Upcoming anniversaries computed live from the graph — every dated entity is a recurring civic moment
The timeline 8 dated entities, 1630–1951
🏙️ Boston
Boston was founded in 1630 and incorporated as a city in 1822. Boston400 follows four centuries of civic change across the city and its neighbors.
📜 Boston Massacre (1770)
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians, killing five people, including Crispus Attucks, near the Old State House.
📜 Boston Tea Party (1773)
On December 16, 1773, after a mass meeting at Old South Meeting House, about 150 men went to Griffin's Wharf and destroyed 342 chests of imported tea.
📜 Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1775)
On April 18-19, 1775, Paul Revere rode from Boston toward Lexington as part of an intelligence and alarm network warning of a British expedition.
📜 Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
On June 17, 1775, New England troops met the British army in the Revolution's first major pitched battle; British forces took the field after suffering severe casualties.
🌳 Boston Public Garden
Dating to 1839, the Boston Public Garden is recognized as the first public botanical garden in the United States, with formal paths, plantings, a lagoon, and Swan Boats.
📍 Boston Public Library
Established in 1848, Boston Public Library was the first large free municipal library in the United States. Its McKim Building opened in Copley Square in 1895.
⭐ The Freedom Trail
A 2.5-mile route marked by brick, paint, and signs, linking 16 colonial, Revolutionary, and federal sites from Boston Common through the North End to Charlestown.