1875
| Architecture | Rawson Place Market (13/11) - see 1905 Brownroyd Reservoir (10/2) Samuel Cunliffe Lister statue (15/5) Star Theatre & Music Hall, Manchester Road (23/8) {1938} |
Frizinghall station (1/2) {1965}(Wikipedia) Shipley station - 2nd (1/2) (Wikipedia) Idle station (15/4) {1931} Eccleshill station (15/4) {1931} Windhill station (15/4) {1931} |
| Events | Great Northern (Victoria) hotel opened Bradford Girls' Grammar School (27/9) J Jagger - Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Laisterdyke - Windhill railway (15/4) Rimmington's Chemist moved to Bridge Street (?/12) |
Mayor - Wilson Sutcliffe Hackney Carriage bye-laws Bradford Canal purchased by Leeds Liverpool Co Thornton Endowed School advert (9/3) |
| National | London's main drainage system completed Blackburn Rovers FC formed |
Birmingham City FC formed Charles Kingsley died (23/1) |
| International | George Bizet died (3/6) | Hans Christian Andersen died (4/8) |
| Sport | FA - Royal Engineers (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval (Replay K.O.) | |
| Firsts | Snooker (India) Telephone communication (Bell) Trademark (England) - Bass |
Universal Postal Union in Berne (9/10) English Channel swum by Captain Webb (24-25/8) |
| Arts/Media |
Carmen - Bizet
(3/3) Trial by Jury - Gilbert & Sullivan (1st) |
Piano Concerto No. 1 - P Tchaikovsky |
| Products | Fry's Chocolate Cream bar |
1876
| Architecture | Thorpe Buildings (TSB), Tyrell Street
- see 1871 Church Institute, North Parade St Mary's Church, East Parade [LG] Prince's Theatre (17/4) {1964} Masonic Hall, Rawson Square City Road goods yard Congregational Sunday school, Saltaire {1973} Union Warehouse Manningham Thorpe, Toller Lane - Lilycroft WMC |
Bradford Club, Bank Street ?? Baildon station (4/12) {1953} Esholt station (4/12) {1940} Dudley Hill station - 2nd (1/10) {1952} St James Church, Bolton Road Wilsden school Greenfield Congregational Church, Manningham Black Horse Inn, St Enochs Road "Manoah Rhodes", Kirkgate [?] |
| Events |
Sir Titus Salt died
(29/12) Shipley - Guiseley railway opened (4/12) Manningham Albion Rugby Club |
Mayor - George Waud Bradford Literary Club founded (26/2) Map of Bradford Map of Bradford city centre |
| National | Middlesbrough FC formed | Port Vale FC formed |
| International | Victoria proclaimed Empress of India Wild Bill Hitchkock killed (2/8) |
Battle of the Little Big Horn
(25/6) Telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell (7/3) |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval (Replay K.O.) | |
| Firsts | Telephone patented - Alexander Graham Bell Carpet sweeper patented (Bissel) |
Plimsoll Line devised by Samuel Plimsoll Settle and Carlisle railway |
| Arts/Media | Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain | Symphony No. 1 - J Brahms |
| Products | Budweiser beer, USA |
1877
| Architecture | Register Office (Poor Law Building), Manor Row Parkinsons Buildings, Sunbridge Road Alexandra Hotel {1993} Semon's Warehouse, 25 Bolton Road Parkinsons Buildings, Hustlergate Union (Bradford) Club, 3 Piece Hall Yard 34 Bavaria Place, Manningham Clayton Liberal Club |
Richard Cobden statue (25/7) West Bowling Chapel Management Centre, Emm Lane Mannville Chapel/Art College/Library St Augustine, Undercliffe Sacred Heart School Chapel, Bingley St Mary Magdalene consecrated (26/1) |
| Events | Court of Quarter Sessions granted (20/6) Sir Titus salt died (31/12) Belle Vue Girls' School opened |
Mayor - Briggs Priestley ER Halford, bakers founded Royal Silver Skaters at Valley Parade |
| National | New Forest scheduled as National Park |
Crewe Alexandra FC formed Wolverhampton Wanderers FC formed |
| International | USA - Rutherford Hayes | Queen Victoria - Empress of India (1/1) |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Oxford University) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | First recording of a human voice - Edison (6/12) St Johns Ambulance founded 4-stroke internal combustion engine - August Otto |
Wimbledon - Mens Singles
(9/7) Wimbledon - Men's Singles Final (19/7) Dog Licences England v Australia Test match (15/3) |
| Arts/Media | Black Beauty - Anna Sewell Washington Post newspaper |
The Return of the Native- Thomas Hardy The Cuckoo Clock - Mrs Molesworth |
| Products | Silver Cross prams |
1878
| Architecture | Municipal Library, Darley Street {197?} Refuge Chambers, Sunbridge Road Swan Arcade {1962} Talbot Hotel {closed 1974} Kirkgate Market extension (18/5) - see 1872 Bradford Liberal Club Horton Park (25/5) Bradford Moor Park Railway Viaduct, Thornton [20 arches] |
