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1787
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1788
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1791
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7.14.1791
The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England. |
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1800
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10.17.1800
England takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao. |
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1803
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9.3.1803
English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
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1807
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5.22.1807
Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire |
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1831
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4.12.1831
Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse. |
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1834
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3.18.1834
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. |
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1836
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12.27.1836
The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
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1837
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7.1.1837
A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales. |
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1850
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4.4.1850
The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances. |
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9.29.1850
The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX. |
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1857
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10.24.1857
Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England. |
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1858
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1.30.1858
The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra. |
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1859
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5.4.1859
The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. |
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6.28.1859
The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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1860
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12.26.1860
The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England. |
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1864
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3.11.1864
The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield. |
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1865
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7.5.1865
The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England. |
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1867
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11.23.1867
The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody. |
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1869
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10.16.1869
Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. |
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1883
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6.16.1883
The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
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1884
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10.13.1884
Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude. |
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1885
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9.29.1885
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England. |
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1886
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1.18.1886
Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
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1888
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9.8.1888
In England the first six Football League matches are played.
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1894
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1899
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1.12.1899
13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued off the coast of England by the Lynmouth Lifeboat.
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1904
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4.5.1904
The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
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5.4.1904
Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. |
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1906
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9.20.1906
Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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1907
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7.29.1907
Sir Robert Baden Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. |
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8.9.1907
The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. |
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1908
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8.14.1908
The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England.
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1909
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6.15.1909
Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. |
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1910
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1912
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4.10.1912
The ''Titanic'' leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
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1919
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7.13.1919
The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. |
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1924
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12.19.1924
The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England. |
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