The following is a timeline of the county of Tyne and Wear, England.
Tyne and Wear was created in 1974 from parts of Northumberland and County Durham. For dates before 1974 see: Timeline of Northumbria and Northumberland and Timeline of County Durham
20th century 1970s 1974 The county of Tyne and Wear was created Gateshead became a Metropolitan borough which included Blaydon, Felling, Ryton, Whickham, Birtley and Lamesley 1976 8 April: Court Shipbuilding Group officially opened a new covered shipbuilding hall, replacing Doxford's East Yard in Sunderland Work began on construction of the Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne was opened In the 1976 Football League Cup final Newcastle United F.C. lost 2-1 to Manchester City F.C. 1977 Queen Elizabeth II visited Newcastle upon Tyne 1978 1 August: The two sections of the Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge were joined in the centre The former Bartram & Sons shipyard in Sunderland was closed 1979 The unemployment rate in Newcastle upon Tyne was 8% After the launch of the Badagry Palm by Sunderland Shipbuilders the shipyard at North Sands was mothballed 1979-81 19% of factory jobs were lost in Newcastle upon Tyne
1980s 1980 Jackie Milburn was made a Freeman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, along with Basil Hume 1981 6 November: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 15 November: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge and new section of Metro line from Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne to Heworth opened to the public Newcastle City Council began a rolling programme for regeneration of the Quayside 1982 The unemployment rate in Newcastle upon Tyne was 18% 1983 New Redheugh Bridge between Gateshead and Newcastle was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales 1985 3 May: Mitla launched by Laings shipbuilders, the last ship to be built there 1990s 1991 At the Census the population of Newcastle was 280,000 Riots took place in Elswick 1992 Newcastle Polytechnic became Northumbria University 1997 C. A. Parsons and Company Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne works taken over by Siemens 1998 May: In the 1998 FA Cup final Newcastle United F.C. lost 2-0 to Arsenal F.C. Angel of the North in Gateshead was completed, designed by Antony Gormley 1999 In the 1999 FA Cup final Newcastle United F.C. lost 2-0 to Manchester United F.C.
21st century 2000s 2002 July: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art was opened 2002-04 Sage Gateshead was built 2020s 2025 16 March: In the 2025 EFL Cup final, Newcastle United defeated Liverpool 2–1 at Wembley, with goals scored by Dan Burn and Alexander Isak
See also History of Tyne and Wear Timeline of Newcastle upon Tyne Timeline of Gateshead Timeline of Sunderland
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