Portsmouth

This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. For other places with the same name, please see Portsmouth (disambiguation).

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Chronology

• 1181 - Establishment of a church.
• 1194 - Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter
• 1212 - Establishment of docks.
• 1212 - Domus Dei the first hospital of the city buit.
• 1256 - Portsmouth given permission to form a local guild of merchants.
• 1265 - Town sacked and burnt during the Second Barons' War.
• 1338 - French invaders burn down most of town.
• 1348 - Black Death strikes Portsmouth for the first time.
• 1426 - Portsmouth's first permanent defensive works (the Round Tower) completed.
• 1449 - Portsmouth placed under Greater Excommunication as a result of the murder of Adam Moleyns the Bishop of Chichester.
• 1495 - Britain's first dry dock built at Portsmouth.
• 1510 - Mary Rose built in Portsmouth dock yard.
• 1527 - Southsea castle built.
• 1561 - Britain's first state lottery funds further fortifications.
• 1563 - 300 locals die of the plague.
• 1625 - The Black Death strikes Portsmouth.
• 1729 - Establishment of the Royal Naval Academy.
• 1732 - Establishment of Portsmouth Grammar School.
• 1760 - The modern Landport Gate built.
• 1806 - Birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Portsmouth.
• 1809 - The town of Southsea established.
• 1811 - Introduction of piped water into Portsmouth.
• 1812 - Birth of Charles Dickens in Portsmouth.
• 1834 - Portsmouth hit by Earthquake.
• 1835 - The Municipal Reform Act of 1835 abolishes Southampton jurisdiction of the port.
• 1861 - Clarence Pier built
• 1872 - Challenger expedition launched from Portsmouth
• 1890 - Portsmouth Town Hall built.
• 1898 - Portsmouth F.C., the city's principal football club was founded.
• 1931 - The population of Portsmouth peaks at quarter of a million people.
• 1932 - Portsmouth Airport opens.
• 1966 - Tricorn Centre opened.
• 1971 - Portsmouth Airport closes after a series of accidents.
• 1991 - Portsmouth Cathedral extensions completed.
• 1994 - Portsmouth was the start and end point for a stage of the Tour de France.
• 2000 - Portsmouth suffers flooding due to failure of the emergency water drainage system during heavy rainfall.
• 2001 - MyTV (later renamed PortsmouthTV) launches.
• 2002 - Gunwharf Quays opened.
• 2003 - Spinnaker Tower construction begins.
• 2004 - Tricorn Centre demolished, with its last shops closed in 2002.
• 2005 - Spinnaker Tower to be opened.

Famous residents

• Admiral George Anson
• Sir Francis Austen (Brother of Jane Austen)
• Henry Ayres (former premier of Australia)
• Walter Besant was born in Portsmouth
• Roger Black (Olympic medalist) was born in Portsmouth
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in Portsmouth
• James Callaghan (former British prime minister) was born in Portsmouth
• Jeremiah Chubb
• Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• Helen Duncan (last woman charged with witchcraft in the UK)
• Christopher Hitchens was born in Portsmouth
• Brian Howe (vocalist Bad Company) was born in Portsmouth
• Joe Jackson
• Paul Jones (vocalist Manfred Mann)
• Rudyard Kipling
• Peter Sellers was born in Portsmouth
• Nevil Shute (also known as Nevil Shute Norway)

Population

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1560

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1000 (est)

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Portsmouth: a history by Patterson

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1801

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5310

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32,160

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1801 census

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1811

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6852

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40,567

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1811 census

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1821

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8627

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45,048

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1831

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9410

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50,389

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1841

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9886

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53,032

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1841 census

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1851

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12,825

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72,096

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1851 census

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1861

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15,819

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94,799

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1861 census

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1871

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19,013

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112,954

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1881

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22,701

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127,989

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1881 census

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1891

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29,353

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159,251

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1891 census

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1901

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36,368

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188,133

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1901 census

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1911

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231,165

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1911 census

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1921

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247,343

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1921 census

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1931

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249,300

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1951

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233,545

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1951 census

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1961

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68,618

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215,077

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1961 census

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1971

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197,431

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1971 census

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1981

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175,382

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1981 census

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1991

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177,142

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1991 census

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2001

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186,700 (est)

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2001 census (preliminary report)

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