The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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• c.4900–4000 BC – Hunter-gatherers are present in Sutton-on-Hull, in the north of present-day Kingston upon Hull^[1]: 303
• 750–500 BC – A Bronze Age settlement is present on the site of modern-day Alexandra Dock.^[1]: 303
• 1086 – The Domesday Book records settlements at Sutton-on-Hull, Drypool, Marfleet, Myton and Southcoates.^[1]: 303
• 1275 – Wyke, an area in Kingston upon Hull, is appointed as the customs head port for the north of England.^[1]: 304
• 1279 – Market active.^[2]
• 1282 – Fresh water supply established for the town from Anlaby.^[1]: 304
• 1293
  • Wyke is bought by Edward I.^[1]: 304
  • Hull Fair begins.^[3]
• 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.^[4]
• 1299 – Town Charter granted^[1]: 304 and town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."^[5]
• 1302 – Quay built.^[6]
• 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approximate date).^[7]
• 1321–24 – Defences consisting of a ditch and wooden palisade are built around the town.^[1]: 304
• 1331–34 – A meat market is created.^[1]: 304
• 1332 – William de la Pole becomes the first mayor of Hull.^[8]
• 1333 – First documented mention of a guildhall in Kingston upon Hull.^[1]: 305
• 1369 – Trinity House for seamen established.^[7]
• 1377 – Population of 1,557 adult taxpayers are recorded through poll tax records.^[1]: 305
• 1384 – Charter-House Hospital founded.^[7]
• 1402 – Rioting occurs against the mayor.^[1]: 305
• 1440 – Town incorporated and is made its own county.^[1]: 305
• 1447 – The county of Hull is expanded by over 5 miles on the west side of the town.^[1]: 305
• 1486 – Grammar school founded.^[4][9]

• 1515 – A fish market is created.^[1]: 305
• 1536 – The Pilgrimage of Grace spreads to Hull.^[1]: 306
• 1537 – Plague breaks out in Hull.^[1]: 306
• 1541 – The town is visited by Henry VIII.^[1]: 306
• 1539 – The last two monastic houses are closed because of the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.^[1]: 306
• 1575–76 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1588 – Repairs are made to the city walls.^[1]: 306
• 1602–04 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1637 – Outbreak of the plague.^[1]: 306
• 1640 – King Charles visits.
• 1642 – Siege of Hull by Parliamentarians.
• 1673 – Hull has 1,373 households and a population of 6,500.^[1]: 306
• 1681–90 – Hull Citadel is built.^[1]: 307
• 1688 – 'Town-taking': townspeople overthrow the Catholic governor.^[10]
• 1716 – Trinity House marine school founded.^[4]
• 1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published.^[1]: 307
• 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed.^[11]
• 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established.^[12][13]
• 1778 – Dock built.^[14]
• 1780
  • William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull.
  • Jewish community establishes synagogue.^[15]
• 1782 – General Infirmary established.^[7]
• 1792 – St John's Church built.^[7]
• 1797 – Cooperative mill built.^[16]

• 1801 – The population of the town is 22,161.^[1]: 307
• 1809 – Humber Dock built.^[1]: 308
• 1829
  • United Gaol and House of Correction in operation.^[17]
  • Junction Dock built.^[1]: 307
  • St Charles Borromeo church opens.
• 1836 – Police force established.^[17]
• 1837
  • Drypool and Sculcoates become part of the borough of Hull.
  • Explosion of the Union Steam Packet in June^[18][19]
• 1840
  • Hull and Selby Railway begins operating.^[1]: 308
  • Zoological Gardens established.^[20]
• 1841 – Thomas Wilson and Company (shipping) in business.^[11]
• 1846 – Railway Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1850 – Victoria Dock built.
• 1851 – Population of Hull is 84,690.^[1]: 308
• 1854
  • Royal Institution opens.^[4]
  • Hull and Holderness Railway begins operating.^[21]
  • Junction Dock is renamed Prince's Dock.^[1]: 308
• 1860 – Pearson Park established.^[4]
• 1861
  • Hull School of Art founded.
  • Population: 93,955.
• 1864 – Londesborough Barracks completed.^[22]
• 1865 – Hull Football Club founded.^[23]
• 1866 – Town Hall, and Exchange built.^[4]
• 1867 – Hull and East Riding College opens.^[24]
• 1869 – Albert Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1870 – HM Prison Hull in operation.
• 1873 – William Wright Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1875 – Tram in operation.
• 1880 – Botanic garden opens.^[4]
• 1881 – Hull Philharmonic Society founded.^[9]
• 1882
  • Marfleet becomes part of the borough of Hull.
  • Kingston Amateurs rugby club formed.
• 1883 – St Andrew's Dock is established.^[1]: 308
• 1884 – Hull Amateur Photographic Society founded.^[25]
• 1885
  • Hull and Barnsley Railway begins operating.
  • Alexandra Dock built.^[1]: 308
  • Hull Daily Mail newspaper begins publication.^[26]
• 1886 – Synagogue established.^[27]
• 1887
  • East Park opens.
  • First women's rugby match is played in Hull.^[1]: 308
• 1888 – County borough created per Local Government Act 1888.^[4]
• 1892 – Hull Amalgamated Anglers' Association formed.^[28]
• 1895 – The Boulevard (stadium) opens.
• 1897 – Hull attains city status.
• 1898 – The Circle cricket ground is established.^[1]: 308

