This page is very much under construction at present, but should eventually grow into
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EVENT
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Note as of 2 August 2009 - we have only just started compiling this directory, so many of the links will just find a blank page for the time being - keep calling back though, as we continue to build the site
c1180
Jean de Gisors founds Portsmouth
1194
Richard I grants Portsmouth's first royal charter
1348
Black Death strikes Portsmouth
1545
Mary Rose sinks in the Solent
1628
Duke of Buckingham assassinated in Old Portsmouth High Street
1650
HMS Portsmouth, the first ship to be built in the town for more than
100 years is launched
c1690
First houses built at what would
become known as Portsea
1805
Battle of Trafalgar - death of Nelson
1806
Isambard Kingdom Brunel born
in Portsmouth
1808
Death of Sir John Carter
philanthropist and politician, five
times Mayor of Portsmouth
1839
Death of John Pounds
1845
The last duel fought between Englishmen takes place in Gosport
1878
Victoria Park, Portsmouth's first public park, opens for the first time
1898
Portsmouth Football Club founded
1906
HMS Dreadnought launched at Portsmouth
1907
Alexandra Park opens
1907
Kings Theatre opens in Southsea
1926
Portsmouth granted city status
1934
Death of A E Cogswell, designer of many Portsmouth pubs and other notable local buildings
1940
Luftwaffe first bomb Portsmouth
1944
Helen Duncan becomes last person convicted of witchcraft in Britain
