Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire facts for kids

The following is a timeline 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.
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).^{[chronology citation needed]}
- 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.