Timeline of Kingston upon Hull facts for kids
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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.
- Jewish community establishes synagogue.
- 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.
- Explosion of the Union Steam Packet in June
- 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.
- 1864 – Londesborough Barracks completed.
- 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.
- 1966 – Closure of Western General Hospital.
- 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.
- Two tornadoes touch down in Hull during the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak of 23 November 1981, causing damage to the Port of Hull and the city's north-eastern residential suburbia.
- 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
- 2000 – Closure of Kingston General Hospital.
- 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
- 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
- 13 May: Holy Trinity Church rededicated as Hull Minster.
- 2018
- January: Banksy work on Scott Street Bridge discovered.
- 25 July: Bonus Arena opens
- 2019
- October 2019: Hull became the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.
See also
- History of Kingston upon Hull
- List of mayors of Kingston upon Hull
- List of governors of Kingston upon Hull
- Timelines of other cities in Yorkshire and the Humber: Bradford, Sheffield, York
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