timeline
A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events.
Timelines can use any suitable scale represen ...
of the
history
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of the city of
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
* 1625 – William Blaxton arrives.
* 1630 - When Boston was founded
** English
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic Church, Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become m ...
old style
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 158 ...
): Boston named.
* 1631 – Boston Watch (police) established.
* 1632 – Settlement becomes capital of the English
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...
.
* 1634
**
Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, ...
established.
** Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts on March * 1635 –
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in the British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. Its curriculum f ...
founded.
* 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch.
* 1637 –
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world. Its charter was granted in March 1638 by the Great and Gen ...
founded.
* 1638
** ''Desiré''
slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast i ...
arrives.
**
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her ...
excommunicated.
* 1644 – "Slaving expedition" departs for Africa.
* 1648 – Margaret Jones hanged as a witch.
* 1649 – Second Church established.
* 1652 – "Hull Mint", Robert Sanderson and
John Hull John Hull may refer to:
Politicians
*John Hull (MP for Hythe), MP for Hythe
*John Hull (MP for Exeter) (died 1549), English politician
*John A. T. Hull (1841–1928), American politician
*John C. Hull (politician) (1870–1947), Speaker of the Mas ...
establish a mint
the pine tree shilling
The pine tree shilling was a type of coin minted and circulated in the thirteen colonies.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony established a mint in Boston in 1652. John Hull was Treasurer and mintmaster; Hull's partner at the "Hull Mint" was Robert S ...
Scots Charitable Society of Boston The Scots Charitable Society (est.1657) of Boston, Massachusetts, was established to provide relief for local, "needy Scot people, after proper investigation." It "enjoys the distinction of being the oldest Scots society in America." It "became t ...
Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
King's Chapel
King's Chapel is an American independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance." It is housed in ...
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England in America (1686–1689) was an administrative union of English colonies covering New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies (except for Delaware Colony and the Province of Pennsylvania). Its political structure repres ...
.
* 1690
** September 25: ''Publick Occurrences'' newspaper begins publication.
** London Coffee-House in business.
* 1692
** Town becomes part of the British colonial
Province of Massachusetts Bay
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in British America which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of ...
.
** Boston Overseers of the Poor established.
* 1699 –
Brattle Street Church
The Brattle Street Church (1698–1876) was a Congregational (1698 – c. 1805) and Unitarian (c. 1805–1876) church on Brattle Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
History
In January 1698, "Thomas Brattle conveyed the land on which the meet ...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a m ...
born on Milk St.
* 1711
** October: Fire.
** Pierce–Hichborn House built (approximate date).
* 1712 – Crease's
apothecary
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Boston Light
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The ...
erected in harbour.
* 1719 – December 21: '' Boston Gazette'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1721 –
1721 Boston smallpox outbreak
In 1721, Boston experienced its worst outbreak of smallpox (also known as variola). 5,759 people out of around 10,600 in Boston were infected and 844 were recorded to have died between April 1721 and February 1722. The outbreak motivated Purita ...
* 1722
** John Bonner's map of Boston published.
** Population: 10,567.
* 1723 –
Old North Church
Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), at 193 Salem Street, in the North End, Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related ...
built, Salem Street.
* 1729 –
Old South Meeting House
The Old South Meeting House is a historic Congregational church building located at the corner of Milk and Washington Streets in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts, built in 1729. It gained fame as the organizing point for th ...
and Granary built.
* 1732 – Hollis Street Church established.
* 1733 – September 27:
Rebekah Chamblit
Rebekah Chamblit (1706–1733) lived in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in the 18th century. She was tried and executed in 1733 for infanticide.
When she was 26 years old, an unmarried Chamblit became pregnant. In May, 1733, she gave birth ...
executed.
* 1735 – Trinity Church built on Summer St.
* 1737
**
Charitable Irish Society of Boston
The Charitable Irish Society of Boston was founded in 1737 and is the oldest Irish organization in North America. Its early charitable efforts focused around providing temporary loans and assistance in finding work to Irish immigrants.
The society ...
founded.
**
Saint Patrick's Day
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begins.
* 1738 – Workhouse built.
* 1742 –
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall ( or ; previously ) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1742, it was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others ...
built.
* 1744 – Hospital active on
Rainsford Island
Rainsford Island, formerly known Hospital Island, Pest House Island, and Quarantine Island,Louisbourg
Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
History
The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, ...
.
** November 5: Unrest during
Pope's Night
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Manufactory House
The Manufactory House in Boston, Massachusetts, was a linen manufactory built in 1753 to provide employment for local women and girls. The business failed, and the building was rented out to various tenants.
In 1768, it was the site of a standoff ...
established.
* 1752
** Smallpox epidemic.
**
Concert Hall
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This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that m ...
Cape Ann earthquake
The 1755 Cape Ann earthquake took place off the coast of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay (present-day Massachusetts) on November 18. At between 6.0 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, it remains the largest earthquake in the history of Massac ...
Britain
Britain most often refers to:
* The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
* Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
's American Customs Board headquartered in Boston.
** June 10:
Protest
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Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
against customs officials.
** July: '' The Liberty Song'' published.
** September:
Massachusetts Convention of Towns
The Massachusetts Convention of Towns (September 22–29, 1768) was an extralegal assembly held in Boston in response to the news that British troops would soon be arriving to crack down on anti-British rioting. Delegates from 96 Massachusetts tow ...
held in Faneuil Hall.
** October: British troops begin to arrive.
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing t ...
.
* 1772
**
Committee of correspondence
The committees of correspondence were, prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a collection of American political organizations that sought to coordinate opposition to British Parliament and, later, support for American independe ...
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell ...
.
* 1774
** January: ''
Royal American Magazine
''The Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement'' (January 1774 – March 1775) was a short-lived monthly periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas and later by Joseph Greenleaf. It ...
'' begins publication.
** March 31:
Boston Port Bill
The Boston Port Act, also called the Trade Act 1774, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 31, 1774, and took effect on June 1, 1774. It was one of five measures (variously called the ''Intolerable Acts'', the ...
blocks trade.
* 1775
** April 19:
Siege of Boston
The siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army, which was garrisoned in what was then the peninsular tow ...
begins.
** June 17:
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in ...
takes place near town.
* 1776 – March 17: Siege of Boston ends; British depart.
* 1784 –
Massachusetts Bank
BankBoston was a bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. One of its predecessor banks started in 1784, but the merged BankBoston was short-lived, being acquired by Fleet Bank in ...
founded.
* 1785 – Massachusetts Humane Society headquartered in Boston.
* 1786 – Charles River Bridge built.
* 1787
** April: Fire.
** October 18:
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, ...
State House
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
.
** January 17: Convention to ratify U.S. Constitution moves to Federal Street Church.
** February 6: Delegates ratify U.S. Constitution; Boston becomes part of the
.
** February 8: Parade in honor of ratification of U.S. Constitution.
* 1789
**
William Hill Brown
William Hill Brown (November 1765 – September 2, 1793) was an American novelist, the author of what is usually considered the first American novel, ''The Power of Sympathy'' (1789), and "Harriot, or the Domestic Reconciliation", as well as th ...
's ''The Power of Sympathy'' published.
** '' Boston Directory'' and ''
Massachusetts Magazine
The ''Massachusetts Magazine'' was published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1789 through 1796. Also called the ''Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment,'' it specialized in "poetry, music, biography, history, physics, geography, mo ...
'' begin publication.
* 1790
** Memorial column erected atop
Beacon Hill Beacon Hill may refer to:
Places Canada
* Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood
* Beacon Hill Park, a park in Victoria, British Columbia
* Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan
* Beacon Hill, Montreal, a neighbourhood in Beaconsfield, Quebec
United ...
.