Bradford Grammar School extension Thackley station (1/3) {1931} Clayton station (14/10) {1955} Great Horton station (14/10) {1955} Manchester Road station (14/10) {1915} Thornton station (14/10) {1955} St Dunstans station (21/11) {1952} Temperance Commercial Hotel, Manchester Rd |
| Events | Bradford to Thornton railway opened (14/10) Brown, Muff - damaged by fire Henry Francis Lockwood (architect) died (Wikipedia) Henry Brown : 1804 - 1878 (25/3) |
Mayor - Angus Holden University proposed for Bradford (5/4) Prince's Theatre destroyed by fire (16/7) |
| National | Queen Victoria uses the telephone Sir Gilbert Scott (architect) died (27/3) Grimsby Town FC formed |
Everton FC formed Newton Heath FC (Manchester United) formed |
| International | Cyprus placed under British administration | |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Royal Engineers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Dog Licences Axminster/Wilton carpets imported from USA (circa) Carbon filament lamp - Swan Electric street lighting in London Weekly weather report by Met Office Door (handle) knob patented - Osbourne Dorsey |
Cleopatras Needle, London (20/1) Phonograph patented - Thomas Edison (19/2) Microphone - David Hughes Salvation Army in England - William Booth Typewriter with upper and lower case [see below] Leeds - Thornton's Arcade Leeds - Grand Theatre |
| Arts/Media | Swan Lake - PI Tchaikovsky | |
| Products | Remington model #2 typewriter | Three Castles - cigarettes |
1879
| Architecture | Belle Vue Grammar school (11/8) - see 1895 Christ Church, Darley Street demolished Usher Street school Christ Church, Eldon Place {1940} Wallers Buildings, 44 Sunbridge Road |
Queensbury station (14/4) {1955} Southend Chapel St John's Chapel, Wilmer Road Silsbridge Lane demolished (unfit) Talbot Hotel, Kirkgate/Bank Street (?/2) |
| Events | Art Gallery, Kirkgate Market JB Priestley born |
Mayor - Angus Holden Explosion at Thornton Road gasworks (22/11) |
| National | Tay railway bridge collapsed - 90 killed West Bromwich Albion FC formed |
Sunderland FC formed |
| International | Zulu War - Rourke's Drift (22/1) | |
| Sport | FA - Old Etonians (Clapham Rovers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Electric lamp patented (Edison) Toilet paper - rough squares Frank W Woolworth opened store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Artificial ice rink |
Blackpool Illuminations (18/9) British telephone exchange - London Wimbledon - Mens Doubles Frozen meat from Australia |
| Arts/Media | Liverpool Echo newspaper (27/10) Boys Own Paper - Religous Tract Society (18/1) |
Violin Concerto in D - Brahms |
| Products | Absolut Vodka, Sweden | Rowntree's Fruit Gums and Pastilles |
1880
| Architecture | 12-20 Sunbridge Road [c 1875-80] 24 Sunbridge Road [c] - see also 1924 26-28 Sunbridge Road [c 1870-80] 34-44 Sunbridge Road [c 1870-1880] Queen Anne Chambers, Sunbridge Road Refuge Building, Sunbridge Road [c] Colonial Buildings, Sunbridge Road [c] Church of St Peter, Allerton Road St Paul's School & Houses, Ambler Street |
1-11 Manor Row [c] Auburn House, 13-17 Manor Row [c] Park Avenue football ground - Rugby (20/7) Idle Hill reservoir (9/11) Technical College foundation stone (16/6) Horton Park station (1/11) {1952} Bowling Park - opened by Angus Holden (4/9) Southfield Lane Chapel Roundthorn Terrace, Thornton Road |
| Events | Dyers strike, riots Telephone service - National Telephone Company Manningham Lawn Tennis Club formed WE Forster made Secretary for Ireland Sir Henry Ripley of Bowling Dyeworks made a baronet (20/4) |
Mayor - Angus Holden Fire at Sutcliffes Mill, Valley Road - three died (12/1) Corporation obtained powers for tramways Airedale Harriers Club formed Manningham Albion change name to Manningham |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1885} George Eliot died (22/12) Bolton Wanderers FC turned professional |
Greenwich Mean Time adopted as standard Blackburn Rovers FC turned professional Fulham FC formed |
| International | Ned Kelly hanged - Australia (11/11) | |
| Sport | FA - Clapham Rovers (Oxford University) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Telephone directory - London (15/1) Institute of Chartered Accountants |
AAA founded Practical electric light - Edison & Swan [both] |
| Arts/Media | 1812 Overture - PI Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 - Dvorak Comic Cuts (18/5) |
Trumpet Major - Thomas Hardy The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Products |
