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1690
On 30th June the
English and Dutch navies were unsuccessful as they fought
the French off Beachy Head
1724
Bourne Place was bought by Hon. Spencer Compton which later
became known as Compton Place
1747
The prize ship 'Nympha Americana' was wrecked off Beachy Head
1780
George III's children stayed at the Round House
1787
This year saw the first published guide for Eastbourne
1792
300 immigrants landed at Eastbourne from France
1795
Circulating libraries and billiard rooms opened up at Sea
Houses
1804
Work started on the building of Martello Towers
1806
Work on the Redoubt began
1814
Old Town saw the opening of St Mary's schools
1816
William Figg had his map of Eastbourne published
1822
Lifeboat and coastguard services were set up
1834
The Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head became operational
1839
Holy Trinity Chapel opened
1849
The railway line between Polegate and Eastbourne opened
1851
Eastbourne Gas Company was formed
1853
The Dalhousie became wrecked off Beachy Head
1856
First publication of the Eastbourne Chronicle
1858
Succession of the 2nd Earl of Burlington to the Dukedom of
Devonshire
Local Board set up
1859
Seaside had the Christ Church opened
The Waterworks Company formed
The first publication of 'Eastbourne Gazette'
1863
In Devonshire Place the Eastbourne Providential Dispensary
opened
1864
In Seaside the Workmen's Hall was constructed by William Leaf
1866
The railway station was moved to a different location
1867
Eastbourne College was founded
This year saw the consecration of St saviour's Church in South
Street
1869
All Saints' Convalescent Home opened in The Meads area of
Eastbourne
1871
First publication of Eastbourne's Directory by Gowland
1872
The construction of the Pier was finally finished
1873
The Cavendish Hotel was opened
1874
Devonshire Park opened
1875
The Royal Sovereign lightship was established
1878
Opened up this year was the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
which had been designed by F.J. Barker
1881
The first South of England Grass Court Tennis Championships
was held in Devonshire Park
The Electric Light Company for Eastbourne was formed
1882
Completion of the Sea Wall and Royal Parade
1883
Borough of Eastbourne was incorporated
Princess Alice Memorial Hospital was opened
In Seaside the Theatre Royal and Opera House opened
1885
The Baptist Church in Ceylon Place opened
Town Hall opened
1886
Saffrons Cricket and Football Ground opened
1887
Golf course opened
1888
What is now known as Hampden Park railway station opened up
1891
Eastbourne Police Force set up
7th Duke of Devonshire died
1892
Committee selected by the Borough to consider possibility
of a harbour at Langney Point
1895
Friedrich Engels' ashes buried at sea off Beachy Head
1898
Lifeboat house built in memory of William Terriss
1901
Hampden Park opened
1902
New lighthouse at Beachy Head in use
1903
Novelist Edna Lyall died
1904
Name change of the Theatre Royal in Seaside to Royal Hippodrome
Library and museum opened
1906
Cinema opened in seaside
1908
8th Duke of Devonshire died at Cannes
1911
Hampden Park became part of Eastbourne and the town became
a County Borough
St Michael's in Upperton Road finally opened after taking
11 years to build
1912
The sinking of The Ocean (a P&O liner) when it struck the
barque Pisagua
New church of St Andrew's Norway built
1921
First publication of Eastbourne Herald
1923
Marquess of Hartington opened the Towner Art Gallery
1926
Chatsworth Estates Company set up
1927
All Saints' Church in Carlisle Road burnt down
1930
St Mary's Hospital opened
1935
King George V and Queen Mary stayed at Compton Place
1937
RNLI museum opened at Grand Parade
1938
9th Duke of Devonshire died
New police HQ opened in Grove Road
On Victoria Drive the St Elizabeth's was consecrated
1940
SS Barnhill bombed off Beachy Head
Eastbourne was evacuated due to the threat of German invasion
Willingdon House burned down
1944
St Elizabeth's Church damaged by flying bomb
1948
Freedom of the Borough given to Winston Churchill
1949
Princess Margaret stayed over at Compton Place
The Beryl Tollemache lifeboat was launched
Eastbourne College of Further Education founded
1950
10th Duke of Devonshire died at Compton Place
1957
Willingdon County Secondary School opened by Lord Hailsham
1960
Redoubt considered to be scheduled as an ancient monument
1961
Eastbourne Civic Society founded this year
1962
The Borough bought the Royal Hippodrome
1963
The opening of the Congress Theatre at Devonshire Park
1965
New library opened
Eastbourne Civic Society bought the Windmill at Polegate
1966
South Cliff Tower, Meads completed
1967
The windmill reopened in working order
1968
Trust Houses Ltd bought the pier for £170,000
1970
Fire leaves the Pier theatre badly damaged
1971
The Danish firm Christiani & Nielsen complete the building
of the Royal Sovereign light tower at cost of almost two million
pounds
1974
Jack Jones lays the foundation stone at the TGWU building
1975
Parliament defeat the proposal for a new harbour and development
scheme at Langney
Redoubt restoration begins
1976
First phase of new District Hospital opened
1981
Duke of Devonshire opens the Arndale Centre in the town centre
Fire damaged Eastbourne College Big School
1985
Civic Society opens Eastbourne Heritage Centre
1988
Modified Eastbourne Harbour Bill approved
1990
MGM Multiplex Cinema opens at The Crumbles CentreThe Tourist
Board vote Eastbourne as a 'Top Resort'
David F Bellotte member of the Liberal Democrats wins the
by-election
1993
Crumbles Sovereign Harbour opened
1994
25 miles south west of the Royal Sovereign the Greenwich light
vessel automatic station is established
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