| 577 | | Battle of Deorham Down near Bristol results in the separation of the West Welsh (the Cornish) from the Welsh by the advancing of the Saxons
Bath, Cirencester and Gloucester mentioned in an account of the battle but not Bristol |
| circa 700 | | The Saxons reach the Bristol Channel cutting of the Celts of Cornwall from the Celts of Wales |
| 1141.Nov.01 | | King Stephen released from his imprisonment at Bristol in exchange for the freedom of Robert of Gloucester |
| 1143 | | King Stephen gathers a huge army at Wilton, presumably to attack Bristol |
| 1348 | | Black Death kills approx. 48% of Bristol |
| 1643 | | Battles of Bradock Down, Stratton, Lansdown (Sir Bevil Grenville killed) and Roundway Down.
Royalists take Bristol
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| 1643.Jul.26 | | Capture of Bristol |
| 1645.Sep.11 | | Prince Rupert surrenders Bristol to Parliamentary forces |
| 1685 | | Jonathan Trelawny appointed Bishop of Bristol |
| 1727 | | Opening of the River Avon Navigation Canal from Hanham Mills, between Bath and Bristol, to Bath,
Somerset
It was purchased by the Kennet and Avon Canal Co in 1796 |
| 1810 | | Kennet and Avon Canal opened from Bath to Newbury, linking the Bristol Channel to the Thames at Reading |
| 1831.Oct.29 | | Entry of the Recorder Sir Charles Wetherell ( a strong anti-reformer) caused serious riots in Bristol |
| 1833.Jan.21 | | Group of Bristol business-men advertise their intention to found the Great Western Railway with a circular |
| 1833.Jan.31 | | Foundation of the Great Western Railway by Bristol businessmen (GWR) at a public meeting in the city |
| 1841.Jun.14 | | Opening of the GWR London to Bristol railway line, the first train reaching Bristol in 4 hours and travelling on to Bridgewater on the Bristol to Exeter line.
Opening of the railway rapidly caused a drop in traffic on the Kennet and Avon Canal |
| 1844.May.01 | | Opening of the Bristol to Exeter Railway - the first steam locomotive arrives at Exeter |
| 1976.Oct.04 | | British Rail starts new Intercity 125mph High Speed Train (HST) service between Cardiff, Bristol and London
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| 2003.Oct | | Plymouth City Council introduce evening and Sunday charging in car parks |
| 2003.Oct.14 | | The body of murdered 25-year-old vice-girl mother-of-two Nadine Hillier found by fisherman in a lake in Eastville Park, Bristol |