1881
| Architecture | Harold Park Wilsden School House and extension ? Listerhills Road/Smith Street |
Bethesda Chapel, Maperton Road {????} St Luke's Church, Victor Road Ardenlea, Ilkley [George Thorpe, draper] |
| Events | Population 183,032 53 collieries in the area Salts Mill became a limited company Tram lines laid - Manningham Bradford Amateur Dramatic Society founded Roller skating craze |
Mayor - Angus Holden Wilsden population 2,967 Bradford Synagogue, Bowland Street Historical & Antiquarian Society published papers YMCA moved to rooms in Tyrrel Street |
| National | Benjamin Disraeli died (19/4) Preston North End FC formed People (16/10) |
Leyton Orient FC formed Swindon Town FC formed Tit-Bits (22/10) |
| International | USA - James Garfield [died in office] (19/9) USA - Chester Arthur President Garfield attempted assassination (2/7) Boer War started - 1st Death of William G. Fargo - Wells Fargo (3/8) |
Gunfight at the OK Corral (26/10) Billy the Kid killed by Pat Garrett (14/7) Tsar Alexander II assassinated Work started on Panama Canal |
| Sport | FA - Old Carthusians (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Electric light used domestically National History Museum |
Postal Orders (1/1) |
| Arts/Media | Titbits magazine Revised version of New Testament Whistler exhibition in London |
Los Angeles Times newspaper
(4/12) (Wikipedia) Tales of Hoffmann - J Offenbach |
| Products | Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles |
1882
| Architecture |
Technical
School/College (23/6) Bankfoot Transport Depot {1977} German Evangelical Church, Greatt Horton Road |
Allerton Park Undercliffe Chapel |
| Events |
Prince of Wales (Edward VII) visited
(23/6) Horse tramway - Manningham Lane (1/2) Steam tramway (8/8) Newlands Mill disaster - 54 died (28/12) Bradford Hospital for the Sick Children of the Poor Berlioz - Faust at St. George's Hall (3/3) |
Mayor - John Hill School swimming bath (Thornton) Albert Farnell Ltd Allerton, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersal joined Bradford Peel Park Brewery Co Ltd wound up |
| National | AA Milne born (18/1) Soccer throw-in must be two handed Newcastle United FC formed Anthony Trollope died (6/12) |
Married Women's Property Act Burnley FC formed Tottenham Hotspur FC formed Charles Darwin died (19/4) |
| International | Three mile limit for territorial waters Jesse James killed by Ford brothers (3/4) |
British Army occupied Egypt |
| Sport | FA - Old Etonians (Blackburn Rovers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | "Ashes" Three Mile Limit - Hague Convention Electricity generating station, New York - Edison |
Church Army founded Petrol engine built by Gottlieb Daimler Hydro electric plant, Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Arts/Media | Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain | Iolanthe - A Sullivan |
| Products |
1883
| Architecture | Skyline Chambers, Manor Row Norman Arch, Lister Park Birkshall Gas Works opened (26/10) |
Birkshall Gas Works (26/10) Keighley Station - 2nd (7/4) |
| Events | Childrens Hospital opened General Union of Textile Workers - Local branch Free Gala in Peel Park - August Bank Holiday |
Mayor - Frederick Priestman Upper Barden reservoir opened (29/5) HC Slingsby founded |
| National | Inland parcel post (1/8) Bristol Rovers FC formed Coventry City FC formed Lincoln City FC formed Tranmere Rovers FC formed |
August Bank Holiday (6/8) Captain Matthew Webb drowned (24/7) Burnley FC turned professional Darlington FC formed Stockport County FC formed |
| International | Krakatoa erupted (27/8) Time zones implemented in USA (18/11) "Tom Thumb" (Charles Heywood Stratton) died (15/7) |
Karl Marx died in London
(14/3) Richard Wagner died (13/2) |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Olympic (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Boys Brigade - William Smith Brooklyn Bridge, New York |
Artificial Silk - Sir Joseph Wilson Swan Skyscraper built on Chicago [1st] |
| Arts/Media | Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Symphony No. 3 - J Brahms |
Thus Spake Zarathustra - F Nietzsche |
| Products | Camp Coffee |
1884
| Architecture | Bradford Moor park (13/9) Hewenden Viaduct Prospect Mill, Wilsden Albert Buildings, Tyrell Street Sunbridge House, Kirkgate/Godwin Street [SB=Stephenson Bros] |
Map of Little Germany ? Upper Piccadilly - warehouse for F Willey & Co Cullingworth station (7/4) {1955} Denholme station (1/1) {1955} |
