Timeline of Southampton

Prior to 16th century

750 – Market active.

837 – Town besieged by Danes.

980 – Town "ravaged" by Danes (approximate date).

1070 – St. Michael's Church founded.

11th century – Southampton Castle built.

1124 – St Denys Priory founded.

1180 – Bargate built (approximate date).

1197 – God's House hostel and Church of St. Julien established (approximate date).

1200 – Long House built (approximate date).

1220 – Walter Fortin becomes mayor (approximate date).

1233 – Franciscan Friary founded (approximate date).

1236 – Jews expelled.

1239 – Netley Abbey founded near town.

1299 – Bowling Green in use.

1300 – Population: 5,000 (approximate).

1319 – Venetian state fleet visits Southampton.

1320 – Holyrood Church built.

1338 – Town taken by French forces.

1348 – Black plague.

1415 – August: Southampton Plot ringleaders executed at Bargate.

1461 – Southampton fair active.

16th-18th centuries

1550 – Grammar school founded.

1552 – Edward VI visits town.

1554 – Philip of Spain visits town.

1669 – Charles II visits town.

1760 – Taunton's School founded.

1761 – Assembly rooms built.

1766 – Theatre built.

1772 – Hampshire Chronicle newspaper begins publication.

1798 – Thorners Charity built.

1799 – Northam Bridge built.

19th century

1802 – Salisbury and Southampton Canal begins operating.

1822 – Southampton County Chronicle newspaper begins publication.

1823 – Public dispensary established.

1830 – Southampton Polytechnic Institution established.

1831 – Population: 19,324.

1836

Woolston Floating Bridge (ferry) begins operating.

Police force established.

Southampton Dock Company incorporated.

1839 – Southampton Terminus railway station opens.

1841 – Population: 27,744.

1842

Docks built.

Elliott Brothers (builders merchant) in business.

1846 – Southampton Old Cemetery begins operating.

1849 – James & Co. bookseller in business.

1855 – Southampton School of Art, and prison on Ascupart Street established.

1860 – Southampton Times newspaper begins publication.

1862 – Hartley Institute founded.

1872 – Ordnance Survey buildings constructed.

1875

Watts Memorial Hall built.

Royal Southampton Yacht Club chartered.

1876 – Above Bar Church founded.

1879 – Southampton Tramways Company begins operating.

1884 – St. Mary's Church built.

1885 – St. Mary's Young Men's Association Football Club, and Hampshire Field Club established.

1889 – Southampton Free Public Library established.

1890 – September: Southampton Dock Strike of 1890.

1891

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway begins operating.

Southampton Docks acquired by the London and South Western Railway company.

1895

Bitterne (portion), Freemantle, Millbrook, and Shirley become part of Southampton.

Southampton West railway station opens.

1898

Southampton Football Club founded.

The Dell (stadium) opens.

1899 – David Holmes bookseller in business.

20th century

1901 – Population: 104,824.

1905 – Southampton Record Society founded.

1907 – White Star Line relocates to Southampton from Liverpool.

1912

Tudor House Museum established.

10 April: RMS Titanic departs Southampton; later sinks.

1913 – Palladium Cinema opens.

1914 – Scala Cinema opens.

1919

January: 1919 Southampton Mutiny.

Cunard Line relocates to Southampton from Liverpool.

1920

Bassett, Bitterne Parish Council, Itchen Urban District Council, and Swaythling become part of Southampton.

The Cenotaph (war memorial) unveiled in Watts Park.

1925 – Southampton Above Bar Musical and Dramatic Society active.

1928 – Empire Theatre opens.

1932 – Southampton Municipal Airport established.

1933 – King George V Graving Dock opens.

1937

Southampton Guildhall opens.

Foster, Wikner Aircraft company relocates to Southampton.

1939 – Southampton City Art Gallery opens.

1940 – November–December: Aerial bombing by German forces.

1952 – University of Southampton chartered.

1954 – Northam Bridge rebuilt.

1961 – Museum of Archaeology opens in God's House Tower.

1962 – City of Southampton Society founded.

1964 – Southampton becomes a city.

1965 – Wilton Royal factory opens near city.

1966 – Southampton Maritime Museum opens in The Wool House.

1968 – Southampton Boat Show begins.

1969

Southampton Technical College established.

Television Centre built.

1979 – John Hansard Gallery established.

1984

Southampton Institute of Higher Education established.

Solent Sky aviation museum opens.

1985 – Medieval Merchant's House restored.

1986

Ocean Village (marina) area redeveloped.

Southampton Citybus in operation.

1989 – Bargate Shopping Centre built.

1991 – Marlands Shopping Centre in business.

1996 – Southampton Oceanography Centre opens.

21st century

2000

WestQuay shopping centre in business.

Chamberlayne Leisure Centre opens in Mayfield Park.

2001 – Population: 217,400.

2009 – Carnival House office building opens.

2011 – Population: 236,900.

2012 – SeaCity Museum opens.