The following is a of the history of the city of Cambridge, England.
Prior to 16th century
16th-18th centuries
19th century
- 1800 â Downing College founded
- 1815 â Cambridge Union founded as a student debating society
- 1816 â Fitzwilliam Museum founded
- 1817 â Cambridge Town Club (cricket club) formed
- 1828
- Bull Hotel in business
- Cambridge University Boat Club founded
- 1829 â The Boat Race, rowed against Oxford, begins (annual from 1856)
- 1831 â Bridge of Sighs built over the Cam at St John's College
- 1833 â The Pitt Building built in honour of William Pitt the Younger, an undergraduate of Pembroke College and Prime Minister, to house the printing and publishing offices of Cambridge University Press
- 1833 â Anatomy theatre attacked by a mob
- 1839 â Cambridge Advertiser newspaper begins publication
- 1840 â Cambridge Antiquarian Society founded
- 1841 â Cambridge's first post-reformation Roman Catholic church opens as St Andrew's Church
- 1845 â Eastern Counties Railway begins operating to Cambridge railway station
- 1848 â Mill Road Cemetery established
- 1853 â Cambridge Water Company authorised by Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act
- 1854 â Deighton, Bell & Co. booksellers in business
- 1855âÂÂ6 â Following provision of a piped water supply, the Hobson's Conduit fountain from the market place is moved to form a memorial
- 1858 â Cambridge School of Art founded
- 1869 â Girton College for women founded
- 1871
- Newnham College for women founded
- Universities Tests Act removes restrictions which have previously limited access to the ancient universities to members of the Church of England (although Propaganda Fide at this time discourages attendance by Catholics)
- 1874 â Cavendish Laboratory completed
- 1876 â W. Heffer bookseller begins business as a stationer
- 1880
- Cambridge Street Tramways begin operation
- St Radegund pub built on part of the site of the Garrick Hotel
- 1881 â Ridley Hall and Westcott House theological colleges founded
- 1883 â Footlights student amateur dramatic club founded
- 1884 â Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology founded
- 1888 â Cambridge Daily News begins publication
- 1890
- Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church consecrated
- Victoria Bridge opened to improve access to the city from Chesterton
- 1894 â Homerton College, a Congregationalist teacher training college, moves to Cambridge
- 1895 â Roman Catholics are permitted by their hierarchy to attend the ancient universities
- 1896
- St Edmund's House is established primarily as a hall of residence for Catholic students, utilising the former premises of Ayerst Hostel
- Pye Ltd established as scientific instrument makers by W. G. Pye
- 1897 â Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
- 1899 â Westminster College, a Presbyterian theological college, moves to Cambridge
20th century
21st century
See also
References
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
1800s-1840s
1850s-1890s
Published in the 20th century
1900s-1940s
- Barwell, Noel (1910), Cambridge, Blackie & Son Limited
1950s-1990s
- Wilkinson, Patrick, (1981) Le Keux's Engravings of Victorian Cambridge (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
External links
- . Includes digitized directories of Cambridge, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Cambridge, various dates