Timeline

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2013
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Hindu Deity arrives at RD&E Hospital Chaplaincy Centre
2013
Futurecube
Islamic Reformulations Futurecube at the Cathedral
2011

MosqueOpening of Exeter’s brand new mosque in October 2011

 

Purpose-built Mosque Opens
2009
Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald lists Topsham as his favourite place in Britain
2006
Floella Benjamin in her robes
Floella Benjamin installed as Chancellor of Exeter University
2003
Jo Green
Local Black History, a beginning...
2001
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Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies Building opens
2000
Noel Blake at Exeter City
Noel Blake: Exeter City's first Black manager
1997
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Exeter's first Respect festival
1979
Jean Rhys
Acclaimed novelist Jean Rhys dies in Exeter
1977

Exeter's first mosque opened on 11th September 1977

Exeter's first mosque
1975
Heeras
Opening of Heera's - Exeter's First Continental Supermarket
1972
Arain Family in Newton Abbot
Ugandan Asians arrive in Devon
1971
Steve Stacey playing for Exeter against Swansea
Steve Stacey: Exeter City's first Black player
1963
Exeter City 1968
Irish international Dermot Curtis signs for Exeter City
1958
Mr Law and his cousin
Exeter's First Chinese Restaurant
1951
Vivien Clinton in Cry the Beloved Country
Exeter Girl stars with Sidney Poitier
1944
Mrs Hendy
Mrs Hendy witnessing gliders on D-Day
1943
Black GIs in Salvation Army Christmas 1944
Black American GIs arrive in Exeter
1942
Polish 307 Squadron at Exeter cathedral
Polish 307 Squadron RAF present flag to the city
1941

Indian Mule Regiment

Indian soldiers in Devon
1929
Onion Johnnies
Peak year for French Onion Sellers in Exeter
1914
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Belgian refugees in Exeter
1914

Exeter v BrazilExeter City was the first professional team in the world to play Brazil at football

Exeter City vs Brazil
1885

Mary Slessor

 

Mary Slessor and her adopted Nigerian daughter move to Topsham
1879
Ganesh
Ganesh comes to Exeter
1875

Fisk Singers

Fisk University Jubilee Singers perform at Victoria Hall
1871
Prince Alemayehu at St Davids Station by Tucker
Ethiopian Prince at St Davids station
1846
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass Visits Exeter to Address Abolitionists
1833
Bishop_Henry_Philpotts
Bishop of Exeter compensated for loss of slaves
1823
Harris sketch of Mr White
Mr White, a Black Beggar
1788
Thomas Clarkson
Leading Abolitionist Thomas Clarkson visits Exeter
1778


John Bampfylde

John Codrington Bampfylde publishes a poem against slavery
1763
Synagogue Door
Exeter Synagogue opens
1757
Portrait of an African
1717
John Baring
Father of Baring's Bank founder moves to Exeter from Bremen
1715
Huguenot cross
120 Huguenots worshipping at St Olaves
1688
William of Orange enters Exeter
200 Black Soldiers escort William of Orange into Exeter
1685
Muslim prayers as depicted in Pitts' 1704 book
Joseph Pitts from Exeter becomes the first Englishman to visit Mecca
1643
Civil War Siege
Turkish soldiers at the siege of Exeter
1632
St Mary Major - Yardley
Thomas, son of a blackmore
1616
Pocahontas in 1616
Pocahontas in Exeter?
1562

Hawkins Coat of Arms

John Hawkins' Slave Raids
1525

Manillas

Foundry in Cowick Street making bronze manillas
1522
Henry VIII
Peter Blackmore: Exeter's first Black resident?
1501
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon and her African servants in Exeter
1440
Alien Survey
Henry VI taxes all foreigners living in Exeter
1290
Jews expelled in 1290
Expulsion of Exeter's Jews
1177
Jews in Medieval England
Cemetery granted to Exeter's Jews
1002
Sweyn Forkbeard
Sweyn Forkbeard burns Exeter
1001
Battle of Pinhoe
Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings and Saxons
740


Sidwell

St Sidwell martyred outside city walls
410
Millais' Romans Leaving Britain
Romans leave Exeter
55


Exeter founded by Roman II Augusta Legion, led by future EmVespasian Coinperor Vespasian

City of Exeter founded by Roman II Augusta Legion