Manchester, England

Timeline

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79

Mamucium founded

Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, was a Roman fort established around AD 79 in what is now the Castlefield area of Manchester, England.

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410

End of Roman Britain

As the Western Roman Empire faced invasion and civil war, its remaining military resources were withdrawn from Britain and redeployed to the continent.

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June 15, 1996

1996 Manchester Bombing

The 1996 Manchester bombing occurred on June 15, 1996, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb on Corporation Street in central Manchester, England.

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