Page Content 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 elected 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
