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Humphrey Gilbert serves under him at the start of the campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429095#Events", "title": "1566 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429095, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Derry chartered as a city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388354#Events", "title": "1604 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388354, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1613, "year_label": "1613 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Plantation of Ulster: Derry reincorporated under that name by charter (29 March) and its reconstruction as a walled planned city, under the auspices of The Honourable The Irish Society, begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319431368#Events", "title": "1613 in Ireland", "revid": 1319431368, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1619, "year_label": "1619 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March", "text": "March – construction of the walls of Derry by The Honourable The Irish Society is completed, at a cost of £10,757.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388292#Events", "title": "1619 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388292, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "St Columb's Cathedral, Derry, Ireland, the first post-Reformation Anglican cathedral built in the British Isles and the first Protestant cathedral built in Europe, is completed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369169348#Date_unknown", "title": "1633", "revid": 1369169348, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "St Columb's Cathedral, Derry is completed; the first post-Reformation Anglican cathedral built in the British Isles and the first Protestant cathedral built in Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387899#Events", "title": "1633 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387899, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1688, "year_label": "1688 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – The gates of Derry are shut by the \"Brave Thirteen\" Apprentice Boys in front of the Jacobite Earl of Antrim and his \"redshanks\". This initiates the siege of Derry, which is the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373154069#October–December", "title": "1688", "revid": 1373154069, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 21", "text": "21 March – Robert Lundy swears allegiance to William III and Mary II and is commissioned as governor of Derry, where he commands the garrison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366636271#Events", "title": "1689 in Ireland", "revid": 1366636271, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The Siege of Derry begins in Ireland as former King James II arrives at the gates of Derry and asks for its surrender during the Williamite War in Ireland. 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At closure in 2016 it will be the world's oldest independent department store.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370865015#Events", "title": "1830 in Ireland", "revid": 1370865015, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – The Exmouth 1818 brig, carrying Irish emigrants from Derry bound for Quebec, is wrecked off Islay, with only three survivors from more than 250 on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#April–June", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 28", "text": "28 April – the brig Exmouth carrying emigrants from Derry bound for Quebec is wrecked off Islay with only three survivors from more than 250 on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360407146#Events", "title": "1847 in Ireland", "revid": 1360407146, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Tom Gallaher sets up the Gallaher tobacco business in Derry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319018332#Events", "title": "1857 in Ireland", "revid": 1319018332, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 12", "text": "12 July – in Belfast, confrontations between crowds of Catholics and Protestants turn into 10 days of rioting, exacerbated by the open-air preaching of Evangelical Presbyterian minister \"Roaring\" Hugh Hanna, with many of the police force joining the Protestant side. There are also riots in Derry, Portadown and Lurgan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319018332#Events", "title": "1857 in Ireland", "revid": 1319018332, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1873, "year_label": "1873 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – the Roman Catholic St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry, is dedicated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318942388#Events", "title": "1873 in Ireland", "revid": 1318942388, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296374329#Events", "title": "1946 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1296374329, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 5", "text": "5 October – A civil rights march in Derry, which includes several Stormont and British MPs, is batoned off the streets by the Royal Ulster Constabulary, resulting in two days of serious rioting in Derry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363861495#July_to_December", "title": "1968 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1363861495, "section": "Events › July to December"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Bloody Sunday: The British Army kills 14 unarmed nationalist civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#January", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Operation Motorman 4:00 AM : The British Army begins to regain control of the \"no-go areas\" established by Irish republican paramilitaries in Belfast, Derry (\"Free Derry\") and Newry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#July", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 17", "text": "17 October - Foyle Bridge in Derry is officially opened, with the longest span in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311391594#Events", "title": "1984 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1311391594, "section": "Events"}}]}