** Population: 18,320.
* 1791 –
Massachusetts Historical Society
The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history. The Massachusetts Historical Society was established in 1791 and is located at 1154 Boylston Street in Bost ...
founded.
* 1792
**
Board Alley Theatre __NOTOC__
The Board Alley Theatre (1792–1793) was an illegal theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 18th century. Also called the New Exhibition Room, it was located in Board Alley in the Financial District. Although some in town supported ...
Julien's Restorator
Julien's Restorator (c. 1793–1823) was a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, established by French-born Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien.Andrew F. Smith, ed. The Oxford companion to American food and drink. Oxford University Press US, 2 ...
opens on Milk Street.
** February 3:
Federal Street Theatre
The Federal Street Theatre (1793–1852), also known as the Boston Theatre, was located at the corner of Federal and Franklin streets in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was "the first building erected purposely for theatrical entertainm ...
opening performance.
* 1795
**
Columbian Museum The Columbian Museum (1795–1825) was a museum and performance space in Boston, Massachusetts, established by Daniel Bowen, and continued by William M. S. Doyle. The museum featured artworks, natural history specimens, wax figures, and other curio ...
and
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (est.1795) of Boston, Massachusetts, was "formed for the sole purposes of promoting the mechanic arts and extending the practice of benevolence." Founders included Paul Revere, Jonathan Hunnewell, ...
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foot ...
Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. The buildin ...
built on Beacon Hill.
* 1799 – Board of Health created.
* 1800 – Population: 24,937.
19th century
1800s–1840s
* 1801 – Almshouse built on Leverett Street.
* 1803
**
Boston Female Asylum The Boston Female Asylum (1800–1910) was an orphanage in Boston, Massachusetts, "for the care of indigent girls."U.S. Bureau of the Census. Benevolent institutions, 1904; p.78 Its mission was to "receive ... protect ... and instruct ... female ...
Anthology Club
The Anthology Club, or Anthology Society, was a literary society based in Boston, Massachusetts by the Rev. William Emerson, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It operated from 1804 until 1811.
History
The society organized in response to the firs ...
Boston Athenæum
The Boston Athenaeum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of a number of membership libraries, for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenaeum services. The institution was founded in ...
founded.
**
Charles Street Meeting House
The Charles Street Meeting House is an early-nineteenth-century historic church in Beacon Hill at 70 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
The church has been used over its history by several Christian denominations, including Baptists, the Fir ...
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most imp ...
Park Street Church
Park Street Church, founded in 1804, is a historic and active evangelical congregational megachurch in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The Park Street Church is a member of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference. Typical attendance ...
built.
** Philharmonic Society established (approximate date).
** Bryant & Sturgis shipping merchants in business.
* 1811 –
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United State ...
and
Boston Lyceum for the Education of Young Ladies
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established.
* 1812 –
Fragment Society
The Fragment Society is a charitable women's society, founded in 1812 in Boston and incorporated in 1816.Boston Daily Advertiser
The ''Boston Daily Advertiser'' (est. 1813) was the first daily newspaper in Boston, and for many years the only daily paper in Boston.
History
The ''Advertiser'' was established in 1813, and in March 1814 it was purchased by journalist Nathan ...
'' begins publication.
* 1814 –
Linnaean Society of New England The Linnaean Society of New England (1814–1822) was established in Boston, Massachusetts, to promote natural history. The society organized a natural history museum and also arranged lectures and excursions for its members. In 1817 it became invo ...
established.
* 1815
**
Handel and Haydn Society
The Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. Known colloquially as 'H+H', the organization has been in continual performance since its founding in 1815, the longest-serving suc ...
founded.
** May: ''
North American Review
The ''North American Review'' (NAR) was the first literary magazine in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others. It was published continuously until 1940, after which it was inactive until revived a ...
old jail
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
American Unitarian Association
The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Uni ...
Quincy Market
Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed between 1824 and 1826 and named in honor of mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt. The market i ...
Boston Seaman's Friend Society
The Boston Seaman's Friend Society (est. 1827) or Seafarer's Friend is a charitable religious organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. It aims to improve the welfare of mariners.
History
19th century
"Lyman Beecher and a group of congregat ...
An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
David Walker (September 28, 1796August 6, 1830) was an American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, writer, and anti-slavery activist. Though his father was enslaved, his mother was free; therefore, he was free as well (''partus se ...
'' published.
* 1830
**
Boston Society of Natural History
The Boston Society of Natural History (1830–1948) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It published a scholarly journal and established a museum. In its first few decades, the s ...
established.
** July 24: ''
Boston Evening Transcript
The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941.
Beginnings
''The Transcript'' was founded in 1830 by Henry Dutton and James Wentworth of the firm of D ...
The Liberator
Liberator or The Liberators or ''variation'', may refer to:
Literature
* ''Liberators'' (novel), a 2009 novel by James Wesley Rawles
* ''The Liberators'' (Suvorov book), a 1981 book by Victor Suvorov
* ''The Liberators'' (comic book), a Britis ...
'' and ''
The Boston Post
''The Boston Post'' was a daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The ''Post'' was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G. Greene and William Beals.
Edwin Grozier bought ...
'' begin publication.
**
New England Anti-Slavery Society
The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, headquartered in Boston, was organized as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Its roots were in the New England Anti-Slavery Society, organized by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of ...
established.
** S.S. Pierce in business.
* 1832
**
Boston Lying-In Hospital
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most po ...
and Afric-American Female Intelligence Society established.
** Charles Wells becomes mayor.
* 1833
** ''
The Boston Journal
''The Boston Journal'' was a daily newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1833 until October 1917 when it was merged with the ''Boston Herald''.
The paper was originally an evening paper called the ''Evening Mercantile Journal''. When ...
Boston Seaman's Aid Society
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of '' Godey's Lady's Book''. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Hale famously campaigned for the creation of the ...
, and
East Boston
East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and dow ...
Company founded.
** Harding's Gallery active (approximate date).
* 1834
**
Parker Parker may refer to:
Persons
* Parker (given name)
* Parker (surname)
Places Place names in the United States
*Parker, Arizona
*Parker, Colorado
*Parker, Florida
*Parker, Idaho
*Parker, Kansas
*Parker, Missouri
*Parker, North Carolina
*Parker, Pe ...
Temple School
Temple School was a boys secondary modern in Strood, in England. It closed in 2009 along with Chapter Girls School when Strood Academy was opened.
History
In 2006, 2% of the pupils gained 5 passes with Maths and English at GCSE, leading the p ...
opens.
** Theodore Lyman becomes mayor.
** Thompson Island becomes part of Boston.
* 1835 –
Abiel Smith School
Abiel Smith School, founded in 1835, is a school located at 46 Joy Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, adjacent to the African Meeting House. It is named for Abiel Smith, a white philanthropist who left money (an estimated $4,000) in h ...
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper ''The Liberator'', which he foun ...
attacked by anti-abolitionist mob.
* 1836
**
East Boston
East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and dow ...
annexed to Boston.
** '' Boston Pilot'' Catholic newspaper in publication.
** National Theatre and Lion Theatre open.
** Chamber of Commerce established.
**
Samuel Turell Armstrong
Samuel Turell Armstrong (April 29, 1784 – March 26, 1850) was a U.S. political figure. Born in 1784 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he was a printer and bookseller in Boston, specializing in religious materials. Among his works were an early ste ...
becomes mayor.
**
Abolition Riot of 1836
The Abolition Riot of 1836 took place in Boston, Massachusetts (U.S.) in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In August 1836, Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates, two enslaved women from Baltimore who had run away, were arrested in Boston and br ...
* 1837
** June 11:
Broad Street Riot
The Broad Street Riot was a massive brawl that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1837, between Irish Americans and Yankee firefighters. An estimated 800 people were involved in the actual fighting, with at least 10,000 spectators ...
