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1066
| Local | Manor of Bradford valued at four pounds troy weight of silver | |
| National | Battle of Hastings (14/10) [Flickr] |
1070
| Local | William the Conqueror laid the whole manor waste | |
| National | Building of the Tower of London commenced |
1086
| Local | Domesday Book - "IIlbert hath it - it is a waste" |
1147
| Local | Norman Lord of the Manor granted the right to hold a market |
1150
| Local | Monks of Rievaulx Abbey were working iron on land which had come into their possession |
1170
| Local | St James Church, Tong | |
| National | Becket murdered in Canterbury Cathedral |
1200
| Local | Clericus de Allerton is mentioned in a deed of this date | |
| National | Robin Hood [c] |
1212
| Local | Bingley Market charter granted |
1215
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| National | Magna Carta signed (15/6) | Lord Mayor's Show in London |
1220
| Local | Deed witnessed about this date mentions a Clericus de Bradford |
1241
| Local | Rector appointed to the Church of Bradford |
1246
| Local | Manor of Bradford was charged for King's Tax five marks |
1251
| Local | Market charter granted to Edmund de Lacy by Henry III | |
| International | Kublai Khan - governor of China |
1256
| Local | Weekly market held on Thursdays |
1277
| Local | First record of a woolen weaver in Bradford |
Earliest record of a "Free Court" dealing with the recovery of debt and other grievances |
1281
| Local | First mention of Parish Church |
1287
| Local | Frizinghall appeared in a document |
1292
| Local | Living of Bradford was assessed at £53 6s.8p of which the vicar was entitled to a quarter and the remainder went to the rector |
1293
| Local | First mention of a Vicar of Bradford with an obligation to "be in personal residence" |
1294
| Local | Market charter granted to Henry de Lacy by Edward I | |
| International | Kublai Khan died |
1310
| Local | Retail market held on Sundays near the churchyard |
1311
| Local | Population 650 (estimated) | Scottish raids on Bradford began |
1314
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| National | Battle of Bannockburn |
1316
| Local | Raid of the Scots from Skipton caused disastrous effects |
1318
| Local | Raids caused the value of the living of Bradford Parish Church to be reduced to £28 per annum |
1322
| Local | Local plunderers imitating the Scots
raids |
That the advowson of Bradford (i.e. the right of presentment
to the living of the Church at Bradford) was forfeited to the King by reason
of the execution of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract on the 22nd March
1322 Source : Rymer's Foedora |
| National | Wars of Scottish independence |
1331
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| National | Flemish weavers, dyers and fullers arrived in this country |
1337
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| National | Export of English woollen cloth was prohibited | Hundred Years' War against France begins {1453} |
1342
| Local | Earliest mention of cloth dyeing |
1347
| Local | First record of tanning | |
| National | Black Death |
1349
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| National | Black Death |
1357
| Local | Tanner prosecuted for throwing waste into the beck |
1358
| Local | Prosecutions for theft of wool recorded | First mention of "forgemen" |
1360
| Local | Shallow pits dug for coal |
1362
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| National | Black Death |
1363
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| National | Working people prohibited from wearing any other cloth except blanket or russet |
1369
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| National | Black Death |
1379
| Local | Population reduced to about 325 by plague | |
| National | Poll tax imposed again in England |
1392
| Local | First record of the proving of a will |
1394
| Local | Manufacture of "kersies" - narrow woolen cloth - reported to be flourishing |
1412
| Local | Man fined for diverting to his own use the flow of water from the well at Eccleshill |
1415
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| National | Battle of Agincourt |
1431
| Local | Building of the present Cathedral commenced, the third church on the site | |
| International | Joan of Arc burned at Rouen (30 May) |
1451
| Local | Mention of a "barker" - stripped bark from trees for use in dyeing | |
| International | Christopher Columbus born |
1452
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| National | Leonardo da Vinci born (15/4) |
1458
| Local | Parish Church (Cathedral) completed apart from tower |
1461
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| National | War of the Roses |
1479
| Local | Main woollen centres recorded as Halifax, Ripon, Almondbury, Leeds, Pontefract, Bradford |
1502
| Local | Earliest record of coal mining |
1506
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| International | Christopher Columbus died |
1508
| Local | Tower of the Parish Church completed |
1533
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| National | Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn (25/1) |
1540
| Local | Leland a historian visited and said "it standeth much by clothing" and that it was "a praty quik town" | |
| National | Sir Francis Drake born | Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard |
1545
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| National | Mary Rose sank in the Solent (19/7) |
1552
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| National | Sir Walter Raleigh born | Second Book of Common Prayer |
1555
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| International | Book of Centuries - Nostrodamus |
1581
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| National | Francis Drake knighted at Deptford (4/4) |
1588
| Local | Beacons lit to warn of the Spanish Armada | |
| National | Shorthand - Sir Timothy Bright | Spanish Armada Armada defeated (29/7) |
1589
| Local | Henry VI - William Shakespeare |
1590
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1591
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1592
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| National | Richard III - William Shakespeare | Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare |
1593
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| National | Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare | Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare |
1594
| Local | Reported to be the main Yorkshire centre for the manufacture of cushions | |
| National | Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost - William Shakespeare |
Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare |
1595
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| National | Richard II - Shakespeare | A Midsummer Nights Dream - William Shakespeare |
1596
| Local | Earliest parochial records of births, marriages and deaths | |
| National | Sir Francis Drake died (28/1) Water closet - Sir John Harington |
King John - Shakespeare Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare |
| International | Thermometer - Galileo |
1597
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| National | Henry IV - William Shakespeare |
1598
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| National | Henry V - William Shakespeare | Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare |
1599
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| National | Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare | As You Like It - William Shakespeare |
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| National | Hamlet - William Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare |
East India Company formed {1858} |
1601
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| National | Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare | Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare |
1602
