seattle. -
Mayor Bob O'Connor dies in office
The 58th mayor of Pittsburgh, Bob O'Connor , dies 24 hours after being taken off life care. He suffered from primary central nervous system lymphoma, which is a rare form of brain cancer. He was 61 years old. -
Bill Mazeroski
57,125 fans voted the bottom of the ninth homer was the greatest moment in Pittsburgh Sport History. -
Mister Rogers Statue
Roberts Berk's created a Mister Rogers statue and opened it to the public on this day.
