Timeline of Carlisle

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to the 19th century

• Reign of emperor Nero - Carlisle is burned down.^[1][2]
• 73 - Winter: a Roman timber fort is constructed in what is now the site of Carlisle Castle.^[3]
• 83 - the Roman fort at Carlisle is reconstructed.^[4]
• 685 - Saint Cuthbert visits Carlisle.^[5]
• 1092 - William II invades the area surrounding Carlisle and reincorporates Carlisle into England after it had been taken by the Scots.
• 1093 - construction on Carlisle Castle begins.
• 1112 - Carlisle Castle is reconstructed.
• 1113 - an Augustinian priory becomes Carlisle Cathedral.^[6]
• October 1664-June 25, 1665 - Siege of Carlisle takes place in which Covenanters and Parliamentarians besieged Carlisle Castle which was held by Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I during the First English Civil War.
• 1745
  • 13-15 November: Siege of Carlisle takes place during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in which Jacobite forces led by Charles Edward Stuart successfully took over Carlisle and besieged Carlisle Castle.
  • 21-30 December: Siege of Carlisle takes place during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in which Government forces led by Prince William recaptured Carlisle.
  • 30 December: 384 Jacobite prisoners are taken after the Siege of Carlisle. Some are executed while others are sentenced to transportation to the West Indies.

19th century

• 1823 - a canal is built in Port Carlisle to transport goods produced in the city.
• 1838 - the post of the Governor of Carlisle as garrison commander is abolished.^[7]
• 1874 - the arts centre, Strand Road drill hall is opened.^[8]

20th century

• 1904 - 17 May: Carlisle United F.C. is formed at Shaddongate United's annual general meeting.^[9]
• 1986 - a shopping centre is built.^[10]

21st century

• 2005 - 7 January: the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril burst their banks due to as much as 180 mm rainfall upstream that day.^[11] 2,700 homes were flooded and three people died.
• 2015 - 5-6 December: Storm Desmond causes flooding to occur in Carlisle. An estimated amount of 2,200 to 3,500 homes were flooded.^[12]

References

1. Samuel Sampson (1746). The Agreeable Historian, or the Complete English Traveller.
2. Fordun, John of; Skene, Felix James Henry; Skene, W. F. (William Forbes) (19 May 1872). "John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation". Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas – via Internet Archive.
3. Settling in Cumbria, Tullie House Museum, archived from the original on 26 August 2011, retrieved 3 May 2011
4. "Timeline of Roman Carlisle". Tullie House Museum. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
5. Bede. "The Life and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne". Internet History Sourcebook. Fordham University: The Jesuit University of New York. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook, The English Cathedral, New Holland (2002), ISBN 1-84330-120-2
7. Accounts and Papers: Seventeen Volumes. UK Government. 1838. p. 58.
8. "Carlisle". The Drill Hall Project. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
9. THE CARLISLE UNITED STORY Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Carlisle United FC
10. Scott Parker, Mary Scott (November 2006). Memories of the Lanes. Bookcase.
11. "Carlisle Floods January 2005". Met office. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
12. Pidd, Helen; Rowena Mason, Halliday (7 December 2015). "Cumbria floods: at least one killed as 45,000 homes remain without power". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2024.