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| National | All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare |
1603
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| National | King James I {until 1625} Walter Raleigh imprisoned |
Plague in London |
1604
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| National | Othello - William Shakespeare | Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare |
1605
| Local | Dean House, Allerton Lane | |
| National | King Lear - William Shakespeare Macbeth - William Shakespeare |
Gunpowder Plot - Guy Fawkes (5/11) |
1606
| Local | Holy Trinity, Low Moor | |
| National | Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare |
Guy Fawkes executed (31/1) Union Jack became official flag (12/4) |
1607
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| National | Coriolanus - William Shakespeare | Timon of Athens - William Shakespeare |
1608
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| National | Pericles - William Shakespeare | |
| International | French colony of Quebec |
1609
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| National | Cymbeline - William Shakespeare |
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| National | The Tempest - William Shakespeare The Winters Tale - William Shakespeare |
Tea came to Europe from China |
1611
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1612
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| National | Henry VIII - William Shakespeare |
1613
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| National | Globe Theatre in Stratford destroyed by fire (29/6) |
1614
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| International | Pocahontas married John Rolfe (5/4) |
1615
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1616
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| National | Circulation of blood explained - Harvey | William Shakespeare died (23/4) |
1617
| Local | Beckfoot farm, Bingley |
1618
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| National | Sir Walter Raleigh executed |
1619
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| National | Pilgrim fathers landed in America (19/11) |
1621
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1622
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1623
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1624
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1625
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| National | King Charles I {until 1649 - beheaded} |
1626
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1627
| Local | Bolton Old Hall | Newhall, Rooley Lane |
1628
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| National | Oliver Cromwell MP for Huntingdon |
1629
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| Local | Chapel, Westfield Lane, Idle |
1631
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1632
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1633
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1634
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1635
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1636
| Local | Bierley Hall Wibsey Church consecrated (21/10) |
St Ives acquired by Ferrand family |
| International | Harvard University - First in USA |
1637
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1638
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1639
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| National | Coke obtained from coal |
1641
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| National | Triennial Act |
1642
| Local | First Siege of Bradford (18/12) | |
| National | English Civil War {1649} | Sir Isaac Newton born {1727} |
1643
| Local | Paper Hall | Second Siege of Bradford |
| International | Barometer invented - Torricelli |
1644
| Local | Battle of Marston Moor (2/7) |
1645
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| National | New Model Army |
1646
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| National | King Charles surrenders to Scots at Newark |
1647
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1648
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1649
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| National | Oliver Cromwell {until 1657} | King Charles I executed |
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| National | Tea available in England |
1651
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1652
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1653
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| National | Cromwell created Lord Protector |
1654
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1655
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1656
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1657
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| National | Richard Cromwell {until 1659} | |
| International | Fountain pen invented - Paris |
1658
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1659
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| National | King Charles II {until 1685} | Daniel Defoe born [circa] |
1661
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1662
| Local | Bradford Grammar School charter granted |
1663
| Local | Bradford Grammar School charter granted |
1664
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1665
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| National | Great Plague of London |
1666
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| National | Great Fire of London | London Gazette |
1667
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| National | Jonathan Swift born |
1668
| Local | Lee Farm, Wilsden |
1669
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1671
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1672
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1673
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1674
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1675
| Local | Horton Old Hall |
1676
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1677
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1678
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1679
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| National | Habeous Corpus |
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| International | Phosphorous matches |
1681
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| National | Oil street lamps in London |
1682
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| National | Royal Hospital, Chelsea founded |
1683
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1684
| Local | Manor House, Main Street, Wilsden |
1685
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| National | King James II {until 1688} |
1686
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1687
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1688
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| National | King William III {until 1702} | King James II abdicated |
1689
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| National | Toleration Act | Coronation of King William & Queen Mary (11/4) [Flickr] |
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1691
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1692
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1693
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1694
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| National | Queen Mary II died of smallpox (28/12) | Bank of England incorporated (27/7) |
1695
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1696
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1697
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| National | St Paul's Cathedral opened after being rebuilt by Sir Chritopher Wren |
1698
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| National | Steam engine used to raise water - Savery |
1699
| Local | Clock House |
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