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Contents 1 5 January 2 8 January 3 1 February 4 4 February 5 18 February 6 5 March 7 8 March 8 10 March 9 11 March 10 21 March 11 22 March 12 29 March 13 1 April 14 13 April 15 15 April 16 17 April 17 18 April 18 20 April 19 21 April 20 24 April 21 25 April 22 26 April 23 27 April 24 30 April 25 4 May 26 13 May 27 14 May 28 18 May 29 21 May 30 22 May 31 27 May 32 30 May 33 31 May 34 6 June 35 7 June 36 15 June 37 29 June 38 5 July 39 12 July 40 14 July 41 15 July 42 20 July 43 23 July 44 25 July 45 7 August 46 13 August 47 31 August 48 2 September 49 4 September 50 6 September 51 15 September 52 20 September 53 1 October 54 8 October 55 9 October 56 11 October 57 15 October 58 24 October 59 31 October 60 15 November 61 28 November 62 29 November 63 12 December 64 13 December 65 14 December 66 15 December 67 22 December 68 26 December 69 30 December

[edit] 5 January

• 1970 - The last train enters Sheffield Victoria Station as passenger services on the Woodhead Line cease.

[edit] 8 January

• 1863 - Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel.

[edit] 1 February

• 1870 - Passenger services cease at Sheffield Wicker Station.

[edit] 4 February

• 1569 - Mary, Queen of Scots is moved to Sheffield Manor where she is held prisoner for 18 months before being moved to Sheffield Castle.

[edit] 18 February

• 1819 - Sheffield Canal opens and a public holiday is declared to celebrate.

[edit] 5 March

• 1867 - The final of world's first football tournement, the Youdan Cup, is played at Bramall Lane with Hallam F.C. beating beating Norfolk by 2 rouges to 1.

[edit] 8 March

• 1937 - George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier is published where he says that "Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World".

[edit] 10 March

• 1883 - The first international match to be held outside of Glasgow and London is held at Bramall Lane.

[edit] 11 March

• 1864 - 270 people are killed in the Great Sheffield Flood.

[edit] 21 March

• 1994 - The first line of the Sheffield Supertram, running from the city centre to Meadowhall, is opened.

[edit] 22 March

• 1889 - Sheffield United F.C. is formed.

[edit] 29 March

• 1890 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. reach their first F.A. Cup final eventually losing to Blackburn Rovers F.C. 6-1.

[edit] 1 April

• 1974 - Sheffield becomes a metropolitan borough and expands to include rural areas including parts of the Peak District.
• 1992 - The infamous Sheffield Rally takes place at the Sheffield Arena.

[edit] 13 April

• 1899 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the first time beating Derby County F.C. 4-1 in the final.

[edit] 15 April

• 1989 - 96 people are killed in the Hillsborough Disaster at the start of F.A. Cup semi-final between Liverpooland Nottingham Forest.

[edit] 17 April

• 1959 - Actor Sean Bean is born.

[edit] 18 April

• 1896 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the first time beating Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in the final 2-1.

[edit] 20 April

• 1907 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the second time beating Everton F.C. 2-1 in the final.

[edit] 21 April

• 1852 - Footballer and polititian William Clegg is born. He would become known as 'the uncrowned king of Sheffield'.

[edit] 24 April

• 1915 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the third time beating Chelsea F.C. 3-0 in the final.

[edit] 25 April

• 1925 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the forth time beating Cardiff F.C. 1-0 in the final.

[edit] 26 April

• 1902 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the second time beating Southampton F.C. 2-1 in a final replay.

[edit] 27 April

• 1935 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the third time beating West Bromwich Albion F.C. 4-2 in the final.

[edit] 30 April

• 1646 - A resolution is passed in the House of Commons to make Sheffield Castle untenable.
• 1855 - Bramall Lane is used for the first time with a cricket match between "The Eleven" and "The Twenty Two".

[edit] 4 May

• 1984 - HMS Sheffield is sunk by the Argentinians during the Falklands War.

[edit] 13 May

1892 - Both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United are elected to the Football League.

[edit] 14 May

• 1832 - The infamous murderer Charles Peace is born.

[edit] 18 May

• 1991 - Helen Sharman becomes the first british person and the first woman outside of the United States and the Soviet Union to enter space.

