Timeline of Salem, Massachusetts, history
This is a timeline of the history of Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
Timeline
17th century
- 1629
- Town of Salem incorporated.[1]
18th century
- 1766
- Salem Marine Society instituted.[2]
- 1768
- Essex Gazette newspaper begins publication.
- 1796
- Chestnut Street "laid out."[3]
- 1797
- Salem and Danvers Aqueduct incorporated.[2]
19th century
- 1800
- Impartial Register newspaper begins publication.
- 1807
- Essex Register newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1817
- Salem Charitable Mechanic Association organized.[2]
- Handel Society formed.[6]
- 1818
- Salem Evangelical Library formed.[2]
- 1819
- Salem Society for the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Poor formed.[7]
- 1821
- Essex Historical Society incorporated.[2]
- Haydn Society formed.[6]
- 1823
- Salem Observer newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1825
- East India Marine Hall built.[2]
- Mozart Association organized.[6]
- 1831
- Salem Dispensary incorporated.[2]
- Salem Mercury newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1832
- Samaritan Society formed.[2]
- Salem Advertiser and Argus newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Salem Glee Club formed.[6]
- 1839
- Salem Children's Friend Society organized.[2]
- Salem Social Singing Society organized.[6]
- 1841
- Female Washington Total Abstinence Society formed.[2]
- 1846
- Salem Academy of Music formed.[6]
- 1849
- Salem Philharmonic Society formed.[6]
- 1855
- Salem Choral Society organized.[6]
- Salem Musical Education Society formed.[6]
- 1878
- Salem Schubert Club organized.[6]
20th century
21st century
- 2007
- Salem Arts Association incorporated.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d T.F. Hunt (1880), Visitor's guide to Salem, Salem, Mass.: H.P. Ives, OCLC 10361879, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6931666M/Visitors'_guide_to_Salem.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Salem directory and city register. Salem: Henry Whipple, 1842
- ^ National Park Service. McIntire Historic District Walking Trail. Retrieved 2011-11-02
- ^ Adams, George (1857), The Salem directory, Salem, Mass.: H. Whipple & Son, OCLC 36779111, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23331213M/The_Salem_directory
- ^ Library of Congress. About Essex register. (Salem, Mass.) 1807-1840. Retrieved 2011-11-02
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k George M. Whipple. "A sketch of the musical societies of Salem." Essex Institute Historical Collections, v.23, 1886.
- ^ Massachusetts state record and year book of general information: 1848. Boston: J. French, 1848
- ^ Plummer Hall, Salem, Mass.: Salem Athenaeum, 1882, OCLC 13736607, http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7000156M/Plummer_Hall
- ^ Salem Arts Association. Retrieved 2011-11-02