Durgin-Park
Durgin-Park ( ) was a centuries-old restaurant at 340 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that it had been a "landmark since 1827", and it was a popular tourist destination within Q ...
restaurant and Peabody's West Street Bookstore in business.
**
Cunard
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's steamship ''
Britannia
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'' sails from
Liverpool
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...
to Boston.
** Population: 93,383.
**
Jonathan Chapman
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Chapman's father also named Jonathan Chapman served as a member of the Town of Boston's B ...
becomes mayor.
* 1841
**
Boston and Albany Railroad
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Boston Artists' Association The Boston Artists' Association (1841–1851) was established in Boston, Massachusetts by Washington Allston, Henry Sargent, and other painters, sculptors, and architects, in order to organize exhibitions, a school, a workspace for members, and to p ...
Probation
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In some jurisdictions, the term ''probation'' applies only to community sentences ( alternatives to incarceration), suc ...
Merchants Exchange
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Martin Brimmer
Martin Brimmer (June 8, 1793 – April 25, 1847) was an American businessman and politician, who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in the Boston Board of Aldermen, and as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Brim ...
becomes mayor.
* 1844
**
Liverpool
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845.
NEHGS provides family history services through its staff, original scholarship, website,Horticultural Hall built.
** William Parker becomes mayor, succeeded by Thomas Aspinwall Davis,
Benson Leavitt
Benson Leavitt (21 June 1797–1 June 1869) was a Boston, Massachusetts, businessman, born in New Hampshire, who served as an Alderman of Boston, and later as acting mayor after the incumbent became incapacitated and died while in office.
...
, and
Josiah Quincy Jr.
Josiah Quincy IV (; January 17, 1802 – November 2, 1882) was an American politician. He was mayor of Boston (December 11, 1845 – January 1, 1849), as was his father Josiah Quincy III (mayor in 1823–1828) and grandson Josiah Quincy VI ...
**
McKay
McKay, MacKay or Mackay is a Scottish / Irish surname. The last phoneme in the name is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'eye', but in some parts of the world this has come to rhyme with 'hey'. In Scotland, it corresponds to Clan Mackay. Not ...
shipbuilder in business in East Boston.
* 1846
** October 16: First public demonstration of the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic, Ether Dome.
** J.B. Fitzpatrick becomes Catholic bishop of Boston.
** John P. Jewett bookseller in business.
* 1847
** City Point Iron Works, Bay State Iron Company, and
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emil ...
publisher in business.
** Irish Immigrant Society and Needle Woman's Friend Society established.
* 1848
** October 25: Water celebration.
**
C.F. Hovey and Co.
Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859) was a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts who established C.F. Hovey and Co., a department store on Summer Street. Through the years Hovey's business partners included Washington Williams, James H. Bryden, Richard ...
in business.
**
Ladies Physiological Institute Co-founded by Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, the mother of Darius and Cyrus Cobb, noted Boston artists, the Ladies Physiological Institute, was the first women's club in America and promoted health and fitness.
History
In Boston, the Ladies’ Physiologi ...
founded.
* 1849
**
Custom House
A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting ...
Mendelssohn Quintette Club
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club (1849–1895) based in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of "the most active and most widely known chamber ensemble in America" in the latter half of the 19th century. It toured throughout New England and beyond, inclu ...
founded.
**
John P. Bigelow
John Prescott Bigelow (August 25, 1797 – July 4, 1872) was an American politician, who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Secretary of State of Massachusetts, and most prominently as the twelfth mayor of Bosto ...
becomes mayor.
1850s–1890s
* 1850
**
Parkman–Webster murder case
After Boston businessman George Parkman disappeared in November 1849, his dismembered and partially burned body was found in the laboratory of John Webster, a lecturer at Harvard Medical College; Webster was convicted of Parkman's murder and hange ...
Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion
''Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion'' was a 19th-century illustrated periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts from 1851–1859. The magazine was founded by Frederick Gleason in 1851. The publication name was changed to ''Ballou's ...
'' begins publication.
** September 17–19: Railroad Jubilee
* 1852
** February 9: Ordway Hall opens.
** October 24:
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harri ...
dies.
** ''
Sovereign of the Seas ''Sovereign of the Seas'' may refer to one of these ships:
* , an English Royal Navy warship of 102 guns; later renamed ''Sovereign'' and ''Royal Sovereign''
* Sovereign of the Seas (clipper), ''Sovereign of the Seas'' (clipper), an 1852 clipper sh ...
Benjamin Seaver
Benjamin Seaver (April 12, 1795 – February 14, 1856) was an American politician, serving as the thirteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 5, 1852 to January 2, 1854.CCC Boston, 1822-1908, pp. 241-244.
Early life
Seaver was ...
becomes mayor.
* 1853
**
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...
-Boston horsecar line established.
** Henry Hastings & Company in business.
* 1854
** Jerome V. C. Smith becomes mayor.
** Boston Watch and Police ceased, and Boston Police Department came into being.
**
Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also the Library for the Commonwealth (formerly ''library of last recourse'') of the Common ...
Boston Theatre :''See Federal Street Theatre for an earlier theatre known also as the Boston Theatre''
The Boston Theatre was a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. It was first built in 1854 and operated as a theatre until 1925. Productions included performances by ...
open.
**
Boston Art Club
The Boston Art Club, Boston, Massachusetts, serves to help its members, as well as non-members, to access the world of fine art. It currently has more than 250 members.
History
The Boston Art Club was first conceived in Boston in 1854 with the co ...
founded.
**
Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as a bookstore in 1832, the business would publish many 19th century American authors including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Jame ...
publishers in business.
** May:
Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns (May 31, 1834 – July 17, 1862) was an African-American man who escaped from slavery in Virginia in 1854. His capture and trial in Boston, and transport back to Virginia, generated wide-scale public outrage in the North and ...
arrested; abolitionist unrest ensues.
** July: City Regatta begins.
* 1855
** Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital established.
** Parker House hotel and
Williams & Everett
Williams & Everett (est.1855) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an art dealership run by Henry Dudley Williams and William Everett. The firm sold original artworks by American and European artists, as well as "photographs and carbon-pictures of emin ...
in business.
* 1856 –
Alexander H. Rice
Alexander Hamilton Rice (August 30, 1818 – July 22, 1895) was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Boston from 1856 to 1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and as the 30th G ...
Atlantic Monthly
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' begins publication.
* 1858
** Frederic W. Lincoln becomes mayor.
** '' Der Pionier'' German-language newspaper in publication.
** Area of city: 1,801 acres.
* 1859
** August: New England Colored Citizens'
Convention
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* Convention (norm), a custom or tradition, a standard of presentation or conduct
** Treaty, an agreement in international law
* Convention (meeting), meeting of a (usually large) group of individuals and/or companies in a ...
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
Jordan Marsh
Jordan Marsh (officially Jordan Marsh & Company) was an American department store chain that was headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and operated throughout New England. It was founded by Eben Dyer Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh in 1841. The ...
opens.
**
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Milner Wightman (October 19, 1812 – January 25, 1885) was an American politician who, from 1861 to 1863, served as the seventeenth Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
Early years
Wightman was born the son of an immigrant tailor at Elli ...
becomes mayor.
* 1862 – Boston Educational Commission and
Oneida Football Club
The Oneida Football Club, founded and captained by Gerrit Smith Miller in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1862, was the first organized team to play any kind of football in the United States.National Theatre burns down.
** May 28:
54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry R ...
departs for South Carolina.
** July 14: Protest against
draft
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Watercraft dimensions
* Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
* Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
* Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a ves ...
.
**
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifi ...
