A Chronology of Significant Events in Portsmouth from 500AD

• 500 - 1499
• 1500 - 1599
• 1600 - 1699
• 1700 - 1799
• 1800 - 1849
• 1850 - 1899
• 1900 - 1927

The articles in this section relate to both one-off events and longer term histories.

• The Time Team at Governor's Green, May 2009
• The Siege of Portsmouth (1642)
• The Stations of the Royal Navy in 1860
• The 'Billys and Charleys' at Wymering
• The Poor of Portsmouth (Including a list of Private Benefactions)
• A Terrible Accident on the Ramparts (1874)
• The Introduction to the "History of Portsmouth" by Sir Walter Besant (1899)
• Portsmouth's Defences and the Threat of Invasion in 1852
• The Portsmouth Mental Health Service, 1926-1952
• The Representation of Portsmouth in Parliament
• The 1837 Boundary Commission Report
• The Origins of Portsmouth's Coat of Arms
• Flooding in Broad Street
• Excavations at Oyster Street 1968-71
• The Widening of Golden Lion Lane (1869)
• The Opening of the Cabmen's Shelters (1876)
• A Brief History of the Portsdown Volunteers (1803-1828)
• The Origins of the Floating Bridge (1840)
• Southern Railway Ferries in World War II
• An Explosion at Cambridge Barracks (1887)
• Excavations at Grand Parade (1972)
• A Brief History of the Pike Spicer Brewery
• A Brief History of Lloyds of Portsmouth
• Riding the Bounds of the Borough of Portsmouth (1801)
• The Principal Civic Events in Portsmouth by Mayoral Year (1890-1911)
• The Meeting of Allied Sovereigns (1814)
• Banking in Old Portsmouth
• The Last Duel Fought in England
• Capture of the Spanish Treasure Ship, and who got the Prize Money (1762)