543: The 12th centuryBishop Jocelyn will later claim Glasgow's monastic church was founded bySaint Kentigern, also known asSaint Mungo, in this year; he also claimed that Kentigern found at Glasgow a cemetery whichSaint Ninian had hallowed[1]
560: Jocelyn claims Mungo/Kentigern made his first bishop in this year
1753: Foulis Academy is established at the university to promoteart anddesign;turnpiking of main roads from Glasgow; the city's involvement in thetobacco trade is reflected in the naming ofVirginia Street
1755: The estimated population of Glasgow is 23,500[27]
1757: 2.2 million metres of linen are produced in the city
1760: Glasgow enjoys a wave of prosperity; there are 13 professors at Glasgow University
1851: Glasgow becomesScotland's largest city, overtakingEdinburgh, with a population of 329,096 over 18% of which were Irish-born[31] Portland St suspension footbridge is built
1914: Emigration leads to 20,000 housing vacancies in Glasgow
1919: Large strike for a 40-hour week: a demonstration turns into a riot known as theBattle of George Square and the Sheriff of Lanarkshire requests military assistance: troops are sent from elsewhere in Scotland and from England while Glasgow soldiers are confined to barracks[68]
1939: World War II: Glasgow naval baseHMS Spartiate opens
1940: Bombs in Glasgow hitsMerkland Street subway station, closing the underground for four months, and heavy cruiserHMSSussex while undergoing mechanical repairs keeping it out of service for two years
1975:British Army tackle rubbish caused by dustmans strike; Glasgow becomes the home ofStrathclyde Region's headquarters; the city sees the start ofBritain's first mass-circulation daily newspaperworkers' cooperative when theScottish Daily News opens in Albion Street in May, as well as the country's first newspaper work-in when it folds after six months
1977:Glasgow Subway closes for extensive modernisation (reopening in 1980)[74]
1978: The RevGeoff Shaw, first Convener of Strathclyde Regional Council (and former leader of Glasgow Corporation), dies in office aged 52
1993:Glasgow Caledonian University established;[78] opening of the new St Mungo's Museum, the UK's only Museum of Religion, next to the city's 13th centurycathedral;barqueGlenlee is towed back from Spain to the Clyde where whe was built in 1896
1996: Glasgow Festival of Visual Arts; opening of theGallery of Modern Art in the former Stirling's Library; first Glasgow International Festival of Design
2014: In theScottish independence referendum Glasgow votes 53.5% in favour of Scotland becoming an independent country but the national vote is 55.3% against.[98]
2016: Rangers F.C. play their first game back in the top flight of Scottish Football after being demoted to the bottom tier four years previously due to suffering serious financial difficulties;[101]
2016:Kelvin Hall reopens after its £35million refurbishment as an art and cultural centre.[102]
2018: A second fire breaks out at the Glasgow School of Art which also spreads to surrounding buildings including theO2 ABC.[103]
2021:COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is held at Glasgow; Hampden Park hosts four matches, including two involving the Scottish national team, at the delayedUEFA Euro 2020 tournament, in front of reduced crowds due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
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