Last Updated : 31 Aug 2009
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1604 | The ancient deer park of Toxteth is defforested by Sir Ricahrd Molyneux and divided into about twenty small farms [B12] |
| 1611 | Richard Mather moves from Warrington to teach schoolchildren of Puritan farmers at Toxteth Park [B12] |
| 1618 | Jeremiah Horrox is born at Toxteth |
| 1625 | Five Liverpool ships carrying troops for Ireland are wrecked off Holyhead [B12] |
| 1627 | Both of the Bailiffs are locked-up in the Town Hall for refusing to carry out the Council's orders [B12] |
| 1628 | Charles 1st sells Toxteth Park to Liverpool Council [B07] |
| 1633 | Spanish pirates capture two Liverpool vessels in Dublin bay [B12] |
| 1635 | Sir Richard Molyneux buys the lordship of the manor for four hundred and fifty pounds turning his lease into a freehold [B12] |
| 1639 | Jeremiah Horrox becomes the first person to see Venus move across the face of the sun [B12] |
| 1641 | Jeremiah Horrox dies |
| 1642 | Mayor John Walker gets a special letter of thanks from the king for his loyalty [B12] |
| 1643 | Lord Strange becomes Lord Derby [B12] |
| 1644 | Colonel Moore becomes governor of Liverpool on petition of the burgesses [B12] |
| 1648 | The first recorded American cargo arrives in Liverpool on the 30 Ton "Friendship" under James Jenkinson [B22] |
| 1651 | Thomas Norris inherits Speke Hall |
| 1660 | A Customs House is built at Liverpool |
| 1662 | The Norris family regains Speke Hall after confiscation at the end of the civil war |
| 1666 | The Antelope, a tiny ship of only 60 tons, leaves Liverpool to cross the Atlantic, returning nearly a year later |
| 1668 | Liverpool's first sugar refinery is built by a Mr Smith [B12] |
| 1669 | Lord Derby presents a mace to the mayor [B12] |
| 1673 | A new town hall is built to replace an old common hall bequeathed by John Crosse [B12] |
| 1678 | Sir Edward Moore dies [B12] |
| 1680 | Daniel Defoe makes his first visit to Liverpool |
| 1682 | Six Liverpool ships depart for Delaware as part of William Penn's fleet of 23 with English and Welsh settlers bound for Pennsylvania [15]. |
| 1684 | Liverpool required to surrender it's charter for revision to give control to the King [B12] |
| 1686 | Isaac Newton acknowledges his debt to Jeremiah Horrox when he publishes "Principia" |
| 1687 | The King intervenes to protect two Roman Catholics from persecution by the High Church Council [B12] |
| 1688 | Lord Molyneux uses Liverpool Castle to store arms & supplies when supporting King James II against the Prince of Orange [B12] |
| 1690 | Fifteen privateers and two French men of war wait in the Irish Sea for returning Liverpool ships [B12] |
| 1694 | Whig candidate Jasper Maudit beats Tory opponent in election for MP [B12] |
| 1695 | William II grants a new charter for Liverpool [B12] |
| 1698 | Celia Fiennes crosses the Mersey by ferry |
| 1699 | Liverpool burgesses claim it has become the third port of England by trade [B12] |
| 1700 | Liverpool's population is about 5,000 [B12] |