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5 January

 * 1970 - The last train enters Sheffield Victoria Station as passenger services on the Woodhead Line cease.

8 January

 * 1863 - Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel.

1 February

 * 1870 - Passenger services cease at Sheffield Wicker Station.

4 February

 * 1569 - Mary, Queen of Scots is moved to Sheffield Manor where she is held prisoner for 18 months before being moved to Sheffield Castle.

18 February

 * 1819 - Sheffield Canal opens and a public holiday is declared to celebrate.

5 March

 * 1867 - The final of world's first football tournement, the Youdan Cup, is played at Bramall Lane with Hallam F.C. beating beating Norfolk by 2 rouges to 1.

8 March

 * 1937 - George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier is published where he says that "Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World".

10 March

 * 1883 - The first international match to be held outside of Glasgow and London is held at Bramall Lane.

11 March

 * 1864 - 270 people are killed in the Great Sheffield Flood.

21 March

 * 1994 - The first line of the Sheffield Supertram, running from the city centre to Meadowhall, is opened.

22 March

 * 1889 - Sheffield United F.C. is formed.

29 March

 * 1890 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. reach their first F.A. Cup final eventually losing to Blackburn Rovers F.C. 6-1.

1 April

 * 1974 - Sheffield becomes a metropolitan borough and expands to include rural areas including parts of the Peak District.
 * 1992 - The infamous Sheffield Rally takes place at the Sheffield Arena.

13 April

 * 1899 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the first time beating Derby County F.C. 4-1 in the final.

15 April

 * 1989 - 96 people are killed in the Hillsborough Disaster at the start of F.A. Cup semi-final between Liverpooland Nottingham Forest.

17 April

 * 1959 - Actor Sean Bean is born.

18 April

 * 1896 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the first time beating Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in the final 2-1.

20 April

 * 1907 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the second time beating Everton F.C. 2-1 in the final.

21 April

 * 1852 - Footballer and polititian William Clegg is born. He would become known as 'the uncrowned king of Sheffield'.

24 April

 * 1915 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the third time beating Chelsea F.C. 3-0 in the final.

25 April

 * 1925 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the forth time beating Cardiff F.C. 1-0 in the final.

26 April

 * 1902 - Sheffield United F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the second time beating Southampton F.C. 2-1 in a final replay.

27 April

 * 1935 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. win the F.A. Cup for the third time beating West Bromwich Albion F.C. 4-2 in the final.

30 April

 * 1646 - A resolution is passed in the House of Commons to make Sheffield Castle untenable.
 * 1855 - Bramall Lane is used for the first time with a cricket match between "The Eleven" and "The Twenty Two".

4 May

 * 1984 - HMS Sheffield is sunk by the Argentinians during the Falklands War.

13 May
1892 - Both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United are elected to the Football League.

14 May

 * 1832 - The infamous murderer Charles Peace is born.

18 May

 * 1991 - Helen Sharman becomes the first british person and the first woman outside of the United States and the Soviet Union to enter space.

21 May

 * 1897 - Sheffield Town Hall is opened by Queen Victoria after seven years of constuction.

22 May

 * 2003 - The Sheffield Winter Gardens are opened by Queen Elizebeth II becoming the largest inner city greenhouse in Europe.

27 May

 * 1983 - Rother Valley Country Park is opened.

30 May

 * 1963 - Helen Sharman, the United Kingdom's first person to enter space, is born.

31 May

 * 1905 - University of Sheffield is granted is Royal Charter.
 * 1991 - Sheffield Arena is opened

6 June

 * 1947 - Former Home Secretary David Blunkett is born.

7 June

 * 1887 - The Sheffield Star is first published.

15 June

 * 1850 - Charles Clegg, who became both chairman and president of The Football Association and known as 'the Napolian of Football', is born.

29 June

 * 1836 - The Botanical Gardens are opened to the public.

5 July

 * 1902 - The first and only test match at Bramall Lane takes place with Australia beating England.

12 July

 * 1897 - Queen Victoria grants Lord Mayoralty to the city.

14 July

 * 1647 - A resolution is passed in the House of Commons to demolish Sheffield Castle.
 * 1991 - The XVI World Student Games is opened by Princess Anne.

15 July

 * 1779 - John Wesley preaches at Paradise Square to what he describes as "the largest congregation I ever saw on a weekday".

20 July

 * 1949 - The first ever cricket match between Yorkshire and Lancashire takes place at Hyde Park.

23 July

 * 1936 - HMS Sheffield, the first naval ship to be named after the city is launched.

25 July

 * 1991 - The XVI World Student Games closes

7 August

 * 1973 - The last cricket match takes place at Bramall Lane with Yorkshire drawing with Lancashire.

13 August

 * 1913 - Harry Brearly creates the first Stainless Steel.

31 August

 * 1843 - Sheffield is granted borough status by parliment.

2 September

 * 1899 - Hillsborough Stadium is opened.

4 September

 * 1867 - Sheffield Wednesday F.C. is formed.

6 September
1899 - The first electric tram on the Sheffield Tramway start operation.

15 September

 * 1851 - Sheffield Victoria Station is opened.

20 September

 * 1772 - The Sheffield Assay Office is founded.

1 October

 * 1974 - Hallam FM begins broadcasting.

8 October

 * 1960 - The Sheffield Tramway network ceases operation.

9 October

 * 1891 - The first stone of the new town hall is laid by Mayor William Johnson Clegg.

11 October

 * 2003 - English Institute of Sport - Sheffield is officially opened by Richard Cabon.

15 October

 * 1878 - The world's first floodlit match takes place at Bramall Lane

24 October

 * 1857 - Sheffield F.C. becomes the worlds first football club.

31 October

 * 1838 - Sheffield Wicker Station is the first railway station opened in Sheffied. It becomes the southen terminus for the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway.

15 November

 * 1967 - BBC Radio Sheffield, the second local BBC station in the country, starts broadcasting.

28 November

 * 1579 - Mary, Queen of Scots is moved from Sheffield Manor to Sheffield Casle.

29 November

 * 1876 - Charles Peace kills Arther Dyson outside the Banner Cross pub.

12 December

 * 1940 - First night of the Sheffield Blitz.

13 December

 * 1940 - Second night of the Sheffield Blitz.

14 December

 * 1940 - Third night of the Sheffield Blitz.

15 December

 * 1832 - Sheffield becomes a parliamentary constituency for the first. John Parker and James Silk Buckingham become its first representitives.
 * 1940 - Last night of the Sheffield Blitz.

22 December

 * 1845 - Opening of the Woodhead Line from Sheffield to Manchester.

26 December

 * 1960 - The first club football match takes place at Sandygate when Sheffield F.C. beats Hallam F.C. 2-0.

30 December

 * 1937 - England World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks is born.