Sheffield
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
10 dated entries naming Sheffield, drawn from 9 separate years between 1773 CE and 1989 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
19th century
- 1857October 24 – Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, United Kingdom by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prestsource
- 1863January 8 – The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England.source
- 1864March 11 – Great Sheffield Flood: A reservoir near Sheffield, England, bursts; 250 die.source
- 186411 March – Great Sheffield Flood: the Dale Dike Dam bursts devastating Sheffield.source
- 1867September 4 – The Sheffield Wednesday F.C. is founded, at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield.source
- 1878October 14 – The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane, in Sheffield, England.source
- 1889March 22 – English Association football team Sheffield United F.C. is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. They play their first match on September 7.source
20th century
- 1913August 13 – Harry Brearley invents stainless steel in Sheffield.source
- 198915 April – 94 fans are killed in a crush during the FA Cup semi-final at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest FC and Liverpool F.C. Around 300 others have been hospitalized. Several of those injured are in a serious condition and there are fears that the death toll (already the worst of any sporting disaster in Britain) could rise even higher. The youngest victim is a 10-year-old boy, the oldest is 67-year-old Gerard Baron, brother of the late former Liverpool player Kevin Baron.source