Carbonear - Timeline

Timeline

  • 1630s - 1640s - Mary Weymouth is listed as running a plantation in Carbonear.
  • 1631 - Nicholas Guy, formerly of Cupids, is settled at Carbonear with his family.
  • 1675 - Census records 11 permanent residents, 16 children, 8 boats, and 30 servants living year round in Carbonear.
  • 1679 – William Downing and Thomas Oxford propose to fortify "Carboniere" on behalf of the residents.
  • 1697 – The settlement consisting of 22 houses is destroyed by the French. The French report that the houses are "the best built in all Newfoundland". Carbonear Island defends itself from the attack.
  • 1705 – Once again the French burned the town. Residents again defends themselves from the attack on Carbonear Island.
  • 1729 - Carbonear is designated one of the six Judiciary districts in Newfoundland. Two of the first Justices of the Peace, William Pinn and Charles Garland are assigned to the district.
  • 1743 - British build a fort on Carbonear Island and garrison it with troops.
  • 1755 - Roman Catholics convicted for saying the Mass and having confession. Magistrates ordered to suppress RC services and to exile priests.
  • 1762 - Successful invasion of Carbonear Island by the French. Fort burned.
  • 1767 – The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel establish a church at Carbonear.
  • 1775 – Carbonear attacked by American privateers.
  • 1788 – The first Methodist church in Carbonear is erected. The largest of its denomination in Newfoundland.
  • 1812 - Cannon erected on Harbour Rock Hill to protect against American attacks.
  • 1816 - Stores looted by mobs
  • 1826 – Newfoundland School Society is established in Carbonear and has 100 students.
  • 1826 - First Catholic church built and dedicated to St. Patrick. A Catholic parish had existed since 1784.
  • 1832 - Sealers' strikes and riots.
  • 1835 - Newspaper journalist Henry Winton attacked on Saddle Hill and had his ears cut off over religious comments.
  • 1836 - Gut Bridge built linking Carbonear's North and South sides.
  • 1840 - Political riots lead to the dissolution of the Legislature and the suspension of the constitution.
  • 1841 - Volunteer Fire Department established.
  • 1852 - Telegraph line to St. John's becomes operational.
  • 1859 - Fire destroys much of Carbonear.
  • 1861 - One man killed in riots.
  • 1862 – Hungry mobs dressed as mummers loot the streets in what is known as The Winter of the Rals or The Mummers' Riot. Troops from the St John’s garrison are sent to restore order.
  • 1864 - St. James' Anglican Church completed
  • 1866 – The Grammar School established in 1838 is closed and students are divided between Roman Catholic and Protestant boards equally.
  • 1870 - Rorke Stores built on Water Street and quickly become the unofficial commercial centre of the town.
  • 1891 - St. Patrick's Catholic church completed. Previous chapel converted to a convent.
  • 1898 - Rail line to Carbonear completed with twice-daily service.
  • 1905 - New Post Office built on Water St to replace one destroyed by fire the previous year. Monument erected to heroine Tryphoena Nicholl, postmistress who sacrificed her life in the fire to save people trapped inside the burning building.
  • 1908 - United Church College is built.
  • 1917 - Train station expanded due to increased traffic and rail line extension to Bay de Verde.
  • 1932 - 100 policemen brought by train to restore order in Carbonear due to riots.
  • 1948 - Incorporated into a town with elected government.
  • 1949 - Bond Theatre opens 1 April 1949 showing The Razor's Edge. Built partially from materials recovered from a German POW camp in nearby Victoria Village.
  • 1957 - Larger modern post office building opens.
  • 1961 - United Church Regional High School opens. Renamed to James Moore Regional High in 1967, then James Moore Central High in 1974.
  • 1964 - Alfred Penney Memorial Hall (elementary school) is destroyed by fire.
  • 1965 - Davis Elementary School opens.
  • 1976 – Official opening of the new Regional Hospital takes place and the old hospital is made into a nursing home for the elderly patients who are bed-ridden.
  • 1978 – TriCon shopping mall is opened.
  • 1984 - End of rail service to Carbonear.
  • 1985 - James Moore Central High School closes, Carbonear Integrated Collegiate opens.
  • 1998 - Princess Sheila NaGeira Theatre opened.
  • 2011 - Carbonear Cinemas is closed down as a result of a fire after the screening of a film on October 24.

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