History Hop Tags - Sheffield

1849-07-20

Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield

1857-10-24

World's first soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in Yorkshire, England

1860-12-26

The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.

1864-03-11

The Great Sheffield Flood: the largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.

1892-05-22

Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube

1892-12-16

Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW

1902-07-05

Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield

1913-08-13

Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley, Sheffield, England

1922-12-19

Theresa Vaughn, 24, confessed in court in Sheffield, England, to being married 61 times over 5 years in 50 cities in three countris

1926-12-11

Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, v NSW

1930-05-10

Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield

1934-01-30

Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 yrs 298 days

1982-05-04

British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands

1983-03-05

NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield

1984-03-13

WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield

1985-03-19

NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket

1986-03-18

Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld

1987-03-24

WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria

1988-03-22

WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final

1989-04-15

96 crushed to death at Hillsborough Football Stadium, Sheffield England

1990-03-27

NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final

1991-03-26

Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

1992-04-01

WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final

1993-03-29

Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final

1993-03-30

New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield

1993-07-07

Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500

1994-10-13

Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)

1995-03-28

Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield

1996-04-03

South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield

1648-04-07

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)

1873-11-15

Leo Sheffield, Valley of the Ghosts

1878-07-27

Joseph Jay Bamberger, A Sheffield Blade

1901-02-18

Reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance)

1903-11-11

Thomas Edward Allibone, Sheffield South Yorkshire, English Physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration)

1904-10-16

Reginald Dixon, Sheffield, Britain, theatre organist, (d. 1985)

1919-11-26

Harry Catterick, FA Cup Final 1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

1931-04-11

Johnny Sheffield, Pasadena California, actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son)

1931-04-11

Johnny Sheffield, Tarzan's New York Adventure

1934-03-02

Bernard Rands, Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack)

1934-12-17

Ray Wilson, FA Cup Final 1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

1934-9-25

Jay Sheffield, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

1935-06-25

Charles Sheffield, Future Flight

1935-12-15

Billy Sheffield, A Boy and His Dog

1937-02-03

Alex Young, FA Cup Final 1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

1937-10-24

Dirk Alvermann, Ein Arbeiterclub in Sheffield

1940-05-16

Gareth Roberts, chancellor (Sheffield University)

1943-05-05

Michael Palin, Sheffield England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)

1944-05-20

Joe Cocker, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends)

1951-04-22

Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)

1955-10-02

Philip Oakey, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human Leauge-Only Human)

1956-06-30

Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human League-Only Human)

1959-04-17

Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC)

1959-08-01

Joe Elliott, Sheffield, England, heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)

1962-09-18

Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Human League)

1963-03-22

Suzanne Sulley, Sheffield S Yorks, rocker (Human Leauge-Human)

1965-12-30

David Baker, Sheffield England, UK cyclist

1966-03-17

Jeremy Sheffield, English actor

1966-03-17

Jeremy Sheffield, The Wedding Date

1968-11-18

Gary Sheffield, Tampa FL, outfielder (Florida Marlins)

1968-11-18

Gary Sheffield, Knuckleball!

1980-10-19

Benjamin Salisbury, Minneapolis, actor (Brighton Sheffield-Nanny)

1985-04-15

Tallulah Sheffield, The Other Side of Home

1988-07-13

Chris Sheffield, The Maze Runner

1721-02-24

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)

1897-01-30

John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies

1951-04-03

Leo Sheffield, Valley of the Ghosts

1957-12-08

Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55

1957-12-08

Reginald Sheffield, Suspicion

1959-08-20

Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Lady Luck

1961-08-23

Joseph Jay Bamberger, A Sheffield Blade

1981-03-26

Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies

1983-04-28

Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies

1985-03-09

Harry Catterick, FA Cup Final 1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

1998-06-25

Jay Sheffield, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

2002-11-02

Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)

2002-11-02

Charles Sheffield, Future Flight

2010-10-15

Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)

2010-10-15

Johnny Sheffield, Tarzan's New York Adventure

2010-12-12

Billy Sheffield, A Boy and His Dog

2012-09-03

Dirk Alvermann, Ein Arbeiterclub in Sheffield

2016-05-13

Emmie Taylor, widow of 'Mr Sheffield Wednesday' Eric, dies aged 104