| 1727 |
Earthquake on October 29th |
| 1754 |
Fifty Beverly soldiers enlisted in the Louisburg Expedition, under the command of Col. Robert Hale (grandson of Rev. John Hale) |
| 1755 |
Severe Earthquake, November 18th |
| 1769 |
Beverly Harbor frozen all the way to Baker’s Island |
| 1771 |
Cabot family moved to Beverly from Salem |
| 1774 |
Town of Beverly adopts resolution supporting Boston’s action on tea tax, Jan 4 |
| 1775 |
Beverly militias march to aid patriots (Beverly to Concord and Lexington) —Reuben Kennison killed; Nathaniel Cleaves, Wilson Dodge, Samuel Woodbury wounded, April
Beverly Seacoast Breastworks built
Hannah fitted out and launched at Glover’s Wharf in Beverly,
Sept. 5
Battle of the Schooner Hannah and the Man-O-War Nautilus, Oct. 10
Town of Beverly votes to erect a fort at Woodberry’s Point, Oct. 11
General Glover’s regiment called to protect Beverly in December |
| 1776 |
Beverly votes to support Independence, July 13
Glover reads Declaration of Independence at what is now Independence Park on July 17 |
| 1777 |
Ebenezer Francis of Beverly is killed in Battle of Hubbardton in Vermont, July 7 |
| 1779 |
Defeat of Colonial forces at Castine (Penobscot Expedition);
Defence, a Beverly vessel, was scuttled to avoid capture (remains of the vessel were raised in 1977.) |
| 1781 |
John Cabot House was built. One of the first brick Federalist-style mansions to be built in Beverly |
| 1788 |
America’s first "Cotton Manufactory" was built in North Beverly (operational until 1813)
Beverly-Salem Bridge opened (cost to build: $16,000) |
| 1789 |
Washington visits the town of Beverly on October 30th. Breakfasts at the house of George Cabot, inspects Beverly/Salem Bridge (Essex Bridge), and visits the Nation’s first Cotton Manufactory in North Beverly. |
| 1799 |
Schooner Alert, of Beverly, under the command of Captain Jacob Oliver, was captured by three French privateering vessels while entering Santander harbor (Spain, near Basque region.) She was taken into the port of Bayonne. |
| 1801 |
Small pox hospital established at Paul’s Head, now Hospital Point. Burned down in 1849. |
| 1802 |
Beverly National Bank incorporated (Bank was located at the John Cabot house, now home of the Beverly Historical Society.) |
| 1807 |
Embargo put a stop to foreign trade and destroyed nearly all maritime industry in seaport towns like Beverly |
| 1810 |
First Sunday school in New England opened at the corner of Front and Davis Streets, under the instruction of Joanna Prince and Hannah Hill |
| 1812 |
The War of 1812 closed Beverly Harbor to trade
First Britannia ware made in America in the shop of Israel Trask (160 Cabot Street, ruins of a kiln can still be seen in the backyard.) |
| 1871 |
Lighthouse built at Hospital Point |
| 1891 |
Beverly Historical Society was organized |
| 1892 |
Beverly Historical Society acquires the John Cabot House, former home of Edward Burley, and the Beverly National Bank for its headquarters |
| 1894 |
Beverly becomes a city |
| 1899 |
United Shoe Machinery Corporation established |
| 1905 |
United Shoe Machinery Corporation factory on Elliot Street operational (now the Cummings Center) |
| 1909-1912 |
President Taft spends his summers in Beverly |
