Post by Kev on Dec 21, 2003 10:34:44 GMT -5
1648 The first recorded cargo from America lands in Liverpool
1679 Liverpool's mayor founds the first charity for sailors
1715 Steer's Old Dock in Canning Place is the first wet dock to be controlled by floodgates
1758 Building of the Lyceum, the first circulating library 1763 The first lighthouses to use parabolic mirrors are built by Liverpool's dock Master at. Hoylake and Bidston 1770 Work begins on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, the longest and highest in Britain, finished in 1816
1776 Ether is first used as an anaesthetic
1786 Great Howard Street houses the first purpose built prison
1790 World's first American consul, James Maury is posted to Liverpool
1791 The first school for the blind opens at Commutation Row
1793 Liverpool becomes the first and only municipality with the right to issue its own money
1803 Liverpool Underwriter's Association is the world's first
1814 St George's, in Everton, is the
first all cast iron church
1822 James Muspratt opens an alkali works in Vauxhall - the origins of ICI 1823 First mechanics lending library 1825 World's first school for deaf people
1830 World's first passenger railway line built by Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company
1830 The world's first train shed and large wooden station roof are built at Crown Street station
1830 MP William Huskisson is the first railway fatality 1835 Lacy's publishes the world's first railway timetable 1838 The first travelling Post Office nets between Liverpool and Birmingham
1840 Cunard's wooden paddle-steamer Britannia is the first scheduled transatlantic passenger service
1840 Liverpool appoints Britain's first borough engineer 1840 World's first photograph developing and printing service
1841 Brunswick Buildings: the first purpose-built office block
1841 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later RSPCA) is founded
1842 First public baths and wash-houses in upper Frederick St 1
844 Blackburne House is the first girl's day grammar school
1845 Liverpool is the destination of the first package tour
1847 Dr Duncan becomes the world's first Medical Officer
1848 First British trades council
1850 Liverpool is the first borough to start a library committee
1851 The first provincial Children's Hospital opens in the city
1856 The 21 ton Horsfall Gun -the largest in the world - is built at the Mersey Forge in Sefton Street; it could fire a 3001b cannon ball five miles
1857 Liverpool Rugby Club is the world's first.
1857 Liverpool starts Britain's first chess club
1859 The first nurse paid to look after the poor
1860 First purpose built public library
1861 Britain's first ecumenical conference
1861 A Liverpool-made gun fires the first shot of the American Civil War
1862 The first street refuges for pedestrians built
1862 First provincial school of nursing set up in Liverpool
1864 The first slum clearance scheme gives the Medical Officer power to demolish unsafe and unfit buildings 1867 Britain's first steamroller is bought by Liverpool 1865 The last act of the American Civil War was the surrender to the Mayor of Liverpool of the Confederate ship Shenandoah, by her captain James Waddell, at the Town Hall
1867 Liverpool Velocipedes is the country's first cycling club
1868 Liverpool is the first borough to secure an Act of Parliament to establish a tram network
1869 St Martins Cottages are the first municipal housing
1870 Liverpool Society of Accountants is the first
1875 The first disarmament campaign: Liverpool Peace Society
1876 Britain's first gorilla arrives at Liverpool Docks 1877 The Walker Art Gallery is the first UK public art gallery
1880 Liverpool hosts the first Irish Nationalist MP in England - TP O'Connor at the Liverpool Exchange
1883 The Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - forerunner of the NSPCC - is founded
1884 Britain's first female doctor opens a practice in Liverpool
1886 The first under-river tunnel is built under the Mersey
1886 Northern Hospital has the first purpose-built ambulance
1889 Britain's first mosque opens on Mount Vernon Street
1889 Liverpool Gas Company installs the first pre-payment gas meters
1889 Liverpool's police force is the first to wear rubber-soled boots for night duty
1892 Liverpool University opens the first Marine Biological Station
1893 The world's first overhead electric railway built in the city
1894 First ever radio broadcast made by Oliver Lodge, Liverpool University professor of physics
1895 First British school of architecture and applied art 1896 The x-ray is used in medical diagnosis for the first time
1897 Liverpool is the first to employ female health visitors
1898 First city to employ a municipal bacteriologist
1898 School of Tropical Medicine is the first founded in the UK
1901 Liverpool runs the first antituberculosis campaign in Britain
1901 Seaforth Sands gets the first escalator in a railway station
1902 The School of Tropical medicine is the first British medical institution to gain the Nobel Prize for Medicine 1902 Hatton Garden fire station has the first motor fire engine
1904 The University of Liverpool founds the first school of veterinary science in the country
