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|valign="top" | 1329
|row1-1-text= North end lobby of [[Big School]] built
|First recorded master of a Grammar School in Boston - [[Robert of Muston]]
|row1-1-at=1850
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|valign="top" | 1555
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|[[Letters patent|Charter]] granted by Philip and Mary
|row1-2-text = <span style="line-height:1em; width:5em; display:block;">South end classroom of [[Big School]] built</span>
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|row1-2-at=1856
|valign="top" | 1567/8
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|[[Big School]] built
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|valign="top" | 1635
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|[[Wikipedia: Boston Latin School|Boston Latin School]] founded. Currently the oldest existing school in the United States.
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|row2-1-text= Headmaster [[George Edwin Pattenden]] (1850-1887)
|valign="top" | 1708
|row2-1-to=1887
|[[John Laughton|Laughton]] Bequest
|row2-2-text = [[William White]] (1887-1912)
|-
|row2-2-to=1912
|valign="top" | 1827
|row2-3-text=[[James William Dyson]] (1912-1919)
|[[Number One South End]] built (no longer used by the school)
|row2-3-to=1919
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|row2-4-text = [[Herbert Haycroft Morris]] (1919-1945)
|valign="top" | 1850
|row2-4-to=1945
|[[Big School#19th Century|North end lobby of Big School]] opened
|row2-5-text=[[Leslie Thomas Waddams]] (1945-1954)
|-
|row2-5-to=1954
|valign="top" | 1856
|row2-6-text=[[William John Ricketts]] (1954-1969)
|[[Big School#19th Century|South end classroom of Big School]] opened<br />[[The History and Antiquities of Boston]] published
|row2-6-to=1969
|-
|row2-7-text=[[Philip Frederick Johnston]] (1970-1977)
|valign="top" | 1862
|row2-7-to=1977
|Stained glass windows installed in north windows of [[Big School]].
|row2-8-text=[[Arthur Neville Shrimpton]] (1978-1992)
|-
|row2-8-to=1992
|valign="top" | 1866
|row2-9-text=[[John E Neal]] (1993-2007)
|[[Big School#19th Century|North end classroom of Big School]] opened<br />First five verses of [[Floreat Bostona (music)|Floreat Bostona]] written<br />Earliest record of a BGS cricket match against another school: The King's School, Grantham 
|row2-9-to=2007
|-
|row2-10-text=[[Helen McEvoy]] (2007-2010)
|valign="top" | 1871
|row2-10-to=2010
|Number One South End extended to accommodate boarders<br />[[Fives Court#First Fives Court|First Fives Court]] opened (demolished in 1904)
|row2-11-text=[[Paul Marsh]] (2010-2014)
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|row2-11-to=2014
|valign="top" | 1875
|row2-12-text=[[John McHenry]] (2014-present)
|[[Parry Gold Medal]] instituted
|row2-12-to=2020
|-
 
|valign="top" | 1887
|row3=scale
|Sixth verse of [[Floreat Bostona (music)|Floreat Bostona]] written to commemorate [[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria]]'s golden jubilee year
 
