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).
  • 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.

Images for kids

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  Military parade, Manchester, 1874

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  Map of Manchester, 1876

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  Merrimack River flood, 2005

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  Candidate Hillary Clinton in Manchester, 2007

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  Currier Museum renovated, 2008