| 1770 | March 5 | Boston Massacre | |
| 1773 | December 13 | Boston Tea Party | |
| 1774 | June 1 | Boston Port Act goes into effect; British forces occupy town and closes port | |
| 1775 | April | April 19 | Battle of Lexington & Concord |
| April 20 | Seige of Boston begins | ||
| May | May 15 | Nathaniel Ober begins his diary | |
| May 25 | British reinforcements arrive in Boston including General William Howe, General John Burgoyne and Lieutenant John Waller of the 1st Battalion of Marines | ||
| June | June 9 | Peter Brown enlists in Colonel William Prescott's regiment | |
| June 14-17 | Nathaniel Ober's diary account of the Siege of Boston | ||
| June 17 | Battle of Bunker Hill | ||
| June 18-22 | Letter from Abigail to her husband, John Adams | ||
| June 19 |
Letter from James Warren to his wife, Mercy Otis Warren Letter from Joseph Palmer to John Adams |
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| June 25 |
Letter from Peter Brown to his mother, Sarah Brown Copy of a letter written by Lieutenant John Waller describing the Battle of Bunker Hill Letter from Major General John Burgoyne to his nephew, Lord Stanley (published in London, November 27) |
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| June 26 | Broadside account of the Battle of Bunker Hill published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania | ||
| July 3 | George Washington takes command of the army besieging Boston | ||
| August 25 | Letter from Colonel William Prescott to John Adams | ||
| September 15 | Nathaniel Ober's diary ends | ||
| November 27 | June 25 letter from Major General John Burgoyne to his nephew, Lord Stanley published in London | ||
| 1776 | March 17 | British evacuate Boston | |
| July 4 | American Independence declared in Philadelphia | ||
| 1781 | October 18 | General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown | |
| 1783 | September 13 | Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War | |
| 1818 | October 28 | Abigail Adams dies in Quincy | |
| 1825 | June 17 | Cornerstone laid for the Bunker Hill Monument | |
| 1826 | July 4 | John Adams dies in Quincy | |
| 1843 | June 17 | Ceremonies to mark the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument | |
| 1846 | March | Draft of letter from John Quincy Adams to Joseph Sturge | |
| 1848 | February 23 | John Quincy Adams dies in the United States Capitol while representing Massachusetts in Congress |