674> | uilding of St. Peter's Church | | a href="/encyclopedia/1183" title="1183">1183 | Bishop Hugh du Puiset's charter creates the first Borough of Sunderland |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1346" title="1346">1346 | Thomas Menvil authorised to build ships at Hendon |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1346" title="1346">1346 | The first recorded shipbuilding on the River Wear was in 1346. |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1634" title="1634">1634 | Bishop Morton's Charter created Sunderland's first Mayor and Corporation |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1698" title="1698">1698 | Formation of Sunderland Company of Glassmakers |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1719" title="1719">1719 | Holy Trinity Sunderland Parish Church opened |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1793" title="1793">1793 | Philip and John Laing established a shipyard on Monkwearmouth Shore. (The oldest surviving shipbuilding firm in Sunderland when it was absorbed into Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd.) |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1796" title="1796">1796 | Wearmouth Bridge opened |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1822" title="1822">1822 | Opening of the railway line from Hetton to Sunderland coal staithes, one of the earliest uses of locomotive power. The engineer was George Stephenson |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1826" title="1826">1826 | Sinking of Wearmouth Colliery |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1831" title="1831">1831 | In October of this year the first outbreak of cholera in the United Kingdom occurred in Sunderland - two hundred people died |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1832" title="1832">1832 | Sunderland became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act, returning two members of Parliament |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1835/6" title="1835/6">1835/6 | Establishment of the modern Borough Council, with the first modern Mayor |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1850" title="1850">1850 | Opening of Sunderland South Docks by George Hudson MP |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1856" title="1856">1856 | Sir William Mills, (1856 1932) inventor of the Mills Bomb of First World War fame, was born in Sunderland |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1858" title="1858">1858 | The tongue of 'Big Ben' was forged at Hopper's foundry, Houghton |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1873" title="1873">1873 | Foundation of Sunderland Echo |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1881" title="1881">1881 | Sunderland Association Football Club was founded. It was based on a club known as The Teachers which had started playing in 1879 |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1875" title="1875">1875 | A record of 64 days was set for the Australia run by the Wear built sailing vessel 'The Torrens'. Launched in 1875, the novelist Joseph Conrad served on her for a time as mate |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1888" title="1888">1888 | Sunderland granted County Borough status |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1903" title="1903">1903 | Roker Pier - the harbour's northern breakwater is 2,790 feet long. It was opened in 1903. The southern breakwater was never completed due to declining trade |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1909" title="1909">1909 | The then heaviest bridge in Britain was opened. The Queen Alexandra Bridge carried road and rail traffic, the railway deck remained in use for barely 12 years |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1923" title="1923">1923 | Police Boxes, model for the TARDIS pioneered by Chief Constable Frederick Crawley |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1937" title="1937">1937 | Sunderland AFC won the FA Cup |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1964" title="1964">1964 | Washington designated as a New Town |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1967" title="1967">1967 | Ryhope, Silksworth, Tunstall, East & Middle Herrington, South Hylton, part of Offerton, Castletown and Whitburn South Bents added to the County Borough of Sunderland |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1969" title="1969">1969 | Sunderland Technical & Art Colleges merged to form Sunderland Polytechnic (now the University of Sunderland) |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1970" title="1970">1970 | Opening of new Town Hall & Civic Centre by the Princess Margaret |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1973" title="1973">1973 | Sunderland won the FA Cup for the second time |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1974" title="1974">1974 | Washington, Hetton and Houghton joined the new Borough of Sunderland |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1984" title="1984">1984 | Nissan chose Sunderland for their new European manufacturing base |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1988" title="1988">1988 | Announcement of closure of the shipyards on Wearside |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1992" title="1992">1992 | The City of Sunderland was created a by Her Majesty The Queen on 23 March |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1993" title="1993">1993 | Her Majesty the Queen & His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visit Sunderland to unveil the City's new coat of arms |