| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1877 | Founded by Stilson Hutchins |
| 1877 | Publication of first newspaper, December 6 |
| 1889 | Purchased by Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins |
| 1905 | Purchased by John R. McLean |
| 1933 | Purchased by Eugene Meyer |
| 1947 | Incorporation of the Washington Post Company |
| 1954 | Purchase of the Washington Times Herald by the Washington Post Company |
| 1962 | Formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service |
| 1971 | Publication of the Pentagon Papers |
| 1973 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
| 1975 | Strike of the pressmen’s union |
| 1980 | Publication of Pulitzer Prize-winning story “Jimmy’s World” by Janet Cooke, later revealed to be fabricated |
| 1996 | Publication of the Washington Post online begins |
| 2013 | Purchased by Jeff Bezos |
