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- 1721 - France built fur post at Toronto
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ province/ onztimeln.htm - 1834 - York is renamed Toronto. William Lyon Mackenzie becomes the first mayor of Toronto.
The city of Toronto started off as York, the capital of Upper Canada in 1793. York was incorporated and renamed Toronto in 1834.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp - 1848 - St. Michael’s Cathedral dedicated at Toronto
www.gcatholic.org 
St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica
200 Church St., Toronto, ONTARIO
Established 1848
Source: Google maps
Photograph
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Map- 1856 - Grand Trunk
The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Toronto-Montréal line.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp - 1867 - Emily Stowe, the first woman doctor in Canada, begins to practice medicine in Toronto.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp - 1869 - Toronto
Toronto. - The chief city of the Province of Ontario, is situated in latitude 43' 39' 24" north, and longitude 79° 2? 30" west, on the north-west...Read MORE... 
1872 - WRECK OF THE ROBERT LOWE
CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American...Read MORE...- 1872 - October 1 - First case reports in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
www.wikipedia.org
October 1, 1872 - 1873
TORONTO, formerly YORK, capital of Ontario, an 1 one of the most flourishing cities in the Dominion, is situated on a beautiful circular bay, on the...Read MORE... - 1876 - The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrage movement.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp - 1880 - Emily Stowe is finally granted a license to practice medicine in Toronto.
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1868-to-1918.html 
St. Andrews Church
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
College Avenue (Queen Street)
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
The Exhibition Grounds
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Horticultural Gardens
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
A Sculling Match - Toronto Harbour
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, From the Island
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
King Street, West
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto Street, and Post Office
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
University of Toronto
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, From Kingston Road
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork- 1883 - Augusta Stowe, daughter of Emily, is the first woman to graduate from the Toronto Medical School. The Toronto Women's Suffrage Association replaces the Literary Club of 1876.
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1868-to-1918.html - 1885 - The city of Toronto, Canada, had a million-dollar conflagration Sunday night. The entire city was seriously threatened.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 8, 1885 - 1890 - TORONTO UNIVERSITY DESTROYED.
THE CARELESS HANDLING OF LAMPS CAUSES A HEAVY LOSS.
Toronto, February, 14. - Toronto university was totally destroyed by fire tonight. The loss is ...Read MORE... 
Stuttgartger Sanitary Woolen Underwear
The T. Eaton Co., Toronto, Agts. in Canada
Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Advertisement
Queen's Park, Toronto
Postcard
Island Park, Toronto
Postcard- 1903 - The Ivanhoe, a popular electric car, is made by Canada Cycle and Motor Co. of Toronto.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp - April 19, 1904: Great fire in Toronto started
The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but there are no fatalities.
The Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com
April 19, 1904 
Cowan's Swiss Milk Chocolate
The Cowan Co., Ltd., Toronto
St. John Daily Sun, St. John, New Brunswick - June 29, 1904
Advertisement- 1909 - The first Grey Cup game; the University of Toronto football team defeats Toronto Parkdale. A trophy has been donated by the governor general, Earl Grey.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp 
Yonge Street looking North, Toronto, Canada
Postcard- 1921 - July 27 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
www.wikipedia.org
July 27, 1921 - 1949 - 200 DIE ON FIERY SHIP. GREAT LAKES QUEEN BURNS. HOLOCAUST SINKS PLEASURE CRUISER AT TORONTO DOCK.
400 HOLIDAYERS ESCAPE FLAMING DEATH AMID SCENES OF HORROR.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17. (AP) - Nearly 200 ship-board holiday-makers, most of them...Read MORE... - 1950 - SIX MEET DEATH IN FIRE TRAP.
Toronto, Jan. 21. - (CP) - Refugees from Europe's barbed wire and prison bars died behind bars yesterday in their land of promise.
They died...Read MORE... - 1954 - Hurricane Hazel
Hazel was first spotted east of the Windward Islands on October 5. It moved through the islands later that day as a hurricane, then it moved westward ...Read MORE... - March 30, 1954: Official opening of Canada's first subway (Toronto)
The Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com
March 30, 1954 
Visit Toronto
Advertisement- 1975 - Toronto's CN Tower becomes the world's tallest free-standing structure (Apr. 2).
