By Tim Lambert
1630 English Puritans found Boston
1631 The first sailing ship built in America is launched from Boston
1634 Samuel Cole opens an inn in Boston
1659 Two Quakers are hanged in Boston
1636 Harvard College opens
1659 Copp’s Hill Burying Ground opens. It is named after William Copp.
1660 Smallpox strikes Boston
1676 The first coffeehouse opens in Boston
1690 Smallpox strikes Boston again. The first American newspaper is published in Boston.
1706 Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston
1710 Long Wharf is built
1713 Old State House
1717 Boston Light is built
1723 Old North Church is built
1729 The Old south meeting House is built
1730 Boston has a population of 13,000
1735 Boston Poor House opens
1742 Faneuil Hall is built
1756 Central Burying Ground opens
1770 The Boston Massacre takes place
1773 The Boston Tea Party takes place
1776 The British retreat from Boston
1796 Harrison Gray Otis House is built
1798 Massachusetts State House is built
1804 St Stephens Church is built
1806 The African Meeting House is dedicated
1810 Park Street Church is dedicated
1820 The population of Boston is 43,000. St Paul’s Cathedral is dedicated.
1822 Boston officially becomes a city
1826 Quincy market is built
1847 Boston Custom House is built
1852 Boston Public Library is founded
1863 Boston College opens
1872 A great fire devastates Boston
1877 Trinity Church is built
1897 The first subway opens in Boston
1900 Colonial theater opens
1910 Shubert theater opens
1912 Fenway Park opens
1940 A statue of Paul Revere is unveiled in Boston
1964 Prudential Tower is built
1969 New England Aquarium is built
1976 John Hancock Tower is built
1977 Reserve Bank Building is built in Boston
1983 Massachusetts State Transportation Building is erected
1992 Massachusetts General Hospital is built
1993 The John F Kennedy Library and Museum opens in Boston
2001 Millennium Place Building is built
2017 The population of Boston is 641,000