| Events | Land for Town Hall extension purchased Evening classes started Railway to Keighley (via Thornton) Bradford (RU) win Yorkshire Challenge Cup |
Mayor - Isaac Smith John Wilkinson, Greengates Lund Humphries & Co, printers founded |
| National | Chester FC formed Leicester City FC formed Wycombe Wanderers formed |
Derby County FC formed as professional club Rotherham United FC formed London Underground - Circle Line completed |
| International | Greenwich Meridian (13/10) | World Time Zones (1/11) |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Queens Park, Glasgow) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Marks and Spencers - Leeds Electric trams in Blackpool Recoil operated gun - Hiram Maxim Fabian Society Wimbledon - Ladies Singles |
Five Nations Cup Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) became standard NSPCC - Rev Benjamin Waugh Practical steam turbine - Charles Parsons Oxford English Dictionaty (part one) published (1/2) |
| Arts/Media | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain | |
| Products | Jacob's Cream Crackers |
1885
| Architecture | Bradford Old (Beckett's) Bank, Cheapside Midland Hotel [or 1878?] |
Wibsey Park (19/9) Bradford Royal Infirmary extension (27/10) |
| Events | School Board elections School for deaf and blind children First Stipendiary Magistrate appointed (26/5) Map of Bradford |
Mayor - Thomas Hill Bradford Self-Help Permanent Building Society (2/3) Shipley became a Parliamentary Division (4/1) |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1892} Aston Villa FC turned professional Bury FC formed as a professional club Luton Town FC formed Newton Heath (Man Utd) turned professional Port Vale FC turned professional Queens Park Rangers FC formed Stoke City FC turned professional |
Soccer professionals legalised Birmingham City FC turned professional Everton FC turned professional Millwall FC formed Notts County FC turned professional Preston North End FC turned professional Southampton FC formed West Bromwich Albion FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Grover Cleveland Statue of Liberty arrives in New York (17/6) |
Sudan Campaign |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Queens Park, Glasgow) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Lightweight petrol engine fitted to bike - Daimler as above fitted to 3 wheeled vehicle - Benz |
Wax cylinder "gramophone" - Columbia Phonograph Cure for Rabies discovered (Louis Pasteur) |
| Arts/Media | King Solomon's Mines - H Rider Haggard Symphony No. 4 - J Brahms |
The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan
(14/3) The Arabian Nights - Richard Burton |
| Products |
1886
| Architecture | Wilsden station (1/7) {1955} Sandy Lane Chapel Grange Grammar school |
Bolton Woods Chapel Great Horton school |
| Events |
First game at Valley Parade (25/9) William E Forster died Colonial & Indian representatives visited (6/8) |
Mayor - Angus Holden Eatons solicitors John Baines invented football cards |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1886} PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1892} Plymouth Argyle FC formed Sunderland FC turned professional |
Home Rule Bill for Ireland introduced (defeated) Arsenal FC formed Shrewsbury Town FC formed |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (West Bromwich Albion) - Kennington Oval (Replay - Derby) | |
| Firsts | Statue of Liberty, New York Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool (20/1) Severn Tunnel Football cards - John Baines of Bradford Gas mantle - Carl von Welsbach FA awarded international football caps (10/5) |
Flushing toilet - Thomas Crapper Crufts Dog Show in London Canadian Pacific railway California Perfume Company - Avon Niagra Falls hydro-electric plant begun Shaftesbury Avenue, London |
| Arts/Media | The Mayor of Casterbridge- Thomas Hardy Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson |
Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde- Robert Louis Stevenson Little Lord Fauntelroy - Francis H Burnett |
| Products | Coca Cola [as a syrup] on sale (29/3) | Bovril |
1887
| Architecture | Royal Hotel, Darley Street General Post Office (St Peters House), Forster Square (1/9) St Georges Buildings, Westgate/Kirkgate Crofts, Thornbury Manchester Road Baths & Library (18/1) Exhibition Building, Saltaire |
Drummond Road school (3/10) Jubilee Hall Shelf Chapel rebuilt St Joseph Roman Catholic Church Exchange Station extension "Christopher Pratts", North Parade |
| Events | Fever Hospital transferred to corporation Bradford Corporation Various Powers Act (Conditioning House) AV Hammond solicitors |
