Timeline of Waltham, Massachusetts

Prior to 19th century

Pre-1703 - Old myth Waltham was first founded by vikings.

1703 - Grove Hill Cemetery established.

1738 - Town of Waltham incorporated from Watertown, Massachusetts.

1755 - Part of Cambridge annexed to Waltham.

1793 - The Vale (residence) built.

19th century

1810 - Waltham Cotton and Wool Factory Company formed.

1813 - Boston Manufacturing Company in business.

1820

First Congregational Church founded.

Manufacturers' Library active.

Waltham Bleachery built.

1827 - Rumford Institute organized.

1833 - The Hive newspaper begins publication.

1835 - Waltham Bank established.

1837 - Methodist Episcopal Church organized.

1849

Part of Newton annexed to Waltham.

Christ Episcopal Church built.

1851 - Tornado.

1852 - Baptist Church organized.

1853 - Waltham Gas Light Company incorporated.

1854 - American Horologe Company relocates to Waltham.

1856 - Waltham Sentinel newspaper begins publication.

1857

Waltham and Watertown Railroad constructed.

Mount Feake Cemetery established.

Waltham Agricultural Library Association formed.

1859 - Town of Belmont separates from Waltham.

1863 - Waltham Free Press begins publication.

1865 - Public Library founded.

1866 - Emmet Literary Association formed.

1870

Waltham Horological School established.

Waltham Foundry Co. established.

1876

Waltham Weekly Record begins publication.

Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Company in business.

1879 - Leland Home for aged women established.

1880 - Music Hall built.

1881 - Emery Wheel Company in business.

1882 - Parmenter Crayon Company chartered.

1884

City of Waltham incorporated.

Harrington Block built.

1885

Board of Trade organized.

Waltham Hospital founded.

Waltham Training School for Nurses established.

1886 - Robert Treat Paine Estate built.

1888 - Sesquicentennial.

1890

Population: 18,707.

Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded relocates to Waltham.

1891 - O'Hara Waltham Dial Company organized.

1893

Waltham Evening News begins publication.

Waltham Manufacturing Company established.

Beaver Brook Reservation and Charles River Reservation established.

1894

Linden Street Bridge constructed.

Waltham Bicycle Park opens.

20th century

1902 - Metz Company in business.

1908 - Company F State Armory built.

1910 - Population: 27,834.

1915 - Waltham Historical Society incorporated.

1924 - Waltham News Tribune newspaper in publication.

1928 - Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery relocates to Waltham.

1933 - First Parish Church rebuilt.

1935 - Gore Place Society founded.

1936 - Hovey Players (theatre group) founded.

1938 - County Courthouse built.

1941 - Waltham Garden Club founded.

1948 - Brandeis University established.

1961 - Rose Art Museum founded at Brandeis University.

1968

Bentley University relocates to Waltham.

WBRS on air.

1970 - Population: 61,582.

1971

Waltham Museum established.

Robert Drinan becomes Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district representative.

1975 - Aerosmith musical group rents Wherehouse.

1976 - Waltham Mills Artists Association open studios begins (approximate date)

1980 - Charles River Museum of Industry established.

1982 - Parexel International Corporation headquartered in Waltham.

1985 - Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra formed.

1987 - Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes Massachusetts's 8th congressional district representative.

1988 - Global Petroleum Corporation headquartered in Waltham (approximate date).

1995 - Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. headquartered in Waltham.

1996

Lionbridge Technologies Inc. headquartered in Waltham.

City website online.

1999 - Waltham Land Trust incorporated.

21st century

2003 - Raytheon Company and Roving Software Inc. headquartered in Waltham.

2004

Jeannette A. McCarthy becomes mayor.

Brandeis University's Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism nonprofit established.

2006 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. headquartered in Waltham.

2007

PerkinElmer, Inc. headquartered in Waltham.

Waltham Symphony Orchestra formed.

2010 - Population: 60,632.

2011

A triple homicide occurs on September 11.

Steampunk City festival begins.

2013 - Katherine Clark becomes Massachusetts's 5th congressional district representative.