| 1602 | Explorer Bartholomew Gosnold |
| 1603 | Explorer Martin Pring traveled up into the Kennebunk River |
| 1604 | Explorer Samuel de Champlain called Cape Porpoise Harbor Les Port aux Isles or Island Harbor |
| 1610 | Cape Porpus name marked on Simancus Map |
| 1614 | Referred to by Captain John Smith on his map as Cape Porpus |
| 1617 | Winter Harbor Richard Vines and crew spent the winter at Biddeford Pool |
| 1617 | "Great Dying," 90% of all Indians in Maine died of European diseases |
| 1620 | 40-50 vessels fishing in New England waters including the coast of Maine |
| 1629 | Granted to Vines and Thomas |
| 1636 | First Court held at Saco |
| 1641 | Sept 27, Charter to Wells Rev. John Wheelwright |
| 1653 | Submission to Massachusetts |
| 1660 | Kennebunk River becomes the boundary between Cape Porpoise and Wells |
| 1670 | Cape Porpoise spelling first used |
| 1675 | King Phillip's War |
| 1689 | King William's War |
| 1689 | April 22 Indian Attacks depopulated Cape Porpoise |
| 1703 | Durrell family carried off by Indians |
| 1719 | Descendants of old inhabitants and new settlers petitioned Mass to reincorporate Cape Porpoise as Arundel |
| 1724 | Thomas Perkins House built in Arundel |
| 1725 | First Church in Cape Porpoise |
| 1726 | October 2nd time Durrell family captured by the Indians. Women and infant killed. |
| 1728 | Great earthquake. Many joined the church in Cape Porpoise. |
| 1730 | through 1740 First Ship built on the Mousam River |
| 1749 | Grist Mill Built by Perkins family |
| 1750 | Centers established at Mousam River, The Landing and at Lower Village Kennebunk. Some settlement in West Kennebunk. 2nd Parish |
| 1755 | freshet carried away all the mills on the Mousam River and first ship built on the Kennebunk River |
| 1763 | First Church of Christ Arundel |
| 1775 | Rum Wharehouse built in dock Square by Eliphalet Perkins |
| 1776 | Independence |
| 1782 | Battle of Cape Porpoise Samuel Wildes, Trott Island and crew of British Brig at Goat Island battles. James Burnham was killed 17 British killed |
| 1790 | Shipbuilding Tobias Lord on the Mousam River moved to Kennebunk River Landing |
| 1813 | Customs House built |
| 1820 | Maine became a State Kennebunk became a town Arundel became Kennebunkport |
| 1824 | South Congregational Church built |
| 1827 | Andrew Luques built store on corner of Dock Sq and Ocean Ave. |
| 1837 | Charles Bradbury published History of Kennebunkport |
| 1838 | Village Baptist Church built |
| 1839 | Ward family building ships in Kennebunkport and Clement Littlefield Shipyard at Lower Village, Railroad came through West Kennebunk |
| 1841 | Schooner Nile built in Dock Square for D&S Ward |
| 1842 | November 30 The Wreck of the Isadore |
| 1842 | Present site of First Church |
| 1847 | The Kennebunk River Company built the Locks |
| 1851 | Ward Yard at the South Congregational Church land |
| 1853 | Nott House built for Charles E. Perkins and Celia Nott |
| 1854 | Nathanial Lord Thompson moved to Lower Village from the Landing |
| 1856 | Atlas of York County |
| 1862 | Shop on S Brook bridge F. S. Bryant |
| 1870 | Modest cottages built at Goose Rocks Beach |
| 1871 | Goose Rocks House was built |
| 1872 | York County Atlas Maps |
| 1872 | Boston and Kennebunkport Seashore Company incorporated |
| 1873 | Ocean Bluff Hotel built by Seashore Company at Cape Arundel |
| 1873 | Cottages at Kennebunk Beach. Lord's Point and Parson's Beach developed |
| 1874 | First Cottage built at Cape Arundel, Ocean Ave (River Rd.) rebuilt nearer the river. |
| 1877 | Dock Square Fire |
| 1878 | New Parker House Built. 2nd & 3rd cottages at Cape Arundel lots given by Seashore Company to promote development |
| 1883 | Train stations for Boston and Maine Railroad branches Kennebunk Beach, Parson's Beach, Kennebunkport Depot |
| 1884 | The Arundel, Nonantum, Seaview House (before 1884) |
| 1886 | Eagle Rock Hotel Kennebunk Beach, Casino built on So. Main St., St Ann's built |
| 1887 | Skating Rink Fire, Failed attempt to build shoe factory in Kennebunkport |
| 1887 | St. Ann's built |
| 1888 | Langsford House Cape Porpoise |
| 1890 | River Club built |
| 1890 | Anthony Luques sold store to Dennett |
| 1891 | Abbott Graves came to Kennebunkport year round by 1920 |
| 1893 | Norton's burned |
| 1893 | Post Office moves from Union Square to Norton's |
| 1893 | Tuck's Antiques first opens |
| 1895 | Joseph & Sarah Wildes Manuel celebrated 75 wedding anniversary |
| 1896 | Freshet took out wooden bridge. New steel bridge was built |
| 1898 | Trolley |
| 1900 | Early 1900s river activities. Canoe races, sailing races, carnival etc. |
| 1901 | Tuck built Colonial Inn |
| 1903 | Walker Point developed |
| 1903 | Central Market built in Union Square |
| 1904 | Welch's Dry Goods built beside Colonial Inn |
| 1905 | Electricity to Kennebunkport |
| 1905 | Arundel Social Club leased Colonial Inn |
| 1906 | Colonial Inn Ice Cream Parlor became Bijou Theatre |
| 1909 | Monument erected in Dock Square |
| 1914 | Victor Vernon offers seaplane rides from Kennebunk Beach |
| 1915 | North Kennebunkport split off |
| 1919 | Kenneth Roborts moves to Kennebunk Beach |
| 1921 | Central Market becomes Towne & Clark Grocery (Alano's) |
| 1930 | Roberts writes his first novel Arundel |
| 1935 | Parker House Torn Down George Cooper Supervisor |
| 1936 | Roberts built Rocky Pastures and moved to Kennebunkport to escape the tourists and fans |
| 1947 | October Fire of 47 |
| 1957 | North Kennebunkport renamed Arundel |
| 1962 | Goat Island Light Bell stops ringing and is donated to KHS by U. S. Coastguard |
| 1964 | Arundel Opera building becomes Catholic Church replacing Church on the corner of Maine St and South St |
