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Belfast

capital city of Northern Ireland

20 dated entries naming Belfast, drawn from 17 separate years between 1737 CE and 2011 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1737September 1 – The oldest existing English language newspaper in the world, The News Letter, is founded in Belfast, Ireland.source
  • 1785Belfast Academy (later Belfast Royal Academy) is founded by Rev. James Crombie in Belfast, Northern Ireland.source

19th century

  • 1882Glentoran F.C. in Belfast in the north of Ireland;source
  • 1899January 14 – The White Star Line's transatlantic ocean liner is launched from the Belfast shipyards in Ireland. At 17,272 gross register tons and 704 ft m, she is the largest ship afloat at this time.source

20th century

  • 1902May 22 – The White Star Liner SS Ionic is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.source
  • 1908December 16 – Construction begins on the , at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.source
  • 1909March 31 – Construction begins on the RMS Titanic, at the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.source
  • 1910October 20 – The hull of White Star ocean liner is launched, at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.source
  • 1911May 31 – The hull of the is launched in Belfast, on the same day starts her sea trials.source
  • 1914February 26 – The ocean liner that will become HMHS Britannic, sister to the , is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.source
  • 1920August 3 – Irish War of Independence: Catholics riot in Belfast, in protest at the continuing British Army presence.source
  • 1920July 21 – The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) begin with 8,000 Catholic and Socialist workers driven from shipyards and industrial sites in Belfast.source
  • 1928June 28 – The keel of the first 1,000 ft (300 m)-long ocean liner, Oceanic, for the British White Star Line, is laid by Harland and Wolff in Belfast; construction is delayed, and cancelled on 23 July 1929.source
  • 1971December 4 – The McGurk's Bar bombing by the Ulster Volunteer Force in Belfast kills 15.source
  • 1971March 5 – In Belfast, a Led Zeppelin show includes the first public performance of "Stairway to Heaven," a song from the band's fourth album.source
  • 1972Operation 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.source
  • 1972July 21 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday – 22 bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode in Belfast, Northern Ireland; nine people are killed and 130 seriously injured.source
  • 1988March 16 – Milltown Cemetery attack: Three men are killed and 70 wounded in a gun and grenade attack by loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone on mourners at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the funerals of the 3 IRA members killed in Gibraltar.source
  • 1990June 24 – Kathleen Margaret Brown and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, becoming the first female Anglican priests in the United Kingdom.source

21st century

  • 2011February 10 - Manx2 Flight 7100, a Fairchild Metro III, crashes on its third attempt at landing at Cork airport, Ireland from Belfast. Six of the twelve passengers and crew are killed.source

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