Victorian Era (1837-1901)
1837 - Celebrations in Barnsley for crowning of Queen Victoria

1838 - Husker Pit disaster, Silkstone, 28 children killed. The disaster shocked early Victorian society including Lord Shaftesbury and MPs; and was a major influence on the landmark  ‘Employment of Women & Children in Mines Act’of 1842

1840 - Barnsley area's first railway station opened at Cudworth

1849 - Ebenezer Elliott, 'Corn Law Rhymer' buried at Darfield

1850 - Barnsley's first town railway station, with links to Wakefield and soon to Doncaster

1851 - William Mellor, landscape painter, born in Barnsley. Views of Yorkshire Dales, Lake District etc are much sought after today

1856 - Great crowds assembled in Barnsley to mark end of    Crimean War

1857 - Lundhill pit disaster, 189 men & boys killed

1858 - Barnsley centre of Yorkshire coalfield

1858 - First edition of the Barnsley Chronicle newspaper

1859 - Charles Dickens in Barnsley

1860 - Death of Joseph Locke, the great railway engineer who attended Barnsley Grammar School and lived in Shambles Street.

1861 - Ten free Locke scholarships established for Barnsley    Grammar School by widow of Joseph Locke

1861-2 - Redfearns' glassworks established at Old Mill

1862 - Locke Park officially opened

1862-4 - Establishment and development of the Beckett (Hospital) Dispensary

1866 - Oaks Colliery tragedy: 361 men, boys and rescue workers killed, Britain's worst mine disaster.

1867 - Hope Glassworks established by Ben Rylands

1869 - Barnsley a Municipal Borough: Henry Richardson, Mayor

1870 - Midland Railway build line from Cudworth to Barnsley

1872 - Wood Brothers glassworks established

1874 - Yorkshire Miners' Offices in Barnsley: probably the earliest purpose-built trade union building in the world.

1875 - Swaithe Main disaster, 143 men & boys killed

1876-77 - Public Hall & Mechanics' Institute built & later given to th town by Charles Harvey.

1898 - Benjamin Harrall: Watchmaker to the Admiralty founded

1898  - Theatre Royal built, to the design of renowned theatre architect (of Garrick fame) Walter Emden

1900 - Bonfires & fireworks in Market Hill celebrating news of relief of Mafeking (Boer War)

National/International Events:
1837 - Queen Victoria accession
1842 - Royal Commission Report on Employment of Women  and Children in Mines
1846 - Repeal of Corn Laws
1851 - Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
1885 - Karl Benz's first automobile
1889-1902 - Boer War