Timeline of Boston
This is a timeline of the history of the city of Boston, US.
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17th century
- 1625 – William Blaxton arrives.
- 1630
- English Puritans arrive.
- First Church in Boston established.
- September 7 (old style): Boston named.
- 1631 – Boston First Watch (police) established.
- 1632 – Settlement becomes capital of the English Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
- 1634
- Boston Common established.[2]
- Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts on the 4th of March.
- 1635 – Boston Latin School founded.[3]
- 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch.
- 1637 – woent and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts founded.
- 1638
- Desiré slave ship arrives.[4]
- Anne Hutchinson excommunicated.
- 1644 – "Slaving expedition" departs for Africa.[5]
- 1648 – Margaret Jones hanged.[6]
- 1649 – Second Church established.
- 1657 – Scots Charitable Society of Boston founded.
- 1658 – Town-House built.
- 1660
- June 1: Mary Dyer hanged.
- Copp's Hill Burying Ground and Granary Burying Ground established.[2]
- 1669 – Third Church built.[2]
- 1679
- Province House and Baptist church built.[2]
- Fire.[7]
- 1680 – Paul Revere House built (approximate date).
- 1688 – King's Chapel built.
- 1689 – The Boston Revolt results in the overthrow of Sir Edmund Andros, unpopular governor of the Dominion of New England.
- 1690
- September 25: Publick Occurrences newspaper begins publication.[8]
- London Coffee-House in business.[9]
- 1692
- Town becomes part of the British colonial Province of Massachusetts Bay.
- Boston Overseers of the Poor established.[10]
- 1699 – Brattle Street Church built.
18th century
1700s–1760s
Stamp Act riot, 1764
- 1700 – North Writing School established.[11]
- 1701 – Castle William (fort) rebuilt in harbour.
- 1704
- Capen house built (approximate date).
- April 24: The Boston News-Letter begins publication.[12]
- 1705 – Benjamin Franklin born on Milk St.
- 1711
- October: Fire.[2]
- Pierce–Hichborn House built (approximate date).
- 1712 – Crease's apothecary rebuilt.
- 1713 – May: Boston Bread Riot.
- 1716 – Boston Light erected in harbour.[7]
- 1719 – December 21: Boston Gazette newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1722
- 1723 – Old North Church built, Salem Street.
- 1729 – Old South Meeting House[1] and Granary built.[2]
- 1732 – Hollis Street Church established.
- 1733 – September 27: Rebekah Chamblit executed.
- 1735 – Trinity Church built on Summer St.
- 1737
- Charitable Irish Society of Boston founded.[10]
- Saint Patrick's Day begins.[15]
- 1738 – Workhouse built.[2]
- 1742 – Faneuil Hall built.
- 1744 – Hospital active on Rainsford Island.[7]
- 1745
- March: Military expedition sails from Boston to Louisbourg.[16]
- November 5: Unrest during Pope's Night.[7]
- Bells installed in Christ Church.[17]
- 1748 – Manufactory House established.[7]
- 1752
- Smallpox epidemic.[7]
- Concert Hall built.
- 1754 – Boston Marine Society incorporated.
- 1755 – November 18: Cape Ann earthquake.
- 1760
- March 20: Great Boston Fire of 1760.[7]
- Population: 15,631.[7]
- 1765 – Protest against Stamp Act.[18]
- 1768
- Britain's American Customs Board headquartered in Boston.
- June 10: Protest against customs officials.
- July: The Liberty Song published.
- October: British troops begin to arrive.[19][20]
1770s–1790s
- 1770
- Massachusetts Spy newspaper begins publication.
- March 5: Boston Massacre.[1]
- 1772
- Committee of correspondence formed.[16]
- Boston Pamphlet (rights declaration) published.[21]
- 1773
- Hutchinson Letters Affair.
- December 16: Boston Tea Party.[22][23]
- 1774
- January: Royal American Magazine begins publication.
- March 31: Boston Port Bill blocks trade.[1]
- 1775
- April 19: Siege of Boston begins.
- June 17: Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near town.
- 1776 – March 17: Siege of Boston ends; British depart.[1][18]
- 1784 – Massachusetts Bank founded.
- 1785 – Massachusetts Humane Society headquartered in Boston.[24]
- 1786 – Charles River Bridge built.[2]
- 1787
- April: Fire.[2]
- October 18: Massachusetts General Court receives U.S. Constitution.[25]
- African Masonic lodge active.[4]
- 1788
- January 9: Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. Constitution begins at State House.[25]
- January 17: Convention to ratify U.S. Constitution moves to Federal Street Church.[25]
- February 6: Delegates ratify U.S. Constitution;[25] Boston becomes part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- February 8: Parade in honor of ratification of U.S. Constitution.[25]
- 1789
- William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy published.
