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Instructions · What links here · Timeline of Carlisle (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 3 days ago by Outlined Sandbox (talk: D · +) · Last edited 40 hours ago by Outlined Sandbox

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

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 Govenor of Carlisle as garrison commander is abolished.^[7]
1874 - the arts centre, Strand Road drill hall is opened.^[8]

20th-21st centuries

1904 - 17 May: Carlisle United F.C. is formed at Shaddongate United's annual general meeting.^[9]
1986 - a shopping centre is built.^[10]
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 estimate of 2,200 to 3,500 homes were flooded.^[12]

References

^ Samuel Sampson (1746). The Agreeable Historian, or the Complete English Traveller.
^ 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.
^ Settling in Cumbria, Tullie House Museum, archived from the original on 26 August 2011, retrieved 3 May 2011
^ "Timeline of Roman Carlisle". Tullie House Museum. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ 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.
^ Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook, The English Cathedral, New Holland (2002), ISBN 1-84330-120-2
^ Accounts and Papers: Seventeen Volumes. UK Government. 1838. p. 58.
^ "Carlisle". The Drill Hall Project. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ THE CARLISLE UNITED STORY Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Carlisle United FC
^ Scott Parker, Mary Scott (November 2006). Memories of the Lanes. Bookcase.
^ "Carlisle Floods January 2005". Met office. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ 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.

[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.

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