Fort Paull was the most prominent point on the major north/south frontier of the Humbrenses - the "people of the Humber" which was later the Nordanbymbri when the vast Northumbrian kingdom successfully extended its territory through incessant bloody battling.
Landing of Edward and Aethelflaed on the Humber banks on the site of present-day Paull and establishing of settlements by a second wave of immigrants from Scandinavia.
Existence of several beacons on High Paull Cliff, the site of the present Fort.
Henry VIII establishes a fortress of 12 guns at Paull Cliffs (known as Paull Cliff Battery) as part of his defence policy.
Charles I inspects the troops and artillery pieces at Paull; the seige of Hull triggers off the Civil War in England; Fort Paull is attacked by Parliamentarian ships.
New 4 to 5 acre Battery of guns at Paull Cliff site, built to defend against Napoleon.
Construction of the present fortification, at the time known as Paull Point Battery. The pentagonal layout has the appearance of Queen Victoria's crown.
Major reconstruction of the battery to incorporate the latest technology and guns to combat the modern Iron-Clad warships.
Due to establishent of batteries nearer the mouth of the Humber, the guns are removed. Paull becomes HQ for Humber Fire Command and Training Centre until WWII.
Storage for ant-aircraft ammunition for the defence of merchant shipping and also top-secret laboratory work and storage by the Ministry of Works. The Battery was covertly visited by Winston Churchill on an inspection of south and east coastal defences.
Paull Fort is jettisoned by the Ministry of Defence after fifteen years of National Service.
Volunteers (initially 7) under the umbrella of "Friends of Fort Paull" begin restoring the fort as a heritage attraction.
The Fort Paull Visitors' Centre and Armouries is launched by the Friends of Fort Paull Heritage Organisation of Great Britain.