Mayor - John Limber Morley Saltaire Exhibition (6/5) Map of Bradford |
| National | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Blackpool FC formed as a professional club Ardwick FC (Man City) formed as professional club |
Barnsley FC formed Ipswich Town FC formed Sheffield Wednesday FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (West Bromwich Albion) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Adding machine patented Radio waves produced - Heinrich Hertz Artificial silk - Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet |
Tay Bridge - 2nd (20/6) Fructose synthesised - Fischer & Tafel |
| Arts/Media | Sherlock Holmes - Conan Doyle (short story) | |
| Products |
1888
| Architecture | Addingham Station (16/5) {1965} "Christopher Pratts", North Parade Church Hall, Royd Street, Wilsden {1978} |
Thackley Church rebuilt Salem Chapel, Manningham Electricity Works, Bolton Road fnd stone (26/10) |
| Events | Leeds - Queens Arcade Menston - West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum {2003} Bradford "Ripper" letter (20/10) |
Mayor - William Moulson Map of Bradford city centre |
| National |
Jack the Ripper (31/8)
County Councils created Edward Lear died (29/1) Walsall FC formed as a professional club Barnet FC founded |
Women voted in local elections Barnsley FC turned professional Wolverhampton Wanderers FC turned professional Football League formed (22/3) |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Preston) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Pneumatic tyre - John Boyd Dunlop Lawn Tennis Association Fyffes imported bananas from the Canary Islands AC electric motor - Nikola Tesla Revolving door patented |
Kodak Box camera Gregg's shorthand - John Gregg Gramophone patented, using a disk - Emile Berliner Typewriter ribbon patented |
| Arts/Media | The Black Arrow- Robert Louis Stevenson Financial Times - newspaper |
National Geographic magazine |
| Products | Woodbine - cigarettes |
1889
| Architecture |
175 Sunbridge Road
<18BT89> Electricity Works, Bolton Road (20/9) Tordoff's Buildings, Sunbridge Road Rosse Estate, Heaton |
Clayton Heights Chapel rebuilt Post Office Building, Wilsden Empire Music Hall {1917 - cinema} 586 Great Horton Road [T&MB=Tom & Mary Burston] |
| Events | Bradford County Borough Council formed Listers became a Limited Company (20/2) Luther Wright & Co founded Pullan's Music Hall destroyed by fire (29/6) Manningham Mills fire - 2 firemen died (23/6) |
Mayor - Smith Feather Orphanage opened First local authority to supply electricity Visit from Shah of Persia (24/7) Nutter's Orphanage, Cousen Road opened (19/6) |
| National | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Lloyds Bank [was LLoyds & Co Ltd] Newcastle United FC turned professional Sheffield United FC formed as a professional club |
Robert Browning died
(12/12) London County Council {1965} Nottingham Forest FC turned professional Wimbledon FC formed |
| International | USA - Benjamin Harrison |
North & South Dakota - US states Montana & Washington - US states |
| Sport | FA - Preston (Wolverhampton) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Preston (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts |
Eiffel Tower, Paris
(31/3) Dishwasher Cordite - Frederick Abel Screw top bottle patented - Dan Rylands of Barnsley Savoy Hotel, London |
Jukebox Edison cylinders and Berliner disks on sale Celluloid roll film - George Eastman. First computer patented - Dr Herman Hollerith |
| Arts/Media | Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome |
Yankee in King Arthurs Court - Mark Twain Red Flag - Labour party anthem |
| Products |
1890
| Architecture |
Market Street (Forster Square) Station
(2/3) William Edward Forster statue (17/5) St Ann's Roman RC Church Methodist Church, Wilsden Ilkley Grammar School |
10-12 Rawson Place Princeville Chapel Conditioning House (original building) Bradford Childrens Hospital (7/10) |
| Events | Bradford Cinderella Club founded Barbarians RUFC formed at Alexandria Hotel (9/4) |
Mayor - Ezra Waugh Hammond |
| National | Housing of the Working Classes Act Statue of W.E. Forster - London (1/8) Daily Graphic (4/1) - First daily illustrated newspaper |
Grimsby Town FC turned professional Millwall FC turned professional Luton Town FC turned professional |
| International | Fall of Bismarck Idaho becomes a US state Vincent Van Gogh died (29/7) |