, Boston Children's Aid Society and
Union Club of Boston __NOTOC__
The Union Club of Boston, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States. It is located on Beacon Hill, adjacent to the Massachusetts State House. The clubhouse at No. 7 and No. 8 Park Street was origin ...
Boston City Hospital
The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in the South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and . ...
City Hall
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...
opens.
**
Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm with 13 offices located in the United States, Asia and Europe. The firm has more than 1,500 lawyers and professionals worldwide, and its clients include corporations and financial institutions, government agen ...
New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on ...
and Boston Society of Architects established.
** YWCA Boston incorporated.
** Otis Norcross becomes mayor.
** December: Charles Dickens kicks off his second and final American reading tour at Tremont Temple
* 1868
**
Roxbury Roxbury may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Roxbury, Nova Scotia
* Roxbury, Prince Edward Island
;United States
* Roxbury, Connecticut
* Roxbury, Kansas
* Roxbury, Maine
* Roxbury, Boston, a municipality that was later integrated into the city of Bosto ...
annexed to Boston.
** Boston Lyceum Bureau established.
** August 20: Chinese embassy visits Boston.
** Woman's Board of Missions headquartered in Boston.
** Nathaniel B. Shurtleff becomes mayor.
* 1869
** June 15:
National Peace Jubilee
The National Peace Jubilee was a celebration that commemorated the end of the American Civil War, organized by Patrick Gilmore in Boston from June 15-19, 1869. It featured an orchestra and a chorus, as well as numerous soloists. More than 11,00 ...
opens.
**
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original c ...
Frost & Adams
Frost & Adams (est.1869) was an artists' supply firm in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Cornhill, on the current site of Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza. It began in 1869 when artist Francis Seth Frost and retailer E.H. Adams bought the b ...
in business.
**
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2012 is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent both to its teaching affiliate, Harvard Medical Scho ...
American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 to work for women's suffrage in the United States. The AWSA lobbied state governments to enact laws granting or expanding women's right to vote ...
headquartered in city.
* 1870
** Dorchester annexed to Boston.
** ''
Woman's Journal
''Woman's Journal'' was an American women's rights periodical published from 1870 to 1931. It was founded in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Browne Blackwell as a weekly newspaper. In 1917 it was purchased ...
South End Grounds
South End Grounds refers to any one of three baseball parks on one site in Boston, Massachusetts. They were home to the franchise that eventually became known as the Boston Braves, first in the National Association and later in the National L ...
open.
**
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend, and ...
and Apollo Club (chorus) established.
**
William Gaston
William J. Gaston (September 19, 1778 – January 23, 1844) was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. Gaston is the author of the official state song of North Carolina, "The Old North State". Gaston County, North Carolin ...
becomes mayor.
* 1872
** Lauriat's bookshop in business.
** March 4: ''
The Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
'' newspaper begins publication.
** June 17:
World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival
The World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival of 1872 took place in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore directed the festival, which lasted some 18 days. The jubilee honored the ending of the ...
opens.
** November 9:
Great Boston Fire of 1872
The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston's largest fire, and still ranks as one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history. The conflagration began at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 1872, in the basement of a com ...
.
* 1873
**
Old South Church
Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts, (also known as New Old South Church or Third Church) is a historic United Church of Christ congregation first organized in 1669. Its present building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Char ...
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation’s oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art school ...
and Catholic Union of Boston founded.
** Henry L. Pierce becomes mayor, succeeded by
Leonard R. Cutter
Leonard Richardson Cutter (July 1, 1825 – July 13, 1894), Chairman of the Board of Aldermen of Boston, Massachusetts, ascended (pursuant to Section 29 of the municipal charter) on November 29, 1873 to the office of acting mayor, with all t ...
.
* 1874
**
Allston
Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood within the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston. It comprises the land covered by the zip code 02134. For the most pa ...
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commu ...
and
West Roxbury
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to t ...
annexed to Boston.
** Pastene's food shop in business.
**
Samuel C. Cobb
Samuel Crocker Cobb (May 22, 1826 – February 18, 1891) was a businessman and politician who served on the city councils of the cities Roxbury, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts and who served three consecutive terms as the mayor of Bos ...
Great Elm
Great Elm is a village and civil parish between Mells and Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Hapsford.
History
The name Great Elm was recorded as ''Telma'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, and th ...
Appalachian Mountain Club
Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is the oldest outdoor group in the United States. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Ma ...
headquartered in city.
** Boston Merchants' Association and MIT Woman's Laboratory established.
* 1877
** April: A
telephone line
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connects Boston and
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville ( ) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area ...
Footlight Club
The Footlight Club is the oldest continuously-running community theater group in the United States of America, having performed every year since 1877. It is a non-profit organization, incorporated as such in 1927.
Based in the Jamaica Plain nei ...
(theatre group) founded.
**
Frederick O. Prince
Frederick Octavius Prince (January 18, 1818 – June 6, 1899) was an American lawyer, politician, and mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
He was the father of financier Frederick H. Prince.
Early life
Frederick Prince was born in Boston, Mass ...
New England Society for the Suppression of Vice
The New England Watch and Ward Society (founded as the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice) was a Boston, Massachusetts, organization involved in the censorship of books and the performing arts from the late 19th century to the middle ...
Horatio J. Homer
Horatio J. Homer (1848–1923) was Boston's first African-American police officer. He was hired by the Boston Police Department in 1878 and served on the force for 40 years.
Early life
Homer was born in Farmington, Connecticut, on May 24, 1848 ...
, Boston's first black police officer, is hired.
* 1879
**
Boston Cooking School The Boston Cooking School was founded in 1879 by the Women’s Education Association of BostonNot to be confused with the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. "to offer instruction in cooking to those who wished to earn their livelihood as co ...
,
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
The Massachusetts Bicycle Club (est.1879) was a cycling club in Boston, Massachusetts.
Brief history
The club was founded on January 10, 1879. "We, the undersigned, hereby agree to organize ourselves into a bicycle club, to be called ''The ...
,
New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute
The New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute (established in 1879) flourished in the 1880s in Boston, Massachusetts. It existed as a rival to the long-established Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Individuals affiliated wit ...
,
Copley Society of Art
The Copley Society of art is America's oldest non-profit art association. It was founded in 1879 by the first graduating class of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and continues to play an important role in promoting its member artists and the ...
, Irish Athletic Club, and Park Theatre established.
**
Frederick O. Prince
Frederick Octavius Prince (January 18, 1818 – June 6, 1899) was an American lawyer, politician, and mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
He was the father of financier Frederick H. Prince.
Early life
Frederick Prince was born in Boston, Mass ...
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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,
The Bostonian Society
The Bostonian Society was a non-profit organization that was founded in 1881 for the purpose of preventing the Old State House (built in 1713) from being "moved brick by brick"
Leaves of Grass
''Leaves of Grass'' is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting ''Leaves of Grass'', revising it multiple times until his death. T ...
''
banned
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.
**
Samuel Abbott Green
Samuel Abbott Green (March 16, 1830 – December 5, 1918) was an American physician-turned-politician from Massachusetts who served as a medical officer during the American Civil War and as mayor of Boston in 1882.
Biography
Green was born in ...
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
Boston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in light classical and popular music. The orchestra's current music director is Keith Lockhart.
Founded in 1885 as an offshoot of the Boston Sym ...
New England Woman's Press Association
The New England Woman's Press Association (NEWPA) was founded by six Boston newspaper women in 1885 and incorporated in 1890. By the turn of the century it had over 150 members. NEWPA sought not only to bring female colleagues together and further ...
Thomas N. Hart
Thomas Norton Hart (January 20, 1829 – October 4, 1927) was an American manufacturer, businessman, and politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902.
Early life and career
Born in North ...
becomes mayor.
