Timeline of Dublin

Prior to 16th century

841 AD – Viking camp established.

1014 – Battle of Clontarf.

1028 – Christ Church founded (approximate date).

1171 – Henry II of England in power.

1172 – Dublin "given charter and made centre of English Pale."

1185 – St Catherine's Church built.

1190 – Fire.

1191 – St Patrick's Cathedral construction begins.

1229 – Richard Muton becomes mayor.

1230 – Dublin Castle built.

1283 – Fire.

1348 – Black Death.

1409 – Mayor appointed.

1446 – Weavers' Guild chartered.

16th-17th centuries

1541 – Dublin becomes capital of the Kingdom of Ireland.

1592 – Trinity College founded.

1597 – 11 March: Dublin Gunpowder Disaster.

1635 – Theatre built.

1638 – Rain

1646 – City besieged by Parliamentarians.

1661 – Dublin Corporation (city government) established.

1662

Smock Alley Theatre opens.

Royal Hunting Park established.

1664

Saint Stephen's Green enclosed by a wall.

Newman coffeehouse in business.

1666 – Cabbage Garden cemetery in use.

1680 – Hibernian Catch Club founded (approximate date).

1682 – Weavers' Guild hall built in The Coombe.

1683 – Dublin Philosophical Society founded.

18th century

1702 – State Paper Office established in Dublin Castle.

1707 – Marsh's Library incorporated.

1709 – St. Luke's Church built.

1710 – Mansion House (residence) built.

1725 – Dublin Weekly Journal begins publication.

1731 – Dublin Society founded.

1742 – 13 April: Premiere of Handel's Messiah.

1745 – Dublin Lying-In Hospital and Phoenix Park open.

1748 – Leinster House built.

1750 – Daly's Club active (approximate date).

1751 – Royal Hibernian Hotel established.

1753 – Parliament Street laid out.

1755 – Frog Invasion.

1757 – Wide Streets Commission established.

1759 – Guinness brewery in business.

1761 – Dublin Magazine begins publication.

1770

City directory published.

Trinity College Historical Society founded.

1771 - City Assembly House built.

1779 – Royal Exchange built.

1783 – Bank of Ireland in business.

1784 – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland founded.

1785 – Royal Irish Academy established.

1791

Society of United Irishmen Dublin branch founded.

Dublin Library Society instituted.

Apothecaries Hall incorporated.

Custom House built.

1792

Fitzwilliam Square laid out.

The Flapper begins publication.

1793 – Dublin Stock Exchange founded.

1794 – Carlisle Bridge constructed.

1796 – Four Courts built.

19th century

1801 – City becomes part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1804

Grand Canal constructed.

Cork Street Fever Hospital opens.

1809 – Nelson's Pillar erected.

1815 – Tenter House built on Cork Street.

1817

Royal Canal constructed.

Cobourg Gardens open.

1818

General Post Office inaugurated.

Mountjoy Square constructed.

1821 – Population: 185,881.

1822 – 12 December: Storm.

1824 – Shelbourne Hotel in business.

1828 – Kings Bridge constructed.

1829 – Museum of the Royal Irish Academy established (approximate date).

1830 – Royal Zoological Society of Ireland founded.

1831 – Dublin Zoo opens.

1832 – Dublin Penny Journal and Paddy Kelly's Budget begin publication.

1833 – Dublin University Magazine begins publication.

1838 – Glasnevin Model Farm established.

1839

Adelaide Hospital founded.

The Citizen begins publication.

1842 – The Nation newspaper begins publication.

1843 – Dublin University Philosophical Society active.

1846 – All Hallows cemetery in use.

1854 – Catholic University of Ireland founded.

1857 – Natural History Museum opens.

1858 – St Catherine's Church dedicated on Meath Street.

1861 – Wellington Monument erected.

1865 – Royal College of Science for Ireland founded.

1871 – Gaiety Theatre opens.

