Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire

The following is a of the history of the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States.

Prior to 19th century

• 1722 - John Goffe settles in Old Harry's Town, in the British Province of New Hampshire.
• 1723 - A cabin was built and gradually a small settlement grew up.
• 1727 - Tyngstown (or “Tyng’s Township”) established.
• 1736 - The first sawmill was erected.
• 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 by Samuel Blodgett.
• 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.
• 1840 - Population: 3,235.
• 1841
• First Unitarian Church built.
• Valley Cemetery laid out.
• 1842 - Ann Bamford begins working in the Underground Railway
• 1843 - Mennell's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
• 1844 - Manchester Athenaeum established.
• 1846
• City incorporated.
• 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.
• 1860 - Population: 8,841.
• 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.
• Population: 33,592.
• 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.
• Population: 44,126.
• 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.
• 1900 - Population: 56,987.

20th century

• 1906 - Strand Theatre in business in the former Opera House.
• 1910
• Population: 70,063.
• 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 (now Southern New Hampshire University) 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.
• Murder of Michael Briggs, an on-duty police officer.
• 2010
• Ted Gatsas becomes mayor.
• Population: 109,565.
• 2018 - Joyce Craig becomes mayor.
• 2024 - Jay Ruais becomes mayor.

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See also

• Manchester history
• List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire
• Neighborhoods in Manchester, New Hampshire
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

References

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

• Haebler, Peter. "Nativist Riots in Manchester: An Episode of Know-Nothingism in New Hampshire." Historical New Hampshire 39 (1985): 121–37.
• (fulltext via Open Library)
• Hareven, Tamara K., and Randolph Langenbach. Amoskeag: Life and work in an American factory-city (UPNE, 1995) The Amoskeag textile factory in Manchester was the largest in the world; this is the story of its workers. online

Published in the 21st century

External links

• Items related to Manchester, New Hampshire, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
• Digitized annual reports of the Town of Manchester, various dates (via Internet Archive)
• Works related to Manchester, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).