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450 AD: Saint Patrick baptised people into Christianity on the site
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890 AD: First documented mention of Saint Patrick's Church on the site
1179: Saint Patrick's Church mentioned in a letter by Pope Alexander III to St. Laurence O'Toole
1192: Saint Patrick's Church raised to the status of a collegiate church on 17th March
1212-23: (At some point in this period) Saint Patrick's church elevated to Cathedral status.
1219: William FitzGuido appointed first Dean of the Cathedral by the Archbishop of Dublin
1220-1260: Current building was erected
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1270: Lady Chapel was added
1294: John de Sandford, Archbishop of Dublin, buried in the Cathedral
1300: "Pacis Composito" signed between Christ Church and St Patrick's Cathedrals
1316: Cathedral tower blown down in a storm
1362: North-west end of the nave damaged in a fire
1370: Archbishop Minot repaired the nave and built Minot's Tower (147 feet high)
1432: Cathedral Choir School was founded
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1471: Archbishop Tregury donated a pair of organs for use in the Lady Chapel
1492: Gerald Fitzgerald "chanced his arm" in the Chapter House
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1537: St Patrick's became an Anglican Church of Ireland Cathedral following the English Reformation
1544: Neglect led to the collapse of the nave
1547-1553: Cathedral demoted back to the status of a parish church and formally surpressed by Edward VI.
1560: One of Dublin's first public clocks was installed in the tower
1619: Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin, buried in the Cathedral
1632: Boyle Family Monument installed in the Cathedral
1666: Lady Chapel was given for use by French Huguenots who fled to Ireland
1668-1671: New roof completed
1688-1690: During the Williamite Wars the Cathedral was briefly repossessed by Catholic King James II
1690: William of Orange visited after the Battle of the Boyne and the defeat of James II
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1690: Duke of Schomberg buried in the Cathedral
1691: Adam Loftus killed at the Siege of Limerick and buried in the Cathedral
1697: New organ built on a screen dividing the nave from the choir
1713: Jonathan Swift elected Dean of the Cathedral
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1726: "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift was published
1742: The combined choirs of Christ Church and Saint Patrick's Cathedrals sang the first performance of Handel's oratorio "Messiah" on 13th April
1745: Jonathan Swift died on 19th October and was buried in the Cathedral
1749: Granite spire (101 feet high) added to Minot's Tower
1783: Knights of the Order of Saint Patrick founded by King George III
1821: King George IV visits the Cathedral and presides over the installation of new Knights in the Order of St Patrick
1840: Dean Henry Dawson was the last person to be buried inside the Cathedral
1842: Installation of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha into the Knights of Saint Patrick
1860-1865: Guinness Restoration period
1865: Organ rebuilt and moved from choir screen to North Choir Aisle
1869: Installation of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of England) into the Knights of Saint Patrick
1870: Dis-establishment of the Church of Ireland
1896: Installation of Edward Cecil Guinness (later Earl of Iveagh) into the Knights of Saint Patrick
1897: Edward Cecil Guinness donated a new peal of 10 bells to the Cathedral
1901: Celtic grave slabs and Saint Patrick's Well found beside the Cathedral
1902: New organ built in a specially constructed chamber above the North Choir Aisle
1909: Ring of bells increased from 10 to 12 bells
1914-18: A large number of monuments added to the building commemorating soldiers who died in World War One.
1922: Board's report for the year notes that "the Cathedral had to be closed on acount of civil disturbance."
1925: Ring of bells increased from 12 to 14 bells
1937: Iveagh window installed in the North transept and dedicated to Edward Cecil Guinness
1945: A service of thanksgiving for victory and peace in Europe held.
1949: Funeral of Douglas Hyde, Irish President
1974: Funeral of Erskine Childers, Irish President
2004: Saint Patrick's Window restored in the West End
2009: Ring of bells increased from 14 to 15 bells
2012: Dean Victor Stacey elected as Dean on 28th February
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