The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dublin, Ireland.

Prior to 9th century

431 - Palladius is ordained the first bishop of Ireland by Pope Celestine I. He is later banished by the King of Leinster. c.450 - Christianity was expanded by Saint Patrick.

9th–15th centuries 841 – Viking camp established. c.846 - St. Mary's Abbey founded on the North side of the River Liffey. 1014 – Battle of Clontarf. 1028 – Christ Church founded (approximate date). 1171 – Henry II of England in power. 1172 – Dublin "given charter and made centre of English Pale." 1176 - Strongbow, earl of Pembroke leader of the Anglo-Norman forces, dies in Dublin. 1185 – St Catherine's Church built. 1190 – Fire. 1190 - First iteration of St. Audoen's Church erected. 1191 – St Patrick's Cathedral construction begins. 1192 - Prince John, Lord of Ireland grants the citizens of Dublin by charter the ability to form guilds. 1204 - John, King of England grants a licence to the corporation of Dublin to hold an annual eight-day fair in Dublin, henceforth it is known as Donnybrook Fair and continues until it is shut down by the authorities in 1855. 1207 - John, King of England grants a charter to the inhabitants of Dublin. 1229 – Richard Muton becomes first Lord Mayor of Dublin. 1230 – Dublin Castle built. 1283 – Fire. 1348 – Black Death. 1394 - Richard II of England enters Dublin with 30,000 bowmen, 4000 cavalry and the Crown Jewels. 1446 – Weavers' Guild chartered. 1466 - Ireland's first public clock was installed on the tower of the Tholsel

16th–17th centuries 1534 - Lord Thomas Fitzgerald, better known as Silken Thomas organised a rebellion and was executed in Tyburn two years later. 1538 - Destruction of the Bachal Isu by George Browne, Archbishop of Dublin. 1541 – Dublin becomes capital of the Kingdom of Ireland. 1592 – Trinity College founded. 1597 – 11 March: Dublin gunpowder explosion. 1610 - John Speed's Map of Dublin (1610) 1635 – Theatre built. 1646 – City besieged by Parliamentarians. 1649 – Siege of Dublin 1661 – Dublin Corporation (city government) established. 1662 Smock Alley Theatre opens. Royal Hunting Park established. The uniting of the smaller parishes of St Stephen and St Michael le Pole with St. Bride's. 1664 Saint Stephen's Green enclosed by a wall. Newman coffeehouse in business. 1666 – Cabbage Garden cemetery in use. 1676 - Construction of Essex Bridge opens up development on the North side of the River Liffey 1680 – Hibernian Catch Club founded (approximate date). 1681 – A new Tholsel building was constructed near Christchurch to house the activities of Dublin Corporation 1682 – Weavers' Guild hall built in The Coombe. 1683 – Dublin Philosophical Society founded. 1689 - James II opens a royal mint at 27 Capel Street.

18th century

1702 – State Paper Office established in Dublin Castle. 1707 – Marsh's Library incorporated. 1707 - The original Custom House opens on Custom House Quay, Dublin. 1708 – The Registry of Deeds is established by an Irish Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for the Publick Registering of all Deeds, Conveyances and Wills that shall be made of any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments". The Registry is initially based in Dublin Castle. 1709 – St. Luke's Church built. 1710 – Mansion House (residence) built. 1722 - Equestrian statue of George I purchased by the city for £2,000 and erected on a plinth on the upstream side of Essex bridge. 1725 - Henrietta Street is laid out by Luke Gardiner as Dublin's first Georgian street. 1731 – 25 June: Royal Dublin Society founded. 1742 – 13 April: Handel's Messiah is premiered in Neale's Musick Hall, Dublin. 1745 – Dublin Lying-In Hospital and Phoenix Park open. 1748 – Leinster House built. 1750 – Daly's Club active (approximate date). 1751 – Royal Hibernian Hotel established. 1753 – Parliament Street laid out. 1757 – Wide Streets Commission established. 1759 – Guinness brewery in business. 1763 - Freeman's Journal begins publication 1770 City directory published. Trinity College Historical Society founded. 1771 - City Assembly House built. 1779 – Royal Exchange built. 1783 – Bank of Ireland in business. 1784 – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland founded. 1785 – Royal Irish Academy established. 1791 Society of United Irishmen Dublin branch founded. Dublin Library Society instituted. Apothecaries Hall incorporated. The Custom House built. 1792 - Fitzwilliam Square laid out. 1793 – Dublin Stock Exchange founded. 1794 – Carlisle Bridge constructed. 1796 – Building of the Four Courts commences.

