Timeline of Southampton

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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21st century
  • 2000
    • 28 September: WestQuay shopping centre is in business.
    • Chamberlayne Leisure Centre opens in Mayfield Park.
  • 2001 – Population: 217,400.[32]
  • 2005 - Southampton Solent is given University status, which includes Southampton College of Art, the Southampton College of Technology, and later the College of Nautical Studies from its previous merger as the Southampton Institute of Higher Education in 1984.
  • 2009 – Carnival House office building opens.
  • 2011 – Population: 236,900.[32]
  • 2012
    • 10 April: Southampton commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic with ships sounding their horns at 12pm and a memorial service.
    • The SeaCity Museum opens.
  • 2013 - Bargate Shopping Centre closes, and its demolition begins on 24 November 2017.
  • 2015 - 3 January: The Ro-Ro car carrier 'Hoegh Osaka' became stranded on a sandbank outside of Southampton Water after developing a list from an unstable load of cars. It was eventually refloated on 22 January, and all of her 24 crew survivied with minimal injuries.
  • 2016 - WestQuay Watermark opens.
  • 2020
    • 23 March: Southampton goes into a nationwide lockdown with the rest of the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • 5 November: Southampton joins the rest of the UK in a nationwide lockdown that lasts until 2 December in an attempt to reduce the number of cases.
    • 20 December: Southampton moves to Tier 4 restriction after being in Tier 3 restrictions since 2 December.
  • 2021
    • 4 January: The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that Southampton, along with the rest of the UK, will go into another nationwide lockdown to control the new variants of COVID-19 from 6 January, which will last at least until the Spring. Then on 22 February, he announces plans to bring the UK, including Southampton, cautiously out of lockdown, with plans for restrictions to be fully lifted by 21 June.
    • 16 May: The P&O cruise ship 'Iona' is christened in Southampton by Dame Irene Hays, with her maiden voyage taking place on 7 August to Scotland and the Channel Isles.
    • 14 June: Plans to end COVID-19 restrictions are delayed by 4 weeks to 19 July due to a sharp rise of the Delta variant.
    • 19 July: COVID-19 restrictions in England, including Southampton, come to an end after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms this on 12 July.
    • September: Southampton secures its place in its bid to become the City Of Culture in 2025.
    • 9 November: Southampton Airport is named as the best in the UK and the third best globally for sustainability performance as part of COP26 in Glasgow.
    • 8 December: Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces plan B of COVID-19 restrictions due to a sharp increase of the Omicron variant.
  • 2022
    • 26 January: Plan B measures for COVID-19 restrictions across the UK, including Southampton, come to an end after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces this on 19 January following a decline in the Omicron variant.
    • 18 February: Red Funnel's 'Red Falcon' crashes into Southampton's ferry terminal as a result of Storm Eunice, but she only sustains light damage to her hull near the bow.
    • 24 February: Prime Minister Boris Johnson removes the last of the COVID-19 restrictions (compulsory isolation with a positive test) in Southampton and the rest of the UK.
    • 4 March: AIDAcosma, which is owned by AIDA Cruises, makes her maiden voyage from Southampton.
    • 9 March: Solent Sky is given permission to built its £5 million extension to house more aircraft and other attractions.
    • 21 March: Southampton is announced as one of the 4 cities to be shortlisted to be the City Of Culture in 2025 alongside Bradford, County Durham and Wrexham County.

See also

References
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Further reading

Published in the 18th century

1800s-1840s

1850s-1890s

Published in the 20th century

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