• 1901 – Hull's population is 236,772.^[1]: 309
• 1902 – Hull Telephone Department licensed.^[29][30]
• 1904 – Hull City Association Football Club formed.^[1]: 309
• 1906 – Wilberforce and Historical Museum opens.^[4]
• 1907 – Riverside Quay is established.^[1]: 309
• 1909 – Hull City Hall built.
• 1911
  • Theatre De Luxe opens.
  • Hull's population is 277,991.^[1]: 309
• 1912 – Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and Coliseum theatre open.
• 1914 – King George Dock is established.^[1]: 309
• 1915 – Pavilion Picture Palace opens.
• 1921
  • Hull's population is 295,017.^[1]: 309
  • First women's football match takes place in Hull.^[1]: 309
• 1922 – Craven Park inaugurated.
• 1927
  • University College Hull established.
  • Sutton become part of the borough of Hull.
  • Ferens Art Gallery is established.^[1]: 309
• 1931 – Hull's population is 309,198.^[1]: 309
• 1937 – Trolleybus begins operating.
• 1939 – Hull New Theatre opens.
• 1940 – 19 June: Aerial bombing by German forces begins.
• 1945 – 17 March: Aerial bombing by German forces ends.
• 1946 – Boothferry Park (stadium) opens.^[1]: 309
• 1951 – Hull's population is 295,172.^[1]: 309
• 1961 – Hull's population is 289,716.^[1]: 309
• 1966 – Closure of Western General Hospital.^[31]
• 1968 – Prince's Dock and Railway Dock are closed to shipping.^[1]: 308
• 1971
  • Hull Truck Theatre founded.
  • Hull's population is 285,965.^[1]: 310
• 1972 – Hull City Council established.
• 1974
  • City becomes part of Humberside shire county per Local Government Act 1972.
  • Airport opens in Kirmington.
  • Humberside Police established.
• 1981
  • Humber Bridge opens.^[1]: 311
  • Two tornadoes touch down in Hull during the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak of 23 November 1981, causing damage to the Port of Hull and the city's north-eastern residential suburbia.^[32]
  • Hull's population is 266,751.^[1]: 311
• 1983 – Hull Marina opens.
• 1985 – St Andrew's Dock closes to shipping.^[1]: 308
• 1986 – Sister city relationship established with Raleigh, USA.^[33]
• 1987 – Spurn Lightship museum opens.
• 1989 – Streetlife Museum of Transport and new Craven Park (stadium) open.
• 1991
  • Princes Quay shopping centre opens.^[34]
  • Hull's population is 266,180.^[1]: 311
• 1993 – Humber Mouth literature fest begins.^[35]
• 1996 – Hull becomes a unitary authority area.
• 1999 – Arctic Corsair museum ship opens.

• 2000 – Closure of Kingston General Hospital.^[36]
• 2001
  • Hull Soul Club (music appreciation group) formed.^[37]
  • Hull's population is 243,589.^[1]: 311
• 2002 – The Deep (aquarium) and KC Stadium open.^[1]: 311
• 2007
  • Hull Paragon Interchange transport complex and St Stephen's Hull shopping centre open.^[38]
  • June: Flooding occurs in Hull. 35,000 people are effected.^[1]: 311
  • Hull Comedy Festival begins.
• 2008 – The first Freedom Festival (cultural event) takes place.^[1]: 312
• 2010
  • Hull History Centre established.^[39]
  • Larkin 25 fest held.
• 2011 – Boothferry Park stadium is demolished.^[1]: 312
• 2013 – Scale Lane Bridge for pedestrians opens.^[40]
• 2014 – Legal sanctions against prostitution introduced.^[41]
• 2017
  • Hull is the UK City of Culture.^[42]
  • 13 May: Holy Trinity Church rededicated as Hull Minster.^[43]
• 2018
  • January: Banksy work on Scott Street Bridge discovered.^[44]
  • 25 July: Bonus Arena opens^[45]

• 2019
  • October: Hull becomes the first UK city to have full fibre broadband available for all residents.^[46]

• History of Kingston upon Hull
• List of mayors of Kingston upon Hull
• List of governors of Kingston upon Hull
• Timelines of other cities in Yorkshire and the Humber: Bradford, Sheffield, York

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