** Tremont Theatre opens.
** Boston Architectural Club organized.
**
Thomas N. Hart
Thomas Norton Hart (January 20, 1829 – October 4, 1927) was an American manufacturer, businessman, and politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902.
Early life and career
Born in North ...
becomes mayor.
* 1890
** Boston Macaroni Company in business.
** College Club founded.
** ''Boston Courant'' newspaper begins publication.
** New England Kitchen begins operating.
* 1891
**
Nathan Matthews Jr.
Nathan Matthews Jr. (March 28, 1854 – December 11, 1927) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1894.
Biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 28, 1854, son of Nathan and Albertine (Bu ...
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church. Christian Science was founded in the 19th century in Lynn, Massachusetts ...
built.
** Keith's Theatre and Epicurian Club of Boston established.
**
Immigration Restriction League
The Immigration Restriction League was an American nativist and anti-immigration organization founded by Charles Warren, Robert DeCourcy Ward, and Prescott F. Hall in 1894. According to Erika Lee, in 1894 the old stock Yankee upper-class founde ...
Edwin Upton Curtis
Edwin Upton Curtis (May 26, 1861 – March 28, 1922) was an American attorney and politician from Massachusetts who served as the 34th Mayor of Boston (1895–1896). Later, as Boston Police Commissioner (1918–1922), his refusal to recognize t ...
Steinert Hall
Steinert Hall (est. 1896) of Boston, Massachusetts, stands at 162 Boylston Street on what was called Boston's " piano row",Kahn, Joseph P."Steinert Hall, out of use and far from sight" ''The Boston Globe'', December 13, 2013 opposite the Common in ...
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was ...
begins.
** September 3: Park Street (MBTA station) opens.
* 1898 – YMCA "Evening Institute for Younger Men" (precursor to
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in Charlotte, North C ...
) and Alliance Française established.
* 1899
**
South Station
South Station, officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan ...
Technology Review
''MIT Technology Review'' is a bimonthly magazine wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and editorially independent of the university. It was founded in 1899 as ''The Technology Review'', and was re-launched without "The" in ...
Thomas N. Hart
Thomas Norton Hart (January 20, 1829 – October 4, 1927) was an American manufacturer, businessman, and politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902.
Early life and career
Born in North ...
becomes mayor again.
** Population: 560,892.
20th century
1900s–1940s
* 1901
** January:
L Street Brownies
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(swim club)
plunge
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*Plunge (American football), a play in American football
*Plunge (geology), the inclination of a surface or axis of an anticline to the horizontal
*The Plunge, a historic swim center in Richmond, California
*Plunge Creek, a riv ...
begins.
** April 20:
Huntington Avenue Grounds
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open.
**
Boston Red Sox
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and
Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government
The Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government (BESAGG) was an American organization devoted to women's suffrage in Massachusetts. It was active from 1901 to 1920. Like the College Equal Suffrage League, it attracted younger, less risk- ...
Boston Guardian
The ''Boston Guardian'' was an African-American newspaper, co-founded by William Monroe Trotter and George W. Forbes in 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, and published until the 1950s.
In April 2016, an unrelated publisher launched its own ''Bos ...
'' newspaper begins publication.
**
Arcadia Hotel fire
The Arcadia Hotel fire occurred on December 3, 1913 in a flophouse on the corner of Washington and Laconia Streets in Boston's South End. The fire killed 28 persons, making it the deadliest in Boston at that time, passing the Great Boston Fire ...
* 1902
** Patrick Collins becomes mayor.
** June 23: First Commencement of YMCA "Evening Institute for Younger Men" (precursor to
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in Charlotte, North C ...
) is conducted, with
Josiah Quincy (1859-1919) Josiah Quincy may refer to:
*Josiah Quincy I (1710–1784), American merchant, planter, soldier, and politician
*Josiah Quincy II (1744–1775), American lawyer and patriot
*Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), American educator and political figure, m ...
as the speaker.
**
Tennis and Racquet Club
The Tennis and Racquet Club is a private social club and athletic club located at 939 Boylston Street, in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is a contributing structure in the National Register Historic District.
Designe ...
building constructed.
* 1903
**
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was foun ...
, Catholic Charitable Bureau, and the Boston Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants established.
**
Jordan Hall
Jordan Hall is a 1,051-seat concert hall in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory. It is one block from Boston's Symphony Hall. It is the only conservatory building in the United States to be de ...
Fenway Studios
The Fenway Studios are artists' studios located at 30 Ipswich Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The studios were built after a disastrous 1904 fire at Harcourt Studios in which many artists lost their homes, studios, and work. Business and civic lea ...
built.
**
Universal Peace Congress
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Daniel A. Whelton
Daniel Aloysius Whelton (January 21, 1872 – November 27, 1953) was an American politician who served as the acting mayor of Boston.
Education
Born in Boston to Irish ( County Cork) natives Daniel and Ann Curry Whelton, he lived in Boston's ...
becomes acting mayor.
**
Westland Gate
Westland Gate (also known as the Johnson Gates) is a pair of fountains that borders the Back Bay Fens at the end of Westland Avenue in Boston.
History
Westland Gate was designed by Guy Lowell, architect of the Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and was ...
Longfellow Bridge
The Longfellow Bridge is a steel rib arch bridge spanning the Charles River to connect Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Kendall Square area of Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, ...
built.
**
Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a l ...
The Christian Science Monitor
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'' begins publication.
**
George A. Hibbard
George Albee Hibbard (October 27, 1864 – May 29, 1910) was an American political figure who served as the mayor of Boston from 1908 to 1910.
Early years
Hibbard was born in Boston in 1864, graduated from Harvard University in 1880, and passe ...
becomes mayor.
**
Boston Opera Company
The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from 1909 to 1915.
History
The company was founded in 1908 by Bostonian millionaire Eben Dyer Jordan, Jr. and impresario Henry Rus ...
Boston Marine Museum
__NOTOC__
The Boston Marine Museum (1909-1947) in Boston, Massachusetts, specialized in maritime history. Its collections were displayed in the Old State House in rooms borrowed from the Bostonian Society. Among the objects in the museum were ...
founded.
**
Boston Opera House
The Boston Opera House, also known as the Citizens Bank Opera House, is a performing arts and esports venue located at 539 Washington St. in Boston, Massachusetts. It was originally built as the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, a movie palace in ...
Red Line (MBTA)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in North Cambridge through Somerville and C ...
begins operating.
** April 20:
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and Boston Braves (baseball), since 1953, i ...
St. James Theatre
The St. James Theatre, originally Erlanger's Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 246 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, it was designed by Warren and Wetmore in a neo-Georgian style a ...
opens.
** City Park and Recreation Department created.
**
Vedanta
''Vedanta'' (; sa, वेदान्त, ), also ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas", Vedanta reflects ideas that emerged from, or were aligned with, ...
Center established (approximate date).
* 1913
**
Boylston Street Fishweir
In archeological literature, the name Boylston Street Fishweir refers to ancient fishing structures first discovered in 1913, buried below Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Reports written in 1942 and 1949 describe what was thought to be ...
discovered.
** Women's City Club and Boston Society of Landscape Architects established.
* 1914
**
James Michael Curley
James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized ...
becomes mayor.
** May 4: Exeter Street Theatre opens.
** Guild of Boston Artists incorporated.
** City Planning Board and
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, commonly known as the Boston Fed, is responsible for the Federal Reserve Bank, First District of the Federal Reserve, which covers New England: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and all ...
established.
* 1915
** April 26:
Protest
A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one.
Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
against screening of ''
Birth of a Nation
''The Birth of a Nation'', originally called ''The Clansman'', is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play ''The Cla ...
''.
**
Custom House Tower
The Custom House Tower is a skyscraper in McKinley Square, in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The original building was constructed in 1837–47 and was designed by Ammi Burnham Young in the Greek Revival style. Th ...
built.
