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Timeline of Nottingham

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

Contents

Prior to 17th century

  • 868 - Danes take town.
  • 918 - Market active.
  • 1067 - Nottingham Castle built.
  • 1156 - Town wall rebuilt.
  • 1232 - St Mary's hospital founded.
  • 1250 - Grey friary established.
  • 1276 - Carmelite friary established.
  • 1284 - Nottingham Goose Fair begins.
  • 1330 - "Young king Edward III and a group of conspirators crept through a secret tunnel into the city's castle and took prisoner Roger de Mortimer, a nobleman who had until then effectively been England's ruler."
  • 1392 - Plumptre Hospital founded.
  • 1474 - St Mary's Church built (approximate date).
  • 1513 - Free grammar school founded.
  • 1539 - Bell alehouse active.
  • 1588 - Wollaton Hall built.

    • 17th-18th centuries

  • 1642 - 22 August: Charles I raises royal standard at Castle Hill.
  • 1646 - Bubonic plague.
  • 1650s - Smith's Bank established (approximate date).
  • 1678 - St Nicholas' Church built.
  • 1693 - Nottingham Waterworks Company established.
  • 1723 - Bluecoat school built.
  • 1726 - Nottingham Exchange built.
  • 1741 - Nottingham Journal newspaper begins publication.
  • 1760 - Theatre built in St. Mary's-gate.
  • 1780 - Nottinghamshire Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1782 - Nottingham General Hospital founded.
  • 1790 - J. & H. Bell booksellers in business.
  • 1796 - Nottingham Canal opens.

    • 19th century

  • 1808 - Nottingham Review newspaper begins publication.
  • 1812 - Labour unrest.
  • 1815 - Particular Baptist Chapel built.
  • 1816 - Nottingham Subscription Library founded.
  • 1824 - Artizan's Library established.
  • 1825 - Nottingham Mercury newspaper begins publication.
  • 1831
  • Political unrest.
  • Waterworks open at Trent Bridge.
  • 1835 - Henry Moses Wood becomes sheriff.
  • 1837 - Nottingham Mechanics' Institution established.
  • 1842 - Carrington Street bridge built over Nottingham Canal.
  • 1843 - School of Design established.
  • 1844 - Nottingham Cathedral built.
  • 1845 - Nottingham Inclosure Act passed.
  • 1846 - People's College founded.
  • 1848 - Post Office built on Albert Street.
  • 1849 - Boots the Chemist in business.
  • 1852
  • The Arboretum opens.
  • Richard Young bookseller in business.
  • Nottingham Naturalists' Society founded.
  • 1855 - Adams Building opens.
  • 1856 - Sacred Harmonic Society established.
  • 1861 - Nottinghamshire and Midland Merchants' and Traders' Association established.
  • 1864 - All Saints' Church and Christ Church, Peas Hill built.
  • 1865
  • Nottingham Forest Football Club formed.
  • Theatre Royal built.
  • 1866 - August: Floral fête held in Nottingham Park.
  • 1868
  • Nottingham Free Library opens.
  • Post Office built.
  • 1871
  • Trent Bridge rebuilt.
  • July: Horticultural exhibition held in Nottingham Park.
  • 1876 - High Pavement Chapel built.
  • 1877
  • Marble Skating Rink opens.
  • John Player tobacconist in business.
  • 1878
  • Nottingham Castle Museum opens.
  • Nottingham Evening Post newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880 - Nottingham Corporation Water Department and Nottingham Society of Artists established.
  • 1883 - Nottinghamshire Amateur Photographic Association established.
  • 1890 - Raleigh Cycles in business.
  • 1897 - Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire established.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 - Nottingham Victoria railway station opens.
  • 1901 - Population: 239,743.
  • 1912 - Picture House opens.
  • 1922 - Nottingham Playgoers Club founded.
  • 1926
  • Nottingham Natural History Museum opens.
  • Nottingham Philodramatic Society founded.
  • 1929 - Nottingham Council House (city hall) built.
  • 1933 - Church of St Peter with St James formed.
  • 1936
  • Capitol Cinema opens.
  • Royal Ordnance Factory Nottingham in operation.
  • 1937 - Metropole Cinema opens.
  • 1941 - 8–9 May: Aerial bombing by German forces.
  • 1945 - Nottingham and District Technical College established.
  • 1946 - Nottingham Theatre Club formed.
  • 1958 - Clifton Bridge (Nottingham) opens.
  • 1962 - Nottingham Civic Society founded.
  • 1963 - Nottingham Playhouse opens.
  • 1964 - Nottingham Regional College opens.
  • 1972
  • Lace Market Theatre opens.
  • Victoria Centre (shopping centre) in business.
  • 1973 - Bridlesmith Gate (street) pedestrianised.
  • 1974 - Brewhouse Yard Museum founded.
  • 1979 - Pedals cyclists' advocacy group formed.
  • 1980 - Nottingham Greyhound Stadium and Rock City (club) open.
  • 1982 - Cycle route (to Clifton) opens.
  • 1985 - Green's Mill & Science Museum established.
  • 1989 - Broadway Cinema active.
  • 1990 - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre active.
  • 1991 - Trent Concert Band established.
  • 1992 - Nottingham Trent University established.
  • 1993 - Galleries of Justice Museum established.
  • 1994 - Recycling centres open.
  • 1999
  • Nottingham Pride begins.
  • New College Nottingham established.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - National Ice Centre (skating rink) opens.
  • 2001 - Sky Mirror sculpture unveiled.
  • 2004 - First phase of the new Nottingham Express Transit Opens
  • 2009 - Centre for Contemporary Art Nottingham opens.
  • 2015 - Phase 2 of the new Nottingham Express Transit Opens

    • References

    Timeline of Nottingham Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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