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Birmingham Timeline
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| Circa 650 | Beorma establishes Beorma's Ham near Gooch Street Bridge in Highgate |
| 1066 | William I grants Birmingham & other manors to Ansculf of Picquigny |
| 1066 | Richard de Birmingham (a Saxon) manages Birmingham for Ansculf |
| 1086 | Domesday Book records Birmingham as minor village (pop. 60) worth £1 |
| 1100 | William de Birmingham granted Birmingham in exchange for feudal service |
| 1166 | Henry II grants market charter to Peter de Birmingham |
| 1538 | Tudor writer John Leland visits Brum: "knives & nails, workshops & forges" |
| 1642 | Royalists loot Birmingham. King Charles apologises & hangs two captains |
| 1642 | The townsfolk respond by looting a Royalist baggage train |
| 1642 | Birmingham smiths supply 15,000 sword blades to Parliament |
| 1642 | The townsfolk refuse to supply King Charles |
| 1643 | Battle of Camp Hill: Royalist Prince Rupert sacks parliamentary Birmingham |
| 1650 | The population of Birmingham reaches 5,500 |
| 1731 | William Westley draws first map of Birmingham |
| 1750 | BThe population of Birmingham reaches 24,000: largest town in Warwickshire |
| 1763 | Mathew Boulton opens Soho Manufactory |
| 1768 | Commissioners of Streets appointed: first rudimentary town government |
| 1772 | James Brindley completes Birmingham & Wolverhampton Canal |
| 1789 | Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Completed |
| 1791 | Arthur Young: "Birmingham is the first manufacturing town in the world" |
| 1791 | Priestly Riots 4 July - 17 July |
| 1799 | Digbeth Branch Canal Completed |
| 1799 | Birmingham and Warwick Canal Completed |
| 1800 | The population of Birmingham reaches 74,000: 2nd largest town after London |
| 1802 | Admiral Nelson visits Birmingham on 31 August |
| 1815 | Birmingham and Worcester Canal Completed |
| 1816 | Birmingham Manor demolished and its moat backfilled |
| 1837 | Grand Junction Railway links Birmingham to Manchester and Liverpool |
| 1839 | Bull Ring Riots after Chartist Convention convenes in Birmingham |
| 1844 | Tame Valley Canal Completed |
| 1844 | Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal Completed |
| 1900 | The population of Birmingham reaches 630,000 |
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