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- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US. {{Dynamic list}}{{TOC right}}19th century- 1822
- Merrimack Manufacturing Company incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937}}
- Hugh Cummiskley leads 30 Irishmen up the Middlesex Canal starting in Charleston, Mass to Pawtucket falls in Chelmsford, Ma{{sfn|Eno|1976}}
- 1824
- St. Anne's Church organized.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Lowell Daily Journal and Courier begins publication.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association,[1] Hamilton Manufacturing Company,{{sfn|March|1849}}and Mechanic Phalanx established.{{sfn|Prescott|1841}}
- 1826
- Town of Lowell established from Chelmsford land.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- First Baptist Church and First Universalist Church organized.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Merrimack Journal newspaper in publication.[2]
- Central Bridge opens.[3]
- 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1829
- Lowell Institution for Savings incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Lowell Fire Department established.[3]
- 1830
- Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, and Tremont Mills incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Appleton Street Church, South Congregational Church, and Worthen Street Baptist Church established.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Town Hall built.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- Population: 6,474.[3]
- 1831
- First Roman Catholic Church organized.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Railroad Bank incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1833 - Police Court established.{{sfn|Sampson|1870}}
- 1834
- Women's labor strike.[4]
- First Freewill Baptist Church organized.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- Lowell Advertiser and Lowell Patriot newspapers begin publication.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}[2]
- Lowell Circulating Library in business.[5]
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler born.
- 1835
- Boston and Lowell Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- Boott Cotton Mills incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1836
- City of Lowell incorporated.{{sfn|Anniversary|1886}}
- Factory Girls' Association,[4] Dispensary,{{sfn|Prescott|1841}} Lowell Temperance Society,{{sfn|Prescott|1841}} and Second Universalist Parish[3] established.
- 1838
- Nashua and Lowell Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- County jail built.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- 1839
- Massachusetts Cotton Mills incorporated.[3]
- Middlesex Horticultural Society[3] and Lowell Medical Association{{sfn|Floyd|1840}} founded.
- 1840
- Hospital Association{{sfn|Prescott|1841}} and Lowell Museum established.
- Lowell Offering begins publication.
- Population: 20,796.[3]
- 1841
- Lowell Cemetery established.
- Vox Populi newspaper begins publication.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Church{{sfn|March|1849}}and Missionary Association established.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- 1844 - City Library,[5] Lowell Female Labor Reform Association,[6] and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.{{sfn|March|1849}}
- 1846
- Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- Jefferson Bancroft becomes mayor.[7]
- 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.{{sfn|Cowley|1856}}
- 1848 - Francis floodgate{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937}} and Colburn School built.
- 1850
- Lowell Gas Light Company in business.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- Salem and Lowell Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- Middlesex County Law Library founded.[5]
- Court-House built.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- Population: 33,383.[3]
- 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.{{sfn|Cowley|1856}}
- 1853
- Belvidere Woollen Manufacturing Company organized.{{sfn|Adams|1857}}
- St. Patrick's Church and Merrimack Street Depot built.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- 1856 - Jail built.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- 1857 - Varnum School built.
- 1863 - High School Association organized.{{sfn|Sampson|1870}}
- 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Sampson|1870}}
- 1865
- United States Bunting Company in business.{{sfn|Sampson|1875}}
- Wamesit Power Company incorporated.{{sfn|Sampson|1875}}
- 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.{{sfn|Sampson|1870}}[19]
- 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association{{sfn|Sampson|1875}} and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.[8]
- 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.[5]
- 1873 - Young Women's Home established.{{sfn|Sampson|1875}}
- 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.{{sfn|Sampson|1875}}
- 1876
- Moxie beverage invented.[9]
- Lowell Art Association founded.
- 1882 - Butler School built.
- 1883
- Public Library opens.{{sfn|Industries|1886}}
- Yorick Club active.
- 1887 - Board of Trade established.{{sfn|Ellis|1899}}
- 1889 - Opera House built.
- 1890 - Population: 77,696.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.{{sfn|Coburn|1920}}[19]
- 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
- 1894 - Normal School{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937}} and Middlesex Women's Club[7] founded.
- 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.[7]
- 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1937}}
- 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
20th century{{Expand section|date=October 2012}}- 1900 - Gaity Theatre opens.[26]
- 1902 - Lowell Historical Society incorporated.[10]
- 1908 - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church built.
- 1910 - Population: 106,294.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
- 1911 - Colonial Theatre opens.[26]
- 1917 - Demoulas Market (grocery) in business.[11]
- 1918 - International Institute active.{{sfn|Stanton|2006}}
- 1922 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium built.
- 1924 - Commodore Ballroom opens.[7]
- 1925 - Edith Nourse Rogers becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.[12]
- 1927 - Victory Theater opens.[26]
- 1930 - Post Office built.
