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

Prior to 19th century

19th century

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
  • 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
  • 1891 - Somerville Hospital founded.
  • 1892 - McLean Hospital relocates to Belmont.
  • 1898
    • Somerville Historical Society incorporated.
    • Historic Festival.
  • 1899
  • 1900 - Population: 61,643.

20th century

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.

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