Timeline of Somerville, Massachusetts

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 1630 - Charlestown settled.
 * 1631 - Colonial Governor John Winthrop granted 600 acres of land known as Ten Hills Farm.
 * 1703 - Windmill built (approximate date).
 * 1714 - Peter Tufts House built.
 * 1756 - Powder House in use.
 * 1776 - Grand Union Flag raised at Continental Army fortifications atop Prospect Hill.

1800s–1860s

 * 1803 - Middlesex Canal begins in operation.
 * 1804 - Old Cemetery established.
 * 1821 - Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works established.
 * 1834 - Ursuline Convent Riots.
 * 1835 - Boston & Lowell Railroad begins operating.
 * 1842
 * Town of Somerville separates from Charlestown.
 * Population: 1,013.
 * 1844 - First Congregational Society formed.
 * 1851 - American Tube Works established.
 * 1852
 * Somerville City Hall built.
 * Somerville High School opens.
 * 1853
 * First Orthodox Congregational Church organized.
 * First Universalist Society organized.
 * 1854
 * Tufts College opens.
 * Union Glass Company established.
 * 1856
 * First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
 * Round House built.
 * 1863 - Broadway Orthodox Congregational Church organized.
 * 1864 - Circulating Library in business at Tufts' apothecary (approximate date).
 * 1866
 * Emmanuel Episcopal Church built.
 * Somerville Carriage Repository and Manufactory established.
 * 1867 - Perkins Street Baptist Church dedicated.
 * 1869 - Morse Grammar School built.

1870s–1890s

 * 1870
 * Somerville Journal newspaper begins publication.
 * St. Thomas Episcopal Church built.
 * Boston and Lowell Railroad connected through West Somerville to the Lexington Branch.
 * 1871
 * City incorporated.
 * Somerville Samaritan Society organized.
 * 1872
 * Somerville city government inaugurated.
 * City seal design adopted.
 * Population: 16,000 (approximate).
 * 1873
 * Public Library established.
 * Luther V. Bell School built.
 * Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
 * 1874
 * West Somerville Baptist Church organized.
 * West Somerville Congregational Church organized.
 * Sprague & Hathaway Portrait Copying House established.
 * 1876 - Somerville Citizen newspaper begins publication.
 * 1886 - Third Universalist Church established.
 * 1890
 * Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church built.
 * North Packing Company established.
 * Population: 40,152.
 * 1891 - Somerville Hospital founded.
 * 1892 - McLean Hospital relocates to Belmont.
 * 1898
 * Somerville Historical Society incorporated.
 * Historic Festival.
 * 1899
 * Forthian Club for women organized.
 * First Unitarian Church built.
 * 1900 - Population: 61,643.

20th century

 * 1901 - Lyndell's Bakery relocates to Somerville.
 * 1903 - Prospect Hill Monument built.
 * 1909 - West Somerville Branch Public Library opens.
 * 1910 - Population: 77,236.
 * 1914
 * Somerville Theatre built.
 * Public Library central building constructed.
 * Economy Grocery Store opens.
 * 1915 - Pageant of World Peace.
 * 1916 - First Universalist Church built.
 * 1922
 * 50th anniversary as city.
 * Population: 95,000 (approximate).
 * 1928 - Northern Artery constructed.
 * 1935 - United States Post Office–Somerville Main built.
 * 1936 - Mystic Valley Parkway constructed.
 * 1941 - The Rosebud (diner) built.
 * 1968 - Havurat Shalom founded.
 * 1972 - City seal redesigned.
 * 1973 - Steve's Ice Cream opens.
 * 1980 - Assembly Square Mall opens.
 * 1981
 * Sister city relationship established with Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
 * Bertucci's pizzeria opens.
 * 1983 - Somerville Community Access Television founded.
 * 1984 - Davis (MBTA station) opens.
 * 1985 - Alewife Linear Park established.
 * 1987
 * Brickbottom Artists Association active.
 * Mixit Print Studio established.
 * Joseph P. Kennedy II becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
 * 1988 - Somerville Museum opens.
 * 1990 - Mike Capuano becomes mayor.
 * 1991 - Candlewick Press established.
 * 1998 - City website online (approximate date).
 * 1999
 * Dorothy Kelly Gay becomes mayor.
 * Leverett Circle Connector Bridge opens.
 * Somerville Open Studios begins.
 * Mike Capuano becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.

21st century

 * 2002 - P.A.'s Lounge opens.
 * 2003
 * Won-Buddhist temple opens.
 * GreenGoat in business.
 * 2004 - Joseph Curtatone becomes mayor.
 * 2005
 * Union Square Main Streets organized.
 * Union Square farmers' market begins.
 * Sikh Sangat Society Boston and Harry Potter Alliance headquartered in Somerville.
 * 2006 - Honk! music festival begins.
 * 2007 - Highland Kitchen restaurant in business.
 * 2009 - Sister city relationship established with Tiznit, Morocco.
 * 2010
 * Population: 75,754.
 * Sister city relationship established with Nordeste, Portugal.
 * 2014 - Legoland in business.
 * 2022 - Katjana Ballantyne becomes mayor.