1872 – Dublin tramways begin operating.

1873 – Irish Monthly begins publication.

1877

National Museum of Ireland established.

Dublin Metropolitan School of Art active.

1879

Star of Erin Music Hall opens.

Butt Bridge constructed.

1880 – St. Stephen's Park Temperance Hotel in business.

1882 – 6 May: Phoenix Park Murders.

1889 – Davy Byrne's pub in business.

1891 – Dublin United Transport Company formed.

1894 – New Ireland Review begins publication.

1895 – Shelbourne Football Club formed.

1898 – Dublin Port and Docks Board established.

20th century

1901 – Restaurant Jammet in business.

1904 – Abbey Theatre opens.

1905 – Irish Independent newspaper begins publication.

1907 – Irish International Exhibition held.

1909 – Volta Picture Theatre opens.

1913

Croke Park stadium opens.

Dublin Lock-out begins.

1916 – April: Easter Uprising.

1918 – 15 December: Death of Molly Malone

1919 – 21 January: First Dáil (parliament) convenes in Mansion House.

1921 – 25 May: Burning of the Custom House.

1922

June–July: Battle of Dublin.

December: City becomes capital of the newly formed Irish Free State.

December: Oireachtas (parliament) begins meeting in Leinster House.

Dublin Opinion begins publication.

1923 – The Dublin Magazine begins publication.

1928 – Gate Theatre founded.

1930 – City boundaries expanded.

1934 - Old Dublin Society founded.

1937 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Republic of Ireland.

1938 - Dublin Historical Record begins publication.

1940

26 August: Bombing of Dublin in World War II by German forces begins.

The Bell (magazine) begins publication.

1941

31 May: North Strand Bombing

Dublin Airport terminal built.

Saint Mary's College for Domestic Science opens.

1949 – Envoy, A Review of Literature and Art begins publication.

1951 – Hotel strike.

1953 – City boundaries expanded.

1954 – 16 June: Bloomsday begins.

1960 – Population: 468,103.

1966

8 March: Nelson's Pillar bombed.

Project Arts Centre established.

Garden of Remembrance opens.

1972 – 1 February: British Embassy in Merrion Square destroyed by protesters.

1973 – Grapevine Arts Centre founded.

1974 – Wood Quay excavation begins.

1975 – Accountancy and Business College founded.

1978 – Talbot Memorial Bridge constructed.

1979 - Dublin City Archives established.

1981 – Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in business.

1983

Dublin Pride begins.

Dublin Food Co-op founded.

1984

Dublin Area Rapid Transit begins operating.

East-Link Bridge opens.

1987

International Financial Services Centre, Dublin Bus, and Irish Traditional Music Archive founded.

Northside People newspaper begins publication.

1988 – Kerlin Gallery opens.

1989 – Dublin City University active.

1991

Institute of European Affairs founded.

Irish Museum of Modern Art opens.

1992

Irish Film Institute opens.

Dublin Institute of Technology established.

1996

National Print Museum of Ireland opens.

Dublin Choral Foundation established.

1997 The New Theatre, Home to new writing,Temple bar founded.

1999 – Dublin European Institute founded.

21st century

2000 – Dublin Writers Festival begins.

2001 – Dublin Corporation renamed Dublin City Council.

2002 – George's Quay Plaza built.

2003

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival begins.

Spire of Dublin erected.

James Joyce Bridge opens.

2004 – Dublin Gay Theatre Festival begins.

2006 – Dublin Port Tunnel opens.

2009

27 February: 2009 Bank of Ireland robbery

Dublinbikes launched.

Samuel Beckett Bridge opens.

2010

November: 2010 student protest in Dublin.

Grand Canal Theatre and Convention Centre Dublin opens.

2011

May: Queen Elizabeth II's visit

October: Occupy Dame Street begins.

The Little Museum of Dublin opens.

Population: 525,383.

2013 – Oisín Quinn becomes mayor.