-
174
1743
The Exchange built -
803
803
St James' Priory founded -
1504
1504
Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne built -
1656
Bristol Castle demolished. -
1712
Custom House built -
1747
Bristol becomes Britain's busiest slave trading port -
1759
Joseph Fry begins chocolate manufacture -
1767
Bristol Gazette newspaper begins publication -
1770
Bristol porcelain manufacture begins;[17][18] Bristol blue glass is also first produced at about this date -
1793
Bridge riot -
1830
New cattle market opens -
1837
Passage to St Vincent's Cave opens. -
1843
Iron steamship SS Great Britain launched. -
1844
Bristol Academy for the Promotion of Fine Arts founded -
1854
Bristol and Exeter Railway begins operating. -
1895
Electric tram begins operating -
1906
Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company introduces its first motor buses. -
1909
University of Bristol founded. -
1916
First tanks shipped to Franch from Avonmouth. -
1916
Bristol F.2 Fighter aircraft first flies -
1933
Ribena first manufactured, by H. W. Carter -
1940
Aerial bombing by German forces begins -
1941
Bristol Tramways abandoned due to bombing. -
1958
Bristol bus station opens -
2001
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children building opens. -
2011
Bristol becomes a "city of sanctuary" for refugees -
2012
George Ferguson elected Mayor of Bristol.