Last Updated : 31 Aug 2009
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 0150 | Ptolemy refers to Liverpool as "port of the Setanti", whose people later formed part of the bigger Celtic tribe the Brigantes |
| 0432 | St.Patrick thought to have left Liverpool for Ireland - a cross marks the spot where he is said to have preached beforehand |
| 1086 | Domesday Book records a settlement called Lytherpool comprising a church, a tower and a few huts |
| 1170 | Prince Madoc, son of King Owain of Gwynedd, ruler of North Wales, discovers America |
| 1207 | King John makes "Liverpul" a borough |
| 1235 | A new stone castle is completed at Liverpool |
| 1272 | First census takes place in Liverpool giving a population of 840 |
| 1282 | First Mersey ferry is started by Monks at Birkenhead Priory |
| 1292 | John de More is the first identified mayor on record |
| 1296 | Liverpool's population estimated as 800 |
| 1314 | First mention of the Norris family in connection with Speke Hall |
| 1323 | The king visits Liverpool staying in the Castle for a week [B12] |
| 1328 | The streets of Liverpool are first paved [B12] |
| 1333 | The king grants a charter allowing the burgesses of Liverpool to resume self government [B12] |
| 1335 | The Sherriff, Sir William Blount is murdered [B12] |
| 1351 | William, son of Adam de Liverpool is first recorded Mayor of Liverpool |
| 1360 | A mass burial of plague victims takes place at the Chapel of St.Nicholas |
| 1372 | Ships as large as 200 tons ordered to assemble in Liverpool for transportation to Ireland |
| 1374 | Thomas Moore tries to get William of Liverpool's bakery in Castle Street and his fishing near Toxteth Park [B12] |
| 1379 | A list of poll tax contributers provides the earliest record of Liverpool residents names |
| 1383 | The first recorded mayor, William son of Adam of Liverpool dies [B12] |
| 1406 | Henry IV grants the Isle of Man to Sir John Stanley |
| 1410 | The lease of lordship rights granted to the burgesses by John of Gaunt expires [B12] |
| 1413 | The burgesses get a new charter from King Henry V restoring the trade monopoly abolished by Richard II [B12] |
| 1415 | Richard Molyneux fights at Agincourt |
| 1441 | Sir Richard Molyneux made Constable of Liverpool Castle and Ranger of Toxteth, Croxteth and Simonswood parks [B12] |
| 1442 | A new tower is built at Liverpool Castle |
| 1495 | Henry VII and his queen visit the Stanley estates at Lathom and Knowsley and Thomas Stanley receives the Earldom of Derby |