1836 Madison Named Teritorial Capital
1837 First Non-Native Residents of Madison
1846 Madison becomes a village
1848 Wisconsin becomes a state
1854 First train arrives in Madison
1855 Madisons first directory published
1856 Madison becomes a city
1904 Capitol fire
1916 Bascom Hall Dome Fire
1967 October 17,
Dow Day
1967 December 10,
Otis Redding Plane Crash
1969 June 29,
UW Administration Building Bombing
1970 August 24,
Sterling Hall Bombing
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