A TIMELINE OF GLASGOW
By Tim Lambert
The 6th century St Mungo builds a church at Glas Gu. Soon a fishing settlement grows up beside it. 1115 Glasgow is given a bishop. By now it is a small town. 1136 The church is replaced by a cathedral 1175-78 Glasgow is given a charter (a document giving the townspeople certain rights) 1190 Glasgow has an annual fair 1250 Glasgow has a population of about 1,500 1260 Dominican friars (called black friars) come to Glasgow 1410 The wooden bridge across the Clyde is replaced by a stone one 1451 Glasgow University is founded 1454 Glasgow is made a royal burgh 1460 A grammar school is founded 1492 Glasgow is given an archbishop 1516, 1517, 1544, 1560, 1568 and 1570 Glasgow is besieged 1600 Glasgow has a population of about 7,000 1601 The first quay is built at Broomielaw 1646 Plague strikes Glasgow 1649 Glasgow is called 'one of the most considerable burghs Scotland has 1652 Glasgow suffers a fire 1674 The first cargo of tobacco arrives in Glasgow 1677 Another fire strikes Glasgow 1685 The authorities forbid people to leave piles of dung outside their houses 1700 The population of Glasgow reaches 12,000 1715 Glasgow gains its first newspaper 1752 Pollock House is built 1763 Jamaica Street is built 1772 A second bridge over the Clyde is built 1775 The Royal Exchange is built 1777 Queen Street is built 1792 Glasgow Castle is demolished 1794 The Royal Infirmary is built 1801 Glasgow has a population of 84,000 1807 The Hunterian Museum opens 1817 St Andrew's Cathedral is built 1827 Argyle Arcade is built 1840 The Custom House is built 1842 Queen Street Station is built 1845 Horse drawn buses begin running in Glasgow 1849 Buchanan Street station is built. Cholera kills 3,777 people in Glasgow 1852 Kelvingrove Park is laid out 1854 Cholera kills 3,885 people in Glasgow 1859 Glasgow gains a piped water supply 1862 Queens Park opens 1870 Alexandra Park opens. Great Western Terrace is built. 1871 The Albert Bridge is built 1872 Horse drawn trams begin running 1875 The Stock Exchange is built. The Fish Market is built. 1877 Mitchell Library is built 1879 Central Station is built 1893 The first electricity generating station is built 1896 Glasgow underground opens 1901 Kelvingrove Art Gallery opens 1904 King's Theatre opens 1938 The Empire Exhibition is held 1962 The last trams run in Glasgow 1964 Strathclyde University opens 1965 A road tunnel is built under the Clyde 1970 Central Mosque is built 1980 Hunterian Art Gallery opens 1985 The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre opens 1990 Glasgow is made European City of Culture 1993 St Mungos Museum of Religious Life and Art opens 1997 Clyde Auditorium opens 1999 Buchannan Galleries Shopping Centre opens 2000 The IMAX opens