1787
Thomas Lord’s opens his first cricket ground on Dorset Fields as Marylebone Cricket Club is founded
1788
MCC issues its first code of Laws
1805
The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord’s
1806
The first Gentlemen v Players match takes place at Lord’s
1809
Lord opens his second ground at North Bank, two Lord’s grounds are now in operation with the second leased to St John’s Wood CC
1811
Lord’s first ground closes and Lord moves the turf, and all the equipment, to North Bank
1813
Parliament alters the planned route of the Regent’s Canal leading it straight through Lord’s second ground
1814
The third Lord’s Ground opens on its current site
1824
William Ward purchases the lease of Lord’s from Thomas Lord for £5,400 after Lord is granted permission to build houses on the site
1825
The original Pavilion is destroyed in a fire
1826
The second Pavilion is finished in time for the Anniversary Dinner on 11th May
1827
The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord’s
1835
William Ward sells the lease of Lord’s to James Dark for £2,000 plus an annuity of £425
1839
The first tennis court built on the site of the present Mound Stand
1842
A running track is installed around the perimeter of the Ground
1848
Lillywhite’s printing tent erected on ground for each major match
1859
The freehold of Lord’s is sold by the Eyre Estate to Isaac Moses for £7,000. MCC declines to bid.
1864
The purchase of a lawn mower removes necessity to keep sheep! The Ground is then levelled and re-turfed
1866
MCC purchases the freehold of Lord’s from Isaac Marsden (formerly Moses) for £18,333 6s, 8d thanks to money advanced by William Nicholson
1867
The first Grand Stand is finished in May,while the old public house is pulled down
1868
The Lord’s Hotel (later known as the Tavern) is completed
1869
Purchase of Guy’s Garden extends footprint of Ground
1877
Middlesex CCC take up residence at Lord’s
1881
Luncheon Rooms are built to the west side of the Hotel yard on the site of the old Armoury
1884
Lord’s hosts its first ‘Test’ match with England beating Australia by an innings and 5 runs
1887
Purchase of Henderson’s Nursery
1890
Thomas Verity’s new Pavilion is opened
1891
Purchase of Clergy Orphan School from Manchester & Sheffield Railway in exchange for the right to tunnel under the practice ground
1899
Tennis court demolished, together with nos. 43 and 45 St John’s Wood Road, making room for the Mound Stand to be constructed
1901
New tennis and racquets court built on site of No.3 Grove End Rd.
1906
A Bowler’s Pavilion rebuilt on the north side of the Pavilion
1922
Completion of the Grace Gates
1926
Sir Herbert Baker’s new Grand Stand is built
1926
The Father Time weathervane comes to Lord’s.
1930
Don Bradman makes 254 for Australia against England, an innings he would always consider his best
1934
The Harris Garden is laid out on former lawn tennis court
1934
Hedley Verity takes 14 wickets in a day for England against Australia
1935
Completion of the Q Stand (later renamed the Allen Stand in 1989)
1953
Imperial Memorial Gallery (now MCC Museum) opened in the converted racquets court
1953
The Coronation Garden is laid out
1958
Completion of the Warner Stand
1963
Sussex beat Warwickshire to win the first Gillette Cup Final
1967
The New Tavern pub is completed
1968
The Tavern Stand is completed
1972
Lord’s hosts its first One Day International with Australia beating England by 5 wickets
1975
West Indies win the first men’s World Cup Final, beating Australia by 17 runs
1976
Lord’s hosts its first women’s One Day International with England beating Australia by 8 wickets
1977
Construction of the first indoor cricket school is completed
1979
West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win the second World Cup Final
1980
Lord’s hosts the Centenary Test between England and Australia
1983
India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win the third World Cup Final
1987
The new Mound Stand is completed
1990
Graham Gooch scores 333 and 123 in a Test match against India
1991
The Compton and Edrich Stands are completed
1993
England beat New Zealand by 67 runs to win the Women’s World Cup Final
1995
The new Indoor cricket school (now MCC Cricket Academy) is completed
1996
Father Time is moved to top of the Mound Stand clock tower following the demolition of the old Grand Stand.
1998
The new Grand Stand is completed
1999
The revolutionary Media Centre is completed
1999
The Nursery Pavilion is constructed
1999
Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets to win the World Cup Final
2000
England beat West Indies in the 100th Test at Lord’s
2003
Graeme Smith scores 259 for South Africa, the highest Test innings by a visiting batsman at Lord’s
2004
Middlesex and Surrey contest the first Twenty20 match at Lord’s
2009
Permanent floodlights are installed
2009
Pakistan defeat Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 Final
2012
Lord’s hosts the Olympic Archery tournament
2014
Lord’s celebrates its Bicentenary with men’s and women’s MCC v Rest of the World matches
2015
Ben Stokes scores the fastest Test century at Lord's
2017
The new Warner Stand is completed
2017
England defeat India by 9 runs to win the ICC Women’s World Cup Final
2019
Ireland to play a Test match at Lord’s for the first time
2019
Lord’s is set to host its fifth men’s World Cup Final