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1806 CE - 1859 CE: Life of the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
1806 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born in Portsmouth, England.
1820 CE - 1822 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel studies in France, including an apprenticeship with watchmaker Louis Breguet.
1828 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel nearly drowns in a serious flooding during construction of the Thames Tunnel.
1829 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel submits four designs for Clifton Suspension Bridge, one is accepted.
1833 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel is appointed the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
1836 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel marries Mary Horsley.
1838 CE: The Great Western Railway line from Bristol to London opens.
1838 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship SS Great Western is launched.
1840 CE: The Temple Meads railway station in Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, opens.
1843 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship SS Great Britain is officially launched at Bristol.
1845 CE: The steamship SS Great Britain completes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York.
1846 CE: The steamship SS Great Britain runs aground in Dundrum Bay on the northeast coast of Ireland.
1851 CE: The Great Western Steamship Company sells the steamship SS Great Britain to Gibbs, Bright & Company.
1854 CE: Paddington Station in London, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, opens.
1855 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel is approached by the British government to design a new type of hospital for use in the Crimean War, the Renkioi Hospital.
1858 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship SS Great Eastern is launched.
1859 CE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel dies of ill-health.
1860 CE: SS Great Eastern makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York.