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Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

Timeline of Events

1497

5.20.1497

John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Ship looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).

1610

7.5.1610

John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.

1748

6.24.1748

John Wesley and his brother Charles open the Kingswood School in Bristol. The school later moves to Bath.

1958

5.21.1958

United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, subscriber trunk dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area.

12.5.1958

Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.

1963

4.30.1963

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.

2003

11.26.2003

Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.