| 980 | | Southampton plundered by raiders - most of the population killed or imprisoned (ASC) |
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| 994 | | The Danes raid widely in Hampshire and over-winter in Southampton (ASC) |
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| 1016.Apr.23 | | Death of Ethelred II, Saxon the Unready, King of England. He was succeeded by his son, Edmund II Ironside
London voted for Edmund II to succeed to the throne, Southampton for Canute I |
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| 1620.Aug.15 | | The Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
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| 1644.Sep.02 | | Phillip Skippon surrenders Parliamentary forces leaving Charles I in control of Devon and Cornwall
Essex and Lord Robartes had slipped away to Plymouth on a small boat. The 6,000 parliamentarian troops disarmed now and allowed to leave - they marched to Southampton and Portsmouth but 5,000 died en-route of starvation and exposure |
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| 1840 | | Southampton-Weymouth stage-coach starts stopping at Bournemouth |
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| 1847 | | The railway
joins Southampton to Dorchester but by-passes Christchurch and Poole for reasons of cost |
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| 1873.Aug.05 | | Authorisation of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
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| 1882.Apr | | Opening of the single track section of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway from Didcot to Newbury |
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| 1885.May.01 | | Opening of the single track section of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway from Newbury to Winchester |
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| 1891.Oct.01 | | Junction made between the Didcot Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway and the London and South Western Railway at Shawford to the south of Winchester |
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| 1912.Apr.12 | | The ocean liner Titanic left Belfast for Southampton |
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| 1923 | | Merger of the Didcot Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway
with the Great Western Railway |
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| 1939 | | Schoolchildren evacuees from Portsmouth and Southampton arrive in Bournemouth
Bournemouth did not escape German bombing during WW II - 219 people were killed by bombs |
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| 1942.Aug.04 | | Closure of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway for upgrading to carry heavy military freight on the line connected the north to Southampton and other South Coast ports preparing for the D-day invasion of Europe
A replacement bus service arranged |
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| 1951.Sep.14 | | British PM Clement Attlee opens Europe\'s largest oil refinery (Esso) at Fawley on Southampton Water |
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| 1964 | | Closure of the \'Old Road\' railway line (Southampton-Dorchester) to passenger traffic |
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| 1967 | | Final closure of the \'Old Road\' railway line (Southampton-Dorchester) |
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