1872Government
=== Borough incorporation ===
By 1872, Lansdale Borough was officially incorporated and named after Phillip Lansdale Fox, chief surveyor of the North Penn Railroad.
1900History
In the year 1900, 2,754 people lived here; in 1910, 3,551; and in 1940, 9,316 people were inhabitants of Lansdale.
1915Military
Lois Gunden (1915–2005), recipient of the title Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for her efforts to care for and protect Jewish children and child refugees of the Spani...
1921Military
Ralph James Wickel (1921–2001), Lansdale High School alum served in WWII, awarded tennis scholarship at Temple University, competed in regional and national tennis tournaments.
1922History
Hirschmann (1922–2009), biochemist who led synthesis of the first enzyme.
1925History
Russell Hoban (1925–2011), expatriate writer, author of Riddley Walker and the Frances the Badger children's books, was born and grew up in Lansdale.
1940Crime
Paul Bateson (born 1940), radiological technician seen playing one in The Exorcist, later convicted of murdering a film critic and suspected in a series of murders of gay men in...
1948Civil Rights
Margaret Battavio (Little Peggy March) (born 1948), American pop singer.
1956History
== Notable people ==
Kenneth Kraus (1956– ), former United States Marine who was first American taken hostage by Iranian militants prior to the Iran hostage crisis on Feb.
1958History
Gunden lived with her husband Ernest Clemens in Lansdale from 1958 until her death in 2005.
1960Infrastructure
WNPV (1440 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format, whose air date began October 17, 1960 and ended April 30, 2020.
1963History
Her song "I Will Follow Him" was number one in April 1963.
1973History
1973/1974 – 2011), soccer player.
1979History
14, 1979 at the United States Embassy in Tehran.
1981History
Joe Judge (born 1981), former head coach of the New York Giants.
1986Sports
Dan Campbell (Born 1986) American Musician known for being a member of The Wonder Years
== In popular culture ==
An episode of the Fox television series Fringe, which aired on...
2010History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 census, the borough was 75.9% White, 5.9% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 13.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 2.7% were tw...
2011History
The beginning of the House season 7 episode "Changes" (May 2, 2011) was set in Lansdale.
2012History
In January 2012, the archdiocese announced that St.
2019Education
The campus closed in 2019, with classes moved to the main campus in Center Valley or online.
2020Education
The station sold off its land, studio and broadcast towers to North Penn School District in July 2020.
2022History
In 2022, a documentary "Lansdale, Then, Now and Forever" was released about the local music scene.