1909 Eleanor Rathbone becomes the first woman councillor
1909 Woolworths opens its first British store on Church Street
1912 First automatic telephone exchange
1913 New York World carries the first 'word cross', or crossword, compiled by Scouser Arthur Wynne
1913 Liverpool-born John Archer is elected Britain's first black mayor, in Battersea
1917 First public commercial library in the country
1919 Liverpool's is the first - and only - police force to strike
1919 The first department of oceanography opens at the University
1924 Lister Drive power station has the first hyperbolic cooling tower
1925 Crosshall Street hosts the country's first Juvenile Court
1927 The Bluecoat is the first British Arts centre
1927 West Derby is the site of the first municipal Jewish cemetery
1932 The first purpose-built boxing stadium (Bixteth Street)
1933 Dr Minnitt at Liverpool's maternity hospital uses gas and air in childbirth for the first time
1934 Liverpool Police are the first force to use two-way radios
1934 Taller, on Church Street, is first provincial news theatre
1936 The Liverpool Corporation Act is the first giving the council the right to buy, sell and develop land
1936 Speke sees the first purpose-built municipal industrial estate
1943 Richard Burton makes his theatrical debut at the Royal Court
1944 Hua Chow Pao is Britain's first Chinese newspaper
1946 Liverpool FC's Jack Chalmer becomes the first player to score three consecutive hat-tricks
1947 World's first radar lighthouse
1948 The Mersey Ferries were the first to have a radar system for safe navigation in fog
1950 The first helicopter service flies from Liverpool to Cardiff
1952 Hospital radio kicks off in Liverpool
1952 First package holiday flight departs from Liverpool airport
1953 Liverpool's Lita Roza is the first woman to top the pop charts
1959 National Westminster opens the first drive-in bank 1959 First mass x-ray campaign
1960 Martin's is the first bank to use a computer
1962 The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company is the first port authority to use a computer
1964 Liverpool's police force is the first to use closed circuit TV
1965 Liverpool FC is the first football club to be televised
1967 First seminar for orchestra conductors
1968 World's best selling poetry book published by Liverpool 8 Poets
1984 Liverpool FC becomes the first club to win three major trophies in one season
1984 The first British International Garden Festival is held in Liverpool
1997 The Roy Castle Foundation for Lung Cancer Research is the world's first dedicated cancer research centre
2001 Liverpool is named World Capital of Pop with 53 Not chart hits since 1953
2001 Liverpool FC the first club to win three major cups in one season.
And so it goes on.......
1679 Liverpool's mayor founds the first charity for sailors
1715 Steer's Old Dock in Canning Place is the first wet dock to be controlled by floodgates
1758 Building of the Lyceum, the first circulating library 1763 The first lighthouses to use parabolic mirrors are built by Liverpool's dock Master at. Hoylake and Bidston 1770 Work begins on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, the longest and highest in Britain, finished in 1816
1776 Ether is first used as an anaesthetic
1786 Great Howard Street houses the first purpose built prison
1790 World's first American consul, James Maury is posted to Liverpool
1791 The first school for the blind opens at Commutation Row
1793 Liverpool becomes the first and only municipality with the right to issue its own money
1803 Liverpool Underwriter's Association is the world's first
1814 St George's, in Everton, is the
first all cast iron church
1822 James Muspratt opens an alkali works in Vauxhall - the origins of ICI 1823 First mechanics lending library 1825 World's first school for deaf people
1830 World's first passenger railway line built by Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company
1830 The world's first train shed and large wooden station roof are built at Crown Street station
1830 MP William Huskisson is the first railway fatality 1835 Lacy's publishes the world's first railway timetable 1838 The first travelling Post Office nets between Liverpool and Birmingham
1840 Cunard's wooden paddle-steamer Britannia is the first scheduled transatlantic passenger service
1840 Liverpool appoints Britain's first borough engineer 1840 World's first photograph developing and printing service
1841 Brunswick Buildings: the first purpose-built office block
1841 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later RSPCA) is founded
1842 First public baths and wash-houses in upper Frederick St 1
844 Blackburne House is the first girl's day grammar school
1845 Liverpool is the destination of the first package tour
1847 Dr Duncan becomes the world's first Medical Officer
1848 First British trades council
1850 Liverpool is the first borough to start a library committee
1851 The first provincial Children's Hospital opens in the city
1856 The 21 ton Horsfall Gun -the largest in the world - is built at the Mersey Forge in Sefton Street; it could fire a 3001b cannon ball five miles
