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Derry

city in Northern Ireland

24 dated entries naming Derry, drawn from 18 separate years between 1214 CE and 1984 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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13th century

  • 1214Thomas MacUchtraigh plundered Derry for the second time, carrying away the treasures of the monastery and the church of St Columba.source
  • 1214Ainmire Ua Cobhthaigh, abbot of Derry.source

16th century

  • 1566September 17–November 12 – Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, campaigns against O'Neill in Armagh, Tír Eoghain and Tyrconnell, reaching Derry on October 12. Humphrey Gilbert serves under him at the start of the campaign.source

17th century

  • 1604July 11 – Derry chartered as a city.source
  • 1613Plantation 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.source
  • 1619March – construction of the walls of Derry by The Honourable The Irish Society is completed, at a cost of £10,757.source
  • 1633St 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.source
  • 1633St 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.source
  • 1688December 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.source
  • 168921 March – Robert Lundy swears allegiance to William III and Mary II and is commissioned as governor of Derry, where he commands the garrison.source
  • 1689April 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. The Protestant defenders refuse and the siege lasts until August 1 when it is abandoned. .source

18th century

  • 1762Watt distillery in Derry is established; it will produce Tyrconnell (whiskey).source
  • 1791The first bridge across the River Foyle at Derry, built by the American Lemuel Cox in wood, is opened to vehicular traffic.source

19th century

  • 1830Austins established in the Diamond, Derry. At closure in 2016 it will be the world's oldest independent department store.source
  • 1847April 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.source
  • 184728 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.source
  • 1857Tom Gallaher sets up the Gallaher tobacco business in Derry.source
  • 185712 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.source
  • 1873May 4 – the Roman Catholic St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry, is dedicated.source

20th century

  • 1946Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.source
  • 19685 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.source
  • 1972January 30 – Bloody Sunday: The British Army kills 14 unarmed nationalist civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.source
  • 1972July 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.source
  • 198417 October - Foyle Bridge in Derry is officially opened, with the longest span in Ireland.source

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