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HSB-41 Home - Entire Timeline
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| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1636 | Thomas Hooker leads settlement at Hartford. | colony, settlement, Puritans | ||
| 1647 | Alice Young hung in Hartford | May be the first NE execution for witchchraft | witch, Hartford | |
| 1662 | Beginning of Hartford witch outbreak. | During 1662-63, accusations against 13 persons resulted in 4 executions. | witch, Hartford | |
| 1814 | Hartford Convention considers secession | Connecticut, Federalists, revolution | ||
| 1842 | Wadsworth Atheneum opens in Hartford | Considered the nation's first public art museum. | Connecticut, museum |