Last Updated : 31 Aug 2009
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1701 | Sir Thomas Johnson becomes a Liverpool MP [B12] |
| 1704 | The borough obtains from the crown a lease for the site of the castle with the right to demolish it [B12] |
| 1708 | Thomas Steers proposes draining the "Old Pool" and building a large stone dock in its place. |
| 1709 | An Act is obtained to allow creation of the first dock in Liverpool [B12] |
| 1714 | An Act of Parliament is made to erect a new church on the site of the castle [B12] |
| 1715 | The country's first wet dock is constructed in Liverpool [B12] |
| 1725 | John Chadwick draws-up the first surveyed map of Liverpool showing 37 streets [B12] |
| 1727 | Sir Thomas Bootle becomes a Liverpool MP [B12] |
| 1730 | An Act of Parliament opens the slave trade to anyone registering for 2 pounds in London, Bristol or Liverpool [B12] |
| 1731 | Liverpool sends 15 ships to Africa in the first year of slave trading [B12] |
| 1733 | Lord Derby accepts election as Mayor of Liverpool [B12] |
| 1737 | "The Tower" is sold by Lord Derby to William Clayton [B12] |
| 1738 | Liverpool sends 33 ships to Africa as part of the slave trade [B12] |
| 1750 | Liverpool's population is about 18,000 [B12] |
| 1751 | The port owns about 220 vessels and employs about 3320 seamen [B12] |
| 1752 | Liverpool has 58 ships engaged in the slave trade [B12] |
| 1753 | William Roscoe is born at the Old Bowling Green, Mount Pleasant |
| 1754 | Reverend John Newton gives up as a captain of Liverpool slave ships [B12] |
| 1755 | Sankey Brook is deepened from St.Helens to the Mersey allowing inland navigation [B12] |
| 1757 | 106 Liverpool ships are in direct trade with Mexico and Cuba evading the Spanish coast guards [B12] |
| 1760 | Livepool's population is about 76,000 [B12] |
| 1767 | St James's Mount is Liverpool's first purpose built park |
| 1769 | George Perry produces a map of Liverpool showing remarkable growth [B12] |
| 1772 | The Theatre Royal opens in Williamson Square |
| 1777 | William Roscoe writes his poem "Mount Pleasant" |
| 1780 | Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby wins a toss of a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury and their new horse race is named "The Derby" |
| 1785 | John Gladstone arrives in Liverpool from Leith, Scotland |
| 1790 | Hugh Crow, Captain of the last Liverpool slave ship, makes his first voyage to Africa [B12] |
| 1792 | Liverpool is estimated to have 63% of the English slave trade [B12] |
| 1793 | Over 10 years, Liverpool ships have made 878 round trips and 15,186,850 pounds carrying 303,737 slaves to the West Indies [B12] |
| 1796 | Richard Watt a Liverpool merchant buys Speke Hall |
| 1797 | Liverpool is granted a coat of arms including Neptune, Titan and a "Liverbird" |