** Artists League of Boston founded.
** ''Boston Chronicle'' begins publication.
* 1916
** November 7: Summer Street Bridge disaster.
** Quong Kow Chinese School founded.
**
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...
relocates from Boston to
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge beca ...
Great Molasses Flood
The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
A large storage tank filled with of molasses, weighing approximat ...
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance t ...
founded
* 1922
** Loew's State Theater (cinema) opens.
** James Michael Curley becomes mayor again.
** Boston Council of Social Agencies incorporated.
* 1923 – September 8: Boston Airport opens.
* 1924
**
WBZ (AM)
WBZ (1030 AM) is a Class A clear channel radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts. Originally started by, and formerly owned for most of its existence by, Westinghouse Broadcasting and its successor CBS Radio, WBZ is owned and opera ...
radio begins broadcasting in Boston.
** International Institute of Boston opens.
** The
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The ...
professional ice hockey team is founded, one of the
NHL's
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
Original Six
The Original Six () are the teams that comprised the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs. ...
Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco (; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a ...
executed.
**
Boston College High School
, motto_translation = ''So they may know You.''
, address = 150 Morrissey Boulevard
, city = Boston
, state = Massachusetts
, zipcode = 02125
, country ...
Boston University Bridge
The Boston University Bridge, originally the Cottage Farm Bridge and commonly referred to as the BU Bridge, is a steel truss through arch bridge with a suspended deck carrying Route 2 over the Charles River, connecting the Boston University cam ...
built.
** November 17:
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (lat ...
opens.
**
Beacon Hill Garden Club __NOTOC__
The Beacon Hill Garden Club (est. 1928) of Boston, Massachusetts, is a private civic group devoted to green spaces and urban beautification in the neighborhood of Beacon Hill and elsewhere in the city. Founders of the club include artis ...
Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
Massachusetts's 12th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 Census. Its last location was in south-eastern Massachusetts and its last Congressman was Gerry Studds ...
.
* 1929 – Caffe Vittori in business.
* 1930 – James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again.
** John C. Hull (politician), John C. Hull appointed first Securities Director of Massachusetts (Jan. 1930).
**
Edward C. Johnson II
Edward Crosby Johnson II (January 19, 1898 – April 2, 1984) was an American businessman and lawyer who founded Fidelity Investments.
“A Boston Brahmin, Mr. Johnson was born Edward Crosby Johnson 2d in a townhouse on Beacon street, Back Bay, ...
Frederick Mansfield
Frederick William Mansfield (March 26, 1877 – November 6, 1958) was an American politician and 46th mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Mansfield was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, March 26, 1877. Mansfield was the son of Micha ...
becomes mayor.
**
Sumner Tunnel
The Sumner Tunnel is a road tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It carries traffic under Boston Harbor in one direction, from Logan International Airport and Route 1A in East Boston. The tunnel originally deposited traffic at the w ...
opens.
** Calvin Coolidge College established.
* 1935 – Boston Housing Authority established.
* 1936 – Boston Museum of Modern Art founded.
* 1937 – Marquand's fictional '' The Late George Apley'' published.
* 1938 –
Maurice J. Tobin
Maurice Joseph Tobin (May 22, 1901July 19, 1953) was an American politician serving as Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a liberal that ...
becomes mayor.
* 1939
**
Wheelock College
Wheelock College (Wheelock) was a private college in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1888 by Lucy Wheelock as Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School, it offered undergraduate and graduate programs that focused on the Arts & Sciences, ...
incorporated.
** Housewives League of Boston founded.
** Holy Name Church built.
* 1940
** Citgo sign erected.
**
Hatch Memorial Shell
The Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell (commonly referred to as the "Hatch Shell") is an outdoor concert venue on the Charles River Esplanade in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1939–1940, it is one of the city's prominent e ...
built.
** Boston School of Pharmacy incorporated.
* 1941 – McCloskey's children's book ''
Make Way for Ducklings
''Make Way for Ducklings'' is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941 by the Viking Press, the book tells the story of a pair of mallards who raise their brood of ducklings on an island in ...
'' published.
* 1942
** November 28: Cocoanut Grove fire.
** New England Chinese Women's Association headquartered in city.
* 1944 – Fenway Garden Society established.
* 1945
**
John E. Kerrigan
John E. Kerrigan (October 1, 1908 – May 2, 1987) was the acting mayor of Boston in 1945 after then-Mayor Maurice J. Tobin became governor of Massachusetts.
Biography
Kerrigan was born on October 1, 1908, and was a graduate of South Boston High ...
becomes acting mayor.
** Schillinger House and French Library founded.
* 1946
**
Fidelity
Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty. Its original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of ''fealty''. Both derive from the Latin word ''fidēlis'', meaning "faithful or loyal". In the City of London ...
in business.
** City Department of Veterans’ Services created.
** Community Boating incorporated.
** James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again once more.
**
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance t ...
Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit, majority U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941, and Wendell Wi ...
established.
1950s–1970s
* 1950
** January 17:
Great Brink's Robbery
The Great Brink's Robbery was an armed robbery of the Brink's building in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1950. The $2.775 million ($ million today) theft consisted of $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks ...
.
** Federation of South End Settlements and
Elma Lewis
Elma Ina Lewis (September 15, 1921 – January 1, 2004) was an American arts educator and the founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. She was one of the first recipients of a MacArt ...
School of Fine Arts established.
** Population: 801,444.
* 1951
** June 15: Storrow Drive opens.
** October 6:
WGBH (FM)
WGBH (89.7 MHz; branded as GBH without the " W" since August 31, 2020) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR) and affiliate of Public Radio Exchange (PRX), which ...
begins broadcasting.
**
Museum of Science
The Museum of Science (MoS) is a science museum and indoor zoo in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 700 interactive exhibits, the museum features a number of live prese ...
opens.
** Long Island Viaduct (bridge) built.
* 1954 – Schillinger House renamed
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...
.
* 1955
** May 2:
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS List of PBS member stations, member television station in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of ...
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original c ...
.
** Saint Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church active.
** Boston Catholic Television begins broadcasting.
* 1956
** Boston Airport renamed
Logan International Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport , also known as Boston Logan International Airport and commonly as Boston Logan, Logan Airport or simply Logan, is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partially ...
.
** O'Connor's fictional ''
The Last Hurrah
''The Last Hurrah'' is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United Sta ...
'' published.
* 1957
** Boston Redevelopment Authority and Gibson House Museum established.
** WILD (AM) radio on the air.
* 1958
** February 16–17: Snowstorm.
** November: Funeral of
James Michael Curley
James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized ...
.
** Freedom Trail established.
* 1959
** Central Artery (Boston), Central Artery (freeway) built.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Kyoto, Japan.
* ca. 1959–60 – West End, Boston, West End demolition
* 1960
** March 3–5: Snowstorm.
** October 1: Peace rally held.
** Model United Nations conference held at Northeastern University.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Strasbourg, France.
** John F. Collins becomes mayor.
**Mission Hill, Boston, Razing of Mission Hill's historic district for three high-rise residences
* 1961
** Callahan Tunnel and
Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, ...
Parking Garage open.
** Puerto Rican Entering and Settling Service founded.
* Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns headquartered in Boston.
* 1962
** June 14: Boston Strangler murders begin.
** Scollay Square razed.
** Caffe Paradiso in business.
* 1963
** Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Boston Ballet founded.
** ''The French Chef'' television cooking program begins broadcasting.
* 1964
** Prudential Tower built.
** University of Massachusetts Boston and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority established.
** May 22: Bellflower Street fire in Dorchester.
* 1965 – April 23: Civil rights rally held on Boston Common.
