A TIMELINE OF LIVERPOOL
By Tim Lambert
1207 King John founds the port of Liverpool to transport men and supplies to Ireland
1229 The king grants Liverpool another charter (a document giving the townspeople certain rights). Merchants form a guild.
1235 By now a castle exists at Liverpool
1295 Liverpool is allowed to send 2 MPs to parliament
1351 The first mention of a mayor of Liverpool. The little town has weekly markets and annual fairs.
1515 A grammar school is founded in Liverpool
1558 The plague strikes Liverpool
1600 The population of Liverpool is about 2,000
1609 The plague strikes again
1664 The royalists temporarily capture Liverpool
1647 The plague strikes again
1650 The plague returns to Liverpool
1660 As England founds colonies in North America and the West Indies Liverpool begins to boom
1700 The population of Liverpool is about 5,000
1704 St Peters parish Church is built
1708 A Bluecoat school for poor boys is built
1715 The first dock in Liverpool is built
c. 1730 Liverpool merchants participate in the slave trade
1748 Nightwatchmen are appointed to patrol the streets at night
1749 Liverpool Royal Infirmary is founded
1754 A new Town Hall is built
1778 A dispensary where the poor can obtain free medicines is opened
1799 A private company begins providing piped water
1801 Liverpool has a population of about 77,000
1830 Horse-drawn buses run in Liverpool
1849 The Philharmonic Hall is built
1851 Liverpool has a population of 376,000
1852 The Central Library is built
1857 A municipal water supply begins
1865 Horse-drawn trams begin running
1867 Stanley Hospital opens
1872 Sefton Park opens
1877 Walker Art Gallery opens
1879 Picton Reading Room is built
1896 The Palm House opens
1898-1901 Liverpool trams are converted to electricity
1901 The population of Liverpool is 685,000
1908 The Tower Building is erected
1911 The Liver Building is erected
1916 The Cunard Building is erected
1922 The Lady Lever Art Gallery opens
1928 A survey shows 14% of the population of Liverpool are living in poverty (at or below subsistence level)
1934 The Queensway Road Tunnel is built
1967 The RC Cathedral is consecrated
1971 The Kingsway Road Tunnel is built
1978 The Anglican Cathedral is completed
1980 Merseyside Maritime Museum opens
1981 Liverpool is in the grip of recession and there are riots in Toxteth
1980s Albert Dock is redeveloped
1988 The Tate Gallery of Modern Art opens
1993 The Museum of Liverpool Life opens
1996The Institute for Performing Arts opens
2008 Liverpool is made European City of Culture.
Families Fighting For Justice (A Liverpool based organisation fighting for victims rights).