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|valign="top" | 1900
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|[[Old Bostonian Association]] formed. Initially called the 'Old Bostonian Club'.  
|-
|valign="top" | 1904
|[[Science Blocks#First Science Block|First science block]] opened <br />[[Fives Court#Second Fives Court|Second Fives Court]] opened (demolished around 2000)
|-
|valign="top" | 1920
|First issue of the [[Bostonian]] magazine published<br />[[Houses|House system]] 'reintroduced' with three houses: Gannock, Muston and Parry.
|-
|valign="top" | 1921
|[[Wikipedia:Boston High School|Boston High School]] founded
|-
|valign="top" | 1926
|[[Quadrangle|Main Quadrangle Block]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 1936
|Laughton formed as fourth house
|-
|valign="top" | 1938
|[[Sports Field]] came into use
|-
|valign="top" | 1939
|[[Air Raid Shelters]] built (demolished in 1958 and 1968)
|-
|valign="top" | 1941
|[[CCF]] formed
|-
|valign="top" | 1949
|[[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]] opened (demolished in 1984)<br />First edition of [[The Quintian]] published
|-
|valign="top" | 1953
|[[Ormiston House, 27 Rowley Road]] built (sold in 1980)
|-
|valign="top" | 1955
|400th anniversary of school charter being granted<br />First [[Charter Day]] service held<br />Stained glass panels conceived for bay window of [[Big School]] (installed 1956)<br />[[Boston Grammar School: A Short History]] published
|-
|valign="top" | 1958
|[[Assembly Hall]]opened<br />[[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second science block]] opened (demolished in 2002)
|-
|valign="top" | 1960
|[[Pavilion]]<br/>[[Staff Room]] opened<br/>Prefects' ties and lapel badged introduced
|-
|valign="top" | 1961
|[[Big School]] renovated and converted to use as school library.
|-
|valign="top" | 1965
|[[Swimming pool]] opened (in use until 1981)
|-
|valign="top" | 1966
|[[Junior Common Room]] opened<br/>[[Boston Grammar School: A Short History]] updated
|-
|valign="top" | 1968
|[[Mobiles]] introduced (all removed by 2003)<br/>Stained glass installed in the [[Big School|Library]], depicting the four historical figures after whom the [[Houses]] are named
|-
|valign="top" | 1976
|[[Sports Hall]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 1984
|[[Dining Halls#Second Dining Hall|Second Dining Hall]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 1985
|[[Design and Technology Block]] opened<br/>[[Floreat Bostona (book)|Floreat Bostona]] authored by alumnus [[George S Bagley|George Bagley]]
|-
|valign="top" | 1988
|[[Link Block]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 1992
|First issue of the [[Grammar Gazette]] published.
|-
|valign="top" | 1993
|[[Sixth Form Block]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 1996
|Library refurbished
|-
|valign="top" | 1997
|[[Art and Music Block]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 2000
|[[Centennial Anthology]] published
|-
|valign="top" | 2002
|[[Science Blocks#Third Science Block|Third science block]] opened
|-
|valign="top" | 2013
|BGS acquired Academy status
|-
|valign="top" | 2018
|First floor extension to Sixth Form Block
|-
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Revision as of 17:23, 5 February 2021

Year Timeline event
1329 First recorded master of a Grammar School in Boston - Robert of Muston
1555 Charter granted by Philip and Mary
1567/8 Big School built
1635 Boston Latin School founded. Currently the oldest existing school in the United States.
1708 Laughton Bequest
1827 Number One South End built (no longer used by the school)
1850 North end lobby of Big School opened
1856 South end classroom of Big School opened
The History and Antiquities of Boston published
1862 Stained glass windows installed in north windows of Big School.
1866 North end classroom of Big School opened
First five verses of Floreat Bostona written
Earliest record of a BGS cricket match against another school: The King's School, Grantham
1871 Number One South End extended to accommodate boarders
First Fives Court opened (demolished in 1904)
1875 Parry Gold Medal instituted
1887 Sixth verse of Floreat Bostona written to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee year
1900 Old Bostonian Association formed. Initially called the 'Old Bostonian Club'.
1904 First science block opened
Second Fives Court opened (demolished around 2000)
1920 First issue of the Bostonian magazine published
House system 'reintroduced' with three houses: Gannock, Muston and Parry.
1921 Boston High School founded
1926 Main Quadrangle Block opened
1936 Laughton formed as fourth house
1938 Sports Field came into use
1939 Air Raid Shelters built (demolished in 1958 and 1968)
1941 CCF formed
1949 First Dining Hall opened (demolished in 1984)
First edition of The Quintian published
1953 Ormiston House, 27 Rowley Road built (sold in 1980)
1955 400th anniversary of school charter being granted
First Charter Day service held
Stained glass panels conceived for bay window of Big School (installed 1956)
Boston Grammar School: A Short History published
1958 Assembly Hallopened
Second science block opened (demolished in 2002)
1960 Pavilion
Staff Room opened
Prefects' ties and lapel badged introduced
1961 Big School renovated and converted to use as school library.
1965 Swimming pool opened (in use until 1981)
1966 Junior Common Room opened
Boston Grammar School: A Short History updated
1968 Mobiles introduced (all removed by 2003)
Stained glass installed in the Library, depicting the four historical figures after whom the Houses are named
1976 Sports Hall opened
1984 Second Dining Hall opened
1985 Design and Technology Block opened
Floreat Bostona authored by alumnus George Bagley
1988 Link Block opened
1992 First issue of the Grammar Gazette published.
1993 Sixth Form Block opened
1996 Library refurbished
1997 Art and Music Block opened
2000 Centennial Anthology published
2002 Third science block opened
2013 BGS acquired Academy status
2018 First floor extension to Sixth Form Block
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