- 1937 - Cawley Memorial Stadium built.
- 1942 - Lowell Ordnance Plant active.
- 1946 - New England Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins.[13]
- 1951
- WCAP (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
- Monarch Diner in business.
- 1970 - Lowell Community Health Center established. [14]
- 1974 - Lowell Regional Transit Authority created.
- 1975
- University of Massachusetts Lowell established.
- Paul Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.[15]
- 1976 - Wang Laboratories relocates to Lowell.{{sfn|Boston Globe|1992}}
- 1978
- Lowell National Historical Park established.{{sfn|Goldstein|2000}}
- Yorick Club goes bankrupt.
- 1979
- B. Joseph Tully becomes city manager.[16]
- Merrimack Regional Theatre active.
- 1980
- Wang headquarters construction begins.[17]
- Population: 92,418.[18]
- 1983 - Lowell Historic Board and Downtown Lowell Historic District established.[19]
- 1987
- Middlesex Community College opens campus in Lowell.
- New England Quilt Museum founded.[20]
- 1989
- Glory Buddhist Temple established.[21]
- Sister city relationship established with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
- 1990
- Lowell Folk Festival begins.[22]
- Baystate Marathon begins.
- 1991
- Richard Johnson becomes city manager.
- University of Massachusetts' Industrial History Center established.[20]
- 1992 - August: Wang goes bankrupt.{{sfn|Boston Globe|1992}}
- 1995
- Brian J. Martin becomes city manager.
- Chamber of Commerce formed.[23]
- 1996
- Lowell Spinners baseball team founded.
- Stoklosa Alumni Field opens.
- 1997
- Showcase Cinema in business.[24]
- 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).[25]{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}}
21st century{{Expand section|date=October 2012}}- 2000
- John Cox becomes city manager.[26]
- String Project (music education) established.[27]
- 2001
- Cultural Organization of Lowell established.[28]
- Winterfest begins.
- Sister city relationships established with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.[29]
- 2006
- Bernard Lynch becomes city manager.[30]
- Shree Swaminarayan Temple established.[21][31]
- Sister city relationship established with Bryansk, Russia.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
- 2007 - Niki Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.[32]
- 2010
- Patrick O. Murphy becomes mayor.[33]
- Sister city relationship established with Winneba, Ghana.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
- Population: 106,519.[34]
- 2014
- July: Fire.[35]
- Kevin Murphy becomes city manager.
See also- History of Lowell, Massachusetts
- List of mayors and city managers of Lowell, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Timelines of other municipalities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham
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- {{citation |title=Lowell Neighborhoods: Historical and Architectural Survey |year=1981 |url=http://libspace.uml.edu/omeka/collection-tree
}}- {{citation |work=Boston Globe |date=August 25, 1992 |title=Boom to Bust: Wang Bankruptcy Leaves Lowell Sagging Under the Weight of Recession |via=Boston Public Library
| ref = {{harvid|Boston Globe|1992}} }}- {{Citation |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/ia:worldencyclopedi00kuri/World_encyclopedia_of_cities |title = World Encyclopedia of Cities |publication-date = 1994 |location = Santa Barbara, Calif. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |author=George Thomas Kurian |volume=1: North America |chapter= Lowell, Massachusetts }} (fulltext via Open Library)
- Published in the 21st century
- {{cite journal |title=Many Voices, True Stories, and the Experiences We Are Creating in Industrial History Museums: Reinterpreting Lowell, Massachusetts |author= Carolyn M. Goldstein |journal= Public Historian |volume= 22 |year= 2000 |jstor=3379583
| ref = {{harvid|Goldstein|2000}} }}- {{Citation |publisher = Lonely Planet |title = New England |url = http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24765202M/New_England |publication-date = 2002 |edition=3rd |ol=24765202M |chapter=Around Boston: Lowell |page=172+ }}
- {{cite book
|author= Cathy Stanton |title=The Lowell Experiment: Public History in a Postindustrial City |year=2006|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|isbn=1-55849-547-9 | ref = {{harvid|Stanton|2006}} }}{{refend}}External links{{commons category|Lowell, Massachusetts}}- {{cite web |publisher=Lowell Historical Society |url=http://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowell_history.htm |title=Lowell History Chronology |author1=Richard F. Leach |author2= Eileen Loucraft }}
- Items related to Lowell, Mass., various dates (via Digital Commonwealth)
- [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=lowell%20Massachusetts Items related to Lowell, Mass.], various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
- University of Massachusetts Lowell. Center for Lowell History
- Items related to Lowell, Massachusetts, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- {{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Lowell,_Massachusetts |work=Ballotpedia |title=Lowell, Massachusetts |publisher=Lucy Burns Institute |location=Wisconsin }}
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