Following is a list of dates in the history of Sunderland, the ancient city in North East England. Facts and figures, important dates in Sunderland's history.

Sunderland was famous for ship building

Early times

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17th & 18th centuries

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  • 1634 – Bishop Morton's Charter created Sunderland's first Mayor and Corporation.[1]
 
West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland
  • 1698 – Formation of Sunderland Company of Glassmakers
  • 1669 – Letters patent permitted the erection of a pier and lighthouse.[1]
  • 1719 – Sunderland Parish's Holy Trinity Church opened
  • 1793 – Philip and John Laing established a shipyard on Monkwearmouth Shore. (The oldest surviving shipbuilding firm in Sunderland when it was absorbed into Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd.)
  • 1795 – Birth of Sir Henry Havelock at Ford Hall in Bishopwearmouth.[2] [1]
  • 1796 – Wearmouth Bridge opened.[1]

19th century

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20th century

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21st century

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  • 2001 – The entire council housing stock of 39,000 homes is transferred to private landlord Gentoo after a referendum of tenants found 95% support in favour of the move
  • 2008 – Sunderland Aquatic Centre opens, the only Olympic-sized pool between Glasgow and Leeds, on a site adjacent to the Stadium of Light

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Havelock, Sir Henry" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stephenson, George" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 888.
  4. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cholera" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 262–267. see page 264: ...and spread onwards to England, appearing in Sunderland in October 1831...
  5. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stephenson, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.

Further reading

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