[edit] 21 May

• 1897 - Sheffield Town Hall is opened by Queen Victoria after seven years of constuction.

[edit] 22 May

• 2003 - The Sheffield Winter Gardens are opened by Queen Elizebeth II becoming the largest inner city greenhouse in Europe.

[edit] 27 May

• 1983 - Rother Valley Country Park is opened.

[edit] 30 May

• 1963 - Helen Sharman, the United Kingdom's first person to enter space, is born.

[edit] 31 May

• 1905 - University of Sheffield is granted is Royal Charter.
• 1991 - Sheffield Arena is opened

[edit] 6 June

• 1947 - Former Home Secretary David Blunkett is born.

[edit] 7 June

• 1887 - The Sheffield Star is first published.

[edit] 15 June

• 1850 - Charles Clegg, who became both chairman and president of the Football Association and known as 'the Napolian of Football', is born.

[edit] 29 June

• 1836 - The Botanical Gardens are opened to the public.

[edit] 5 July

• 1902 - The first and only test match at Bramall Lane takes place with Australia beating England.

[edit] 12 July

• 1897 - Queen Victoria grants Lord Mayoralty to the city.

[edit] 14 July

• 1647 - A resolution is passed in the House of Commons to demolish Sheffield Castle.
• 1991 - The XVI World Student Games is opened by Princess Anne.

[edit] 15 July

• 1779 - John Wesley preaches at Paradise Square to what he describes as "the largest congregation I ever saw on a weekday".

[edit] 20 July

• 1949 - The first ever cricket match between Yorkshire and Lancashire takes place at Hyde Park.

[edit] 23 July

• 1936 - HMS Sheffield, the first naval ship to be named after the city is launched.

[edit] 25 July

• 1991 - The XVI World Student Games closes

[edit] 7 August

• 1973 - The last cricket match takes place at Bramall Lane with Yorkshire drawing with Lancashire.

[edit] 13 August

• 1913 - Harry Brearly creates the first Stainless Steel.

[edit] 31 August

• 1843 - Sheffield is granted borough status by parliment.

[edit] 2 September

• 1899 - Hillsborough Stadium is opened.

[edit] 4 September

• 1867 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. is formed.

[edit] 6 September

1899 - The first electric tram on the Sheffield Tramway start operation.

[edit] 15 September

• 1851 - Sheffield Victoria Station is opened.

[edit] 20 September

• 1772 - The Sheffield Assay Office is founded.

[edit] 1 October

• 1974 - Hallam FM begins broadcasting.

[edit] 8 October

• 1960 - The Sheffield Tramway network ceases operation.

[edit] 9 October

• 1891 - The first stone of the new town hall is laid by Mayor William Johnson Clegg.

[edit] 11 October

• 2003 - English Institute of Sport - Sheffield is officially opened by Richard Cabon.

[edit] 15 October

• 1878 - The world's first floodlit match takes place at Bramall Lane

[edit] 24 October

• 1857 - Sheffield F.C. becomes the worlds first football club.

[edit] 31 October

• 1838 - Sheffield Wicker Station is the first railway station opened in Sheffied. It becomes the southen terminus for the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway.

[edit] 15 November

• 1967 - BBC Radio Sheffield, the second local BBC station in the country, starts broadcasting.

[edit] 28 November

• 1579 - Mary, Queen of Scots is moved from Sheffield Manor to Sheffield Casle.

[edit] 29 November

• 1876 - Charles Peace kills Arther Dyson outside the Banner Cross pub.

[edit] 12 December

• 1940 - First night of the Sheffield Blitz.

[edit] 13 December

• 1940 - Second night of the Sheffield Blitz.

[edit] 14 December

• 1940 - Third night of the Sheffield Blitz.

[edit] 15 December

• 1832 - Sheffield becomes a parliamentary constituency for the first. John Parker and James Silk Buckingham become its first representitives.
• 1940 - Last night of the Sheffield Blitz.

[edit] 22 December

• 1845 - Opening of the Woodhead Line from Sheffield to Manchester.

[edit] 26 December

• 1960 - The first club football match takes place at Sandygate when Sheffield F.C. beats Hallam F.C. 2-0.

[edit] 30 December

• 1937 - England World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks is born.