Wilhelmina Queen of Holland Wyoming becomes a US state Chief Sitting Bull killed (15/12) |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Sheffield Wed) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Preston (Everton) |
| Firsts | Colour Photograph London Underground opened (18/12) Steel framed building in Chicago |
Football goal net - John Brodie Forth Railway Bridge (4/3) - started in 1882 Rowntree Factory, York |
| Arts/Media | Monthly Journal (Gibbons Stamp Monthly) Comic Cuts - first weekly comic paper (17/5) |
The Golden Bough - JG Frazer |
| Products | Hovis bread |
1891
| Architecture | Midland Hotel, Bingley | Lidget Green Chapel |
| Events | Population 216,495 Wilsden population 2764 James Street Fish Market [open air] (19/12) - see 1905 SC Lister became Baron Masham Wool testing commenced Jollity Theatre opened (9/11) Exchange & Discount Bank went bankrupt - building purchased by the Midland |
Mayor - Thomas Priestley Manningham Mills strike - Riots in Town Hall square Great Yorkshire Show - Four Lane Ends (5/8) Leeds - electric trams JW Swithenbank Ltd founded Boys Brigade founded in Bradford (9/11) Theosophical Society founded |
| National | Free Education Act Arsenal FC turned professional Stockport County FC turned professional S.S. Utopia sank after a collision (17/3) |
Soccer penalty kick introduced Chesterfield FC turned professional Watford FC formed |
| International | Southern Rhodesia formed | Trans Siberian railway begun |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Notts County) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Everton (Preston) |
| Firsts | Zip Fastener - Egbert Judson - USA [or 1893] London- Paris telephone service (18/3) Charity Street collection, Manchester (Lifeboats) |
New Scotland Yard Synthetic rubber -William Tilden Cordite - Abel and Dewar |
| Arts/Media | Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy |
| Products |
1892
| Architecture | Manor Buildings, Manor Row 140-148 Manningham Lane (WS = William Smith, Butcher) 126 Sunbridge Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Idle |
Steeton Station - 2nd (1/3) {1965} Thwaites Station (1/6) {1909} Bingley Station - 2nd (24/7) Central Hall Methodist Chapel (31/8) |
| Events | Demonstration of Electric Tram - Cheapside (14/3) Brazilian emigrants return - destitute (10/5) Unrest caused ny distribution of anti-Catholic leaflets (27/6) "Labour Exchange" opened (19/12) Victoria Hotel renamed Great Northern Hotel (29/10) qv 1867 |
Mayor - William Oddy Bradford Daily Argus (16/6) Bradford Permanent Orchestra formed Electric tram trial (12/3) |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1894} Lincoln City FC turned professional |
Alfred Lord Tennyson died
(6/10) Liverpool FC formed as a professional club |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Aston Villa) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Sunderland (Preston, Bolton, Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Book matches Wholemeal flour produced by Dr Allinson Addressograph invented - JC Duncan of Sioux City |
Linotype Vacuum flask - Sir James Dewar Internal combustion engine - Rudof Diesel |
| Arts/Media | The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky (18/12) [Wikipedia] | Vogue magazine Chums - Boys magazine (14/9) |
| Products | McVities Digestive biscuit |
1893
| Architecture | Labour Institute, Peckover Street (1/9) Beckside Mill |
Industrial Society, Wilsden St John the Evangelist Church, Greengates |
| Events | Independent Labour Party (13/1) Margaret McMillan arrived in Bradford Salts Mill purchased by syndicate Scholemoor Smallpox Hospital damaged by fire (2/10) |
Mayor - Jonas Whitley Bingley Harriers formed Greyhound Inn, Northgate closed [c] The Century's Progress |
| National | Duke of York (George V) married Gillingham FC formed |
Crewe Alexandria FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Grover Cleveland Cole Porter born (9/6) |
Solomon Islands became British protectorate |
| Sport | FA - Wolverhampton Wanderers (Everton) - Fallowfield,
Manchester |
1st - Sunderland (Preston, Everton, Aston Villa) 2nd - Small Heath (Sheffield United, Darwen, Grimsby) |
| Firsts | Coca-Cola name registered Four wheel car - Karl Benz Statue of Eros, Piccadilly, London |
Zip Fastener - Egbert Judson - USA [or 1891] Women's Golf Championship - Royal Lytham (13/6) |
| Arts/Media | Theatrical Striptease, Paris (11/3) Symphony No. 6 - P Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5 (New World) - Dvorak Chicago World Exhbition |
| Products | Atora Beef Suet Wrigley's Spearmint & Juicy Fruit chewing gum [USA] |
