Timeline of Bath, Somerset
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bath, Somerset, England.
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1st to 5th centuries
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- c. 60s - first Roman temple structures built, around the hot water springs.
- 3rd century - by this time, Bath's defensive walls are built.
6th to 10th centuries
- 577 - the Battle of Deorham: Bath is captured by the West Saxons.[1] and, being north of the River Avon, then falls within the Saxon petty-kingdom of the Hwicce.
- 628 - following the Battle of Cirencester, the Hwicce come under the rule of the kingdom of Mercia.
- 878 - Bath becomes a royal borough (burh) of Alfred the Great, in his kingdom of Wessex (and also in the county of Somerset).[1]
- c. 900 – market active.[2]
- 973 – Edgar crowned King of England at Bath Abbey.[3]
11th to 17th centuries
- 1102 – Bath fair active.[2]
- 1174 – St John's Hospital founded (approximate date).
- 1553 – Grammar school founded.[4]
- 1590 – Bath chartered.[5]
- 1616 – Abbey Church consecrated.[6]
- 1625 – Guildhall rebuilt.[7]
- 1643 – 5 July: Battle of Lansdowne fought near town.
18th century
- 1704 – Pump-room built.[8]
- 1705 – Theatre built.[7]
- 1717 – Green Street developed (approximate date).[9]
- 1721 – Blue coat school founded.[4]
- 1724 – James Leake (bookseller) in business.[10][11]
- 1727
- Lansdown Tower erected.
- River Avon made navigable to Bristol
- 1728 – St John's Hospital building constructed.[4]
- 1734
- 1738
- Royal visit.[5]
- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (The Min) founded[12]
- 1742
- Ralph Allen elected mayor.
- William Frederick (bookseller) in business.[10]
- Prior Park (residence) built.[9]
- 1750 Old Orchard Street Theatre opens[13]
- 1755
- Bath Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[14]
- Roman Bath rediscovered.[15][16]
- 1760 – Gay Street developed.[17]
- 1768 – King's Circus built.
- 1770 – Pulteney Bridge constructed (approximate date).[17]
- 1771 – Assembly Rooms built.[4]
- 1774 – Royal Crescent buildings constructed.
- 1777 – Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce founded.[18]
- 1778 – Guildhall built.
- 1779 – Philosophical Society founded.[19]
- 1780
- Roman Great Bath rediscovered.[16]
- 13 June: Anti-Catholic unrest.[15]
- Oxford Row built (approximate date).[9]
- 1790 – Bath Improvement Act passed by Parliament.[9]
- 1792 – Lansdown Course races begin.[20]
- 1795 – Harmonic Society formed.[21]
- 1797 – Grand Pump Room built.[4]
- 1798
- Sydney Gardens open.[21]
- Christ Church dedicated.
- 1799 – Philosophical society established.[4]
19th century
- 1800
- 1805
- Penitentiary established.[4]
- Theatre Royal[4] and Barker's Picture Gallery open.[24]
- 1810 –
- Lancasterian Free School established.[24]
- Kennet and Avon Canal completed [25]
- 1815 – Cleveland Pools opened[26]
- 1817 – Atkinson & Tucker (booksellers) in business.[22]
- 1819 – Masonic Hall dedicated.[24]
- 1824 – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution founded[27]
- 1825 – Mechanics Institute opens.[21]
- 1827
- Partis College built.[9]
- Cleveland Bridge opened[28]
- 1830
- Victoria Park opens.
- Prior Park College established.
- 1832 – Sydney Buildings constructed.[9]
- 1837 – Victoria Column erected.[29]
- 1847 – Commercial Reading Room and Tottenham Library founded.[21]
- 1852 – Bath School of Art founded.
- 1855 – Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, and Bath Quartet Society[20] established.
- 1869 – Midland Railway's Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line begins operating.
- 1874 – Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway begins operating.
- 1878 – Bath College opens.[20]
- 1880 – Tram begins operating.
- 1881 – Population: 52,557.[30]
- 1882 – Holburne Museum of Art established.
- 1888 – Bath Photographic Society formed.[31]
- 1889 – Bath becomes a county borough.
- 1896 – Bath Municipal Technical College and Bath City Secondary School established.
20th century
- 1900 – Victoria Art Gallery & Reference Library opens.[6][22]
- 1901
- Empire Hotel in business.[32]
- Population: 49,839.[5]
- 1904 – Electric tram begins operating.
- 1929 – Church of Our Lady & St Alphege built.
- 1932 – Royal United Hospital opens on Combe Park site.[33]
- 1934 – Bath Preservation Trust founded.
- 1942 – 25–26 April: Aerial bombing by German forces.
- 1946 – City of Bath Bach Choir founded.
- 1948 – Bath Assembly (music festival) begins.
- 1963 – Museum of Costume founded.
- 1966 – University of Bath established.
- 1970 – June: Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music held.
- 1971 – Population: 84,670.[34]
- 1974 – Bath becomes part of Avon non-metropolitan county.
- 1975 – Bath College of Higher Education established.
- 1981 – Bath Fringe Festival and Bath Half Marathon begin.
- 1986 – Bristol and Bath Railway Path laid out.
- 1991 – Population: 78,689.[34]
- 1993 – Museum of East Asian Art opens.
- 1995 – Bath Literature Festival begins.
- 1996 – City becomes part of the Bath and North East Somerset non-metropolitan district.
- 1997 – Ustinov Studio (theatre) built.
21st century
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- 2002 – Bath Times newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 2005 – The Egg (Theatre) opens.
- 2006 – Thermae Bath Spa facility opens.
- 2007 – Bath Festival of Children's Literature begins.[35]
- 2009 – Bath bus station and SouthGate shopping centre open.
- 2011 – October: Occupy Bath begins.
See also
References
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- ↑ Roth, Cecil. "Bath." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 210. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Oct. 2013
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Further reading
Published in the 18th century
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External links
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