

May 10: Second Continental Congress of the thirteen colonies begins.April 14: Pennsylvania Abolition Society founded.

September 5: First Continental Congress of the United Colonies begins meeting in Carpenters' Hall.First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry organized.1773 – Walnut Street Jail in operation.Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick founded.Pennsylvania Packet newspaper begins publication.1769 – American Philosophical Society formed.November: Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania begin publication.January 6: Pennsylvania Chronicle newspaper begins publication.Foundation of the city's first permanent theatre, the Southwark Theatre in Philadelphia.American Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge established.1755 – College of Philadelphia chartered.1753 – Bell hung in tower of State House.1749 – Academy of Philadelphia founded.The Pennsylvania Journal newspaper begins publication.1740 – Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel founded.1735 – Pennsylvania State House built.1731 – Library Company of Philadelphia established.Printer Benjamin Franklin in business.Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper begins publication.1719 – American Weekly Mercury newspaper begins publication.1700 – Swedish Lutheran Gloria Dei Church consecrated.1691 – Appointment of first mayor, Humphrey Morrey, by Penn.1689 – William Penn Charter School founded.1682 – Philadelphia founded as capital of the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania by William Penn.