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1968-to-present.html
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica
200 Church St., Toronto, ONTARIO
Established 1848
Source: Google maps
Photograph
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.freeusandworldmaps.com
Map
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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St. Andrews Church
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84))
College Avenue (Queen Street)
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
The Exhibition Grounds
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
Horticultural Gardens
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
A Sculling Match - Toronto Harbour
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
Toronto, From the Island
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
King Street, West
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
Toronto Street, and Post Office
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
University of Toronto
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
)
Toronto, From Kingston Road
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Artwork
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stuttgartger Sanitary Woolen Underwear
The T. Eaton Co., Toronto, Agts. in Canada
Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Advertisement
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Queen's Park, Toronto
Postcard
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Island Park, Toronto
Postcard
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cowan's Swiss Milk Chocolate
The Cowan Co., Ltd., Toronto
St. John Daily Sun, St. John, New Brunswick - June 29, 1904
Advertisement
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yonge Street looking North, Toronto, Canada
Postcard
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Visit Toronto
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1721 - France built fur post at Toronto
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ province/ onztimeln.htm
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1834 - York is renamed Toronto. William Lyon Mackenzie becomes the first mayor of Toronto.
The city of Toronto started off as York, the capital of Upper Canada in 1793. York was incorporated and renamed Toronto in 1834.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
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Toronto - Travel Thru History
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1848 - St. Michael’s Cathedral dedicated at Toronto
www.gcatholic.org
-
1856 - Grand Trunk
The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Toronto-Montréal line.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
-
1867 - Emily Stowe, the first woman doctor in Canada, begins to practice medicine in Toronto.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
-
1869 - Toronto
Toronto. - The chief city of the Province of Ontario, is situated in latitude 43' 39' 24" north, and longitude 79° 2? 30" west, on the north-west... Read MORE...
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1872 - October 1 - First case reports in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of the Great Epizootic of 1872 (equine influenza, or the "horse flu") which will substantially disrupt life in North America by mid-December.
www.wikipedia.org
October 1, 1872
1872 - WRECK OF THE ROBERT LOWE
CONFIRMATION OF THE SAD RUMOR — EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
TORONTO, Nov. 23 — The following particulars have been received regarding the Anglo-American... Read MORE...
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1873
TORONTO, formerly YORK, capital of Ontario, an 1 one of the most flourishing cities in the Dominion, is situated on a beautiful circular bay, on the... Read MORE...
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1876 - The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrage movement.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
-
1880 - Emily Stowe is finally granted a license to practice medicine in Toronto.
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1868-to-1918.html
-
1883 - Augusta Stowe, daughter of Emily, is the first woman to graduate from the Toronto Medical School. The Toronto Women's Suffrage Association replaces the Literary Club of 1876.
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1868-to-1918.html
-
1885 - The city of Toronto, Canada, had a million-dollar conflagration Sunday night. The entire city was seriously threatened.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 8, 1885
-
1890 - TORONTO UNIVERSITY DESTROYED.
THE CARELESS HANDLING OF LAMPS CAUSES A HEAVY LOSS.
Toronto, February, 14. - Toronto university was totally destroyed by fire tonight. The loss is ... Read MORE...
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Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Canada (www.youtube.com) -
1903 - The Ivanhoe, a popular electric car, is made by Canada Cycle and Motor Co. of Toronto.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
-
April 19, 1904: Great fire in Toronto started
The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but there are no fatalities.
The Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com
April 19, 1904
-
1909 - The first Grey Cup game; the University of Toronto football team defeats Toronto Parkdale. A trophy has been donated by the governor general, Earl Grey.
www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
-
1921 - July 27 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
www.wikipedia.org
July 27, 1921
-
1949 - 200 DIE ON FIERY SHIP. GREAT LAKES QUEEN BURNS. HOLOCAUST SINKS PLEASURE CRUISER AT TORONTO DOCK.
400 HOLIDAYERS ESCAPE FLAMING DEATH AMID SCENES OF HORROR.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17. (AP) - Nearly 200 ship-board holiday-makers, most of them... Read MORE...
-
1950 - SIX MEET DEATH IN FIRE TRAP.
Toronto, Jan. 21. - (CP) - Refugees from Europe's barbed wire and prison bars died behind bars yesterday in their land of promise.
They died... Read MORE...
-
March 30, 1954: Official opening of Canada's first subway (Toronto)
The Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com
March 30, 1954
-
1954 - Hurricane Hazel
Hazel was first spotted east of the Windward Islands on October 5. It moved through the islands later that day as a hurricane, then it moved westward ... Read MORE...
-
1975 - Toronto's CN Tower becomes the world's tallest free-standing structure (Apr. 2).
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1968-to-present.html
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