The Building of Cardiff Docks
1793: John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute was born. He is later described as the creator of modern Cardiff, building the Port of Cardiff.
1815: Boat service between Cardiff and Bristol established, running twice a week.
1819: Cardiff Free School for boys and girls opened.
1821: Cardiff Gas Works established.
1826: The first theatre in Cardiff, the Theatre Royal, is opened.
1832: A new County goil built in the Spital Field (the site of the present Cardiff Prison.
1835: Thomas Revel Guest became the first elected Mayor of Cardiff and also Judge of the Borough Court of Record.
1839: West Bute Dock opened.
1850: Cardiff Water Company established to provide water for Cardiff.
1853: The new Town Hall opened.
1855: The Taff Vale Railway begins a train service from the Rhondda Valley to Cardiff.
1857: The last public execution in Cardiff.
1860: the Principality Building Society established in Cardiff.
1863: The Royal Arcade opened, the first of many shopping arcades in Cardiff.
1865: James Howell establishes Howells department store.
1867: Cardiff Cricket Club established with Cardiff Arms Park as its ground.
1872: Cardiff Castle Clock Tower completed.
1876: Cardiff Arms Park hosted the first rugby game between Cardiff Rugby Club and Swansea Rugby Club.
1879: The Cardiff Town Council took over responsibility of the water supply from the Cardiff Water Company.
1881: The first grandstand was built at Cardiff Arms Park, it held 300 spectators.
1883: The National Eisteddfod held in Cardiff.
1884: The Cardiff Arms Park hosts its first international match, a rugby union encounter between Wales and Ireland.
1885/6: rugby season, Frank Hancock Cardiff RFC, introduces new 'two-centre' tactical innovation, since adopted world wide.
1886: The Coal Exchange was opened to conduct trade for the growing coal industry.
1889: Cardiff became a County Borough, which was independent of the new Glamorgan County Council.
1893: Ivor Novello was born in Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff.
1894: Cardiff Masonic Hall Company Ltd established after purchasing the thirty-year-old Methodist chapel at Guildford Street
1895: The first Welsh Grand National hunt race was run at Ely Racecourse.
1897: The Pierhead Building was built.
1899: Riverside Football Club, later to be renamed Cardiff City, was formed.
1903: The first building in Cathays Park, the University of Wales, Registry is opened.
1904: Cardiff Town Hall opened, later renamed City Hall.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Cardiff History
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