* 1966
** ''The Phoenix (newspaper), Boston Phoenix'' newspaper begins publication.
** Lower Roxbury Community Corporation, Haley House, and South End Historical Society established.
** METCO, Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity school desegregation program begins.
** Copley Square remodeled.
** Paramount Hotel explosion
* 1967
** November 7: Boston mayoral election, 1967 held.
** Charles Cinema in business.
** Chinese American Civic Association headquartered in city.
** Bowker Overpass built. 2012–present
* 1968
** April 4: Racial King assassination riots, unrest.
** April 5: James Brown concert, Boston Garden.
** May 2: Boston Celtics win basketball 1968 NBA Finals, championship.
** National Center of Afro–American Artists, Alianza Hispana, Sociedad Latina de South Boston, Community Chang and city Council on Aging established.
** Blackside films in business.
** Kevin White (mayor), Kevin White becomes mayor.
* 1969
** February: Boston City Hall new building dedicated.
** February 24–27: Snowstorm.
** May 5: Boston Celtics win basketball 1969 NBA Finals, championship again.
** Pine Street Inn Homelessness in the United States#Massachusetts, homeless shelter begins operating.
** New England Aquarium opens.
** Walk for Hunger begins.
* 1970
** May: Antiwar demonstration held.
** May 10:
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The ...
win ice hockey 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, championship.
** Boston Pride parade, Pride begins.
** Aerosmith (musical group), Boston Center for the Arts, and city Rent Board established.
** One Boston Place and 28 State Street built.
** Boston Properties in business.
* 1971
** Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital and Boston Food Co-op established.
** Government Service Center (Boston), Government Service Center built.
** Nova Scotia's donation of the Boston Christmas Tree tradition resumes.
* 1972
** June 17: Hotel Vendome fire.
** Labor demonstration.
** Maison Robert restaurant in business.
**
Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also the Library for the Commonwealth (formerly ''library of last recourse'') of the Common ...
Johnson building opens.
* 1973
** The Boston Caribbean Carnival, is founded (same year as New York City and Washington, D.C.)
** Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, The Boston Harbor Association, Boston Harbor Association, City Life/Vida Urbana, and Boston Baroque founded.
* 1974
** Desegregation busing in the United States, Desegregation busing conflict due to outcome of verdict Morgan v. Hennigan.
** Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción active.
** Independence Day (United States), July 4: Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops begin the annual tradition of a concert and fireworks show at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade, courtesy of local businessman and philanthropist David G. Mugar.
** The Rathskeller music venue opens.
** Rosie's Place founded.
* 1975
** Boston Landmarks Commission and ArtsBoston established.
** Boston Consulting Group in business.
** ''Boston Review, New Boston Review'' begins publication.
* 1976
** John Hancock Tower built.
**Independence Day (United States), July 4: United States Bicentennial, America's Bicentennial celebrations.
** First Night begins.
** ''Boston Irish News'' begins publication.
** Boston Film/Video Foundation and Boston By Foot established.
** WGBH ''Ten O’Clock News'' (local news) begins broadcasting.
** Faneuil Hall Festival marketplace, marketplace developed.
* 1977
** Federal Reserve Bank Building (Boston), Federal Reserve Bank Building constructed.
** Chinese Progressive Association founded.
* 1978
** January 20–21: Snowstorm.
** February 6–7: Snowstorm.
** Newbury Comics in business.
** American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association headquartered in Brighton.
** Boston Preservation Alliance founded.
** L'Espalier restaurant in business.
* 1979
** WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble begins.
** Boston Children's Museum building and The Computer Museum, Boston, Computer Museum open.
** John F. Kennedy Library built.
** Center for Chinese Art and Culture, and Mission of Burma (musical group) established.
** Brian J. Donnelly becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district.
1980s–1990s
* 1980
** Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Youth, and Culinary Historians of Boston founded.
** The Channel (nightclub) opens.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
** Population: 562,994.
* 1981
** Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella, and Boston Area Feminist Coalition founded.
** Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston Food Bank incorporated.
** J.P. Licks in business.
* 1982
** Suffolk Construction Company in business.
** Boston Gay Men's Chorus and Boston Fair Housing Commission established.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Hangzhou, China.
** ''Cheers'' fictional television program begins broadcasting.
* 1983
** ''Dorchester Reporter'' begins publication.
** Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation established.
** Bayside Expo Center opens.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Padua, Italy.
* 1984
** Raymond Flynn becomes mayor.
** Bernard Law becomes Catholic bishop of Boston.
** Bain Capital, Trident Booksellers, and Copley Place Cinemas in business.
** Boston Human Rights Commission, and city Office of Business and Cultural Development established.
* 1985
** Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Universal Buddhist Congregation established.
** Lecco's Lemma hip-hop radio program begins broadcasting on WMBR. ** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Melbourne, Australia.
** Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts State Archives moves to Columbia Point.
* 1986 – Pixies (band), Pixies (musical group), and city Office of Arts and Humanities established.
* 1987
** ACT UP/Boston and Jamaica Plain Historical Society founded.
** Back Bay (MBTA station) rebuilt.
** Partners In Health nonprofit headquartered in city.
** Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
** Gordon Hamersley, Hamersley's Bistro in business.
* 1988
** City of Boston Archives and City Year established.
** Hynes Convention Center and 75 State Street built.
** Aberdeen Group in business.
** Michael Dukakis 1988 United States presidential election, presidential campaign and Pioneer Institute headquartered in city.
** Tent City (housing complex) dedicated.
* 1989
** October 23: Charles Stuart (murderer), Stuart shootings in Mission Hill.
** Biba (restaurant), Biba restaurant in business.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Haifa, Israel.
** Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and New England Shelter for Homeless Veteran founded.
* 1990
** March 18: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Gardner Museum heist.
** Population: 574,283.
* 1991- Deer Island Prison closes.
** The no-name weather system on Halloween becomes known as the 1991 Perfect Storm, Perfect Storm due to how it came together.
* 1992
** ''Spare Change News'' begins publication.
** Ten Point Coalition founded.
** Chinese Historical Society of New England headquartered in city.
** Avalon nightclub opens.
* 1993
** July 12: Thomas Menino, president of the Boston City Council, becomes acting mayor when Raymond Flynn, Mayor Flynn resigns to accept his appointment by Bill Clinton, President Clinton to become United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Ambassador to the Holy See.
** November 2: Menino is elected mayor in his own right.
** Urban College of Boston established.
** C-Mart grocery in Chinatown and Alpha Management Corp. (landlord) in business.
* 1994
** August 15: Chinook Checkers Program wins Man vs Machine World Team Championship. ** Alternatives for Community and Environment founded.
** Rent control ends.
** Leader Bank Pavilion, Harbor Lights Pavilion (amphitheatre) opens.
* 1995
** Ted Williams Tunnel opens.
** Piers Park Sailing Center, and city Office of Civil Rights established.
** Stop & Shop grocery in business in Jamaica Plain.
** Citizen Schools nonprofit headquartered in Boston.
** Boston Fashion Week begins.
* 1996
** City website launched.
** The
Boston City Hospital
The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in the South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and . ...
(BCH), the first municipal hospital in the United States and Boston University Medical Center Hospital (BUMCH) merge.
** Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, city Public Health Commission, and Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, Massachusetts Interactive Media Council established.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.
** Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth headquartered in city.
** Boston Coalition of Black Women incorporated.
** Operation Ceasefire implemented.
* 1997
** April 1: Blizzard.
** Grub Street, Inc., Grub Street writing center established.
** Shaw's grocery in business in Dorchester.
** Boston Demons begin play in inaugural United States Australian Football League, USAFL season.
* 1998
** Roxbury Film Festival, Dudley Film Festival begins.
** Urban Ecology Institut founded.
** Barbara Lynch (restaurateur), No. 9 Park restaurant in business.
**
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (lat ...
is demolished.
