White Hart Lane was the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur in north London for well over a century. The club moved onto the site, a former plant nursery, in 1899, and over time the ground was rebuilt with stands designed by the stadium architect Archibald Leitch and others. It staged many of the club's greatest nights, including the successful European campaigns of the 1960s and 1980s. The ground was closed at the end of the 2016-17 season and demolished. On the same site, the club built the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which opened in 2019 with a much larger capacity.
Before and after
- 1899Discovery of actinium
- 1899Discovery of radon
- 1899Publication of Heart of Darkness
- from January 1899 to August 1907Adamawa Wars
- 1899Construction of White Hart Lane
- 1899Founding of AFC Bournemouth
- 1899Founding of Nairobi
- 1899Founding of SV Werder Bremen
- 1899Oracle bones reveal early Chinese writing
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- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- c. 1860sImpressionism
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- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
The era
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