The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
19th century
- 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.
- 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.
- 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.
- 1839
- Town of Shreveport incorporated.
- John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.
- 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.
- 1847 – Burial ground established.
- 1850
- Population: 1,728.
- Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).
- 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.
- 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.
- 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.
- 1860 – Population: 2,190.
- 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.
- 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).
- 1866 – Charity Hospital established.
- 1870 – Population: 4,607.
- 1871
- Shreveport becomes a city.
- Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.
- Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.
- 1873
- Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation.
- Yellow fever outbreak.
- 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.
- 1880
- First Presbyterian Church built.
- Population: 8,009.
- 1886 – Grand Opera House built.
- 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
- 1890
- Shreveport Library Association formed.
- Population: 11,979.
- 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.
- 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.
- 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.
20th century
- 1900 – Population: 16,013.
- 1901 – People’s Library established.
- 1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication.
- 1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated.
- 1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport.
- 1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated.
- 1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
- 1910
- Schumpert Memorial Hospital and Chamber of Commerce established.
- Population: 28,015.
- 1912 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
- 1915 – Traffic Street Bridge built.
- 1920 – Population: 43,874.
- 1922 – Shreveport Art Club active.
- 1923 – Public library built.
- 1925 – Strand Theatre built.
- 1926
- KWKH radio begins broadcasting.
- Caddo Parish courthouse built.
- 1927 – Dodd College established.
- 1928 – Woman’s Auxiliary to the Shreveport Medical Society formed.
- 1929 – Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium built.
- 1930
- East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
- Population: 76,655.
- 1931 – Shreveport Downtown Airport begins operating.
- 1933 – U.S. military Barksdale Airfield dedicated.
- 1934 – Long–Allen Bridge opens.
- 1935 – Rodessa oil field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
- 1940 – Population: 98,167.
- 1948
- U.S. military Barksdale Air Force Base active.
- KWKH's Louisiana Hayride radio programme begins broadcast.
- 1950
- Shreveport metropolitan area was started
- Population: 127,206.
- 1952 – North Louisiana Historical Association established.
- 1960
- 1967 – Louisiana State University in Shreveport opens.
- 1970 – Population: 182,064.
- 1972 – Quail Creek Cinema in business.
- 1973
- 1977 – Pioneer Heritage Center and Spring Street Historical Museum founded.
- 1980 – Population: 205,820.
- 1981 – General Motors plant begins operating in Shreveport.
- 1983
- 1984 – Louisiana Tower (hi-rise) built.
- 1986
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport established.
- Commercial National Bank Tower (hi-rise) built.
- 1988 – Jim McCrery becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.[relevant? – discuss]
- 1990 – Population: 198,525.
- 1993
- 1994
- Stephens African American Museum founded.
- Harrah's casino built.
- 1998
21st century
- 2003
- 2004 – Convention Center built.
- 2006 – Cedric Glover becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.[relevant? – discuss]
- 2007 – Hilton Hotel Convention Center built.
- 2009 – John Fleming becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.[relevant? – discuss]
- 2010 – Population: 199,311.
- 2014 – Ollie Tyler becomes first African-American woman in city elected mayor.[relevant? – discuss]
