Villa Park is a football stadium in Birmingham, England, and the home ground of Aston Villa. The club moved there in 1897 from its earlier ground at Perry Barr, taking over a site that had been part of the Aston Lower Grounds, a Victorian amusement park beside Aston Hall. Over the years it has been reshaped many times, with its best-known stand being the Holte End. It has hosted more FA Cup semi-finals than any other ground, as well as international matches and games at the 1996 European Championship. Its capacity has grown to over forty thousand, making it among the largest club stadiums in England.
Before and after
- 24 September 1896Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 12 October 1896Birth of Eugenio Montale
- 2 December 1896Birth of Georgy Zhukov
- 10 December 1896Death of Alfred Nobel
- 1897Construction of Villa Park
- 1897Publication of The War of the Worlds
- 1897Electron
- 1897Origins of Boston Marathon
- 4 February 1897Birth of Ludwig Erhard
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