Timeline of Cambridge
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The following is a timeline of the history of the town of Cambridge, England.
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Contents
Prior to 16th century
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- 973 CE – Market active.[1]
- c.1000-50 – St Bene't's Church built.
- 1068 – Cambridge Castle erected.
- 1101 – Town incorporated.[2]
- c.1130 – Holy Sepulchre church built.
- 1154 – Cambridge fair active.[1]
- 1200 – Charter granted.[3]
- 1209 – University of Cambridge established by scholars from Oxford.[4]
- 1211 – Stourbridge fair first recorded.
- 1261 – Cambridge academics attempt to set up a university at Northampton, suppressed by the Crown in 1265.[5]
- 1284 – University's Peterhouse college founded.[6]
- 1293 – Michael Pylet appointed mayor.[7]
- 1326 – University's Clare College founded.[8]
- 1347 – University's Pembroke College founded.[6]
- 1348 – University's Gonville & Caius College founded.[8]
- 1350 – University's Trinity Hall College founded.[8]
- 1352 – University's Corpus Christi College founded.[8]
- 1416 – University Library exists by this date.
- 1441 – University's King's College founded.[8]
- 1446 – Foundation stone of King's College Chapel laid.
- 1448 – University's Queens' College founded.[8]
- 1473 – University's St. Catherine College founded.[8]
- 1496 – University's Jesus College founded.[8]
16th-18th centuries
- 1505 – University's Christ's College founded.[8]
- 1511 – University's St John's College established.[6]
- 1515 – King's College Chapel fan vault completed.
- 1534 – University Press granted a royal charter.
- 1542 – University's Magdalene College founded.
- 1545 – University's Trinity College founded.[6]
- 1584 – University's Emmanuel College founded.[8]
- 1595 – University's Sidney Sussex College founded.[8]
- 1615 – Perse School founded.
- 1630 – Plague.
- 1638 – Cambridge, Massachusetts named.[9]
- 1667 – Eagle and Child pub in business.
- 1695 – Wren Library at Trinity College completed.
- 1730 – University's Senate House completed.
- 1744 – Cambridge Journal and Weekly Flying Post begins publication.[10]
- 1747 – Shire-hall built.[2]
- 1749 – Mathematical Bridge built at Queens' College.
- 1762 – Cambridge Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1766 – Addenbrooke's Hospital founded.
- 1784 – Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge established.[12]
- 1793
- Cambridge Intelligencer newspaper begins publication.[10]
- Cambridge Quarters composed for new clock of the Church of St Mary the Great.
19th century
- 1800 – University's Downing College founded.[8]
- 1816 – University's Fitzwilliam Museum founded.
- 1817 – Cambridge Town Club (cricket club) formed.[citation needed]
- 1828
- Bull Hotel in business.
- Cambridge University Boat Club founded.
- 1829 – The Boat Race, rowed against Oxford, begins[6] (annual from 1856).
- 1831 – Bridge of Sighs built over the Cam at St John's College.
- 1833 – Anatomy theatre attacked by a mob.[13]
- 1839 – Cambridge Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1840 – Cambridge Antiquarian Society founded.
- 1845 – Eastern Counties Railway begins operating to Cambridge railway station.[3]
- 1848 – Mill Road Cemetery established.
- 1858 – Cambridge School of Art founded.
- 1854 – Deighton, Bell & Co. booksellers in business.[15]
- 1869 – University's Girton College for women founded.[6]
- 1871 – University's Newnham College for women founded.
- 1874 – University's Cavendish Laboratory completed.
- 1876 – W. Heffer bookseller begins business.
- 1880 – Cambridge Street Tramways begin operation.
- 1881 – Ridley Hall and Westcott House theological colleges founded.
- 1883 – Footlights student amateur dramatic club founded.
- 1884 – University's Museum of General and Local Archaeology founded.
- 1888 – Cambridge Daily News begins publication.[16]
- 1890 – Victoria Avenue Bridge built.
- 1894 – Homerton College, a Congregationalist teacher training college, moves to Cambridge.
- 1896 – Pye Ltd. established as scientific instrument makers by W. G. Pye.
- 1897 – Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.[17]
- 1899 – Westminster College, a Presbyterian theological college, moves to Cambridge.
20th century
- 1901 – Population: 38,379.[18]
- 1912
- Cambridge United F.C. established as Abbey United.
- University's Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences opens.
- 1914 – Cambridge Street Tramways cease operation.
- 1918 – First Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held at King's College.[19]
- 1922 – War Memorial unveiled.[20]
- 1928 – Cambridge Preservation Society founded.[21]
- 1934 – New University Library completed.
- 1938 – Cambridge Airport opens.
- 1948 – First women admitted to study for full academic degrees in the University but have no associated privileges.[22]
- 1949
- University's Cambridge Bibliographical Society founded.[23]
- University of Cambridge's Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator begins operating.
- 1954 – University's Murray Edwards College for women founded as New Hall.
- 1956 – Kettle's Yard established by Jim Ede.
- 1957 – Twinned with Heidelberg.
- 1958 – University's Churchill College established.
- 1960 – Cambridge Consultants founded.
- 1964
- University's Darwin College for graduates founded.
- Cambridge Folk Festival begins.
- 1965
- University's Lucy Cavendish College for mature women founded.
- University's Wolfson College for mature students founded as University College.
- 1966
- University's Clare Hall for graduates established.
- University's Fitzwilliam College chartered as a college.
- 1970 – February: Garden House riot.
- 1972
- Three previously all-male colleges of the University admit women undergraduates.
- Cambridge Theological Federation formed.[24]
- 1975 – University's Cambridge Science Park founded.[6]
- 1976 – Sancton Wood School founded.
- 1977 – University's Robinson College founded.
- 1989 – Cambridge Fun Run (footrace) begins.
- 1990 – Royal Greenwich Observatory relocated to Cambridge from Greenwich.
- c.1997 – 82 Akeman Street Community Room opens.[25]
21st century
- 2003 – University's Centre for Mathematical Sciences completed in West Cambridge.
- 2006
- Local Plan 2006 (town planning) adopted.[26][27]
- Cambridge International School established.
- 2007 - Centre for Computing History established.
- 2010 – Homerton College chartered as a full college of the University.
- 2011 – Population: 123,867 (including 24,488 students).
- 2013 - University's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk founded.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Cambridge by M.A.R. Tuker in multiple formats at gutenberg.org
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Published in the 19th century
1800s-1840s
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1850s-1890s
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Published in the 20th century
- 1900s-1940s
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1950s-1990s
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cambridge. |
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Includes digitized directories of Cambridge, various dates
- Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Cambridge, various dates
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