Rowntree's Fruit Gums |
1894
| Architecture | Park (pub), Manningham Lane - rebuilt | "Darvill's", Cemeterty Road [Bfd Provident Industrial Society] |
| Events | Herbert Sutcliffe born (24/11) School for "backward" children |
Mayor - Willis Wood JB Priestley born |
| National | PM - Earl of Roseberry - Lib (to 1895) Robert Louis Stevenson died (3/12) Bristol City FC formed Leicester City FC turned professional Southampton FC turned professional |
Building Societies Act Motor Show Gillingham FC turned professional Oldham Athletic FC formed Swindon Town FC turned professional |
| International | Nicholas II becomes Tsar | Adolphe Sax died (4/2) |
| Sport | FA - Notts County (Bolton Wanderers) - Goodison park,
Liverpool |
1st - Aston Villa (Sunderland, Derby, Blackburn) Rel - Newton Heath, Darwen 2nd - Liverpool (Small Heath, Notts County, Newcastle) |
| Firsts |
Tower Bridge, London
(30/6) Manchester Ship Canal (21/5) Motor Show - Paris |
Cinematograph (Lumiere) Striptease in Paris Music Hall (13/3) Blackpool Tower (14/5) |
| Arts/Media | Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope L'Apres-midi d'une Faune - Debussy |
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling Arms and the Man - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Lifebuoy Carbolic soap | Omega watches |
1895
| Architecture | Prudential Assurance Company, Sunbridge
Road Yorkshire Penny Bank, North Parade Bradford Co-op central premises (15/6) 148 Sunbridge Road [Womens Refuge] |
Barry's Building, Westgate Shipley Glen tramway (18/5) |
| Events | T Barron & Co - Removals Bowling Station closed (1/2) |
Mayor - Willis Wood Bradford and Manningham join Northern Rugby Union |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con (to 1902) Ardwick FC changed name to Manchester City FC Oscar Wilde - Old Bailey trial for homosexuality Joseph Whitaker died (15/5) |
FA Cup stolen in Birmingham (11/9) Reading FC turned professional Tottenham Hotspur FC turned professional |
| International | Federation of Malaya formed | |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (West Bromwich Albion) - Crystal Palace | 1st - Sunderland (Everton, Aston Villa, Preston)) |
| Firsts | National Trust Rugby League formed [as Northern Union] (29/8) Promenade Concert (10/8) |
Safety Razor (Gillette) London Promenade Concerts - Sir Henry Wood Spring driven phonograph - Edison |
| Arts/Media | The Time Machine - HG Wells Poems - Yeats |
Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde Symphony No. 2 - Mahler |
| Products | Heinz Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce [USA] Lee Enfield Magazine Rifle Mk 1 |
Underwood #1 typewriter |
1896
| Architecture | Wool Exchange, Hustlergate wall added Sir Titus Salt statue moved to Manningham Park (15/8) |
Wyke station - 2nd (23/9) {1953} St Margaret's Church Frizinghall consecrated (31/10) |
| Events | Town Hall extension committee appointed First car in Bradford (15/10) Forster Square/Canal Road fire Dr Bardsley, Vicar of Bradford died (23/6) Film - Town Hall Square (Yorkshire Film Archive) |
Mayor - Thomas Speight Halifax - Borough Market William Sharp (Surgeon) died (10/4) Manningham 1 (RL) - Bradford 11 (RL) |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1902} Rugby League expanded to Yorkshire & Lancashire |
Oxford United FC formed Daily Mail (5/4) |
| International | Sudan Campaign commenced {1898} Utah becomes US state |
Gold discovered in Klondyke, Canada |
| Sport |
FA Cup - Sheffield Wednesday (Wolverhampton)
- Crystal Palace 1st - Aston Villa (Derby County) |
RL - Manningham (Halifax) Olympic Games - Greece (6/4) |
| Firsts | Wireless telegraphy patented - Marconi Nobel Prize Cinema, Piccadilly Circus, London (21/3) Modern Olympic Games (6/4) |
Addressograph patented- JC Duncan of Sioux City Pedestrian killed in road accident, Croydon (17/8) X-Rays discovered - Wilhem Roentgen (5/1) Leeds - Post Office, City Square |
| Arts/Media | Daily Mail (4/5) La Boheme - Puccini |
Jude the Obscure- Thomas Hardy The Island of Dr Moreau - HG Wells |
| Products |
1897
| Architecture | The Star, Westgate Royal Arcade (Busbys), Manningham Lane {?} Hanson Grammar School Nurses Home foundation stone (30/8) Commemoration Buildings, Barkerend Road |
562 Thornton Road [TB =Thomas Bradley] Valley Road Electricity Works (8/10) {?} Saint Cuthbert's school Central Buildings, Main St, Bingley |
| Events | City status granted (10/7) Bradford Infirmary becomes Royal Baildon Moor acquired by Council Sir Isaac Holden died |
