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Timeline of Hull

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Timeline of Hull

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hull, England.

Contents

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

    • References

    Timeline of Hull Wikipedia
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