Walker art gallery 09

Liverpool

By russellcedgehill
  • Jan 1, 1207

    King John grants Liverpool a charter

  • Jan 1, 1235

    Liverpool Castle

    By Now Liverpool has a castle, Today the Victoria Monument marks the site
  • Jan 1, 1351

    Mayor of Liverpool

    First mention of a mayor of Liverpool. The little town holds weekly markets and annual fairs.
  • Jan 1, 1515

    A grammar school is founded

  • Jan 1, 1558

    The Plague hits Liverpool

  • The plague strikes again.

  • Plague returns to Liverpool.

    The plague returns again in 1650

  • Liverpool begins to boom

    England founds colonies in North America and the West Indies, which sparks a growth in the port of Liverpool.

  • Royalists capture Liverpool

  • The population of Liverpool is around 5000 at this time.

  • St Peter's Parish Church is built.

  • Bluecoat School for poor boys is founded

  • The first dock is built in Liverpool.

  • Liverpool merchants participate in the slave trade.

    The exact date of this is unclear as some trading may have begun much earlier than records show, because of the nature of the business.

  • Nightwatchmen are appointed to patrol the streets at night.

  • A new town hall is built.

  • A dispensary is opened, where the poor can obtain free medicine.

  • Liverpool's population is around 77000

  • A horse drawn bus service begins in Liverpool.

  • The Philharmonic Hall is built

  • Liverpool's population is 376,000

  • The Central Library is built

  • Horse drawn trams begin to operate.

  • Sefton Park opens.

  • The Walker Art Gallery opens.

  • The Picton Reading Room is built.

  • The Palm House in Sefton Park opens.

    Known locally as 'The Glass Onion', which is also the name of a Beatles Song.

  • The trams are converted to electricity between 1898 and 1901

  • The population of Liverpool is now 685,000

  • The Liver Building is built.

  • The Cunard Building is built.

  • The original Philharmonic Hall burns down.

  • The Queensway tunnel is built.

  • The New Philharmonic Hall is opened.

  • The Metropolitan Cathedral is consecrated

  • The Kingsway tunnel is opened.

  • The Anglican Cathedral is completed, original plans were approved in 1910.

  • The Toxteth Riots grip Liverpool.

  • The Albert Dock is opened after redevelopment.

  • The Tate Gallery opens at the Albert Dock.

  • LIPA opens

  • Liverpool is the Capital of Culture.