Manchester: Historical TimelineChronology of Manchester History, 1701-1995,
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| 1701 | Jul 24 | Cadillac founds Detroit. |
| 1805 | Jan 11 | Michigan becomes a territory. |
| 1826 | May 10 | Pres. John Quincy Adams signs deed granting 240 acres (which is to become Manchester Village) to John Gilbert. |
| 1834 | Mar 07 | Gov. George Porter approves the name for Sharon Township. |
| 1834 | May 08 | Post Office established in Manchester. |
| 1835 | Mar 25 | First section of original Village of Manchester platted. |
| 1837 | Jan 26 | Michigan admitted to the Union as the 26th state. |
| 1837 | Apr 03 | First meeting held of the Manchester Township Board. |
| 1837 | Oct 04 | Second section of original Village of Manchester platted. |
| 1846 | Mar 15 | Universalist Church organized in Manchester. |
| 1846 | Sep 03 | Mat D. Blosser was born in Tecumseh. |
| 1848 | Jan 24 | Gold discovered in California. |
| 1853 | May 01 | First Main Street mill and 14 other buildings destroyed by fire. |
| 1857 | Feb 23 | First donation party held for Iron Creek (Baptist) Church. |
| 1861 | Mar 19 | Chauncy Waldbridge becomes postmaster. |
| 1861 | Apr 24 | Manchester company departs for Civil War duty. |
| 1862 | Jun 27 | First soldier from Manchester, William Aldritch, dies in the Civil War. |
| 1862 | Dec 03 | First Masonic meeting held in Manchester. |
| 1863 | May 02 | 8th Michigan Cavalry departed Manchester in pursuit of rebel raider Brig. Gen. John Morgan. |
| 1867 | Feb 17 | Manchester incorporated as a village. |
| 1867 | Feb 28 | J. D. Corey introduced bill to organize Manchester as a village. |
| 1867 | Oct 17 | First issue of the Manchester Enterprise published: Geo. Spaffard, editor. |
| 1867 | Nov 04 | Union School opens. |
| 1868 | Mar 17 | Manchester incorporated as a village. |
| 1868 | Nov 26 | Mat Blosser purchases the year-old Manchester Enterprise. |
| 1869 | Nov 01 | New Brewery Bridge completed on Duncan Street. |
| 1870 | Sep 23 | First train comes to Manchester. |
| 1871 | Jul 28 | First ";legitimate" bank opens in Manchester. |
| 1872 | Aug 17 | Mack, Schmidt & Co. put new burglar alarm and fireproof safe in their German American Bank. |
| 1873 | Oct 02 | John Baur sells Manchester brewery to two Indiana men. |
| 1873 | Nov 04 | Post office moves from Railroad Street to Union Hall block. |
| 1874 | Jan 22 | Union Livery Stable sold by Orrin Wait to Thomas J. Farrell. |
| 1874 | Apr 15 | Mat Blosser agrees to print Council proceedings, 1yr for $40. |
| 1874 | Mar 22 | Sharon United Methodist Church congregation organized. |
| 1874 | Jun 24 | John and Fred Schaible burn first kiln of bricks. |
| 1874 | Aug 06 | Fire destroys flour and paper mills in Soulesville. |
| 1874 | Aug 08 | Village Council funds wooden sidewalks on east side of Beaufort St. |
| 1874 | Sep 24 | Joseph Gordonier opens a blacksmith shop. |
| 1877 | Jun 29 | First annual Alumni Association reunion for MHS graduates. |
| 1879 | Dec 02 | Arbeiter Hall dedicated (originally built in 1867 as Goodyear Hall, later bought by the Arbeiter Society). |
| 1882 | Dec 10 | New edifice on West Main dedicated for Imanuel United Evangelical Church (now Emanuel United Church of Christ). |
| 1883 | Feb 14 | Volunteer Fire Department organized. |
| 1886 | Apr 07 | Manchester digs out from spring blizzard. |
| 1886 | Jun 08 | Council approves purchase of property on Clinton St. for Village Hall to be built. |
| 1886 | Nov 25 | New iron bridge on Main Street opens. |
| 1891 | Aug 19 | German Day Celebration held. |
| 1892 | Feb 10 | J. H. Kingsley awarded the first contract to provide electricity to the Village. |
| 1893 | May 24 | Nelson Ockrow died. |
| 1894 | Jun 29 | First meeting of the Manchester Alumni Association. |
| 1902 | Jun 12 | Village hit by windstorm, uprooting trees and tearing roofs off buildings. |
| 1908 | Oct 21 | Council votes to have electricity available all night. |
| 1908 | Nov 01 | Electricity first becomes available during nighttime hours in the Village. |
| 1909 | Feb 27 | Manchester Township Library Association formed. |
| 1909 | Jun 26 | Cornerstone laid for Bethel United Church of Christ. |
| 1910 | Aug 27 | Manchester's first "Homecoming" held. |
| 1912 | Jan 17 | St. Mary Catholic Church dedicated. |
| 1917 | Jun 07 | Cyclone cuts through Sharon Twp. leaving trail of destruction. |
| 1918 | May 15 | Council appropriated $50 to build bandstand between Mill and bank. |
| 1919 | Oct 01 | Village begins removing all "useless hitching posts." |
| 1920 | Jan 16 | Prohibition went into effect. |
| 1920 | Jun 10 | Brewery on S. Macomb Street burns. |
| 1924 | Jul 22 | Mill on Main Street burns to the ground for the 2nd time. |
| 1925 | Jul 31 | John B. Swainson's birthday. |
| 1941 | Mar 12 | Grand opening of new Widmayer Hardware. |
| 1954 | Jul | First Annual Chicken Broil, a tradition begins. |
| 1956 | May 29 | Union Savings and Peoples banks merge. |
| 1963 | Jun 16 | Gustav Kuether ordained in sanctuary of Emanuel Church. |
| 1964 | Sep 21 | Ground breaking ceremonies for Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. |
| 1967 | Apr 22 | First annual Manchester canoe race. |
| 1967 | Jul 25 | 20th Century Club hosts lawn party for Manchesterites born before World War I. |
| 1967 | Oct 27 | Faith Community Church dedicated. |
| 1976 | Dec 30 | Manchester Area Historical Society incorporated. |
| 1983 | Jul 21 | Blacksmith Shop dedicated as historic site. |
| 1987 | Jul 16 | Gazebo dedicated and donated to Village by Manchester Area Historical Society. |
| 1991 | Sep 29 | Blacksheep Tavern building burns, badly damaged. |
| 1995 | Dec 21 | John B. Swainson Room dedicated at the John Schneider Blacksmith Shop. |
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Updated 6/7/22 SLB; 1/23/23 SLB