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Timeline of Liverpool

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Liverpool, England.

Prior to 18th century

18th century

19th century

1800s–1840s

1850s–1890s

20th century

1900s–1940s

1950s–1990s

  • 1977
  • May 25 Liverpool F.C. win the 1977 European Cup final the first English club to win the European Cup on the continent in Rome.
  • Merseyrail formed and Liverpool Exchange railway station closed after 127 years and partially turned into a car park. Moorfields railway station opened on new loop Wirral line (3 January 1978) to replace Exchange. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway branch line severed with buffer at Kirkby ending through trains to Manchester.
  • 1978
  • 25 October Liverpool Cathedral is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II after 74 years construction.
  • Garston railway reopened. The Garston line formed the southern portion of Merseyrail's Northern Line.
  • Liverpool F.C. win the European Cup becoming the first English club to win back to back The European Cup wins after the victory in 1977 and retained it in 1978.
  • 1979
  • Michael Heseltine appointed Minister for Merseyside.
  • 18 December Fire at St. John's Shopping Centre.
  • 1980
  • Merseyside Maritime Museum opens in the Albert Dock complex.
  • September 9 MV Derbyshire lost during Typhoon Orchid with all 44 hands onboard, 17 of the crew from the city of Liverpool. The largest British vessel lost at sea.
  • September 25 HMS Liverpool launched by Cammell Laird.
  • December 8 Murder of John Lennon in its aftermath 30,000 gathered in Liverpool to mourn the loss of the musician.
  • 1981
  • May 27 Liverpool F.C. win the 1981 European Cup final against Real Madrid CF.
  • May 30 Visit by Pope John Paul II to Liverpool where a million spectators lined the route of his journey of Speke Airport to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
  • 1982
  • Mersey Television formed.
  • July 3 Toxteth riots. Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe circulates a cabinet memo arguing for "managed decline".
  • 1983
  • Militant in Liverpool win control of the council.
  • 1984
  • May 2 International Garden Festival opens.
  • May 19 Everton F.C. win the 1984 FA Cup final.
  • May 30 Liverpool F.C. win the League Cup the League title and the fourth European Cup win against A.S. Roma in Rome, following this fourth title Liverpool held the position of the second most successful club in the competitions history, trailing only Real Madrid CF (who held 6 titles at that time).
  • August 1 Tall Ships Races begins to coincide with the opening of the Royal Albert Dock as a tourist destination.
  • 1985
  • Militant in Liverpool set illegal council budget.
  • Everton F.C. wins the League title and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
  • 1986
  • Liverpool Airport Southern Terminal opens.
  • 1986 FA Cup final was a Merseyside derby. The match was played seven days after Liverpool F.C. secured the League Title completing the domestic double.
  • 1987
  • Everton F.C. in the Football league championship.
  • Brookside begins broadcasting.
  • 1988
  • May 24 Tate Liverpool (modern art museum) opens in the Albert Dock.
  • September 11 Michael Jackson concluded the European leg of his Bad Tour with a sold-out performance before 125,000 people at Aintree Racecourse and it remains one of the largest concerts by a solo artist ever held in the UK.
  • 1989
  • Everton Park opened.
  • 15 April The Hillsborough disaster happens. 97 Liverpool F.C. supporters are killed as the result of a crowd crush at Sheffield stadium.
  • 20 May 1989 FA Cup final was a Merseyside derby played 35 days after the Hillsborough disaster.

21st century

See also

References

Further reading

Published in the 18th century

Published in the 19th century

1800s–1840s

1850s–1890s

Published in the 20th century

1900s–1940s

  • (includes Liverpool)

1950s–1990s

Published in the 21st century

External links

  • . Includes digitized directories of Liverpool, various dates
  • Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Liverpool, various dates