| c.500 |
Birth of St. David, traditionally at the site of St. Non's Chapel. |
| 6th C |
David establishes a monastic community on a site on or near St. David's Cathedral. |
| 589/602 |
Death of St. David on March 1. |
| 645-1097 |
St Davids (then called Menevia) is ravaged, burnt, or destroyed on 13 occasions. |
| 999 |
Monastery attacked by Vikings; Bishop Morgenau is killed. |
| 1073 |
Sulien is distinguished bishop of St. Davids. His son, Rhigyfarch, writes the earliest surviving vita (life) of St. David. |
| 1081 |
Bishop Sulien oversees a compact between the Welsh princes, Gruffudd ap Cynan and Rhys ap Tewdwr at St. Davids. King William I visits St. Davids. |
| 1115 |
Bernard, the first Norman bishop of St Davids, is appointed. |
| 1131 |
Church of St. David is dedicated. |
| 1171 |
King Henry II visits St Davids (again in 1172). |
| 1181-2 |
Bishop Peter de Leia (1176-98) begins work on present cathedral, which survives mainly in the nave. |
| 1220 |
The new cathedral tower collapses. |
| 1248 |
An earthquake hits St. Davids, affecting the cathedral. |
| 1275 |
Shrine of St. David built and installed in the cathedral. |
| c.1280 |
Bishop Thomas Bek (1280-93) builds Porth y Twr and may have begun the close wall |
| 1328 |
Henry Gower (1328-47) becomes bishop of St Davids and soon begins to build the east range, the first of three major phases of building at the Bishop's Palace. In the cathedral, the stone screen is built and various other embellishments are carried out. |
| 1362 |
Bishop Adam Houghton (1362-89) repairs the close walls and gate; little further building work other than care and maintenance takes place on the palace after this time. |
| 1365 |
St. Mary's College built. |
| 1509-22 |
Edward Vaughan's episcopate: Holy Trinity Chapel added to the cathedral. |
| 1536 |
Following the Reformation, the first Protestant bishop, William Barlow, is appointed. The chief episcopal residence is moved to Abergwili and the roof is removed from the south range at St. Davids Bishop's Palace. Nevertheless, bishops continue to live in the palace. |
| 1538 |
Destruction of St. David shrine. |
| 1540 |
Edmund Tudor's tomb brought to St. Davids. |
| 1616 |
Bishop Milbourne (161-21) is granted a licence for the demolition of some buildings within the palace; no demoilition appears to have occured. |
| 1621 |
Bishop William Laud (1621-27) commissions a survey of the palace with a view to repairing it. |
| 1648 |
Severe damage done to the cathedral by pillaging Parliamentary soldiers; parts are unroofed and all stained glass windows are smashed. |
| 1649 |
During the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-60), the episcopal lands and manors are sequestered. The palace is described as "part in repayre." |
| 1660 |
There is no mention of the palace in a survey of all episcopal possessions. |
| 1661 |
Bishop William Lucy (1660-77) brings a lawsuit against a local tenant for having allowed the apartments on the east side of the courtyard to become unroofed. |
| 1678 |
A further license for demolition of the palace is granted but again is not acted on. |
| 1713 |
Bishop Adam Ottley (1713-23) contemplates an episcopal residence in the treasury and not the palace. |
| 1793 |
John Nash rebuilds the west front of the cathedral. |
| 1810 |
Poor families lodge amongst the decayed remains of the Bishop's Palace and a print of this date shows the interior of the great hall in use as a market garden. |
| 1860s |
Some consolidation of the palace remains takes place during restoration of the cathedral by Sir George Gilbert Scott, or one of his sons. |
| 1900-10 |
Eastern chapels of the cathedral restored. |
| 1932 |
The Bishop's Palace is placed in state care and conservation begins. |
| 1982 |
Queen Elizabeth II distributes the Royal Maundy at St. Davids. |
| 1993 |
St. David's Day celebrations with the Prince of Wales. |
| 1995 |
City status conferred on St. Davids. |
| 1998-2001 |
West front refaced; organ rebuilt; Porth y Twr reroofed. |
| 2006 |
Renovation of the cathedral cloisters undertaken. |
