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BC
|
Year |
Event |
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14000 BC |
Guensey separated from France |
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4500 BC |
Dolmens build around this date at L'Ancresse and elsewhere in Guernsey |
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1000 BC |
Stone fertility "Mother Goddess" erected near Castel Church |
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600 BC |
Stone fertility "Mother Goddess" erected near St Martin's Church |
Year
Event
284
Guernsey mentioned in Antonine Itinerary, possibly as
Lesia
485
Birth of St Sampson
490
Birth of St Tugual
511
Islands part of Frankish kingdom of Neustria
530
Arrival of St Sampson in Guernsey
555
St Sampson nominated Bishop of Dol
564
Death of St Tugual
565
Death of St Sampson
565
St Magloire lands in Sark, established monastery
586
Death of St Magloire
850
Destruction of monastery in Sark by Norse pirates
925
Invasion of Contentin by pagan Norsemen
1030
Duke Robert's Charter mentions a number of Guernsey
Churches
1030
Benedictines on Herm for 30 years, establish Chapel of St
Tugual
1030
Duke Robert I assigns western half of Guernsey to Abbey
of Mont St Michel
1042
Duke William II (William the Conqueror) revokes grant to
Mont St Michel in favour of Ranulf of Bessin
1049
Guernsey under Bishop Geoffri de Montbrai, Bishop of
Coutances
1054
William Richenoht gives land around Perrelle Bay to Abbey
of Mont St Michel
1156
Benedictines on Lihou at Priory of Notre Dame
1162
Priory of St Magloire on Sark
1204
Loss of Normany to France by King John, apart from
Channel Islands
1204
Wardens representing the King begin to hold local courts,
these developed into Royal Court
1392
Nicholas Henry obtains licence from Abbey of Mont St
Michel to built chantry chapel La Chapelle de Saint Marie de
la Perelle, later rededicated to St Apolline
1456
Patent Rolls mension Guernsey as Garnereia, Sark as
Sercque, Alerndey as Arenon
1496
Churches transferred to diocese of Salisbury
1499
Churches transferred to diocese of Winchester, but still
administered from Coutance
1550
Witchhunting begins in Guernsey, lasting 100 years. 18
burnings; 27 hangings
1553
Edward VI's Second Prayer Book translated into French for
Islanders
1556
Under Mary I, Dean Jacques Amy orders burning of
Catherine Gauches, Guillemine Gilbert and Perrotine Massey
for heresy (i.e Protestantism)
1559
Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity under Elizabeth I
1562
Dismissal of Bailiff Helier Gosselin
1564
Anti-Huguenot riots in St Peter Port led by three jurats
1565
Adrian de Saravia writes to Lord Cecil about seditions
gatherings led by a jurat against the Huguenots
1565
Seven jurats dismissed from office on grounds of sedition
1565
Calvinist consistory set up in St Peter Port
1565
Helier de Carteret colonises Sark
1569
Final separation of Churches from Coutances and placement
under Winchester
1584
John Chamberlain obtains Patent from Crown granting
Alderney as a fied
1586
First mention of Sarnia fir Guernsey in Camden's
Brittania
1607
Simon Macon appointed minister for St Mary's Church in
Sark. During his ministry, name of church and town changed
to St Anne
1637
Ceremony of Homage by Sir Amias Andros, Seigneur of
Sausmarez at Royal Court to Charles I
1760
Stone industry begins at St Sampsons
1784
Robert Carr Brackenbury visits Guernsey
1787
Adam Clarke introduces Methodism into Alderney
1787
Visit of John Wesley
1789
Holy Trinity (proprietory chapel) built
1806
Sir John Doyle gets approval to reclaim land at Braye du
Vale
1818
Torteval Church demolished and rebuilt
1836
St John's Church (Anglican) built
1846
Hopy Trinity consecrated as Anglican chapel
1852
St Matthew's Church (Anglican, Cobo) built
1864
St Stephen's Church (Anglican) built
1868
Elementary school began by Sisters of Mercy at Cordier
Hill
1873
Sir Edgar MacCulloch persuades States of Guernsey to buy
Chapel of St Appoline from Pierre Lenfestey for £120
1874
St Barnabas Church (Anglican) built
1874
Church schools set up in Burnt Lane by Sisters of Nore
Dame des Chenes
1902
Girls Secondary School established by Sisters of the
Sacred Heart at Blancheland near Moulin Huet
1904
School for French girls began at Les Cotils
1905
Henry Turner is "posted" to Sark and back
1906
Boys Secondary School at Les Vauxbelets by De La Salle
brothers
1921
Ceremony of Homage by Royal Court to George V
1947
Crown reliquished revenues from royal holdings (Fief Le
Roi) to States of Guernsey, the latter to take over salary
of Lieutenant-Governor
1957
Ceremony of Homage by Royal Court to Elizabeth II
1962
Notre Dame du Rosaire reconstructed
1972
Appeal lauched by Rev Frank Cooper of St Saviour to
restore Chapel of St Appoline
1975
Claumeur de Haro raised in Guernsey against giant crane
overhanging shop in the Pollet
1976
Restoration work begins on Chapel of St Appoline
1978
Ceremony of Homage by Royal Court to Elizabeth II
1978
Rededication of St Appoline's Chapel by Bishop of
Winchester and Catholic Apostolic of Jersey