Timeline of Brighton

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The following is a timeline of the history of Brighton, England.

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18th century

YearDateEventReference
1730s Richard Russell begins to prescribe the medicinal use of seawater at Brighthelmstone for his patients
1771 Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and brother of George III, visits Brighton
1786 George, Prince of Wales, and the future George IV rents a farmhouse in Brighton
1787 George, Prince of Wales, and the future George IV begins construction of the Royal Pavilion

19th century

Brighton's Chain Pier, Sussex's earliest pier, was built in 1823. Painting Chain Pier, Brighton by John Constable, 1827 Constable - Chain Pier, Brighton, 1826-7, N05957.jpg
Brighton's Chain Pier, Sussex's earliest pier, was built in 1823. Painting Chain Pier, Brighton by John Constable, 1827
YearDateEventReference
1823Brighton's first pier, the Chain Pier, is built. [1]
182811 June Sussex County Hospital (now Royal Sussex County Hospital) opens in Brighton

[2]

183727 MarchDeath of Maria Fitzherbert, longtime companion of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom at her home in Steine House, Brighton. [3]
18391 March Sussex County Cricket Club formed, the first county cricket club. [4]
184011 MayThe first railway line in Sussex, from Brighton to Shoreham opens. [5]

20th century

YearDateEventReference
192611 MayAngry confrontations known as Battle of Lewes Road take place in Brighton during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.
1940German air raids on Sussex begin, those in Brighton being known as the Brighton Blitz.
19458 May VE Day marks the end of the war in Europe. [6]
1961AugustCharter granted to the University of Sussex, the first university in Brighton and Sussex. [7]
196514 JuneBishop David Cashman is made the first bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Arundel and Brighton. [8]
1966 Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designated; it was revoked in 2010 upon the establishment of the South Downs National Park.
1967The first Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe are held
1968 Sussex Police is formed. [9]
1972OctoberSussex Gay Liberation Front holds a demonstration in favour of gay rights, a precursor to the annual Brighton Pride event [10]
1974AprilBrighton hosts the 19th Eurovision Song Contest, where Sweden's ABBA wins with their song Waterloo at Brighton Dome. [11]
1974As part of the Local Government Act 1972 the Lord Lieutenancy of Sussex replaced with one each for East and West Sussex which are made ceremonial counties. [12]
1982At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Brighton, delegates vote for a moratorium on commercial whaling. [13]
198412 October Brighton bombing assassination attempt on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher [14]

21st century

YearDateEventReference
2000 Brighton and Hove is granted city status
20111 April South Downs National Park becomes fully operational. [15]
2014 UNESCO designates land between the Rivers Adur and Ouse to be the Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere Reserve, Sussex's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [16]
2018The Rampion Wind Farm becomes operational, a wind farm that lies off the Sussex coast between Worthing and Seaford. [17]
20183 October Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make their first official visit to Brighton as Duke and Duchess of Sussex [18]
20206 FebruaryThe first case in Brighton of COVID-19 was reported when a man who returned from Singapore and France to Brighton on 28 January [19] [20] [21]
2021March DEFRA announces a bylaw first proposed by the Sussex IFCA to prevent trawling on 304 square kilometres (117 sq mi) of sea bed off the coast of Sussex. The law should help the rewilding and regeneration of the Sussex kelp forest. [22] [23] [24]

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