- Boston Directory and Massachusetts Magazine begin publication.
- 1790
- Memorial column erected atop Beacon Hill.
- Population: 18,320.[26]
- 1791 – Massachusetts Historical Society founded.
- 1792
- Board Alley Theatre opens.
- Boston Library Society established.
- J. & T.H. Perkins shipping merchant in business.
- 1793 – West Boston Bridge opens.[2]
- 1794
- Julien's Restorator opens on Milk Street.[27]
- February 3: Federal Street Theatre opening performance.
- 1795
- Columbian Museum and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association established.
- Mount Vernon Proprietors in business.
- Tontine Crescent built.
- 1796
- Haymarket Theatre, African Society,[28] and Boston Medical Dispensary[29] established.
- Otis House built in West End.
- 1797 – October 21: USS Constitution ship launched.
- 1798 – Massachusetts State House built.
- 1799 – Board of Health created.[30]
19th century
1800s–1840s
Flight of balloonist Charles F. Durant in Boston, September 13, 1834
Water celebration, 1848
- 1800 – Population: 24,937.
- 1801 – Almshouse built on Leverett Street.[2]
- 1803
- Boston Female Asylum incorporated.
- Holy Cross Church built.
- 1804
- Anthology Club, Social Law Library,[31] and Market Museum established.
- Nichols house built.
- Union Circulating Library in business.
- 1805
- Ice merchant F. Tudor in business.[32]
- Boston Medical Library established.
- 1806 – African Meeting House and Old West Church built.
- 1807
- Boston Athenæum founded.
- Charles Street Meeting House built.
- 1808 – Roman Catholic diocese of Boston established;[33] John Cheverus becomes bishop.[34]
- 1809 – Craigie Bridge opens.
- 1810
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions headquartered in Boston.
- Boylston Market and Park Street Church built.
- Philharmonic Society established (approximate date).
- Bryant & Sturgis shipping merchants in business.[35]
- 1811 – Massachusetts General Hospital[29] and Boston Lyceum for the Education of Young Ladies established.
- 1812 – Fragment Society founded.
- 1813 – Boston Daily Advertiser begins publication.
- 1814 – Linnaean Society of New England established.
- 1815
- Handel and Haydn Society founded.[36]
- May: North American Review begins publication.
- 1816 – Provident Institution for Savings established.
- 1818
- New-England Museum opens.[37]
- November 3: Exchange Coffee House burns down.
- Methodist Episcopal Church established.[38][39]
- Annin & Smith in business (approximate date).
- 1819 – Cathedral Church of St. Paul built.
- 1820 – Mercantile Library Association established.
- 1821
- English Classical School established.[40]
- Doggett's Repository of Arts opens (approximate date).
- 1822
- Boston incorporated as a city.[41]
- Leverett Street Jail opens; old jail closes.
- May 1: John Phillips becomes mayor.[42]
- 1823
- Chickering and Sons piano manufacturer in business.[36]
- Josiah Quincy III becomes mayor.
- City seal design adopted.[43]
- 1824
- 1825
- Pendleton's Lithography in business.
- American Unitarian Association headquartered in city.
- 1826
- Massachusetts General Colored Association and House of Juvenile Reformation[27] established.
- Quincy Market built.
- Atwood & Bacon Oyster House in business.
- 1827
- September 24: Tremont Theatre opens.
- Boston Seaman's Friend Society organized.[29]
- 1829
- Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Boston Lyceum established.
- Harrison Gray Otis becomes mayor.
- Tremont House built.
- Walker's An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World published.[45]
- 1830
- Boston Society of Natural History established.
- July 24: Boston Evening Transcript begins publication.
- Population: 61,392.
- 1831
- The Liberator[46] and The Boston Post begin publication.
- New England Anti-Slavery Society established.[47]
- S.S. Pierce in business.
- 1832
- Boston Lying-In Hospital and Afric-American Female Intelligence Society[48] established.
- Charles Wells becomes mayor.
- 1833
- The Boston Journal newspaper begins publication.
- Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston Seaman's Aid Society, and East Boston Company[27] founded.
- Harding's Gallery active (approximate date).
- 1834
- Parker & Ditson and Boston Sugar Refinery (East Boston) in business.
- Temple School opens.
- Theodore Lyman becomes mayor.
- Thompson Island becomes part of Boston.[49]
- 1835 – Abiel Smith School[39] and American House (hotel) founded.
- 1836
- East Boston annexed to Boston.[50]
- Boston Pilot Catholic newspaper in publication.[34]
- National Theatre and Lion Theatre open.[35]
- Chamber of Commerce established.[51]
- Samuel Turell Armstrong becomes mayor.
