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This is a timeline of the history of Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA.
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17th-18th centuries
- 1635 - Newbury incorporated.
- 1761 - Belleville Congregational Church founded.
- 1764 - Newburyport incorporated (formerly part of Newbury).
- 1772 - Marine Society of Newburyport established.
- 1773
- Isaiah Thomas opens "a printing house in King Street."
- Essex Journal newspaper begins publication.
- 1790 - Population: 4,837.
- 1793 - Impartial Herald newspaper begins publication.
- 1794
- Morning Star newspaper begins publication.
- Newburyport Woolen Manufacturing Co. established.
- 1795
- Political Gazette newspaper begins publication.
- Merrimack Bank incorporated.
- 1797 - Newburyport Herald newspaper begins publication.
- 1799 - Newburyport Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.
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19th century
- 1801 - American Intelligencer newspaper published.
- 1802 - Merrimac Humane Society established.
- 1803
- Merrimack Gazette and New England Repertory newspapers begin publication.
- Newburyport Female Charitable Society organized.
- Merrimack Fire and Marine Insurance Co. incorporated.
- 1804 - Political Calendar newspaper begins publication.
- 1805 - Merrimack Magazine begins publication.
- 1807 - Newburyport Gazette newspaper begins publication.
- 1808 - Statesman newspaper begins publication.
- 1810
- Newburyport Mechanick Association and Newburyport Athenaeum incorporated.
- Independent Whig newspaper begins publication.
- Merrimack Bible Society organized.
- 1812 - Washington Benevolent Society organized.
- 1818 - Howard Benevolent Society instituted "for the relief of the sick and destitute."
- 1825 - Newburyport Hosiery Co. established.
- 1829 - Newburyport Lyceum organized.
- 1835
- Society for the Relief of Aged Females founded.
- U.S. Custom House built.
- 1836
- Newburyport Linnean Society and Newburyport Steam Cotton Co. incorporated.
- Newburyport Silk Co. and Newburyport Ladies' Bethel Society established.
- 1837 - Bartlet Steam Mills incorporated.
- 1840 - Pleasant Street Christian Church organized.
- 1841 - Essex North District Medical Society organized.
- 1842 - James Steam Mills incorporated.
- 1844 - Essex Steam Mills incorporated.
- 1845 - Globe Steam Mills and Ocean Steam Mills incorporated.
- 1850
- Ladies' General Charitable Society instituted.
- Newburyport Gas Co. incorporated.
- 1851 - June 18: Essex North Musical convention held.
- 1852 - Merrimack Library Association organized.
- 1854
- Newburyport Public Library founded.
- Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank incorporated.
- 1855 - Newburyport Library Association organized.
- 1857 - Mechanic Library Association incorporated.
- 1865 - Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church organized.
- 1869 - Merrimack Marine Railway Co. incorporated.
- 1874 - Newburyport Mutual Benefit Association organized.
- 1877 - Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury established.
- 1878 - Newburyport Athenaeum organized.
- 1884 - Newburyport YMCA incorporated.
- 1886 - Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men incorporated.
- 1887 - Newburyport Electric Light & Power Co. incorporated.
- 1888 - Daily News established.
- 1890
- YWCA of Newburyport incorporated.
- City Improvement society organized.
- 1896 - Newburyport Choral Union organized.
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20th century
- 1904 - South End Reading Room Association formed.
- 1906 - Newburyport Homeoepathic Hospital opens.
- 1917 - Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Newburyport founded.
- 1968 - Newburyport Maritime Society established.
- 1971 - Market Square Historic District added to National Register of Historic Places.
- 1971-79 - Downtown undergoes major renewal and historic preservation effort.
- 1991 - Actors Studio of Newburyport founded.
- 1994 - Sister city relationship established with Bura, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya.
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21st century
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