Timeline of Lowell, Massachusetts

The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US.

19th century

 * 1822
 * Merrimack Manufacturing Company incorporated.
 * Hugh Cummiskley leads 30 Irishmen up the Middlesex Canal starting in Charlestown, Mass to Pawtucket falls in Chelmsford, Ma
 * 1824
 * St. Anne's Church organized.
 * Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.
 * 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association, Hamilton Manufacturing Company,and Mechanic Phalanx established.
 * 1826
 * Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.
 * First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.
 * Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.
 * Central Bridge opens.
 * 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
 * 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.
 * 1829
 * Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.
 * Lowell Fire Department established.
 * 1830
 * Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.
 * Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.
 * Town Hall built.
 * Population: 6,474.
 * 1831
 * First Roman Catholic Church organized.
 * Railroad Bank incorporated.
 * 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.
 * 1833 - Police Court established.
 * 1834
 * Women's labor strike.
 * First Freewill Baptist Church organized.
 * Lowell Advertiser and Lowell Patriot newspapers begin publication.
 * Lowell Circulating Library in business.
 * James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painter born.
 * 1835
 * Boston and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
 * Boott Cotton Mills incorporated.
 * Lucy Larcom, teacher, poet and author moves to Lowell.
 * 1836
 * City of Lowell incorporated.
 * Factory Girls' Association, Dispensary, Lowell Temperance Society, and Second Universalist Parish established.
 * 1838
 * Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
 * County jail built.
 * 1839
 * Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.
 * Middlesex Horticultural Society and Lowell Medical Association founded.
 * 1840
 * Hospital Association and Lowell Museum established.
 * Lowell Offering begins publication.
 * By now, Lowell mills had recruited over 8,000 Lowell mill girls.
 * Population: 20,796.
 * 1841
 * Lowell Cemetery established.
 * Vox Populi newspaper begins publication.
 * 1842 - Charles Dickens visits Lowell.
 * 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Churchand Missionary Association established.
 * 1844 - City Library, Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.
 * 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.
 * 1846
 * Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated.
 * Jefferson Bancroft becomes mayor.
 * 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.
 * 1848 - Francis floodgate and Colburn School built.
 * 1850
 * Lowell Gas Light Company in business.
 * Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.
 * Middlesex County Law Library founded.
 * Court-House built.
 * Population: 33,383.
 * 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.
 * 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.
 * 1853
 * Belvidere Woollen Manufacturing Company organized.
 * St. Patrick's Church and Merrimack Street Depot built.
 * 1856 - Jail built.
 * 1857 - Varnum School built.
 * 1863 - High School Association organized.
 * 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.
 * 1865
 * United States Bunting Company in business.
 * Wamesit Power Company incorporated.
 * 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.
 * 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.
 * 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.
 * 1873 - Young Women's Home established.
 * 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.
 * 1876
 * Moxie beverage invented.
 * Lowell Art Association founded.
 * 1882 - Butler School built.
 * 1883
 * Public Library opens.
 * Yorick Club active.
 * 1887 - Board of Trade established.
 * 1889 - Opera House built.
 * 1890 - Population: 77,696.
 * 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.
 * 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
 * 1894 - Normal School and Middlesex Women's Club founded.
 * 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.
 * 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.
 * 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
 * 1900
 * Gaity Theatre opens.
 * Population: 94,969.

20th century

 * 1902 - Lowell Historical Society incorporated.
 * 1905 - Tewksbury's Wigginville neighborhood annexed to the City of Lowell.
 * 1908 - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church built.
 * 1909 - Lowell's Merrimack Valley Course hosted a motor racing festival that featured four AAA-sanctioned championship car races.
 * 1910 - Population: 106,294.
 * 1911 - Colonial Theatre opens.
 * 1917 - Demoulas Market (grocery) in business.
 * 1918 - International Institute active.
 * 1922 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium built.
 * 1924 - Commodore Ballroom opens.
 * 1925 - Edith Nourse Rogers becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
 * 1927 - Victory Theater opens.
 * 1930 - Post Office built.
 * 1937 - Cawley Memorial Stadium built.
 * 1942 - Lowell Ordnance Plant active.
 * 1946 - New England Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins.
 * 1951
 * WCAP (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
 * Monarch Diner in business.
 * 1970 - Lowell Community Health Center established.
 * 1971 - Lowell Historic District Commission proposed by City Councilor M. Brendan Fleming approved by the Lowell City Council
 * 1974 - Lowell Regional Transit Authority created.
 * 1975
 * University of Massachusetts Lowell established.
 * Paul Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
 * 1976 - Wang Laboratories relocates to Lowell.
 * 1978
 * Lowell National Historical Park established.
 * Yorick Club goes bankrupt.
 * 1979
 * B. Joseph Tully becomes city manager.
 * Merrimack Regional Theatre active.
 * 1980
 * Wang headquarters construction begins.
 * Population: 92,418.
 * 1983 - Lowell Historic Board and Downtown Lowell Historic District established.
 * 1987
 * Middlesex Community College opens campus in Lowell.
 * New England Quilt Museum founded.
 * 1989
 * Glory Buddhist Temple established.
 * Sister city relationship established with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
 * 1990
 * Lowell Folk Festival begins.
 * Baystate Marathon begins.
 * 1991
 * Richard Johnson becomes city manager.
 * University of Massachusetts' Industrial History Center established.
 * 1992 - August: Wang goes bankrupt.
 * 1995
 * Brian J. Martin becomes city manager.
 * Chamber of Commerce formed.
 * 1996
 * Lowell Spinners baseball team founded.
 * Stoklosa Alumni Field opens.
 * 1997
 * Showcase Cinema in business.
 * Merrimack Valley Textile Museum relocated to Lowell.
 * 1998
 * Edward A. LeLacheur Park and Paul E. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell open.
 * Lowell Lock Monsters hockey team formed.
 * City website online (approximate date).

21st century

 * 2000
 * John Cox becomes city manager.
 * String Project (music education) established.
 * 2001
 * Cultural Organization of Lowell established.
 * Winterfest begins.
 * Sister city relationships established with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
 * 2006
 * Bernard Lynch becomes city manager.
 * Shree Swaminarayan Temple established.
 * Sister city relationship established with Bryansk, Russia.
 * 2007 - Niki Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
 * 2010
 * Patrick O. Murphy becomes mayor.
 * Sister city relationship established with Winneba, Ghana.
 * Population: 106,519.
 * 2014
 * July: Fire.
 * Kevin Murphy becomes city manager.