- 1837
- June 11: Broad Street Riot.
- Samuel Atkins Eliot becomes mayor.
- Harvard Musical Association organized.[36]
- 1838 – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church established.[52]
- 1839
- Lowell Institute lectures begin.
- Melodeon opens.
- City lunatic asylum established.[27]
- 1840
- Friends of Ireland society founded.[27]
- Durgin-Park restaurant[53] and Peabody's West Street Bookstore in business.
- Cunard's steamship Britannia sails from Liverpool to Boston.[54]
- Population: 93,383.
- Jonathan Chapman becomes mayor.
- 1841
- Boston and Albany Railroad in operation.[27]
- Boston Museum, Boston Artists' Association, and Plumbe's photo gallery established.
- Probation for prisoners introduced.[55]
- 1842 – Merchants Exchange built.
- 1843
- Tremont Temple established.
- Martin Brimmer becomes mayor.
- 1844
- Liverpool-Boston "White Diamond Line" begins operating.[56]
- Phillips School established.
- 1845
- Chinese Museum, Howard Athenaeum, and New England Historic Genealogical Society established.
- Horticultural Hall built.
- William Parker becomes mayor, succeeded by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, Benson Leavitt, and Josiah Quincy, Jr.
- McKay 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.[34]
- John P. Jewett bookseller in business.
- 1847
- City Point Iron Works, Bay State Iron Company,[27] and Little, Brown and Company publisher in business.
- Irish Immigrant Society[34] and Needle Woman's Friend Society[57] established.
- 1848
- October 25: Water celebration.
- C.F. Hovey and Co. in business.
- Ladies Physiological Institute founded.[58]
- 1849
- Custom House built.
- November 23: Beacon Hill Reservoir opens.
- Mendelssohn Quintette Club founded.[36]
- John P. Bigelow becomes mayor.
1850s–1890s
Railroad Jubilee on Boston Common, 1851; painting by William Sharp
After the fire, 1872
- 1850
- Parkman–Webster murder case.
- Fetridge and Company in business.
- Roberts v. City of Boston racial segregation lawsuit decided.[59]
- 1851
- Charles Street Jail built.
- Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion begins publication.
- September 17–19: Railroad Jubilee[60]
- 1852
- February 9: Ordway Hall opens.
- October 24: Daniel Webster dies.
- Sovereign of the Seas (clipper ship) launched.[44]
- Mount Hope Cemetery consecrated.[61]
- Orpheum Theatre built.
- Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston incorporated.[10]
- Somerset Club established.
- Benjamin Seaver becomes mayor.
- 1853
- 1854
- Boston Watch and Police ceased, and Boston Police Department came into being.
- Boston Public Library, Adath Israel synagogue, and Boston Theatre open.
- Boston Art Club founded.[63]
- Ticknor and Fields publishers in business.
- May: Anthony Burns arrested; abolitionist unrest ensues.[18]
- July: City Regatta begins.[64]
- Jerome V. C. Smith becomes mayor.
- 1855
- Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital established.[29]
- Parker House hotel and Williams & Everett in business.
- 1856 – Alexander H. Rice becomes mayor.
- 1857
- State Street Block built.
- November 1: Atlantic Monthly begins publication.
- 1858
- Frederic W. Lincoln becomes mayor.
- Der Pionier German-language newspaper in publication.
- Area of city: 1,801 acres.[44]
- 1859
- August: New England Colored Citizens' Convention held in city.[65]
- Boston Aquarial Gardens open.
- 1860
- Public Garden and Gibson house built.
- Old Feather Store demolished.
- October 18: Edward VII of the United Kingdom visits Boston.[66]
- Young's Hotel in business.
- Population: 177,840.[26]
- 1861
- Arlington Street Church and Studio Building constructed.
- Jordan Marsh opens.
- Joseph Wightman becomes mayor.
- 1862 – Boston Educational Commission[67] and Oneida Football Club[68] founded.
- 1863
- March 24: National Theatre burns down.
- May 28: 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry departs for South Carolina.
- July 14: Protest against draft.[69]
- Boston College, Boston Children's Aid Society[29] and Union Club of Boston established.
- Hancock Manor demolished.[70]
- Frederic W. Lincoln becomes mayor again.
- 1864
- New England Museum of Natural History built.[71]
- Boston City Hospital opens.[30]
- De Vries, Ibarra & Co. in business (approximate date).
- 1865
- City Hall and Horticultural Hall built.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology opens.
- Ropes & Gray in business.
- Bostoner Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.[27]
- 1867
- New England Conservatory and Boston Society of Architects[63] 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 annexed to Boston.
- Boston Lyceum Bureau established.
