Historical place archive

Blackburn in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Blackburn in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records4 event labels5 people1906–1991

Historical events in Blackburn

1906

1906
Member of Parliament
Philip Snowden · Independent Labour Party

Elected Member of Parliament, 1st time

1918

1918
Election
Philip Snowden · Independent Labour Party

Snowden keeps to his pacifist principles offering his support to conscientious objectors & loses his seat in the general election

1918
Member of Parliament
Philip Snowden · Independent Labour Party

Snowden keeps to his pacifist principles offering his support to conscientious objectors & loses his seat in the general election

1945

1945
Election
Barbara Anne Castle · Labour Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn, Lancashire

1979

1979
Member of Parliament
Jack Straw · Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn

1991

1991
Blackburn Rovers
Jack Walker · Football

Dalglish, through Jack Walkers patronage, turns the Second Division side to Premier League winners, breaking transfer fee records along the way

1991
Blackburn Rovers
Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish · Football

Dalglish, through Jack Walkers patronage, turns the Second Division side to Premier League winners, breaking transfer fee records along the way

1991
Manager
Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish · Football

Dalglish, through Jack Walkers patronage, turns the Second Division side to Premier League winners, breaking transfer fee records along the way. Appointed Manager of Blackburn Rovers

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Blackburn. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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