Boston events A brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1620 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order. Published 1884. An excellent resource.
Historical Events By Year archives contain over 200,000 important events. The archive can be searched by date and keyword via the today in history search engine.
Beacon Street, Boston in in the 1850s (Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/Rare Books).
