This article is intended to show a timeline of the history of Glasgow, Scotland, up to the present day.
500–1099edit
543: The 12th century Bishop Jocelyn will later claim Glasgow's monastic church was founded by Saint Kentigern, also known as Saint Mungo, in this year; he also claimed that Kentigern found at Glasgow a cemetery which Saint Ninian had hallowed[1]
560: Jocelyn claims Mungo/Kentigern made his first bishop in this year
1753: Foulis Academy is established at the university to promote art and design; turnpiking of main roads from Glasgow; the city's involvement in the tobacco trade is reflected in the naming of Virginia Street
1755: The estimated population of Glasgow is 23,500[27]
1757: 2.2 million metres of linen are produced in the city
1760: Glasgow enjoys a wave of prosperity; there are 13 professors at Glasgow University
1851: Glasgow becomes Scotland's largest city, overtaking Edinburgh, with a population of 329,096 over 18% of which were Irish-born[31] Portland St suspension footbridge is built
1914: Emigration leads to 20,000 housing vacancies in Glasgow
1914: Tramcars cover wide routes around Glasgow
1919: Large strike for a 40-hour week, demonstration turns into riot known as the Battle of George Square, Sheriff of Lanarkshire requests military assistance, troops sent from elsewhere in Scotland and from England, Glasgow soldiers are confined to barracks[68]
1975: British Army tackle rubbish caused by dustmans strike; Glasgow becomes the home of Strathclyde Region's headquarters; the city sees the start of Britain's first mass-circulation daily newspaper workers' cooperative when the Scottish Daily News opens in Albion Street in May, as well as the country's first newspaper work-in when it folds after six months
1977: Glasgow Subway closes for extensive modernisation (reopening in 1980)[74]
1978: The Rev Geoff Shaw, first Convener of Strathclyde Regional Council (and former leader of Glasgow Corporation), dies in office aged 52
1996: Glasgow Festival of Visual Arts; opening of the Gallery of Modern Art in the former Stirling's Library; first Glasgow International Festival of Design
2016: Rangers F.C. play their first game back in the top flight of Scottish Football after being demoted to the bottom tier four years previously due to suffering serious financial difficulties;[101]
2016: Kelvin Hall reopens after its £35million refurbishment as an art and cultural centre.[102]
2018: A second fire breaks out at the Glasgow School of Art which also spreads to surrounding buildings including the O2 ABC.[103]
2021: COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is held at Glasgow; Hampden Park hosts four matches, including two involving the Scottish national team, at the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, in front of reduced crowds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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^Maxwell, Ian (2017). Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians. Pen and Sword. p. 112. ISBN 9781473867239.
^"St Nicholas Hospital - Glasgow, Strathclyde - Places of Worship in Scotland | SCHR". www.scottishchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ ab"Biography of Alexander Burnet". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^Cleland, James (1832). Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark, for the government census of 1831: with population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland. Smith. p. 247.
^ abc"British History in depth: 18th-century Glasgow". BBC History. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^Morrison, Jenny (11 June 2017). "Three figures of Scotland's oldest club share what makes Queen's Park special". dailyrecord. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^"Rangers Football Club Born 1872, died 2012". HeraldScotland. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^"What impact has the 1990 City of Culture had on Glasgow - 30 years on". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^"Discover the museum bringing women to the forefront in history and the future". The Independent. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^"University History". www.gcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Clyde Auditorium". www.discoverglasgow.org. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"New York of the North". The Guardian. 17 January 1999. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Open shop for building challenge". heraldscotland.com. 22 March 1999. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Glasgow's millennium party plans unveiled". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Who have been Scotland's first ministers?". BBC News. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"UEFA Champions League 2001/02 - History - Leverkusen-Real Madrid Lineups – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"Remembering Glasgow's Floods of 2002". scotsman.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^Carrell, Severin (9 November 2006). "Three jailed for life for race murder of schoolboy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^"Glasgow launches Commonwealth bid". news.bbc.co.uk. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^"Kelvingrove set to reveal £28m overhaul - Design Week". Design Week. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"UEFA Europa League 2006/07 - History - Espanyol-Sevilla – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"Blazing car crashes into airport". news.bbc.co.uk. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^"GlasgowGlasgow wins race for 2014 Games". news.bbc.co.uk. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^Lindsay, Clive (14 May 2008). "Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers". BBC. BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^"Rangers Football Club enters administration". BBC. BBC Sport. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^"Rangers FC voted into Scottish Third Division". BBC. BBC Newsround. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^"London 2012 Olympic Games to kick off at Hampden Park in Glasgow". Daily Record. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^"Date announced for Clutha crash inquiry". BBC News. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^"Glasgow – the host city of the 2014 Commonwealth Games". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^"Scottish independence referendum – Results". BBC News. BBC. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^"Glasgow bin lorry crash driver Harry Clarke in court on dangerous driving charge". BBC News. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^"EU referendum results". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
^"Rangers 1-1 Hamilton Academical". BBC. BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^"Glasgow's historic Kelvin Hall to open after £35m revamp". BBC News. 16 May 2016.
^"Major fire devastates Glasgow School of Art". BBC News. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
Further readingedit
Published in the 18th century
John Tait's Directory for the City of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1783. (1871 reprint)
Jones's Directory; or, Useful Pocket Companion for the year 1787. Glasgow.. (1887 reprint)
Messrs, Oliver Boyd (1860). "Glasgow and its Environs". Oliver and Boyd's Scottish Tourist. Edinburgh.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)