Year |
Event |
1701 |
Sir Thomas Johnson becomes a Liverpool MP [B12] |
1704 |
The borough obtains from the crown a lease for the site of the castle with the right to demolish it [B12] |
1708 |
Thomas Steers proposes draining the "Old Pool" and building a large stone dock in its place. |
1709 |
An Act is obtained to allow creation of the first dock in Liverpool [B12] |
1714 |
An Act of Parliament is made to erect a new church on the site of the castle [B12] |
1715 |
The country's first wet dock is constructed in Liverpool [B12] |
1725 |
John Chadwick draws-up the first surveyed map of Liverpool showing 37 streets [B12] |
1727 |
Sir Thomas Bootle becomes a Liverpool MP [B12] |
1730 |
An Act of Parliament opens the slave trade to anyone registering for 2 pounds in London, Bristol or Liverpool [B12] |
1731 |
Liverpool sends 15 ships to Africa in the first year of slave trading [B12] |
1733 |
Lord Derby accepts election as Mayor of Liverpool [B12] |
1737 |
"The Tower" is sold by Lord Derby to William Clayton [B12] |
1738 |
Liverpool sends 33 ships to Africa as part of the slave trade [B12] |
1750 |
Liverpool's population is about 18,000 [B12] |
1751 |
The port owns about 220 vessels and employs about 3320 seamen [B12] |
1752 |
Liverpool has 58 ships engaged in the slave trade [B12] |
1753 |
William Roscoe is born at the Old Bowling Green, Mount Pleasant |
1754 |
Reverend John Newton gives up as a captain of Liverpool slave ships [B12] |
1755 |
Sankey Brook is deepened from St.Helens to the Mersey allowing inland navigation [B12] |
1757 |
106 Liverpool ships are in direct trade with Mexico and Cuba evading the Spanish coast guards [B12] |
1760 |
Livepool's population is about 76,000 [B12] |
1767 |
St James's Mount is Liverpool's first purpose built park |
1769 |
George Perry produces a map of Liverpool showing remarkable growth [B12] |
1772 |
The Theatre Royal opens in Williamson Square |
1777 |
William Roscoe writes his poem "Mount Pleasant" |
1780 |
Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby wins a toss of a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury and their new horse race is named "The Derby" |
1785 |
John Gladstone arrives in Liverpool from Leith, Scotland |
1790 |
Hugh Crow, Captain of the last Liverpool slave ship, makes his first voyage to Africa [B12] |
1792 |
Liverpool is estimated to have 63% of the English slave trade [B12] |
1793 |
Over 10 years, Liverpool ships have made 878 round trips and 15,186,850 pounds carrying 303,737 slaves to the West Indies [B12] |
1796 |
Richard Watt a Liverpool merchant buys Speke Hall |
1797 |
Liverpool is granted a coat of arms including Neptune, Titan and a "Liverbird" |