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Timeline of Derby

The following is a of the history of the city of Derby, England.

Prior to 18th century

  • 9thC. – Danes take town (approximate date).
  • 917
  • Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians wins sweeping conquests to oust the Danes.
  • Market active.
  • 1160 – Derby School established (approximate date).
  • 1206 - First extant charter granted to Derby.
  • 1229
  • A second charter granted by Henry III.
  • Derby fair active.
  • 1294 – Parliamentary representation begins.
  • 1337 - Edward III. on the petition of the burgesses grants them two bailiffs.
  • 1530 – All Saints' Church tower built.
  • 1592 – Plague.
  • 1611 - Derby incorporated by James I.
  • 1638 – Henry Mellor becomes mayor.
  • 1660 – County Hall built.
  • 1665 – Plague.
  • 1675 – Derby Company of Mercers formed.
  • 1696 – Osmaston Hall built.

18th century

19th century

  • 1802 – General Baptist Chapel built.
  • 1805 – King Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built.
  • 1808
  • Derby Literary and Philosophical Society established.
  • Friends' Meeting House built.
  • 1809 – Cox and Co. shot mill built.
  • 1810 – Infirmary built.
  • 1811
  • Permanent Library established.
  • Population: 13,043.
  • 1817 – Derby Choral Society established.
  • 1820 – Swedenborgian Chapel built.
  • 1823 – Derby Reporter newspaper begins publication.
  • 1824 – New Connexion Chapel built.
  • 1825 – Mechanics' Institution established.
  • 1828
  • Town Hall rebuilt.
  • St. John's Church opens.
  • 1832 – Town and County Library established.
  • 1833 – Labour strike.
  • 1835 – Joseph Strutt elected mayor.
  • 1836
  • Police force and Derby Town and County Museum and Natural History Society established.
  • Trinity Church consecrated.
  • 1837 – Mechanics' Hall opens.
  • 1839
  • May: The founding companies of the Midland Railway begin operating.
  • Derby Exhibition held.
  • St Mary's Church built.
  • 1840
  • Derby railway station, Derby Arboretum, and Christ Church open.
  • Athenaeum built (approximate date).
  • 1841
  • Derby Baptist Chapel, St Mary's Gate opens
  • 1842 – Arboretum Festival begins.
  • 1843
  • General Cemetery and Vernon Street Prison in operation.
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel built.
  • Agricultural Show held.
  • 1844 – Midland Railway company formed.
  • 1846 – St Alkmund's Church built.
  • 1850 – Derby Co-operative Society established.
  • 1856 – John Smith clockmaker in business.
  • 1862 – Corn Exchange opens.
  • 1863 – County Cricket Ground established.
  • 1866 – Market hall opens.
  • 1870 – Derbyshire County Cricket Club formed.
  • 1878 – April: Great Northern Railway opens its Derbyshire extension through Friargate railway station.
  • 1879
  • Derby Free Library and Museum opens.
  • Derby Daily Telegraph and Reporter begins publication.
  • 1882 – Art gallery opens.
  • 1884 - Derby County F.C. established as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club
  • 1886 – 6 May: Grand Theatre burns down.
  • 1887 – Derby Sketching Club formed.
  • 1888 - Derby becomes a County Borough
  • 1891 - Population: 94,146.
  • 1895
  • Midland Railway Institute built.
  • Derby County move to play at the Baseball Ground
  • 1899 – Derby Technical College founded.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

1800s-1840s

1850s-1890s

Published in the 20th century

External links

  • . Includes Derby area directories, various dates.