The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Derby, England.
Prior to 18th century 9thC. – Danes take town (approximate date). 917 Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians wins sweeping conquests to oust the Danes. Market active. 1160 – Derby School established (approximate date). 1206 - First extant charter granted to Derby. 1229 A second charter granted by Henry III. Derby fair active. 1294 – Parliamentary representation begins. 1337 - Edward III. on the petition of the burgesses grants them two bailiffs. 1530 – All Saints' Church tower built. 1592 – Plague. 1611 - Derby incorporated by James I. 1638 – Henry Mellor becomes mayor. 1660 – County Hall built. 1665 – Plague. 1675 – Derby Company of Mercers formed. 1696 – Osmaston Hall built.
18th century 1717 - Silk “throwing” or spinning introduced by John Lombe. 1721 – Lombe's Mill built. 1726 – Derby Postman newspaper begins publication. 1731 – Town Hall built (approximate date). 1732 – Derby Mercury newspaper begins publication. 1735 – 9 July: Samuel Johnson marries at St Werburgh's Church. 1745 4 December: Jacobite army arrives. 5 December: Jacobites meet at Exeter House and decide that Bonnie Prince Charlie, the young Pretender should return to Scotland instead of going on to London. 1750 Derby Porcelain Company in business. Markeaton Hall built (approximate date). Manufacture of hosiery profited by the inventions of Jedediah Strutt. 1756 – County prison built in Nun's Green. 1772 – New Jerusalem Chapel built. 1773 – Theatre built. 1774 – Assembly room built. 1783 – Derby Philosophical Society founded. 1796 – Derby Canal constructed.
19th century 1802 – General Baptist Chapel built. 1805 – King Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built. 1808 Derby Literary and Philosophical Society established. Friends' Meeting House built. 1809 – Cox and Co. shot mill built. 1810 – Infirmary built. 1811 Permanent Library established. Population: 13,043. 1817 – Derby Choral Society established. 1820 – Swedenborgian Chapel built. 1823 – Derby Reporter newspaper begins publication. 1824 – New Connexion Chapel built. 1825 – Mechanics' Institution established. 1828 Town Hall rebuilt. St. John's Church opens. 1832 – Town and County Library established. 1833 – Labour strike. 1835 – Joseph Strutt elected mayor. 1836 Police force and Derby Town and County Museum and Natural History Society established. Trinity Church consecrated. 1837 – Mechanics' Hall opens. 1839 May: The founding companies of the Midland Railway begin operating. Derby Exhibition held. St Mary's Church built. 1840 Derby railway station, Derby Arboretum, and Christ Church open. Athenaeum built (approximate date). 1841 Derby Baptist Chapel, St Mary's Gate opens 1842 – Arboretum Festival begins. 1843 General Cemetery and Vernon Street Prison in operation. Primitive Methodist Chapel built. Agricultural Show held. 1844 – Midland Railway company formed. 1846 – St Alkmund's Church built. 1850 – Derby Co-operative Society established. 1856 – John Smith clockmaker in business. 1862 – Corn Exchange opens. 1863 – County Cricket Ground established. 1866 – Market hall opens. 1870 – Derbyshire County Cricket Club formed. 1878 – April: Great Northern Railway opens its Derbyshire extension through Friargate railway station. 1879 Derby Free Library and Museum opens. Derby Daily Telegraph and Reporter begins publication. 1882 – Art gallery opens. 1884 - Derby County F.C. established as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club 1886 – 6 May: Grand Theatre burns down. 1887 – Derby Sketching Club formed. 1888 - Derby becomes a County Borough 1891 - Population: 94,146. 1895 Midland Railway Institute built. Derby County move to play at the Baseball Ground 1899 – Derby Technical College founded.
20th century
1901 - Population: 114,848. 1902 – Derby Municipal Secondary School for Boys opens. 1908 – Rolls-Royce Limited headquartered in Derby on Nightingale Road. 1910 Victoria Electric Theatre opens. Cosmopolitan Public Hall built. 1918 – British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company plant built. 1927 - Derby Cathedral established (formerly All Saints Church) for the newly created Bishop of Derby 1930 – Bemrose School opens. 1971 Rolls-Royce Limited enters receivership before being nationalized. BBC Radio Derby begins broadcasting. 1972 - Derby County are Football League Champions for the 1971-72 season 1974 – Derby Industrial Museum opens. 1975 Derby Playhouse opens. Eagle Centre shopping centre in business. Derby County are League Champions again 1977 - Derby is awarded City status as part of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II 1981 - Social unrest. 1988 – Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume established. 1992 University of Derby established. Derby Heritage Centre in business. 1995 – Derby Grammar School founded. 1997 – Pride Park Stadium opens. 1998 – Bronze Age Hanson Log Boat discovered near town.
21st century
2007 – Saint Alkmund's Way Footbridge opens. 2009 – Cathedral Green Footbridge opens. 2011 – Population: 248,700. 2012 11 May: Allenton house fire.
See also
History of Derby Timelines of other cities in East Midlands: Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham
References
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
1800s-1840s
1850s-1890s
Published in the 20th century
External links
. Includes Derby area directories, various dates.