Timeline: Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Timetoast

Apr 9, 1806

Born

Portsmouth, England
Period: Apr 9, 1806 to Sep 15, 1859

Brunel
Jan 1, 1808

Moved to London
Jan 1, 1820

Moved to France
Nov 1, 1822

Returns to England
Period: Nov 1, 1825 to Mar 25, 1843

Thames Tunnel construction
Jan 12, 1828

Brunel nearly drowned when Thames Tunnel collapses
Period: Mar 15, 1831 to Jan 1, 1864

Clifton Suspension Bridge Construction
Period: Jan 1, 1833 to Jun 30, 1841

Construction of GWR
Period: Jan 1, 1836 to May 1, 1844

Construction of Bristol and Exeter Railway
Period: Jan 1, 1836 to Apr 12, 1840

Construction of Taff Vale Railway
Period: Jun 26, 1836 to Mar 31, 1838

Construction of SS Great Western
Apr 8, 1838

First Voyage SS Great Western
Jun 4, 1838

GWR to Maidenhead
Jul 1, 1839

GWR to Twyford
Period: Jul 1, 1839 to Jul 19, 1843

Construction of SS Great Britain
Mar 30, 1840

GWR to Reading
May 31, 1841

GWR to Wootten Bassett
Jan 1, 1844

Station Hotel Reading opened

World's first Railway Hotel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmaison_Hotel,_Reading
Period: Jan 1, 1844 to Jan 1, 1849

Construction of South Devon Railway
Jan 1, 1845

Hungerford Suspension Bridge
Jul 1, 1846

SS Great Britain runs aground
Jan 1, 1848

Improvements to Bristol Docks
Period: May 1, 1854 to May 2, 1859

Construction of Tamar Bridge
Period: May 1, 1854 to Jan 31, 1858

Construction of SS Great Eastern
Feb 1, 1855

Builds Sculari Hospital
Oct 1, 1856

SS Great Western Scrapped
Jan 14, 1864

SS Great Eastern sold

Converted to a cable laying ship
Jan 1, 1886

SS Great Britain beyond repair
Jan 1, 1890

SS Great Eastern broken up