Establishment timelines

Royal Dockyards

  • 1512 Woolwich founded by Henry VIII. Closed 1 October 1869
  • 1513 Deptford founded by Henry VIII. Closed 1869
  • 1843 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert embarked from Woolwich Dockyard to Scotland
  • 1844 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert embarked from Woolwich Dockyard to Scotland
  • 1841 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert present at the launch of the Trafalgar
  • 1854 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert present at the launch of the Royal Albert.

Royal Naval College, formally Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich

  • 1694 Hospital founded by William and Mary as a charity for Royal Naval pensioners. Closed 1869
  • 1873 buildings occupied by Royal Naval College (Students include present Duke of Edinburgh and York)
  • 1997 College closed and buildings now a campus of the University of Greenwich.

Royal Observatory

  • Founded by Charles II 1676. Astronomers Royal have included Flamstead, Halley and Airy.

Greenwich Park

  • 1433 Park enclosed by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester
  • 1447 Park became property of the Crown on Humphrey's death
  • 1510 Park stocked with deer for Henry VIII
  • 1661-1665 Park landscaped for Charles II
  • c.1730-1857 notorious Greenwich Fair held in the park.

Horatio Nelson and Greenwich

  • 1797 Stayed at Royal Hospital for Seamen to have his portrait painted by Lemuel Abbott
  • 1806 Lay in state at the Royal Hospital for Seamen for four days before burial at St Pauls.