Timeline of Belfast history

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This article is intended to show a timeline of the history of Belfast, Northern Ireland, up to the present day.

Contents

Pre-Historic

500–1099

1100–1399

1400–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800–1899

1900–1959

1960–1999

2000–present

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