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The following is a timeline of the history of Brighton, England.

18th century

Year Date Event Reference
1730s Richard Russell begins to prescribe the medicinal use of seawater at Brighthelmstone for his patients
1771 Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and brother of George III, visits Brighton
1786 George, Prince of Wales, and the future George IV rents a farmhouse in Brighton
1787 George, Prince of Wales, and the future George IV begins construction of the Royal Pavilion

19th century

Brighton's Chain Pier, Sussex's earliest pier, was built in 1823. Painting by John Constable c.1824
Year Date Event Reference
1823 Brighton's first pier, the Chain Pier, is built. [1]
1828 11 June Sussex County Hospital (now Royal Sussex County Hospital) opens in Brighton

[2]

1837 27 March Death of Maria Fitzherbert, longtime companion of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom at her home in Steine House, Brighton. [3]
1839 1 March Sussex County Cricket Club formed, the first county cricket club. [4]
1840 11 May The first railway line in Sussex, from Brighton to Shoreham opens. [5]

20th century

Year Date Event Reference
1926 11 May Angry confrontations known as Battle of Lewes Road take place in Brighton during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.
1940 German air raids on Sussex begin, those in Brighton being known as the Brighton Blitz.
1945 8 May VE Day marks the end of the war in Europe. [6]
1961 August Charter granted to the University of Sussex, the first university in Brighton and Sussex. [7]
1965 14 June Bishop David Cashman is made the first bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Arundel and Brighton. [8]
1966 Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designated; it was revoked in 2010 upon the establishment of the South Downs National Park.
1967 The first Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe are held
1968 Sussex Police is formed. [9]
1972 October Sussex Gay Liberation Front holds a demonstration in favour of gay rights, a precursor to the annual Brighton Pride event [10]
1974 As part of the Local Government Act 1972 the Lord Lieutenancy of Sussex replaced with one each for East and West Sussex which are made ceremonial counties. [11]
1982 At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Brighton, delegates vote for a moratorium on commercial whaling. [12]
1984 12 October Brighton bombing assassination attempt on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher [13]

21st century

Year Date Event Reference
2000 Brighton and Hove is granted city status
2011 1 April South Downs National Park becomes fully operational. [14]
2014 UNESCO designates land between the Rivers Adur and Ouse to be the Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve, Sussex's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [15]
2018 The Rampion Wind Farm becomes operational, a wind farm that lies off the Sussex coast between Worthing and Seaford. [16]
2018 3 October Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make their first official visit to Brighton as Duke and Duchess of Sussex [17]
2020 6 February The first case in Brighton of COVID-19 was reported when a man who returned from Singapore and France to Brighton on 28 January [18][19][20]
2021 March DEFRA announces a bylaw first proposed by the Sussex IFCA to prevent trawling on 304 square kilometres (117 sq mi) of sea bed off the coast of Sussex. The law should help the rewilding and regeneration of the Sussex kelp forest. [21][22][23]

References

  1. ^ Drewry, Charles Stewart (1832). A Memoir on Suspension Bridges, Comprising the History of Their Origin and Progress, and of Their Application to Civil and Military Purposes. Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman. pp. 69–74.
  2. ^ "History of Royal Sussex County Hospital Programme Board Presentation" (PDF). Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ Knowles, Rachel (16 October 2011). "Mrs Fitzherbert (1756-1837)". Regency History. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ Scott, Les (2011). Bats, Balls & Bails: The Essential Cricket Book. Random House. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-446-42316-5. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. ^ Christopher, John, ed. (2014). Locomotives of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1445634517.
  6. ^ "1945: Rejoicing at end of war in Europe". BBC. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ^ "About the University". University of Sussex. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Bishop David John Cashman". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Sussex Police Authority". National Archives. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  10. ^ www.sitebysimon.co.uk, Simon Chilton -. "Brighton Ourstory :: A History of Lesbian & Gay Brighton Chapter 3: Out of the Closet, 1967-87". www.brightonourstory.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  11. ^ UK Government. Local Government Act 1972. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. ^ McCarthy, Michael (2 January 2006). "20 years on and whales are under threat again". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  13. ^ Tebbit, Norman (12 October 2014). "Brighton bombing: I can't find it in my heart to forgive the creature Magee, says Norman Tebbit". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  14. ^ "'Historic day' for South Downs National Park". BBC. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Brighton & Lewes Downs". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Hits Full Stride". Offshore Wind.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Harry and Meghan visit Sussex as duke and duchess". BBC. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. ^ Spiteri, Gianfranco; Fielding, James; Diercke, Michaela; Campese, Christine; Enouf, Vincent; Gaymard, Alexandre; Bella, Antonino; Sognamiglio, Paola; Sierra Moros, Maria José; Riutort, Antonio Nicolau; Demina, Yulia V. (5 March 2020). "First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020". Eurosurveillance. 25 (9). doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.9.2000178. ISSN 1025-496X. PMC 7068164. PMID 32156327.
  19. ^ Boseley, Sarah; Campbell, Denis; Murphy, Simon (6 February 2020). "First British national to contract coronavirus had been in Singapore". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  20. ^ Mohdin, Kim Willsher Aamna; Madrid, and Sam Jones in (8 February 2020). "Coronavirus: British nine-year-old in hospital in France". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Trawl fishing banned off Sussex coastline to restore kelp forests". Oceanographic Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Kelp". Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Trawl fishing ban off Sussex coast aims to restore seaweed forests". 22 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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