By Tim Lambert
c. 1204
A new port is founded at Gosport. Many of the townspeople are fishermen.
1545
Haselford Castle is built
1642
During the Civil War guns at Gosport fire at Portsmouth
1645
A royalist army sacks Gosport
1677
King Charles II decides to fortify Gosport
1696
The Church of the Holy Trinity is consecrated
1717
Gosport has 3 weekly markets and 2 annual fairs
1753
Haslar Hospital opens
1759
A fort is built on land purchased from Jane Priddy
1763
A body of men are given powers to pave the streets of Gosport
1777
Gosport has a population of about 5,000
1796
Gosport gains its first theatre
1807
Forton Barracks is built
1821
Gosport has a population of 10,342
1834
Gosport gains gas street lighting
1841
The railway reaches Gosport
1848-1849
Cholera stalks Gosport
1851
Gosport has a population of over 16,000
1858
Gosport gains a piped water supply.
1870
Horse drawn trams run in Gosport
1887
Smallpox strikes Gosport
1891
Gosport Park is laid out. Gosport gains its first public library.
1894
The main gate and parts of the ramparts around Gosport are demolished
1900-1904
A network of sewers is dug under Gosport
1903-06
Gosport trams are converted to electricity
1910
Gosport gets its first cinema
1922
Gosport becomes a borough
1923
Gosport War Memorial Hospital opens
1929
The last trams run in Gosport
World War II
In Gosport 111 people are killed by bombs
1966
A new Town Hall is built. A precinct is built off South Street.
1972
A new bus station opens
1975
Gosport Museum opens
1978
Fort Brockhurst opens to the public
1979
The South Relief Road is built
1987
Gosport Sixth Form College opens
1993
Haslar Marina opens
2005
Gosport Library re-opens as Gosport Discovery Centre
2009
Haslar Hospital closes completely