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The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell, Massachusetts, US.
- 1822
- Merrimack Manufacturing Company incorporated.[1]
- Hugh Cummiskley leads 30 Irishmen up the Middlesex Canal starting in Charlestown, Mass to Pawtucket falls in Chelmsford, Ma[2]
- 1824
- 1825 - Middlesex Mechanic Association,[5] Hamilton Manufacturing Company,[3]and Mechanic Phalanx established.[6]
- 1826
- 1827 - First Methodist Episcopal Church organized.[3]
- 1828 - Appleton Company, Lowell Bank, and Lowell Manufacturing Company incorporated.[3]
- 1829
- 1830
- 1831
- 1832 - Lowell Bleachery incorporated.[3]
- 1833 - Police Court established.[12]
- 1834
- 1835
- Boston and Lowell Railroad begins operating.[4]
- Boott Cotton Mills incorporated.[3]
- Lucy Larcom, teacher, poet and author moves to Lowell.[7]
- 1836
- 1838
- 1839
- 1840
- Hospital Association[6] and Lowell Museum established.
- Lowell Offering begins publication.[7]
- By now, Lowell mills had recruited over 8,000 Lowell mill girls.
- Population: 20,796.[11]
- 1841
- Lowell Cemetery established.
- Vox Populi newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1842 - Charles Dickens visits Lowell.[7]
- 1843 - First Wesleyan Methodist Church[3]and Missionary Association established.[4]
- 1844 - City Library,[14] Lowell Female Labor Reform Association,[17] and New Jerusalem Swedenborgian Church established.[3]
- 1845 - Lowell Machine Shop incorporated.[3]
- 1846
- Lowell and Lawrence Railroad incorporated.[4]
- Jefferson Bancroft becomes mayor.[9]
- 1847 - June: U.S. president Polk visits Lowell.[18]
- 1848 - Francis floodgate[1] and Colburn School built.
- 1850
- 1851 - Lowell Daily Citizen newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1852 - May: Lajos Kossuth visits Lowell.[18]
- 1853
- Belvidere Woollen Manufacturing Company organized.[4]
- St. Patrick's Church and Merrimack Street Depot built.[10]
- 1856 - Jail built.[10]
- 1857 - Varnum School built.
- 1863 - High School Association organized.[12]
- 1864 - Lowell Horse Railroad begins operating.[12]
- 1865
- 1867 - St. John's Hospital and Young Men's Christian Association established.[12][20]
- 1868 - Old Franklin Literary Association[19] and Old Residents' Historical Association organized.[21]
- 1870 - Coggeshall's Circulating Library in business.[14]
- 1873 - Young Women's Home established.[19]
- 1875 - Riding Park, and Club Dramatique established.[19]
- 1876
- 1882 - Butler School built.
- 1883
- Public Library opens.[10]
- Yorick Club active.
- 1887 - Board of Trade established.[23]
- 1889 - Opera House built.
- 1890 - Population: 77,696.[7]
- 1891 - Lowell General Hospital founded.[24][20]
- 1893 - Lowell Post Office built.
- 1894 - Normal School[1] and Middlesex Women's Club[9] founded.
- 1895 - Middlesex Village School built.[9]
- 1897 - Lowell Textile School opens.[1][7]
- 1898 - Pawtucket Congregational Church built.
- 1900
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- 1902 - Lowell Historical Society incorporated.[26]
- 1905 - Tewksbury's Wigginville neighborhood annexed to the City of Lowell.[27]
- 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.[28]
- 1910 - Population: 106,294.[7]
- 1911 - Colonial Theatre opens.[25]
- 1917 - Demoulas Market (grocery) in business.[29]
- 1918 - International Institute active.[30]
- 1922 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium built.
- 1924 - Commodore Ballroom opens.[9]
- 1925 - Edith Nourse Rogers becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.[31]
- 1927 - Victory Theater opens.[25]
- 1930 - Post Office built.
- 1937 - Cawley Memorial Stadium built.
- 1942 - Lowell Ordnance Plant active.
- 1946 - New England Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins.[32]
- 1951
- WCAP (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
- Monarch Diner in business.
- 1970 - Lowell Community Health Center established.[20]
- 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.[33]
- 1976 - Wang Laboratories relocates to Lowell.[34]
- 1978
- Lowell National Historical Park established.[35]
- Yorick Club goes bankrupt.
- 1979
- B. Joseph Tully becomes city manager.[36]
- Merrimack Regional Theatre active.
- 1980
- 1983 - Lowell Historic Board and Downtown Lowell Historic District established.[39]
- 1987
- Middlesex Community College opens campus in Lowell.
- New England Quilt Museum founded.[40]
- 1989
- Glory Buddhist Temple established.[41]
- Sister city relationship established with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
- 1990
- Lowell Folk Festival begins.[42]
- Baystate Marathon begins.
- 1991
- Richard Johnson becomes city manager.
- University of Massachusetts' Industrial History Center established.[40]
- 1992 - August: Wang goes bankrupt.[34]
- 1995
- Brian J. Martin becomes city manager.
- Chamber of Commerce formed.[43]
- 1996
- Lowell Spinners baseball team founded.
- Stoklosa Alumni Field opens.
- 1997
- Showcase Cinema in business.[25]
- 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).[44][chronology citation needed]
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- 2000
- 2001
- Cultural Organization of Lowell established.[47]
- Winterfest begins.
- Sister city relationships established with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, Cambodia.[48]
- 2006
- Bernard Lynch becomes city manager.[49]
- Shree Swaminarayan Temple established.[41][50]
- Sister city relationship established with Bryansk, Russia.[citation needed]
- 2007 - Niki Tsongas becomes U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.[51]
- 2010
- Patrick O. Murphy becomes mayor.[52]
- Sister city relationship established with Winneba, Ghana.[citation needed]
- Population: 106,519.[53]
- 2014
- July: Fire.[54]
- Kevin Murphy becomes city manager.
- 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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