1194    King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

1545    The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth.

1787    Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.

1872    Challenger expedition: {{HMS|Challenger|1858|6}}, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.

1982    The ''Mary Rose'', a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.