Timeline of Dundee history

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The timeline of Dundee history shows the significant events in the history of Dundee, Scotland.

1100–1799

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000–present

  • 2024
    • Mills Observatory, Broughty Castle Museum and Caird Park Golf Course are earmarked for closure by Dundee City Council to cut costs. Mills Observatory is later saved from closure following a resurgence in visitor numbers whilst the decision on Broughty Castle Museum is deferred.
    • The Competitive Games Lab and Wacom Cintiq Lab opens at Abertay University, specialising in research and development in gaming, esports and digital art.
    • Planning permission is approved for Eden Project Dundee.
    • Plans to repurpose the Wellgate Centre into a new college campus operated by Dundee and Angus College are unveiled.
  • 2025
    • Broughty Castle Museum is given £50,000 of funding to continue operating for a year, after previously being earmarked for closure.
    • Mills Observatory records its 2024/25 season as its best on record and receives £5,000 of funding from Culture & Business Scotland to refurbish ahead of its 90th anniversary season.
    • University of Dundee reveals a £35 million deficit which resulted in 632 jobs being put under threat. The Scottish Government subsequently gives the university a £22 million bailout.[89]
    • The CoSTAR Realtime Lab opens at Dundee’s waterfront, specialising in developing new technologies for TV, film and gaming.
    • LIVEHOUSE Dundee, a multi-purpose live entertainment venue opens at the former Green's Playhouse site.
    • Caird Park Golf Course closes following cuts from Dundee City Council.
    • Frasers opens up their new department store in the Overgate Centre, replacing Debenhams which closed in 2020.
    • The Dundee Book Festival and Dundee Music Festival is established.
    • The inaugural Dundee Economic Summit is held by the Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce.
    • University of Dundee principal Shane O'Neill resigns following an independent investigation which revealed financial mismanagement at the university.[90]
    • Dundee hosts the Scottish Album of the Year Award for the first time at the Caird Hall in a role that the city will take up to 2027.
    • Doof in the Park, an EDM festival organised by Hannah Laing, is launched and takes place in Camperdown Country Park. A second edition for 2026 was announced shortly after the 2025 edition.
    • The PS Waverley returns to Dundee for the first time since 1984.
    • Dundee hosts the Scots Language Awards for the second time.
    • RRS Discovery marks 100 years as a designated Royal Research Ship. To celebrate, the 2012 RRS Discovery ship, named after the 1901 ship built in Dundee, returns to the city for the first time in two years.
    • Canadian singer Justin Bieber makes an unannounced visit to Dundee, where he films his music video for “Bad Honey” in a city centre bar.[91]
    • The world’s first remote transatlantic stroke treatment is conducted by the University of Dundee.[92]

See also

Notes

  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1910). "Dundee" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 674–676.
  • Lynch, Michael (2001). The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211696-7.

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