Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
7 dated entries naming Isambard Kingdom Brunel, drawn from 7 separate years between 1806 CE and 1864 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1806April 9 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer (d. 1859)source
- 1838April 8–23 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel's paddle steamer SS Great Western (1838) makes the transatlantic crossing to New York from Avonmouth, England, in 15 days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.source
- 1843July 19 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain is launched from Bristol; it will be the first iron-hulled, propeller-driven ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.source
- 1845July 26–August 10 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel's iron steamship Great Britain makes the transatlantic crossing from Liverpool to New York, the first screw propelled vessel to make the passage.source
- 1853Isambard Kingdom Brunel accepts John Scott Russell's tender for construction of the SS Great Eastern passenger steamer.source
- 1859September 15 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)source
- 1864December 8 – The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon (Bristol) in England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed as a memorial to him, opens to traffic.source