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1614
Captain John Smith explores Boston Harbor
1616
Unknown plague wipes out many Pawtucket and Winnisimmet Indians
1619
Death of Nanepashemet, last of the Indian Chiefs
1621
Winnisimmet visited by Myles Standish and the Plymouth men
1624
Settled by Samuel Maverick on the site of the Naval Hospital, now Admiral's Hill
1630
John Winthrop and his party entertained by Samuel Maverick (Thursday June 17 till Saturday June 19, 1630)
1631
Chelsea Ferry established to Boston
1632-34
Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point declared part of Boston
1633
Smallpox plague devistates Indian population in Winnisimmet and all of Northeast.
1637
All of Winnisimmet land allotted to about 40 proprietors
1641
Richard Bellingham appointed Governor of Massachusets
1641
First County Road built to Salem
1659
Cary House built by Richard Bellingham as a hunting lodge
1684
Winnepurkitt, the last of the Sagamore indians died
1693
First burial in old Revere Cemetary, Mary, wife of Capt. John Smith
1709
First free school - Thomas Cheever, teacher
1710
First church built in Rumney Marsh section of Chelsea
1734
Tide Mill established at foot of Mill St. by Thomas Pratt
1739
Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point become Town of Chelsea on Jan.10.
1775
May 27th, The Battle of Chelsea Creek
1775-76
George Washington visited Chelsea on many occasions
1789
Dike and Dam at Island End River authorized
1803
Chelsea - Charlestown Bridge and Salem Turnpike built
1832
First Chelsea Post Office opened at Fenno's Corner
1834
Bridge to Chelsea Street East Boston built
1836
Chelsea Naval Hospital commissioned on January 7, 1836
1838
First Steam Railroad through Revere
1839
Bridge from Saratoga Street to Pullen Point built
1841
Panhandle becomes part of Saugus - February 22, 1841
1846
Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point become North Chelsea, March 19, 1846
1848
Abraham Lincoln visits Chelsea - September 19, 1848
1849
Grand Junction Railroad and connection with Eastern Railroad built
1852
Pullen Point set off from North Chelsea, becomes Winthrop
1855
Meridian Street Bridge to East Boston built
1857
Chelsea becomes a city on March 13, 1857
1857
First Horse Railroad in Chelsea, May 26, 1857
1859
Lynn and Boston Street Railway built
1867
Water turned on in Chelsea for the first time, November 26th
1868
Water from the street pipes turned on in Prattville, August 11th
1871
Train wreck in North Chelsea (Revere) kills 29 and injures 57 on August 26, 1871
1871
Name of North Chelsea changed to Revere
1875
Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad built - July 29, 1875
1882
Soldiers' Home dedicated
1886
The Chelsea Gazette publishes its first edition on April 3, 1886
1888
First electric trolley in Massachusetts at Revere Beach
1890
The Chelsea Record begins publication on December 17, 1890
1895
Revere Beach Parkway began
1898
Prattville School opens for first fall semester
1908
The Great Chelsea Fire
1908
The Board of Control began its regime, June 4, 1908
1909
The Chelsea Flood
1912
President Taft visits Chelsea, September 19, 1912. Dedication banquet of the new Chelsea Post Office
1915
Revere becomes a city
1917
Chelsea sends it first group of men to WW1, September 19, 1917
1918
Influenza Epidemic strikes Chelsea
1924
Chelsea celebrates its 300th anniversary
1934
The state assumes management of the Soldiers' Home
1950
The New Mystic Bridge opens on February 25, 1950
1969
Chelsea Waterfront nearly destroyed by Gulf Oil Farm fire on January 3, 1969
1971
Carter School completely destroyed in the 4th suspicious school fire
1973
The second Great Chelsea Fire on October 14th
1974
Fire levels two more city blocks around American Barrel
1978
New Year's Eve fire kills veteran firefighter, two children and babysitter
1989
Boston University assumes administration of the Chelsea School System
1991
State Receivership suspends charter and assumes control of city government
1994
Receivership ends and a city manager form of government is instituted
1996
School year opens with seven new schools on four different sites
1998
Chelsea awarded All-American City status by the National Civic League