19th century 1801 – City becomes part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1802 - Completion of the Four Courts, Ireland's most prominent courts building. 1804 Grand Canal constructed. Cork Street Fever Hospital opens. 1809 – Nelson's Pillar erected. 1815 – Tenter House built on Cork Street. 1817 Royal Canal constructed. Cobourg Gardens open. 1818 General Post Office inaugurated. Mountjoy Square constructed. 1821 – Population: 185,881. 1822 – 12 December: Storm. 1824 – Shelbourne Hotel in business. 1828 – Kings Bridge constructed. 1829 – Museum of the Royal Irish Academy established (approximate date). 1830 – Royal Zoological Society of Ireland founded. 1831 – Dublin Zoo opens. 1832 – Dublin Penny Journal + Part 2, Part 3 and Paddy Kelly's Budget begin publication. 1833 – Dublin University Magazine begins publication. 1837 - Fire at the Royal Arcade on College Green which destroyed multiple buildings on Suffolk Street and College Green. 1838 – Glasnevin Model Farm established. 1839 Adelaide Hospital founded. The Citizen begins publication. 1842 – The Nation newspaper begins publication. 1843 – Dublin University Philosophical Society active. 1846 – All Hallows cemetery in use. 1854 – Catholic University of Ireland founded. 1857 – Natural History Museum opens. 1858 – St Catherine's Church dedicated on Meath Street. 1861 – Wellington Monument erected. 1865 – Royal College of Science for Ireland founded. 1871 – Gaiety Theatre opens. 1872 – Dublin tramways begin operating. 1873 – Irish Monthly begins publication. 1877 National Museum of Ireland established. Dublin Metropolitan School of Art active. 1879 Star of Erin Music Hall opens. Butt Bridge constructed. 1880 – St. Stephen's Park Temperance Hotel in business. 1882 – 6 May: Phoenix Park Murders. 1889 – Davy Byrne's pub in business. 1891 – Dublin United Transport Company formed. 1894 – New Ireland Review begins publication. 1895 – Shelbourne Football Club formed. 1898 – Dublin Port and Docks Board established.

20th century 1901 - Population: 290,638. 1904 – Abbey Theatre opens. 1905 – Irish Independent newspaper begins publication. 1907 – Irish International Exhibition held. 1909 – Volta Cinematograph opens. 1913 Croke Park stadium opens. Dublin Lock-out begins. 1916 – April: Easter Rising. 1918 – 15 December: Death of Molly Malone 1919 – 21 January: First Dáil (parliament) convenes in Mansion House. 1921 – 25 May: Burning of the Custom House. 1922 June–July: Battle of Dublin. December: City becomes capital of the newly formed Irish Free State. December: Oireachtas (parliament) begins meeting in Leinster House. Dublin Opinion begins publication. 1923 – The Dublin Magazine begins publication. 1928 – Gate Theatre founded. 1930 – City boundaries expanded. 1934 – Old Dublin Society founded. 1937 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Republic of Ireland. 1938 – Dublin Historical Record begins publication. 1940 26 August: Bombing of Dublin in World War II by German forces begins. The Bell (magazine) begins publication. 1941 31 May: North Strand Bombing Dublin Airport terminal built. Saint Mary's College for Domestic Science opens. 1949 – Envoy, A Review of Literature and Art begins publication. 1953 – City boundaries expanded. 1954 – 16 June: Bloomsday begins. 1960 – Population: 468,103. 1966 8 March: Nelson's Pillar bombed. Project Arts Centre established. Garden of Remembrance opens. 1971 – Eurovision Song Contest 1971 held. 1972 – 1 February: British Embassy in Merrion Square destroyed by protesters. 1973 – Grapevine Arts Centre founded. 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings Wood Quay excavation begins. 1975 – Accountancy and Business College founded. 1978 – Talbot Memorial Bridge constructed. 1979 – Dublin City Archives established. 1980 – First Dublin Fringe Festival is held. 1981 – Eurovision Song Contest 1981 held. 1983 Dublin Pride begins. Dublin Food Co-op founded. 1984 Dublin Area Rapid Transit begins operating. East-Link Bridge opens. 1987 International Financial Services Centre, Dublin Bus, and Irish Traditional Music Archive founded. Northside People newspaper begins publication. 1988 – Eurovision Song Contest 1988 held. 1989 – Dublin City University active. 1991 Irish Museum of Modern Art opens. Dublin Civic Trust established 1992 Irish Film Institute opens. Dublin Institute of Technology established. 1994 – Eurovision Song Contest 1994 held. 1995 – Eurovision Song Contest 1995 held. 1996 – National Print Museum of Ireland opens. 1997 – Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held.

21st century 2001 – Dublin Corporation renamed Dublin City Council. 2002 – George's Quay Plaza built. 2003 Dublin International Film Festival begins. Spire of Dublin erected. James Joyce Bridge opens. 2004 Dublin Gay Theatre Festival begins. Luas Green Line opens in June and Red Line in September. 2006 – Dublin Port Tunnel opens. 2009 Dublinbikes launched. Samuel Beckett Bridge opens. 2010 Grand Canal Theatre and Convention Centre Dublin opens. 2011 Queen Elizabeth II's visit in May. Barack Obama visits Ireland and speaks at College Green. Population: 525,383. 2014 - Rosie Hackett Bridge opens.

See also Cartography of Dublin History of Dublin List of mayors of Dublin

References

Bibliography

Published in the 18th century

Published in the 19th century 1800s–1840s

+ Historical Annals of the City of Dublin

1850s–1890s

+ v.2, v.3 + Index

Published in the 20th century 1900s–1940s

1950s–1990s

Published in the 21st century

External links

List of archival repositories in Dublin. Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Dublin, various dates Europeana. Items related to Dublin, various dates.