Historical place archive

Crystal Palace in History

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

8 records8 event labels7 people1851–1913

Historical events in Crystal Palace

1851

1851
Crystal Palace
Joseph Paxton · Architecture

Designs the Crystal Palace which has almost 300,000 panes of glass

1895

20 April 1895
Fast FA Cup Final Goal
Bob Chatt · Football

Chatt scores the winning goal during the opening minute of the 1895 final.

20 April 1895
Second FA Cup Victory
John Devey · Football

Devey captains Villa to a 1-0 FA Cup final victory over West Bromwich Albion.

1897

10 April 1897
League and FA Cup Double
John Devey · Football

Devey captains Villa to the league and FA Cup Double.

1905

15 April 1905
FA Cup Captaincy
Howard Spencer · Football

Spencer captains Villa to its fourth FA Cup triumph.

15 April 1905
Fourth FA Cup Victory
Harry Hampton · Football

Hampton scores twice as Villa defeats Newcastle United 2-0 in the FA Cup final.

1913

19 April 1913
FA Cup Final Clean Sheet
Samuel Hardy · Football

Keeps a clean sheet as Aston Villa defeat Sunderland.

19 April 1913
FA Cup Winning Goal
Tommy Barber · Football

Barber scores the decisive goal in the 1913 FA Cup final.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Crystal Palace. 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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