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Brampton History Timeline

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  • 1819 - Chinguacousy Township is surveyed by a team led by Richard Bristol
  • 1819 - First settlers arrive in the area
  • 1834 - Mr. John Elliott applies the name Brampton to the land
  • 1853 - Brampton becomes a village with a population of 1000
  • 1856 - First railway opens in Brampton
  • 1873 - Brampton becomes a town
  • 1874 - First town election. John Haggert e​lected as first Mayor of Brampton
  • 1884 - Mechanics of the Haggert Machine Works form the Brampton Mechanics Band known today as the Brampton Concert Band
  • 1885 - J.P. Hutton erects the first hydroelectric generating plant in the area, powered by the dam at Huttonville
  • 1903 - Gage Park becomes Brampton’s first municipal park
  • 1911 - Continuous Hydro begins in Brampton
  • 1929 - Great Depression begins
  • 1936 - The Lorne Scots Militia Regiment forms from an amalgamation of the Lorne Rifles and the Peel Dufferin Regiment
  • 1939 - Outbreak of Second World War
  • 1940 - Civil Guard in Peel forms
  • 1948 - The worst flood in the history of Brampton occurs
  • 1952 - Etobicoke Creek Flood Diversion Channel officially opens
  • 1950s - Bramalea - Canada’s first satellite community forms
  • 1974 - City of Brampton created. Brampton was formed from the amalgamation of Chinguacousy Township, Toronto Gore Township, the Town of Brampton, and part of the Town of Mississauga. Other municipalities formed in the Regional Municipality of Peel in 1974 include the City of Mississauga and the Town of Caledon
  • 1999 - Brampton celebrates its silver anniversary as a City
  • 2003 - Brampton celebrates its Sesquicentennial year. The City of Brampton purchases “Alderlea” from Branch 15 of the Royal
  • 2006 - Brampton’s new state-of-the-art performing arts centre “Rose Theatre Brampton” opens
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