Timeline of Hull

Prior to 19th century

1279 – Market active.

1293 – Hull Fair begins.

1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.

1299 – Town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."

1302 – Quay built.

1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approximate date).

1332 – William de la Pole becomes mayor.

1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.

1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.

1440 – Town incorporated.

1486 – Grammar school founded.

1640 – King Charles visits.

1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.

1688 – 'Town-taking': townspeople overthrow the Catholic governor.

1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.

1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.

1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.

1778 – Dock built.

1780

William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.

Synagogue established.

1782 – General Infirmary established.

1792 – St. John's Church built.

1797 - Cooperative mill built.

19th century

1809 – Humber Dock built.

1829

United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.

Prince's Dock built.

St Charles Borromeo church opens.

1836 – Police force established.

1837 – Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.

1840

Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.

Zoological Gardens established.

1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company (shipping) in business.

1850 – Victoria Dock built.

1851 – Population: 57,484.

1854

Royal Institution opens.

Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.

1860 – Pearson Park established.

1861

Hull School of Art founded.

Population: 93,955.

1865 – Hull Football Club founded.

1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.

1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.

1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.

1875 – Tram in operation.

1880 – Botanic garden opens.

1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.

1882

Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.

Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.

1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.

1885

Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.

Alexandra Dock built.

Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.

1886 – Synagogue established.

1887 – East Park opens.

1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.

1891 – Population: 199,134.

1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers’ Association formed.

1895 – The Boulevard (stadium) opens.

1897 – Hull attains city status.

20th century

1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.

1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.

1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.

1909 – Hull City Hall built.

1911 – Theatre De Luxe opens.

1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.

1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.

1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.

1927 – University College Hull established.

1927 – Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.

1931 – Population: 309,158.

1937 – Trolleybus begins operating.

1939 – Hull New Theatre opens.

1940 – 19 June: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.

1945 – 17 March: Aerial bombing by German forces ends.

1946 – Boothferry Park (stadium) opens.

1971 – Hull Truck Theatre founded.

1972 – Hull City Council established.

1974

City becomes part of Humberside shire county per Local Government Act 1972.

Airport opens in Kirmington.

Humberside Police established.

1981

Humber Bridge opens.

Population: 266,751.

1983 – Hull Marina opens.

1986 - Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.

1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.

1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park (stadium) open.

1991 – Princes Quay shopping centre in business.

1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.

1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.

1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.

21st century

2001 – Hull Soul Club (music appreciation group) formed.

2002 – The Deep (aquarium) and KC Stadium open.

2007

Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.

June: Flood.

Hull Comedy Festival begins.

2008

World Trade Centre Hull & Humber opens.

Freedom Festival (cultural event) begins.

2010

Hull History Centre established.

Larkin 25 fest held.

2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.

2017

Hull is the UK City of Culture