Mayor - Thomas Speight County Restaurant, Bridge Street Herbert Asquith speaks in Bradford |
| National | Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee (22/7) Bristol City FC turned professional Northampton Town FC formed Sir Isaac Pitman died (22/1) |
National standard metre established Bristol Rovers FC turned professional Rugby League Challenge Cup Manningham 2 (RL) - Bradford 7 (RL) |
| International | USA - William McKinley Northwest Frontier Campaign - India Blondin died (22/2) |
War between Greece and Turkey Watford FC turned professional |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Everton) - Crystal Palace 1st - Aston Villa (Sheffield United) |
RL - Brighouse (Manningham) - Yorks RL - Broughton Rangers (Oldham) - Lancs RLCC - Batley (St Helens) |
| Firsts | RAC founded as Automobile Club of GB Tate Gallery, London (21/7) Dow Jones Index - New York (8/10) |
Turbine propelled ship (Charles Parsons) Monotype type-setting machine Blackwall Tunnel, London |
| Arts/Media |
Dracula - Bram Stoker
(26/5) The Invisible Man - HG Wells |
Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand |
| Products | Plasticine | Cadbury's Milk chocolate |
1898
| Architecture | Devonshire House, North Parade 61-69 Westgate English Electric, Thornbury Crofts, Thornbury {1987} 31 Ivegate Killarney Buildings, Listerhills Road |
Bolton Transport Depot {1958/1969} Horton Bank Top Transport Depot {1977} Wyke recreation ground Castle Hotel, Grattan Road/Barry Street St Catherine's Home, Manningham Telephone Exchange, Nelson Street {1971) |
| Events | Bowling Iron Company into liquidation Electric tram - Bolton Road - 1st in Bradford Electric tram - Great Horton (30/7) {1950} Barnum & Bailey's Circus, Thornton Land for Nelson Street fire station purchased Refuse collection service commenced |
Mayor - W E Ackroyd Freeman - Sir Henry Mitchell (22/4) Freeman - Samuel Cunliffe Lister [Lord Masham] (17/10) Empire Stores Manningham 5 (RL) - Bradford 2 (RL) |
| National | WE Gladstone died (19/5) Women's Suffrage Society Portsmouth FC formed as a professional club Torquay United FC formed |
Lewis Carroll died
(14/1) Fulham FC turned professional Queens Park Rangers FC turned professional |
| International | Britain obtained 99 year lease of Hong Kong (9/6) |
US
Navy Cruiser Maine exploded and sank (15/2) USA declares war against Spain |
| Sport | FA - Nottingham Forest (Derby County) - Crystal Palace 1st - Sheffield United (Sunderland) |
RL - Hunslet (Bradford) - Yorks RL - Oldham (Swinton) - Lancs RLCC - Batley (Bradford) |
| Firsts | Tate Gallery (21/7) Magnetic recorder "telegraphone" - V Poulsen |
Motorist died in car crash - Brighton (12/2) Radium & Polonium - Pierre & Marie Curie |
| Arts/Media | War of the Worlds - HG Wells The Kiss - Rodin |
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James Time Machine - HG Wells |
| Products/Words | Kelloggs Corn Flakes Uncle Joes Mint Balls, Wigan |
Rainforest |
1899
| Architecture | Rawson Hotel, John Street Customs & Excise, 29 Manor Row |
Wapping Road school baths Empire Theatre, Great Horton Road (30/1) |
| Events | Corporation started to supply electricity ??? First school baths in UK (Green Lane) First school medical in UK (Usher Street) Technical College transferred to Corporation (9/11) Bradford & District FA formed Reliance Lift & Engineering Co founded American baseball match (20/3) Fatal tramway accident (12/4) |
Mayor - W C Lupton Thornton, Tong, Eccleshill, Idle and North Bierley joined Bradford (9/11) H Ellis & Sons (Ellis's Tools) Wm Morrison selling eggs and butter Coffee Tavern at Metropole Hotel, Forster Square Fire at Valley Mills (22/3) Manningham 7 (RL) - Bradford 3 (RL) |
| National | United Irish League formed Bournemouth FC formed Cardiff City FC formed Oldham Athletic FC turned professional |
London Borough Councils Brentford FC formed as a professional club Middlesbrough FC turned professional Highest cricket score - 628 by A.E.G. Collins (27/6) |
| International | Boer War commenced (10/10) {1902} Mafeking (12/10) - Ladysmith (2/11) |
Kuwait became British Protectorate Johann Strauss died (3/6) |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Derby County) - Crystal Palace 1st - Aston Villa (Liverpool) |
RL - Batley (Hull) - Yorks RL - Broughton (Oldham) - Lancs RLCC - Oldham (Hunslet) |
| Firsts | Aspirin patented - Felix Hoffman (6/3) | |
| Arts/Media | Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar | Daily Express |
| Products | Liquorice Allsorts Duckhams Oil |
Sol beer, Mexico |
