This timeline of Sheffield history summarises key events in the history of Sheffield, a city in England. The origins of the city can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into the city did not occur until the industrial revolution.
Read more about Timeline Of Sheffield History: Early History, 1000–1099, 1100–1199, 1200–1299, 1300–1399, 1400–1499, 1500–1599, 1600–1699, 1700–1799, 1800–1899, 1900–1999, 2000–present, Bibliography
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