* 1999
** Mike Capuano becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
** John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse built.
** Northeastern University's Center for Urban and Regional Policy and
Fidelity
Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty. Its original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of ''fealty''. Both derive from the Latin word ''fidēlis'', meaning "faithful or loyal". In the City of London ...
Center for Applied Technology established.
** Nixon Peabody in business.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, England.
* 2000
** T Rider's Union, Boston University's Pardee Center for International Futures, Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Technology Goes Home digital divide project established.
** Joanne Chang opens Flour Bakery.
** Population: 589,141.
21st century
2000s
* 2001
** Stephen Lynch (politician), Stephen Lynch becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
** Trader Joe's grocery in business in Back Bay.
** MassEquality headquartered in Boston.
* 2002
** Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston reported.
** Super 88 grocery in business in Allston.
** South End Technology Center active.
* 2003
** February 17–18: Snowstorm.
** Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge opens.
** Discover Roxbury established.
** Independent Film Festival of Boston and Anime Boston convention begin.
** AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts headquartered in city.
* 2004
** June: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center opens.
** July: 2004 Democratic National Convention held.
** October 27: Red Sox win World Series (for the first time since 1918).
** Boston Social Forum held.
** Artists for Humanity EpiCenter built.
** Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti headquartered in Boston.
** City's "Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events" and Boston Public Library Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Map Center established.
* 2005
** January 22–23: Blizzard.
** Boston Workers Alliance and Boston Derby Dames (rollerderby league) established.
** ''Universal Hub'' begins publication.
** Eastern Standard restaurant and Toro restaurant in business.
* 2006
** July 10: Big Dig ceiling collapse.
** August 15: Joseph E. Aoun takes office as the seventh president of
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in Charlotte, North C ...
.
** December: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art building opens in South Boston.
** Crittenton Women's Union formed.
* 2007
** Big Dig completed.
** 826 Boston (writing center) and Berklee's Cafe 939 open.
** Charles/MGH (MBTA station) rebuilt.
** Myers + Chang restaurant in business.
** ''Xconomy'' begins publication.
** Sister cities of Boston, Sister city relationship established with Valladolid, Spain.
** Grow Boston Greener established.
* 2008
** Rose Kennedy Greenway built.
** Open Media Boston established.
** ''BostInno'' begins publication.
* 2009
** Boston Book Festival and TEDx Boston begin.
** ''GlobalPost'' news headquartered in Boston.
** Boston Street Lab incorporated.
** City government "Citizens Connect" 3-1-1 app launched.
** Higher Ground Boston, and Bocoup Loft, Boston World Partnerships nonprofit, and Boston University's New England Center for Investigative Reporting established.
** Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center opens in Roxbury.
** August 29: Funeral and procession for longtime US Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
2010s
* 2010
** One City One Book, One City One Story, Boston Rising program in Dorchester, Boston, Grove Hall, Girls Rock Boston, JP Music Festival, and Design Museum Boston established.
** MuckRock headquartered in Boston.
** Island Creek Oyster Bar in business.
** Population: 617,594; Greater Boston, metro 4,552,402.
* 2011
** September 30: Occupy Boston begins.
** Hubway (bike system) and Future Boston Alliance established.
** Boston Urban Iditarod begins.
** Population: 625,087; metro 4,591,112.
* 2012
** October: Hurricane Sandy.
** Data.cityofboston.gov website launched.
** Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 headquartered in Boston.
** Boston Contemporary Dance Festival begins.
** Population: 636,479.
* 2013
** February 8–9: Blizzard.
** April 15: Boston Marathon bombing.
** April 19: City shuts down for manhunt of marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tamerlan died in a shootout with Watertown Police three after the tragedy. Towards the end of the manhunt, Dzhokhar was found hidden in a boat in a Watertown backyard. He was surrounded by police and was later taken into custody.
** June 12: Whitey Bulger trial begins.
** October 30: The
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eig ...
, in an end-of-year triumph, win the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals; the first win at
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and Boston Braves (baseball), since 1953, i ...
since 1918, and the third they've won since 2004.
** November 5: Boston mayoral election, 2013.
** Millennium Tower (Boston, Massachusetts), Millennium Tower construction begins.
** Digital Public Library of America headquartered in Boston.
** Code for America, Code for Boston active.
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Longfellow Bridge
The Longfellow Bridge is a steel rib arch bridge spanning the Charles River to connect Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Kendall Square area of Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, ...
renovation begins.
** November 14, 2013, Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes by U.S. District Judge Denise Casper. As of January 10, 2014 Bulger is currently incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Tucson, United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona]
* 2014
** Marty Walsh becomes mayor.
** Boston Veterans' court, Veterans Treatment Court begins operating.
** April: City government open data executive order signed.
** November 3: Funeral and procession for former mayor Thomas Menino, Tom Menino, after he lay in state at
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall ( or ; previously ) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1742, it was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others ...
the previous day.
** December: Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics submitte ** TD Garden, the home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, will receive a $70 million facelift over the next two years.
* 2015
** January 5: The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins.
** January 26–27: January 2015 North American blizzard.
** March: After closure in 2014 the rebuilt Government Center station (MBTA), Government Center MBTA station] reopens.
** March-April: what remained of Long Island Bridge in Boston Harbor is demolished after having been formally closed a year earlier in 2014.
** May: United Women's Lacrosse League is founded.
** June: Kimono protest begins.
** July 14: Tide Street snow pile melts.
** City 15-year master plan process begins.
** Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate opens.
** Daily Table grocery and Boston Market in business.
** Sunfish spotted in harbour.
** Tower at One Greenway built.
** Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street, One Dalton construction begins.
* 2016 – February 23: Boston Storm (UWLX) is founded as one of the four original teams in the United Women's Lacrosse League.
** October: An unusually high 'King Tide' over-tops part of Long Wharf along the Boston waterfront.
* 2017
** January 21: 2017 Women's March, Women's protest against U.S. president Trump.
** April 3: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex at
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in Charlotte, North C ...
opens for collaborative research, laboratory access, and classroom learning.
** August 18: Thousands march from Roxbury to Boston Common to protest white nationalism a week after violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. They protest a gathering of a hundred self-identified free speech advocates associated with the alt-right.
** August, 20: the .boston top-level internet domain (GeoTLD) officially started taking registrations.
* 2019
** Long time Dudley becomes officially renamed Nubian Square.
2020s
* 2020
** March: Boston was hardest-hit by COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Marty Walsh declares state of emergency, which put few thousands of residents out of work, issued strict local stay-at-home orders, and shifted others to work at home.
* 2021
** First Woman Mayor of Boston was elected on the 2nd of November. Michelle Wu, 36-year-old daughter of Taiwanese immigrants.
* 2022
** A New New Holocaust museum and education center To be located on the Freedom Trail that marks the history of the United States. Marked largely with brick, it winds from
Boston Common
The Boston Common (also known as the Common) is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. Boston Common consists of of land bounded by Tremont Street (139 Tremont St.), Park Street, ...
in downtown Boston through the North End, Boston, North End to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. In 2022 a Holocaust museum was slated and design, along with plenty of funding and this will be designed along the Freedom Trail at the Boston Common within view of the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill.
See also
* Annual events in Boston
* History of Boston
* List of mayors of Boston
* Past Members of the Boston City Council
* :Timelines of cities in Massachusetts, Timelines of other List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipalities in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts: Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Timeline of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Haverhill, Timeline of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Lawrence, Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts, Lowell, Timeline of Lynn, Massachusetts, Lynn, Timeline of New Bedford, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts, Salem, Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts, Waltham, Timeline of Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester
* Timeline of Holyoke, Massachusetts
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