Also see History of Denton

1800s

• 1839 - John B. Denton, a preacher and lawyer, immigrates to Texas
• 1841 - John B. Denton is killed in a battle against Keechi Native Americans
• 1843 - settlement of the city of Denton begins
• 1846 - Denton County formed
• 1857 - first streets are named
• 1858 - first courthouse is built; a log cabin
• 1860 - IOOF Cemetery founded
• 1866 - first mayor
• 1875 - courthouse burns to the ground
• 1877 - second courthouse built
• 1881 - creation of the Texas and Pacific Railway
• 1884 - Old Alton Bridge is built
• 1890 - North Texas Normal College (now the University of North Texas) was established
• 1895 - current Courthouse on the Square begins construction and is dedicated in 1897
• 1899 - the Wright Opera House is built (now Recycled Books). Denton Record-Chronicle established.

1900s

• 1903 - Girls' Industrial College (now Texas Woman's University) was established
• 1921 - Quakertown residents are forced out to make way for the Quakertown Park
• 1949 - The Campus Theatre is built
• 1954 - Federal Civil Defense Administration moved from Dallas to Denton (later FEMA)
• 1979 - Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor & Chainsaw Repair opens
• 1980 - "Spring Fling" starts, later renamed Arts and Jazz Festival
• 1998 - Beth Marie's is founded

2000s

• 2006, May - Fry Street area was purchased by United Equities
• 2006, June 27 - The Tomato burns down
• 2009 - first 35 Conferette (then NX35)
• 2010 - February - Snowmageddon
• 2011, Feb 1st-4th - Snowpocalypse