- August 20: Chinese embassy visits Boston.[72]
- Woman's Board of Missions headquartered in Boston.[73]
- Nathaniel B. Shurtleff becomes mayor.
- 1869
- June 15: National Peace Jubilee opens.[12]
- Boston University chartered.[74]
- Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston Musical Instrument Company, and Frost & Adams in business.
- Boston Children's Hospital, Horace Mann School for the Deaf,[40] and Evening High School[40] established.
- American Woman Suffrage Association headquartered in city.[75]
- 1870
- Dorchester annexed to Boston.[50]
- Woman's Journal begins publication.
- Population: 250,526.[26]
- 1871
- May 16: South End Grounds open.
- Globe Theatre and Apollo Club (chorus)[10] established.
- William Gaston becomes mayor.
- 1872
- Lauriat's bookshop in business.[76]
- March 4: The Boston Globe newspaper begins publication.
- June 17: World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival opens.[12]
- November 9: Great Boston Fire of 1872.[12]
- 1873
- Old South Church and St. Leonard's Church[77] built.
- Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873.
- Massachusetts Normal Art School and Catholic Union of Boston[78] founded.
- Henry L. Pierce becomes mayor, succeeded by Leonard R. Cutter.
- 1874
- Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Jamaica Plain[61] and West Roxbury[50] annexed to Boston.
- Pastene's food shop in business.[79]
- Samuel C. Cobb becomes mayor.
- 1875 – Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Hayden Building constructed.
- 1876
- February 15: Great Elm felled by storm, Boston Common.
- July 4: Museum of Fine Arts opens on Art Square.[80]
- Appalachian Mountain Club headquartered in city.[81]
- Boston Merchants' Association[82] and MIT Woman's Laboratory established.
- 1877
- April: A telephone line connects Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts.[83]
- Trinity Church built.
- Marcella-Street Home opens.[61]
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union and Footlight Club (theatre group) founded.
- Frederick O. Prince becomes mayor.
- 1878
- Gaiety Theatre opens.
- New England Society for the Suppression of Vice founded.[84]
- Henry L. Pierce becomes mayor again.
- 1879
- Boston Cooking School, Massachusetts Bicycle Club, New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Copley Society of Art,[63] Irish Athletic Club,[85] and Park Theatre established.
- Frederick O. Prince becomes mayor again.
- 1880
- September 17: 250th anniversary of settlement of Boston.[86]
- Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art founded.
- Population: 362,839.
- 1881 – Boston Symphony Orchestra,[36] The Bostonian Society, Filene's, Boston Camera Club, and Associated Charities of Boston[29] established.
- 1882
- Bijou Theatre established.
- Whitman's Leaves of Grass banned.[84]
- Samuel Abbott Green becomes mayor.
- Long Island becomes part of Boston.
- 1883
- Chickering Hall built.
- Albert Palmer becomes mayor.
- 1884
- August 4: Thomas Stevens (cyclist) arrives from Oakland, California.[87]
- Cyclorama Building built.
- Tavern Club founded.
- Augustus Pearl Martin becomes mayor.
- Boston Ecclesiastical Seminary opens.
- 1885
- Boston Pops Orchestra, North Bennet Street Industrial School, and New England Woman's Press Association[88] established.
- Hugh O'Brien becomes mayor.
- Boston Fruit Company (importer) in business.
- First Spiritual Temple built.
- Children's playground opens in the North End.[89][90]
- 1886 – June: New England Fair exhibition building burns down.[91]
- 1888
- Grand Opera House established.
- Sacred Heart Church built.[77]
- Bellamy's fictional Looking Backward: 2000–1887 published.
- 1889
- January 7: Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor.
- Tremont Theatre opens.
- Boston Architectural Club organized.[63]
- Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor.
Central Burying Ground: "Here were interred the remains of persons found under the Boylston St. Mall during the digging of the subway, 1895" (photo from 2008)
- 1890
- Boston Macaroni Company in business.[79]
- College Club founded.
- Boston Courant newspaper begins publication.[92]
- New England Kitchen begins operating.[93]
- 1891
- Nathan Matthews, Jr. becomes mayor.
- Columbia Theatre and Lend a Hand Society[10] established.
- New Riding Club building constructed.[94]
- 1892 – Denison House (settlement) and North End Union founded.
- 1893
- Adams Courthouse built.
- Grundmann Studios and Mechanic Arts High School[40] established.
- 1894
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist built.
- Keith's Theatre and Epicurian Club of Boston[95] established.
- Immigration Restriction League headquartered in city.
- 1895
- August: First National Conference of the Colored Women of America held in Boston.
- Edwin Upton Curtis becomes mayor.
- Boston Public Library, McKim Building built.[30]
- 1896
- Steinert Hall built.
- Josiah Quincy becomes mayor.
