Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire

Prior to 19th century

1722 - John Goffe settles in Old Harry's Town, in the British Province of New Hampshire.

1727 - Tyngstown established.

1751 - Tyngstown rechartered as "Derryfield."

1788 - Province becomes part of the State of New Hampshire.

1796 - Derryfield Social Library founded.

19th century

1807 - Canal built.

1810

Derryfield renamed "Manchester."

Amoskeag Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company incorporated.

1823 - Population: 761.

1839

Amoskeag Representative newspaper begins publication.

First Congregational Society incorporated.

First Baptist Church organized.

1841

First Unitarian Church built.

Valley Cemetery laid out.

1843 - Mennell's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).

1844 - Manchester Athenaeum established.

1846 - City incorporated.

1846 - Manchester High School established.

1849 - Manchester and Lawrence Railroad begins operating.

1850

Manchester Daily Mirror newspaper begins publication.

City Missionary Society established.

1851 - City hosts state fair.

1852 - Manchester Gas Light Co. established.

1854

Manchester City Library established.

Manchester Locomotive Works formed.

1855 - First Presbyterian Church organized.

1863 - Union Leader newspaper begins publication.

1869

Hillsborough County seat relocated to Manchester from Amherst.

Cathedral of St. Joseph founded.

St. Joseph Cemetery in operation.

1870

Turnverein organized.

Population: 23,509.

1874 - Ash Street School built.

1875 - Women's Aid Home organized.

1880

Manchester Opera House Company organized.

Ste. Marie Church founded.

1883 - Union Publishing Co. incorporated.

1885 - Young People's Christian Union organized.

1886 - Devonshire Mills incorporated.

1887

People's Baptist Church organized.

Novelty Advertising Co. incorporated.

1889 - Saint Anselm College established in neighboring Goffstown.

1890 - Elliot Hospital founded.

1891 - Swedish Baptist Church organized.

1892

Beech Street Grounds baseball stadium in operation.

Sacred Heart Hospital founded.

1893 - Stark Park dedicated.

1894

Manchester Children's Home organized.

Eureka Shoe Co. incorporated.

1895

Manchester Historical Association established.

Varick Park sports complex in operation.

1897 - Weston Observatory built.

1898

Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences founded.

Manchester Camera Club organized.

20th century

1906 - Strand Theatre in business in the former Opera House.

1909 - Population: 56,987.

1910 - Centennial celebration of city founding.

1911 - Adath Yeshurun synagogue built.

1912 - Empire Theater built.

1913 - Textile Field sports stadium built.

1914 - Palace Theatre and Public Library built.

1922 - Manchester Central High School renamed, adding "Central".

1923 - Manchester High School West established.

1927 - Manchester Airport established.

1929 - Currier Gallery of Art founded.

1932 - New Hampshire School of Accounting and Secretarial Science founded.

1935 - Amoskeag Mills close.

1942 - Grenier Army Airfield dedicated.

1945

State Trade School at Manchester founded.

Utility Worker's Credit Union formed.

1950 - Zimmerman House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

1954 - WMUR begins broadcasting.

1960 - Manchester Memorial High School opens.

1963 - John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum opens.

1964 - The Derryfield School established.

1966 - Grenier Air Force Base closes.

1971 - McIntyre Ski Area opens.

1972 - Hampshire Plaza building constructed.

1973 - Manchester Transit Authority founded.

1974 - New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra formed.

1977 - Mall of New Hampshire opens.

1980 - Population: 90,936.

1982 - Manchester School of Technology established.

1985 - University of New Hampshire at Manchester established.

1988 - Sister city relationship established with Taichung, Taiwan.

1990 - Franco-American Centre founded.

1992

City Hall Plaza building constructed.

Sister city relationship established with Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany.

1998

City website online (approximate date).

Islamic Society of Greater Manchester founded.

1999 - Robert A. Baines becomes mayor.

21st century

2000

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Manchester campus opens.

Holy Family Academy established.

2001

Civic arena opens.

Hippo newspaper begins publication.

2005

Fisher Cats Ballpark opens.

Segway Fest held.

2006

Manchester Daily Express newspaper begins publication.

Shooting of a police officer.

2010

Ted Gatsas becomes mayor.

Population: 109,565.