Hartlepool in History

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

7 records6 event labels6 people1914–2021

Historical events in Hartlepool

1914

Member of Parliament

Walter Runciman · Liberal Party

Elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hartlepool

16 December 1914

Bombing of Hartlepool

Henry Herbert Asquith · World War, 1st

A German squadron bombs Hartlepool, Scarborough & Whitby

16 December 1914

East Coast Bombardment

Henry Herbert Asquith · World War, 1st

A German squadron bombards Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby.

16 December 1914

Hartlepool Bombardment Response Reviewed

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

Churchill reviews naval defensive arrangements after German battlecruisers bombard Hartlepool.

1965

Manager

Brian Clough · Football

Clough is appointed Manager of Hartlepool United with Peter Taylor as his assistant

1965

Manager

Peter Taylor · Football

Clough is appointed Manager of Hartlepool United with Peter Taylor as his assistant

2021

7 May 2021

Hartlepool By-Election Response

Keir Starmer · Labour Party

Starmer accepts responsibility for Labour's defeat and promises further party reform.

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