- Boston Cooking-School Cook Book published.
- Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club formed.
- 1897
- April 19: Boston Marathon begins.[96]
- September 3: Park Street (MBTA station) opens.
- 1898 – YMCA "Evening Institute for Younger Men" (precursor to Northeastern University) and Alliance Française[97] established.
- 1899
- South Station built.
- Simmons College and Boston Rescue Mission founded.
- Choate, Hall & Stewart in business.
- MIT's Technology Review begins publication.[98]
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1900
- Symphony Hall and Colonial Theatre[99] built.
- Thomas N. Hart becomes mayor again.
- Population: 560,892.[100]
- 1901
- January: L Street Brownies (swim club) plunge begins.[101]
- April 20: Huntington Avenue Grounds open.
- Boston Red Sox and Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government[102][103] founded.
- Horticultural Hall built on Massachusetts Avenue.
- Boston Guardian newspaper begins publication.[28]
- 1902
- Patrick Collins becomes mayor.
- Tennis and Racquet Club building constructed.[94]
- 1903
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Catholic Charitable Bureau,[104] and the Boston Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants[105] established.
- Jordan Hall opens.
- Gazzetta del Massachusetts newspaper begins publication.[106]
- 1904
- Wentworth Institute of Technology and Metropolitan Improvement League[63] founded.
- Cabot, Cabot & Forbes in business.
- Fenway Studios built.[94]
- Universal Peace Congress held.
- Boston American newspaper begins publication.
- 1905
- Daniel A. Whelton becomes acting mayor.
- Westland Gate built.[94]
- 1906
- John F. Fitzgerald becomes mayor.
- Longfellow Bridge built.
- Suffolk University, Boston City Club, and Junior League of Boston[107] established.
- 1907 – Boston Finance Commission established.
- 1908
- The Christian Science Monitor begins publication.
- George A. Hibbard becomes mayor.
- Boston Opera Company and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology established.[108]
- Women's Municipal League of Boston active.[109]
- Paul Revere House restored.[2]
- 1909
- Boston Flower Exchange and Boston Marine Museum founded.
- Boston Opera House and Museum of Fine Arts open on Huntington Avenue.[63][110]
- 1910
- Charles River Dam Bridge built.
- Chilton Club for women and League of Catholic Women[111] established.
- John F. Fitzgerald becomes mayor again.
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities,[63] Armenian General Benevolent Union,[112] and World Peace Foundation[29] headquartered in city.
- Boston Arena opens, and today the world's oldest operational indoor multisports facility.
- 1911 – Plymouth Theatre opens.
- 1912
- January: Revere House hotel burns down in Bowdoin Square.
- March: Red Line (MBTA) begins operating.[113]
- April 20: Fenway Park opens.
- Hyde Park annexed to Boston.[49]
- St. James Theatre opens.
- City Park and Recreation Department created.[30]
- Vedanta Center established (approximate date).[114]
- 1913
- Boylston Street Fishweir discovered.
- Women's City Club[111] and Boston Society of Landscape Architects[63] established.
- 1914
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor.
- May 4: Exeter Street Theatre opens.[115]
- Guild of Boston Artists incorporated.[63]
- City Planning Board[30] and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston established.
- 1915
- Custom House Tower built.
- Artists League of Boston founded.[63]
- Boston Chronicle begins publication.[116]
- 1916
- November 7: Trolley accident.[117]
- Quong Kow Chinese School founded.[118]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology relocates from Boston to Cambridge.
- 1917 – Boston School for Secretaries established.[119]
- 1918
- Andrew James Peters becomes mayor.
- Red Sox win World Series.
- 1919
- January 15: Boston Molasses Disaster.
- September 9: Boston Police Strike.[120]
- Emmanuel College founded.
- 1922
- 1923 – September 8: Boston Airport opens.
- 1924
- WBZ (AM) radio begins broadcasting in Boston.[121]
- International Institute of Boston opens.[122]
- The Boston Bruins professional ice hockey team is founded, one of the NHL's Original Six teams.
- 1925 – Metropolitan Theatre built.[99]
- 1926 – Republican Malcolm Nichols becomes mayor.
- 1927
- August 23: Sacco and Vanzetti executed.[123]
- Boston College High School incorporated.
- Park Plaza Hotel in business.
- 1928
- Boston University Bridge built.
- November 17: Boston Garden opens.
- Beacon Hill Garden Club founded.
- John William McCormack becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 12th congressional district.
- 1929 – Caffe Vittoria in business.
- 1930 – James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again.
- 1932
- Boston Municipal Research Bureau founded.
- Charles/MGH (MBTA station) opens.[113]
- 1933
- Slifky's Reliable Oil Burner Service in business in Dorchester.[124]
- St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church established.
