Events
Pilgrims settle at Plymouth colonythe First ThanksgivingJohn Endecott est. settlement at SalemMassachusetts bay Company CharteredBoston FoundedRoger WilliamsHarvard College is establishedFirst U.S. Post Office builtKing Philip's War beginsKing Philip's War endsSalem Witch Trials beginthe first lighthouse in Boston is builtBoston MassacreLexington and ConcordBoston Marathon BombingBoston Tea PartyJohn HancockMassachusettsNathaniel HawthorneFirst American Railroad builtMorse CodeNathaniel HawthorneSame sex marriage made legal in MABoston Red Sox won World SeriesMr. Mulcahy was bornEdward W Brooke- 1st African American elected to U.S. senateFirst successful kidney transplant- BostonBoston nightclub fire killed 492 peopleFirst transatlantic radio broadcast1st successful U.S. subway system opened- BostonHelen Magill White- 1st woman in U. S. to earn Ph.D. (Boston University)Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone- BostonFirst National Woman's Rights Convention held in WorcesterThe Scarlet letter is published
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