College of Secular Canons at St. Stephens : c 930
\nCastle built : c 1070
\nPriory Founded : c 1120
\nAssize held at Launceston : 1177
\nFirst Charter granted : c 1200
\nCharter of Henry III : 1230
\nSt. Stephen\u2019s Church dedicated : 1259
\nSt. Thomas Church mentioned : 1294
\nFirst Members of Parliament returned : 1295
\nVisit by the Black Prince : 1353
\nSt. Mary Magdalene Church mentioned : 1373
\nCharter confirmed by Henry IV : 1399
\nCharter confirmed by Henry V : 1415
\nCharter confirmed by Henry VII : 1487
\nSt. Mary Magdalene (second) Church built : 1511
\nCharter confirmed by Henry VIII : 1515
\nPriory dissolved : 1540
\nCharter confirmed by Edward VI : 1546
\nGrammar School founded : 1548
\nNewport returns Members of Parliament : 1552
\nGreat Charter of Phillip and Mary : 1555
\nTrial of Agnes Prest : 1558
\nBorough granted arms : 1573
\nExecution of Cuthbert Mayne : 1577
\nCharles I visits the town : 1644
\nPrince Charles HQ : 1644
\nTown captured by the Parliamentarians : 1645
\nCromwell visits the town : 1645
\nGeorge Fox imprisoned : 1656
\nCharles II grants Charter : 1682
\nJames II reduces towns privileges : 1684
\nWhite Hart mentioned : 1700
\nHorwell\u2019s charity founded : 1707
\nPresbyterian meeting house erected in Castle Street : 1712
\nJohn Wesley\u2019s first visit : 1743
\nWesleyan meeting house built : 1787
\nWesleyan Chapel built : 1796
\nFirst Sunday Schools at Launceston : 1801
\nThird Wesleyan Chapel built : 1810
\nSavings Bank established : 1818
\nFirst Bible Christian Conference held at Launceston : 1819
\nLast execution in Launceston : 1821
\nExeter Road made : 1823
\nHorwell\u2019s School built at Newport : 1823
\nCongregational Chapel built : 1826
\nFirst piped water scheme : 1827
\nNewport ceases to return Members of Parliament : 1832
\nGas introduced : 1834
\nPriory remains found : 1834
\nTamar Terrace made : 1834
\nNew Road (St. Thomas Road) made : 1834
\nThe Northgate demolished : 1834
\nFirst meeting of the Town Council : 1836
\nQueen of Portugal\u2019s visit : c 1837
\n(New) Workhouse built : 1837
\nAssizes last held at Launceston : 1838
\nNational School built : 1840
\nMarket House built : 1840
\nOld Guildhall demolished : 1840
\nBoard of Health formed : 1847
\nCholera outbreak at Launceston : 1849
\nThe Weekly News\u2019 founded : 1856
\nEast Cornwall Times\u2019 founded : 1857
\nGrammar School built : 1861
\nCastle Green levelled : 1862
\nFirst Railway opened : 1865
\nDunheved Road made : 1869
\nPresent Wesley Church built : 1870
\nInfirmary built : 1871
\nFirst School Board elected : 1871
\nDunheved College founded : 1872
\nVolunteer Fire Brigade formed : 1872
\nBroad Street Fire (several house destroyed) : 1875
\nThe first \u2018Cornish and Devon Post\u2019 published : 1877
\nThe Grammar School and Horwell School amalgamate : 1876
\nFreemasons Hall built : 1877
\nSalvage Corps formed : 1879
\nOddfellows Hall built : 1880
\nGuildhall built : 1881
\nCounty Police introduced into the borough : 1883
\nSouthgate converted into a museum : 1884
\nLast election of a Member of Parliament for the borough : 1885
\nNorth Cornwall Railway (Halwill to Launceston) opened : 1886
\nTown Hall built : 1887
\nRoman Catholic Church built : 1887
\nEnlargement of borough : 1889
\nMr. Gladstone visits the town : 1889
\nThe Great Blizzard : 1891
\nWindmill pleasure grounds opened to public : 1895
\nBray Down water scheme built : 1895
\nBible Christian Chapel built : 1897
\nJubilee swimming baths (Underlane) opened : 1898
\nNew Cattle Market opened : 1900
\nPublic Library opened : 1900
\nCastle leased to the Council : 1901
\nVisit of the Prince of Wales to the town : 1909
\nWindmill School opened : 1913
\nConservative Club built : 1914
\nButter Market demolished : 1921
\nWar Memorial dedicated : 1921<\/p>\n
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