July
On this day in July:
- 1st July 1887; building of the new Darlington Railway Station completed.
- 1st July 1904: Opening of the Dorman Memorial Museum in Middlesbrough.
- 1st July 1907: opening of The Empire theate in Sunderland by variety star Vesta Tilley.
- 2nd July 1835: Haswell Colliery opened; the first colliery with a steel cable down its mine shaft.
- 2nd July 2012: Tynemouth Station officially reopened by Princess Anne following a major restoration.
- 3rd July 1882: opening of Whitley Bay Station.
- 4th July 1832; Durham University is founded by an Act of Parliament.
- 4th July 1861; death of Richard Grainger who redeveloped Newcastle city centre.
- 5th July 1849; birth of William Stead, pioneer journalist and editor of the Nothern Echo.
- 5th July 1923: "The Response" war memorial in Newcastle unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
- 7th July 1838; first ship launched by the Bartram & Sons shipyard in Sunderland.
- 10th July 1906: King Edward VII railway bridge over the Tyne was opened by King Edward VII.
- 11th July 1906: King Edward VII opens the new Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle.
- 13th July 1174; Battle of Alnwick and capture of William the Lion by the English
- 13th July 1779; birth of William Hedley, a leading industrial engineer and manager of Wylam Colliery.
- 13th July 2002; opening of the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.
- 14th July 1868: birth in washington of Gertrude Bell; archaeologist and one of the founders of modern Iraq.
- 17th July 1876; opening of the Swing Bridge for river traffic.
- 17th July 1907; completion of the Church of St Andrew, parish church of Roker, Sunderland.
- 17th July 1993; the first leg of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships race started from Newcastle.
- 19th July 1333; Battle of Halidon Hill - Anglo-Scottish battle near Berwick upon Tweed.
- 19th July 1789: renowned artist John Martin born in Haydon Bridge
- 19th July 1808; opening of St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw College for the training of Roman Catholic priests.
- 24th July 1911: planes land at Gosforth Park in the Round Britain Air Race of 1911.
- 24th July 1951; opening of the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels between Howdon and Jarrow.
- 25th July 2005; the Tall Ships race came to Newcastle - Gateshead
- 27th July 1830; establishment of the Cattle Market at Newcastle.
- 30th July 1997; the Stadium of Light in Sunderland was opened by Prince Andrew.
- 31st July 1845; Act of Parliament for the Newcastle & Berwick Railway; Robert Stephenson appointed as chief engineer