- 1934
- Frederick Mansfield becomes mayor.
- Sumner Tunnel opens.
- Calvin Coolidge College established.[1]
- 1935 – Boston Housing Authority established.[30]
- 1936 – Boston Museum of Modern Art founded.[125]
- 1937 – Marquand's fictional The Late George Apley published.
- 1938 – Maurice J. Tobin becomes mayor.
- 1939
- Wheelock College incorporated.
- Housewives League of Boston founded.[111]
- Holy Name Church built.
Gerard Cote winning the Boston Marathon, April 19, 1940
- 1940
- Citgo sign erected.
- Hatch Memorial Shell built.
- Boston School of Pharmacy incorporated.[110]
- 1941 – McCloskey's children's book Make Way for Ducklings published.
- 1942
- November 28: Cocoanut Grove fire.[3]
- New England Chinese Women's Association headquartered in city.[126]
- 1944 – Fenway Garden Society established.[94]
- 1945
- John E. Kerrigan becomes acting mayor.
- Schillinger House and French Library[97] founded.
- 1946
- Fidelity in business.
- City Department of Veterans’ Services created.[30]
- Community Boating incorporated.
- James Michael Curley becomes mayor yet again once more.
- 1947
- Mayor Curley imprisoned; John Hynes becomes acting mayor.
- Boston Trailer Park established.[127]
- Old John Hancock Building built.
- John F. Kennedy becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district.[128]
- Wally's nightclub in business.
- 1949 – Freedom House established.[28]
1950s–1970s
- 1950
- January 17: Great Brink's Robbery.
- Federation of South End Settlements[110] and Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts[28] established.
- Population: 801,444.
- 1951
- June 15: Storrow Drive opens.
- October 6: WGBH (FM) begins broadcasting.[129]
- Museum of Science opens.
- Long Island Viaduct (bridge) built.[130]
- 1954 – Schillinger House renamed Berklee College of Music.
- 1955
- May 2: WGBH-TV begins broadcasting.
- June 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. earns PhD from Boston University.
- Saint Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church active.[131]
- Boston Catholic Television begins broadcasting.
- 1956
- Boston Airport renamed Logan International Airport.
- O'Connor's fictional The Last Hurrah published.
- 1957
- Boston Redevelopment Authority and Gibson House Museum established.
- WILD (AM) radio on the air.[121]
- 1958
- February 16–17: Snowstorm.[132]
- November: Funeral of James Michael Curley.[133]
- Freedom Trail established.[134]
- 1959
- Central Artery (freeway) built.
- Sister city relationship established with Kyoto, Japan.
- ca. 1959–60 – West End demolition
- 1960
- March 3–5: Snowstorm.[132]
- October 1: Peace rally held.[135]
- Model United Nations conference held at Northeastern University.[136]
- Sister city relationship established with Strasbourg, France.
- John F. Collins becomes mayor.
- American Meteorological Society headquartered in city.
- Razing of Mission Hill's historic district for three high-rise residences
- 1961
- Callahan Tunnel and Boston Common Parking Garage[137] open.
- Puerto Rican Entering and Settling Service founded.[110]
- Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns headquartered in Boston.
- 1962
- June 14: Boston Strangler murders begin.
- Scollay Square razed.[138]
- Caffe Paradiso in business.[139]
- 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.[140]
- John Pinette is born in Boston.
- 1965 – April 23: Civil rights rally held on Boston Common.[59]
- 1966
- Boston Phoenix begins publication.[141]
- Lower Roxbury Community Corporation,[110] Haley House,[142] and South End Historical Society established.
- Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity school desegregation program begins.[143]
- Copley Square remodelled.
- 1967
- Charles Cinema in business.[115]
- Chinese American Civic Association headquartered in city.[144]
- Bowker Overpass built.[94]
- 1968
- April 4: Racial unrest.[145]
- April 5: James Brown concert, Boston Garden.[146]
- May 2: Boston Celtics win basketball championship.[145]
- National Center of Afro–American Artists, Alianza Hispana,[110] Sociedad Latina de South Boston,[110] Community Change and city Council on Aging[30] established.
- Blackside films in business.
- Kevin White becomes mayor.
- 1969
- February: Boston City Hall dedicated.[145]
- February 24–27: Snowstorm.[132]
- May 5: Boston Celtics win basketball championship again.[145]
- New England Aquarium opens.
- Walk for Hunger begins.
- 1970
- May: Antiwar demonstration held.[147]
- May 10: Boston Bruins win ice hockey championship.[145]
- Boston Pride begins.[148]
- Aerosmith (musical group), Boston Center for the Arts, and city Rent Board[30] established.
- One Boston Place and 28 State Street built.
- Boston Properties in business.
