Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts history
This is a timeline of the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Timeline
17th century
- 1638
- Newe Towne renamed Cambridge
18th century
- 1775
- The New-England Chronicle published in Cambridge, May 12, 1775-Apr. 4, 1776[1]
19th century
- 1814
- Cambridge Humane Society organized[3]
- 1824
- East Cambridge Charitable Society formed[3]
- 1833
- First Parish meeting house built, corner Church St. and Mass. Ave.
- 1839
- Hopkins Classical School established
- 1840
- Cambridge Magnolia begins publication[4]
- St. John's Mutual Relief Society organized[3]
- 1841
- Cambridge Lyceum organized
- 1847
- Great Refractor telescope installed[5]
- 1849
- Cambridge Athenaeum incorporated[6]
- 1850
- Howard Benevolent Society organized[3]
- 1860
- Cambridge Horticultural Society organized[3]
- 1865
- Old Cambridge Mutual Relief Society organized[3]
- 1868
- Cambridge Mechanics Literary Association organized[3]
- 1870
- Soldiers' Monument dedicated on Cambridge Common[8]
- 1871
- Cambridge Social Union founded
- Alpha Glee Club organized[3]
- 1872
- Cambridge Choral Society formed[3]
- 1883
- Cambridge YMCA opens[10]
- Browne & Nichols School founded[11]
- 1886
- Cambridge English High School established, Broadway & Fayette St.[12]
- Cambridge Latin School established, Lee St.[13]
- 1887
- Cambridgeport Cycle Club organized[14]
- 1897
- Cambridge Skating Club founded[18]
20th century
- 1905
- Cambridge Historical Society founded[19][20]
- 1941
- Magazine of Cambridge begins publication[23]
- 1963
- Cambridge Historical Commission established[25]
- 1988
- Cambridge Community Television organized[27]
21st century
See also
References
- ^ "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts". Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/massachusetts.html. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ Harvard Medical School history. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cambridge Directory for 1873. Google books
- ^ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93059143/
- ^ Harvard College Observatory. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. 1891
- ^ Arthur Gilman (1896), The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Cambridge: Riverside Press, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7062042M/The_Cambridge_of_eighteen_hundred_and_ninety-six.
- ^ The soldiers' monument in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA: Press of J. Wilson and son, 1870, OCLC 6322068, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6906910M/The_soldiers'_monument_in_Cambridge
- ^ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. 1891
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society. Proceedings, 1980-1985.
- ^ BB&N – A Brief History. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings for the years 1953-54
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings for the years 1953-54
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society. Proceedings, 1980-1985.
- ^ BB&N – A Brief History. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society Proceedings for the years 1953-54
- ^ Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute. Cambridge Plant and Garden Club. Records, 1889-1991: A Finding Aid
- ^ A Brief History of the Cambridge Skating Club. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Cambridge Historical Society. Proceedings no.1-4
- ^ Lesley University History. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ MIT facts. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ WorldCat. Magazine of Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, 1941-1973.
- ^ Britannica.com Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ About the Historical Commission. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Historical notes. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ CCTV newsletter, Jan. 2002
- ^ About CCSC. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
Further reading
- 19th c. publications
- Abiel Holmes (1801), The history of Cambridge, Cornhill, Boston: Samuel Hall, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22882322M/The_history_of_Cambridge.
- Cambridge Directory ... for 1848. Google books
- Lucius R. Paige (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877, Boston: H. O. Houghton and company, OCLC 1305589, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7045727M/History_of_Cambridge_Massachusetts._1630-1877.
- Samuel Adams Drake (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Boston: Estes and Lauriat, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23400952M/History_of_Middlesex_County_Massachusetts
- Exercises in celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Cambridge, held December 28, 1880, Cambridge, [Mass.]: University Press, John Wilson & Son, 1881, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23359150M/Exercises_in_celebrating_the_two_hundred_and_fiftieth_anniversary_of_the_settlement_of_Cambridge_held_December_28_1880
- George F. Crook, ed. Cambridge annual for 1886-1888.
- Blue Book of Cambridge for 1892. Google books
- The gossiping guide to Harvard and places of interest in Cambridge, Cambridge [Mass.]: Cambridge Tribune, 1892, OCLC 4571172, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6943590M/The_gossiping_guide_to_Harvard_and_places_of_interest_in_Cambridge.
- Blue Book of Cambridge for 1895. Google books
- Walter Gee Davis (1897), Cambridge fifty years a city, 1846-1896, Cambridge: Riverside Press, OCLC 911131, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7145491M/Cambridge_fifty_years_a_city_1846-1896
- John Wesley Freese (1897), Historic houses and spots in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and near-by towns, Boston: Ginn & company, OCLC 1821792, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7060328M/Historic_houses_and_spots_in_Cambridge_Massachusetts_and_near-by_towns
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1899), Old Cambridge, New York: The Macmillan company, OCLC 2220162, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL528896M/Old_Cambridge
- 20th c. publications
- The records of the town of Cambridge (formerly New-towne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703, Cambridge, 1901, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7057190M/The_records_of_the_town_of_Cambridge_(formerly_Newtowne)_Massachusetts._1630-1703.
- Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution, Hannah Winthrop chapter, Cambridge. (1907), An historic guide to Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass, OCLC 3292475, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6981640M/An_historic_guide_to_Cambridge
- Samuel A. Eliot (1913), A history of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913, Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Tribune, OCLC 6876563, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6563862M/A_history_of_Cambridge_Massachusetts_1630-1913