# Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire

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.
* 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.

## Images

* Military parade, Manchester, 1874
* Map of Manchester, 1876
* Merrimack River flood, 2005
* Candidate Hillary Clinton in Manchester, 2007
* Currier Museum renovated, 2008