- 1971
- Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital and Boston Food Co-op established.[149]
- Government Service Center built.
- Nova Scotia's donation of the Boston Christmas Tree tradition resumes.[150]
- 1972
- June 17: Hotel Vendome fire.
- Labor demonstration.[147]
- Maison Robert restaurant in business.[151]
- Boston Public Library Johnson building opens.[30]
- 1973
- The Boston Caribbean Carnival, is founded (same year as New York City and Washington, D.C.)
- Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Boston Harbor Association, City Life/Vida Urbana, and Boston Baroque[152] founded.
- 1974
- Desegregation busing conflict due to outcome of verdict Morgan v. Hennigan.[153][154]
- Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción active.[110]
- 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[155] and ArtsBoston established.
- Boston Consulting Group in business.
- New Boston Review begins publication.
- 1976
- John Hancock Tower built.
- July 4: America's Bicentennial celebrations.
- First Night begins.
- Boston Irish News begins publication.[92]
- Boston Film/Video Foundation and Boston By Foot established.
- WGBH Ten O’Clock News (local news) begins broadcasting.[156]
- Faneuil Hall marketplace developed.[157]
- 1977
- Federal Reserve Bank Building constructed.
- Chinese Progressive Association founded.[110]
- 1978
- January 20–21: Snowstorm.[132]
- February 6–7: Snowstorm.[132]
- Newbury Comics in business.
- American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association headquartered in Brighton.[158]
- Boston Preservation Alliance founded.[159]
- L'Espalier restaurant in business.[160]
- 1979
- WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble begins.
- Boston Children's Museum building and Computer Museum open.
- John F. Kennedy Library built.
- Center for Chinese Art and Culture,[110] 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[161] founded.
- The Channel (nightclub) opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain.
- Population: 562,994.
- 1981
- Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella,[162] and Boston Area Feminist Coalition[110] founded.
- Boston Food Bank incorporated.[163][164]
- J.P. Licks in business.
- 1982
- Suffolk Construction Company in business.
- Boston Gay Men's Chorus[165] and Boston Fair Housing Commission[30] established.
- Sister city relationship established with Hangzhou, China.
- Cheers fictional television program begins broadcasting.
- 1983
- Dorchester Reporter begins publication.[166]
- Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation established.[167]
- Bayside Expo Center opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Padua, Italy.
- 1984
- Raymond Flynn becomes mayor.
- Bernard Law becomes Catholic bishop of Boston.[34]
- Bain Capital, Trident Booksellers,[168] and Copley Place Cinemas[115] in business.
- Boston Human Rights Commission, and city Office of Business and Cultural Development established.[30]
- 1985
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative[169] and Universal Buddhist Congregation[158] established.
- Lecco's Lemma hip-hop radio program begins broadcasting on WMBR.[170]
- Sister city relationship established with Melbourne, Australia.
- Massachusetts State Archives moves to Columbia Point.
- 1986 – Pixies (musical group), and city Office of Arts and Humanities established.[30]
- 1987
- ACT UP/Boston[110] and Jamaica Plain Historical Society[171] 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.
- Hamersley's Bistro in business.[172]
- 1988
- City of Boston Archives and City Year established.
- Hynes Convention Center and 75 State Street[173] built.
- Aberdeen Group in business.
- Michael Dukakis presidential campaign and Pioneer Institute headquartered in city.
- Tent City (housing complex) dedicated.
- 1989
- October 23: Stuart shootings in Mission Hill.
- Biba restaurant in business.[172]
- Sister city relationship established with Haifa, Israel.
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church[174] and New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans founded.
- 1990
- March 18: Gardner Museum heist.
- Population: 574,283.[26]
- 1991- Deer Island Prison closes.
- 1992
- Spare Change News begins publication.
- Ten Point Coalition founded.[175]
- Chinese Historical Society of New England headquartered in city.[176]
- Avalon nightclub opens.
- 1993
- July 12: Thomas Menino, president of the Boston City Council, becomes acting mayor when Mayor Flynn resigns to accept his appointment by President Clinton to become 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[177] and Alpha Management Corp. (landlord)[178] in business.
- 1994
- August 15: Chinook Checkers Program wins Man vs Machine World Team Championship.[179]
- Alternatives for Community and Environment founded.
- Rent control ends.[30]
- Harbor Lights Pavilion (amphitheatre) opens.
- 1995
- Ted Williams Tunnel opens.
- Piers Park Sailing Center, and city Office of Civil Rights[30] established.
- Stop & Shop grocery in business in Jamaica Plain.[177]
- Citizen Schools nonprofit headquartered in Boston.
- Boston Fashion Week begins.
- 1996
- City website launched.[180][181]
- The Boston City Hospital (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,[30] and Massachusetts Interactive Media Council established.
- Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.
- Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth headquartered in city.
- Boston Coalition of Black Women incorporated.[110]
- Operation Ceasefire implemented.[182]
- 1997
- April 1: Blizzard.[132]
- Grub Street writing center established.
- Shaw's grocery in business in Dorchester.[177]
- Boston Demons begin play in inaugural USAFL season.
- 1998
- Dudley Film Festival begins.
- Urban Ecology Institute founded.
- No. 9 Park restaurant in business.[183]
- 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[184] and Fidelity Center for Applied Technology established.
- Nixon Peabody in business.
- Sister city relationship established with Boston, England.
21st century
2000s
- 2000
- T Rider's Union, Boston University's Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Technology Goes Home digital divide project[185] established.
- Flour Bakery in business.
- Population: 589,141.[100]
- 2001
- Stephen Lynch becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district.[186]
- Sister city relationship established with Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
- Trader Joe's grocery in business in Back Bay.[177]
- MassEquality headquartered in Boston.
- 2002
- Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston reported.
- Super 88 grocery in business in Allston.[177]
- South End Technology Center active.[187]
- 2003
- February 17–18: Snowstorm.[132]
- Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge opens.
- Discover Roxbury established.[188]
- 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.
- 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"[30] and Boston Public Library Map Center established.
- 2005
- January 22–23: Blizzard.[132]
- Boston Workers Alliance and Boston Derby Dames (rollerderby league) established.
- Universal Hub begins publication.[189]
- Eastern Standard restaurant and Toro restaurant in business.[183]
- 2006
- July 10: Big Dig ceiling collapse.
- December: 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[190] open.
- Charles/MGH (MBTA station) rebuilt.
- Myers + Chang restaurant in business.[183]
- Xconomy begins publication.
- Sister city relationship established with Valladolid, Spain.
- Grow Boston Greener established.[191]
- 2008
- Rose Kennedy Greenway built.
- Open Media Boston established.[192]
- BostInno begins publication.
- 2009
- Boston Book Festival[193] and TEDx Boston begin.
- GlobalPost news headquartered in Boston.[194]
- Boston Street Lab incorporated.[195]
- City government "Citizens Connect" 3-1-1 app launched.[187]
- Higher Ground Boston,[196] and Bocoup Loft,[197] Boston World Partnerships nonprofit,[198] and Boston University's New England Center for Investigative Reporting established.
- Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center opens in Roxbury.[199]
- August 29: Funeral and procession for longtime US Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
2010s
- 2010
- 2011
- September 30: Occupy Boston begins.
- Hubway (bike system) and Future Boston Alliance established.
- Boston Urban Iditarod begins.[206]
- Population: 625,087; metro 4,591,112.[207]
- 2012
- October: Hurricane Sandy.
- Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 headquartered in Boston.
- Boston Contemporary Dance Festival begins.[208]
- Population: 636,479.
- 2013
- February 8–9: Blizzard.[132]
- April 15: Boston Marathon bombing.[209]
- April 19: City shuts down for manhunt of marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
- June 12: Whitey Bulger trial begins.[210]
- October 30: The Boston Red Sox, in an end-of-year triumph, win the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals; the first win at Fenway Park since 1918, and the third they've won since 2004.
- November 5: Boston mayoral election, 2013.
- Millennium Tower construction begins.
- Digital Public Library of America headquartered in Boston.
- Code for Boston active.[187][211]
- Longfellow Bridge 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.[212] As of January 10, 2014 Bulger is currently incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona .
- 2014
- Marty Walsh becomes mayor.[213][214]
- Boston Veterans Treatment Court begins operating.[215]
- April: City government open data executive order signed.[216]
- November 3: Funeral and procession for former mayor Tom Menino, after he lay in state at Faneuil Hall the previous day.
- December: Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics submitted.
- TD Garden, the home of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, will receive a $70 million facelift over the next two years.[217][218][219]
- 2015
- January 5: The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins.[220]
- January 26–27: January 2015 North American blizzard.[132]
- May: United Women's Lacrosse League is founded.[221]
- June: Kimono protest begins.[222]
- July 14: Tide Street snow pile melts.[223]
- City 15-year master plan process begins.[224]
- Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate opens.
- Daily Table grocery[225] and Boston Market in business.
- Sunfish spotted in harbour.[226]
- Tower at One Greenway built.
- One Dalton construction begins.[227]
- 2016
- February 23: Boston Storm (UWLX) is founded as one of the four original teams in the United Women's Lacrosse League.[228]
See also
- Annual events in Boston
- History of Boston
- List of mayors of Boston
- Past Members of the Boston City Council
- Timeline of Massachusetts[229]
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Main article: Bibliography of Boston
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