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Timeline of Plymouth

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

Contents

Prior to 17th century

  • 1086 - The Domesday Book records Plymouth as Sudtone (Sutton) and records only 7 households and a total annual revenue of £1. The lord of the manor before 1066 had been Edward the Confessor.
  • 1254 – Town status recognised.
  • 1276 - Plymouth first recorded as a borough.
  • 1291 – St. Andrew church built.
  • 1371 – Royal Chapel of St Katherine-upon-the-Hoe licensed.
  • 1403 – Town burned by Bretons.
  • 1404 – Town wall constructed.
  • 1431 – Dominican monastery built.
  • 1439
  • Town granted charter by Parliament.
  • Market and fair active.
  • 1542 - Antiquary John Leland visits and records "The towne of Plymmouth is very large."
  • 1572 – Grammar school founded.
  • 1579 – Plague.
  • 1580 – 26 September: Drake's Golden Hind ship arrives.
  • 1581 – Plague.
  • 1588 - 19 July: Fifty-five English ships sail from Plymouth under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham and Sir Francis Drake to fight the Spanish Armada.

    • 17th–18th centuries

  • 1620
  • 6 September: Mayflower ship departs for New England.
  • November: Mayflower arrives in New England.
  • 1621 – 9 November: The Fortune arrives in Cape Cod.
  • 1623 – 10 July: The Anne arrives in Plymouth Colony.
  • 1623 – 5 August: The Little James arrives in Plymouth Colony.
  • 1644 – The Siege of Plymouth by Royalist forces under Sir Richard Grenville in the English Civil War.
  • 1652 – 26 August: Battle of Plymouth occurs offshore in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
  • 1657 – Charles Church built.
  • 1658 – Post house established.
  • 1670 – Citadel built on the Hoe.
  • 1671 – Royal Chapel of St Katherine-upon-the-Hoe rebuilt (approximate date).
  • 1690 – Royal Dockyard built near town.
  • 1696 - Work starts on Henry Winstanley's first Eddystone Lighthouse, 12 miles (19 km) off Plymouth Sound.
  • 1718 – Plymouth Weekly Journal in publication.
  • 1758
  • Theatre built.
  • Plymouth and Portsmouth Fortifications Act passed by Parliament.
  • 1759 – Smeaton's Tower (lighthouse) built.
  • 1762 – Plymouth Synagogue built.
  • 1768 – Cookworthy's porcelain factory established.
  • 1770 – Plymouth Improvement Act passed by Parliament.
  • 1773 – Stonehouse Bridge constructed.
  • 1781 – Poor Relief, etc. Act passed by Parliament.
  • 1790 – New Pier constructed at Sutton Pool.
  • 1798 – 3 April: HMS Pallas wrecked offshore.

    • 19th century

  • 1800 – Guildhall built.
  • 1808 – Plymouth Gazette begins publication.
  • 1810 – Plymouth Proprietary Library founded.
  • 1811 – Theatre/Hotel building constructed.
  • 1812
  • Plymouth Institution (now The Plymouth Athenaeum) founded.
  • Plymouth Breakwater construction begins.
  • 1813
  • Port of Plymouth Chamber of Commerce established.
  • Exchange building constructed.
  • 1815 - 26 July: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Plymouth Sound aboard HMS Bellerophon, awaiting transportation to exile in Saint Helena.
  • 1819 – The Plymouth Athenaeum building designed by John Foulston opens.
  • 1820 – Plymouth Herald and Plymouth Journal newspapers begin publication.
  • 1825 – Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway in operation.
  • 1826 – Plymouth Mechanics' Institute founded.
  • 1828
  • Royal Union Baths built.
  • Plymouth, Devonport, and Cornwall Races begin.
  • 1829
  • Museum of the Plymouth Institution built.
  • Blue Friars (club) founded.
  • 1831 – Plymouth and Devonport Spring Races begin.
  • 1832 – Plymouth Times newspaper begins publication.
  • 1844 – Lighthouse commissioned on Plymouth Breakwater.
  • 1849 – South Devon Railway begins operating.
  • 1851 – Plymouth Institution (now The Plymouth Athenaeum) merges with Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society.
  • 1854 – Royal Albert Bridge constructed to Saltash.
  • 1856 – Plymouth Drawing School founded.
  • 1858 – Plymouth Cathedral building constructed.
  • 1860 - Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom recommends a huge programme of fortifications for Plymouth, with a projected cost of £3,020,000.
  • 1862 – Plymouth Lifeboat Station in operation.
  • 1863 – St. Boniface Boys' Catholic School active.
  • 1865
  • Plymouth Breakwater Fort built.
  • Duke of Cornwall Hotel in business.
  • 1871 – Agaton Fort built.
  • 1874 – Guildhall built.
  • 1877 – Plymouth College founded.
  • 1889 – Grand Theatre opens.
  • 1895 – Western Evening Herald newspaper begins publication.
  • 1898 – New Palace Theatre opens.
  • 1899 – Plymouth Institution (now The Plymouth Athenaeum) merges with Plymouth Mechanics' Institute.

    • 20th century

  • 1914 – Plymouth, Devonport, and East Stonehouse merge to form the County Borough of Plymouth.
  • 1928 – Plymouth attains city status.
  • 1929 – Old Plymouth Society founded.
  • 1933 – Western Fascist newspaper begins publication.
  • 1934 – Mayflower Steps monument erected.
  • 1935
  • Tinside Pool (swimming pool) opens.
  • Lord Mayor appointed.
  • 1940 – 6 July: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
  • 1941 – 20 March: Aerial bombing by German forces.
  • 1944 – May: aerial bombing by German forces ends: about 1,000 people were killed, 5,000 injured, 10,000 houses destroyed, and 70,000 more damaged.
  • 1958 – Drake Cinema opens.
  • 1961
  • Westward Television begins broadcasting.
  • The Plymouth Athenaeum reopens after destruction of original building in Blitz.
  • 1967
  • 28 May: Sir Francis Chichester arrives back in Plymouth on his yacht, Gypsy Moth IV, after completing his single-handed voyage around the world.
  • Plympton and Plymstock become part of city.
  • 1971 – Mayflower Centre (sport facility) built.
  • 1975 – Plymouth Sound (radio) begins broadcasting.
  • 1982
  • Television South West begins broadcasting.
  • St Boniface Arena opens.
  • 1986 – Plymouth Citybus begins operating.
  • 1991 – Plymouth Pavilions (sport facility) opens.
  • 1992 – University of Plymouth chartered.
  • 1998 – National Marine Aquarium opens.
  • 1999 – Vue cinema opens.

    • 21st century

  • 2006 – Drake Circus Shopping Centre in business.
  • 2009 – The Plymouth Athenaeum's theatre closes.
  • 2010 – Radio Plymouth begins broadcasting.
  • 2012 – The Plymouth Athenaeum celebrates bicentenary.

    • References

    Timeline of Plymouth Wikipedia
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