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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- c.4900–4000 BC – Hunter-gatherers are present in Sutton-on-Hull, in the north of present-day Kingston upon Hull[1]: 303
- 750–500 BC – A Bronze Age settlement is present on the site of modern-day Alexandra Dock.[1]: 303
- 1086 – The Domesday Book records settlements at Sutton-on-Hull, Drypool, Marfleet, Myton and Southcoates.[1]: 303
- 1275 – Wyke, an area in Kingston upon Hull, is appointed as the customs head port for the north of England.[1]: 304
- 1279 – Market active.[2]
- 1282 – Fresh water supply established for the town from Anlaby.[1]: 304
- 1293
- 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.[4]
- 1299 – Town Charter granted[1]: 304 and town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."[5]
- 1302 – Quay built.[6]
- 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approximate date).[7]
- 1321–24 – Defences consisting of a ditch and wooden palisade are built around the town.[1]: 304
- 1331–34 – A meat market is created.[1]: 304
- 1332 – William de la Pole becomes the first mayor of Hull.[8]
- 1333 – First documented mention of a guildhall in Kingston upon Hull.[1]: 305
- 1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.[7]
- 1377 – Population of 1,557 adult taxpayers are recorded through poll tax records.[1]: 305
- 1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.[7]
- 1402 – Rioting occurs against the mayor.[1]: 305
- 1440 – Town incorporated and is made its own county.[1]: 305
- 1447 – The county of Hull is expanded by over 5 miles on the west side of the town.[1]: 305
- 1486 – Grammar school founded.[4][9]
- 1515 – A fish market is created.[1]: 305
- 1536 – The Pilgrimage of Grace spreads to Hull.[1]: 306
- 1537 – Plague breaks out in Hull.[1]: 306
- 1541 – The town is visited by Henry VIII.[1]: 306
- 1539 – The last two monastic houses are closed because of the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.[1]: 306
- 1575–76 – Outbreak of the plague.[1]: 306
- 1588 – Repairs are made to the city walls.[1]: 306
- 1602–04 – Outbreak of the plague.[1]: 306
- 1637 – Outbreak of the plague.[1]: 306
- 1640 – King Charles visits.
- 1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.
- 1673 – Hull has 1,373 households and a population of 6,500.[1]: 306
- 1681–90 – Hull Citadel is built.[1]: 307
- 1688 – 'Town-taking': townspeople overthrow the Catholic governor.[10]
- 1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.[4]
- 1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published.[1]: 307
- 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.[11]
- 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.[12][13]
- 1778 – Dock built.[14]
- 1780
- William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.
- Jewish community establishes synagogue.[15]
- 1782 – General Infirmary established.[7]
- 1792 – St John's Church built.[7]
- 1797 – Cooperative mill built.[16]
- 1801 – The population of the town is 22,161.[1]: 307
- 1809 – Humber Dock built.[1]: 308
- 1829
- United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.[17]
- Junction Dock built.[1]: 307
- St Charles Borromeo church opens.
- 1836 – Police force established.[17]
- 1837
- Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.
- Explosion of the Union Steam Packet in June[18][19]
- 1840
- Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.[1]: 308
- Zoological Gardens established.[20]
- 1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company (shipping) in business.[11]
- 1846 – Railway Dock is established.[1]: 308
- 1850 – Victoria Dock built.
- 1851 – Population of Hull is 84,690.[1]: 308
- 1854
- Royal Institution opens.[4]
- Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.[21]
- Junction Dock is renamed Prince's Dock.[1]: 308
- 1860 – Pearson Park established.[4]
- 1861
- Hull School of Art founded.
- Population: 93,955.
- 1864 – Londesborough Barracks completed.[22]
- 1865 – Hull Football Club founded.[23]
- 1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.[4]
- 1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.[24]
- 1869 – Albert Dock is established.[1]: 308
- 1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.
- 1873 – William Wright Dock is established.[1]: 308
- 1875 – Tram in operation.
- 1880 – Botanic garden opens.[4]
- 1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.[9]
- 1882
- Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.
- Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.
- 1883 – St Andrew's Dock is established.[1]: 308
- 1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.[25]
- 1885
- Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.
- Alexandra Dock built.[1]: 308
- Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.[26]
- 1886 – Synagogue established.[27]
- 1887
- 1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.[4]
- 1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers' Association formed.[28]
- 1895 – The Boulevard (stadium) opens.
- 1897 – Hull attains city status.
- 1898 – The Circle cricket ground is established.[1]: 308
- 1901 – Hull's population is 236,772.[1]: 309
- 1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.[29][30]
- 1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.[1]: 309
- 1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.[4]
- 1907 – Riverside Quay is established.[1]: 309
- 1909 – Hull City Hall built.
- 1911
- Theatre De Luxe opens.
- Hull's population is 277,991.[1]: 309
- 1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.
- 1914 – King George Dock is established.[1]: 309
- 1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.
- 1921
- 1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.
- 1927
- University College Hull established.
- Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.
- Ferens Art Gallery is established.[1]: 309
- 1931 – Hull's population is 309,198.[1]: 309
- 1937 – Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1939 – Hull New Theatre opens.
- 1940 – 19 June: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
- 1945 – 17 March: Aerial bombing by German forces ends.
- 1946 – Boothferry Park (stadium) opens.[1]: 309
- 1951 – Hull's population is 295,172.[1]: 309
- 1961 – Hull's population is 289,716.[1]: 309
- 1966 – Closure of Western General Hospital.[31]
- 1968 – Prince's Dock and Railway Dock are closed to shipping.[1]: 308
- 1971
- Hull Truck Theatre founded.
- Hull's population is 285,965.[1]: 310
- 1972 – Hull City Council established.
- 1974
- City becomes part of Humberside shire county per Local Government Act 1972.
- Airport opens in Kirmington.
- Humberside Police established.
- 1981
- Humber Bridge opens.[1]: 311
- Two tornadoes touch down in Hull during the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak of 23 November 1981, causing damage to the Port of Hull and the city's north-eastern residential suburbia.[32]
- Hull's population is 266,751.[1]: 311
- 1983 – Hull Marina opens.
- 1985 – St Andrew's Dock closes to shipping.[1]: 308
- 1986 – Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.[33]
- 1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.
- 1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park (stadium) open.
- 1991
- Princes Quay shopping centre opens.[34]
- Hull's population is 266,180.[1]: 311
- 1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.[35]
- 1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.
- 1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.
- 2000 – Closure of Kingston General Hospital.[36]
- 2001
- 2002 – The Deep (aquarium) and KC Stadium open.[1]: 311
- 2007
- Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.[38]
- June: Flooding occurs in Hull resulting in 35,000 people being effected.[1]: 311
- Hull Comedy Festival begins.
- 2008 – The first Freedom Festival (cultural event) takes place.[1]: 312
- 2010
- Hull History Centre established.[39]
- Larkin 25 fest held.
- 2011 – Boothferry Park stadium is demolished.[1]: 312
- 2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.[40]
- 2014 – Legal sanctions against prostitution introduced.[41]
- 2017
- Hull is the UK City of Culture.[42]
- 13 May: Holy Trinity Church rededicated as Hull Minster.[43]
- 2018
- January: Banksy work on Scott Street Bridge discovered.[44]
- 25 July: Bonus Arena opens[45]
- 2019
- October: Hull became the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.[46]
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