1857 Liverpool Rugby Club is the world's first.
1857 Liverpool starts Britain's first chess club
1859 The first nurse paid to look after the poor
1860 First purpose built public library
1861 Britain's first ecumenical conference
1861 A Liverpool-made gun fires the first shot of the American Civil War
1862 The first street refuges for pedestrians built
1862 First provincial school of nursing set up in Liverpool
1864 The first slum clearance scheme gives the Medical Officer power to demolish unsafe and unfit buildings 1867 Britain's first steamroller is bought by Liverpool 1865 The last act of the American Civil War was the surrender to the Mayor of Liverpool of the Confederate ship Shenandoah, by her captain James Waddell, at the Town Hall
1867 Liverpool Velocipedes is the country's first cycling club
1868 Liverpool is the first borough to secure an Act of Parliament to establish a tram network
1869 St Martins Cottages are the first municipal housing
1870 Liverpool Society of Accountants is the first
1875 The first disarmament campaign: Liverpool Peace Society
1876 Britain's first gorilla arrives at Liverpool Docks 1877 The Walker Art Gallery is the first UK public art gallery
1880 Liverpool hosts the first Irish Nationalist MP in England - TP O'Connor at the Liverpool Exchange
1883 The Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - forerunner of the NSPCC - is founded
1884 Britain's first female doctor opens a practice in Liverpool
1886 The first under-river tunnel is built under the Mersey
1886 Northern Hospital has the first purpose-built ambulance
1889 Britain's first mosque opens on Mount Vernon Street
1889 Liverpool Gas Company installs the first pre-payment gas meters
1889 Liverpool's police force is the first to wear rubber-soled boots for night duty
1892 Liverpool University opens the first Marine Biological Station
1893 The world's first overhead electric railway built in the city
1894 First ever radio broadcast made by Oliver Lodge, Liverpool University professor of physics
1895 First British school of architecture and applied art 1896 The x-ray is used in medical diagnosis for the first time
1897 Liverpool is the first to employ female health visitors
1898 First city to employ a municipal bacteriologist
1898 School of Tropical Medicine is the first founded in the UK
1901 Liverpool runs the first antituberculosis campaign in Britain
1901 Seaforth Sands gets the first escalator in a railway station
1902 The School of Tropical medicine is the first British medical institution to gain the Nobel Prize for Medicine 1902 Hatton Garden fire station has the first motor fire engine
1904 The University of Liverpool founds the first school of veterinary science in the country
1909 Eleanor Rathbone becomes the first woman councillor
1909 Woolworths opens its first British store on Church Street
1912 First automatic telephone exchange
1913 New York World carries the first 'word cross', or crossword, compiled by Scouser Arthur Wynne
1913 Liverpool-born John Archer is elected Britain's first black mayor, in Battersea
1917 First public commercial library in the country
1919 Liverpool's is the first - and only - police force to strike
1919 The first department of oceanography opens at the University
1924 Lister Drive power station has the first hyperbolic cooling tower
1925 Crosshall Street hosts the country's first Juvenile Court
1927 The Bluecoat is the first British Arts centre
1927 West Derby is the site of the first municipal Jewish cemetery
1932 The first purpose-built boxing stadium (Bixteth Street)
1933 Dr Minnitt at Liverpool's maternity hospital uses gas and air in childbirth for the first time
1934 Liverpool Police are the first force to use two-way radios
1934 Taller, on Church Street, is first provincial news theatre
1936 The Liverpool Corporation Act is the first giving the council the right to buy, sell and develop land
1936 Speke sees the first purpose-built municipal industrial estate
1943 Richard Burton makes his theatrical debut at the Royal Court
1944 Hua Chow Pao is Britain's first Chinese newspaper
1946 Liverpool FC's Jack Chalmer becomes the first player to score three consecutive hat-tricks
1947 World's first radar lighthouse
1948 The Mersey Ferries were the first to have a radar system for safe navigation in fog
1950 The first helicopter service flies from Liverpool to Cardiff
1952 Hospital radio kicks off in Liverpool
1952 First package holiday flight departs from Liverpool airport
1953 Liverpool's Lita Roza is the first woman to top the pop charts
1959 National Westminster opens the first drive-in bank 1959 First mass x-ray campaign
1960 Martin's is the first bank to use a computer
1962 The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company is the first port authority to use a computer
1964 Liverpool's police force is the first to use closed circuit TV
1965 Liverpool FC is the first football club to be televised
1967 First seminar for orchestra conductors
1968 World's best selling poetry book published by Liverpool 8 Poets
1984 Liverpool FC becomes the first club to win three major trophies in one season
1984 The first British International Garden Festival is held in Liverpool
1997 The Roy Castle Foundation for Lung Cancer Research is the world's first dedicated cancer research centre
2001 Liverpool is named World Capital of Pop with 53 Not chart hits since 1953
2001 Liverpool FC the first club to win three major cups in one season.
And so it goes on.......
