1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria
 1838 Mar WC Yuille's camp at the Black Swamp
 1838 Aug White settlement of the Ballarat district
 1839 WC Yuille homestead site chosen on Yarrowee
 1851 Feb 8 Black Thursday
 1851 About the beginning of August a Mr Hiscock found gold in a gully near Buninyong.
 1851 Aug 21 Gold discovery at Poverty Point
 1851 Aug 25 Golden Point named when gold was discovered in that area. This was the
          beginning of the great gold discovery that became The Ballarat Diggings.
 1851 From the end of August till September a number of parties arrived at Golden Point
 1851 Sep 4 Geelong Advertiser report of gold discovery
 1851 Sep 10 Messr Esmond and Cavanagh washed out 50 lbs of gold and this was the
          first gold sent down by escort to Geelong.
 1851 Sep 19 Police Camp established near Magpie St hill
 1851 Sep 20 First gold licence issued
 1852 First house built by David Meek, cnr Mair & Lydiard
 1852 Post Office moved to cnr of Mair & Lydiard Sts
 1852 Proclamation of Township of Ballaarat
 1852 Jan 17 W.S. Urquhart's survey map of Ballarat
 1852 Jul Police Camp moved to Camp Hill
 1852 Aug 25 First Township land sale
 1853 Jul 1 Thomas Bath opened the Ballaarat Hotel (Craig's)
 1854 Christ Church building commenced
 1854 Apr 5 Gold claim extent 12ft x 12ft for one man
 1854 May 19 Post Office opened cnr Mair & Lydiard Sts
 1854 Jul 12 Bentley's "Eureka Hotel" opened
 1854 Oct 7 Death of James Scobie
 1854 Oct 17 Burning of Bentley's Hotel
 1854 Nov 11 Ballarat Reform League formed
 1854 Nov 29 Eureka Flag first raised on Bakery Hill
 1854 Nov 18 Bentley's Trial
 1854 Dec 3 Eureka Stockade
 1855 Mar 4 First Wesleyan Church in Lydiard St opened
 1855 Mar 4 St Paul's first church opened
 1855 Sep 22 The Star first published
 1855 Nov 10 P Lalor & JB Humffray elected to parliament
 1855 Dec 8 Ballarat proclaimed a Municipality
 1856 First Ballarat Council election
 1856 Gaol building commenced at southern end of Lydiard Street
 1856 Apr Temporary Council building completed in Sturt St
 1856 Aug 11 Hospital opened in Drummond St
 1856 Oct 24 Streets being metalled in Township
 1856 Dec 3 First electric telegraph from Melbourne to Ballarat
 1857 Walter Craig bought Bath's Hotel
 1857 May 5 Ballaarat East Municipality proclaimed
 1857 Jul 1 Union Bank opening in Lydiard St
 1857 Sep 13 Christ Church, Lydiard St opened
 1858 Ballarat Botanical Gardens begun
 1858 Jan 20 Wesleyan Chapel in Lydiard St opened
 1858 Jun 9 Welcome Nugget unearthed
 1858 Jul 17 Opening of the Gas Company Works
 1858 Aug St Paul's Church built in Humffray St on Bakery Hill
 1858 Nov 21 Ballarat's first water pipeline from Yuille's Swamp
 1858 Dec 19 Post Office building in Sturt St opened
 1859 Apr 12 Botanical Gardens planting commenced
 1859 Sep 24 Town Hall burnt down
 1860 Barkly Street Church built
 1860 Western Fire Brigade Foundation Stone laid
 1860 Feb 20 Ballarat Benevolent Asylum opened
 1860 May 20 First recorded football match at Green's paddock
 1860 Aug 16 City Hall 1st Foundation Stone laid
 1860 Aug 28 Brick Police Barracks completed
 1860 Sep 28 Mechanics Institute Foundation Stone laid
 1861 Nov 20 Ballarat Rowing Club established
 1861 Burke and Wills perished
 1861 Feb 1 First part of City Hall opened
 1861 Oct 1 Last issue of Ballarat Times
 1861 Dec 26 Ballarat East Town Hall Foundation Stone laid
 1862 Kirks Reservoir obtained by both Councils
 1862 Lester's Hotel in Sturt St
 1862 St Paul's Anglican Church red brick tower built
 1862 Feb 18 Ballarat Gaol walls completed
 1862 Apr 11 First train from Geelong
 1862 Dec 10 Ebenezer Church Foundation Stone laid
 1863 Christ Church in Lydiard St completed
 1863 Gate Lodges built at the Gardens
 1863 Union Hotel in Sturt St built
 1863 Jul 27 Report of cutting down of Camp St Logs tree
 1863 Oct 21 Eastern and Western Municipalities declared Boroughs
 1863 Nov 8 St Patrick's Cathedral opened
 1864 Ballarat East Fire Station tower erected
 1864 Apr 4 St Paul's Church subsided
 1864 May 6 First Rowing Regatta on Lake Wendouree
 1864 Jul 1 Ballarat College founded
 1864 Aug 14 St Andrew's Church opened
 1864 Dec 29 Post Office building (present)opened
 1865 First steamer placed on Lake Wendouree
 1865 Jan 11 Main Road fire destroyed 60 premises
 1865 Feb 11 Shenandoah Grand Ball at Craig's
 1865 Apr 23 St Paul's Anglican Church rebuilding in front of the tower opening
 1865 Jun 11 Opening of St Peter's C of E
 1866 Jul 8 Ballarat & District Orphan Asylum opened
 1867 Jan 8 Mining Corner buildings removed
 1867 Jun 10 First issue of the Courier
 1867 Aug 26 Burke & Wills monument second Foundation Stone laid
 1867 Nov 4 Burke & Wills monument completed
 1867 Nov 20 Alfred Hall completed across Yarrowee
 1867 Dec 9 First Royal visit, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
 1868 Clarendon Ladies College founded
 1868 Court-house south of the gaol opened
 1868 Rowing course at Lake Wendouree created
 1869 BBH Prince Alfred Wing Foundation Stone laid
 1870 Mitchell's Building built in Sturt St
 1870 Aug 1 Ballarat Acclimatisation Society formed
 1870 Aug 9 Withers first edition published
 1870 Sep 9 Ballaarat proclaimed a City
 1870 Oct 26 School of Mines opened
 1871 Town Hall tower built
 1871 Ballarat Town Hall completed
 1872 State Savings Bank built
 1872 Jan 8 Lydiard St Wesleyan Sunday School opened
 1872 Aug 23 Borough of Ballaarat East proclaimed a Town
 1873 Jun 30 Sunnyside Woollen Mill commenced production
 1875 Gill's Lake View Hotel built
 1875 Jun 7 Academy of Music (Her Majesty's) opened
 1875 Dec 18 Launch of first commercial PS Wendouree
 1876 Queen's College founded
 1876 Jul 31 First football match played on Saxon Paddock
 1877 Gong Gong Reservoir built
 1877 May 29 Ballarat Yacht Club formed
 1879 Crown-shaped Rockery built at the Lake
 1880 Apr 1 Galloway Monument presented
 1881 Congregational Church built
 1881 Tunbridge Building in Lydiard St built
 1881 View Point jetty completed
 1881 Jun 29 Royal visit Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Prince George, Duke of
         York (George V)
 1883 Oct 15 Wendouree Rowing Club formed
 1884 Ballarat Football League formed
 1884 Gabled extensions to the Fernery built
 1884 Lydiard St Wesleyan (new) Church opened
 1884 St Andrew's Kirk spire erected
 1884 May 24 Stoddart Statues unveiled
 1884 Jul Ballarat Fine Art Gallery established
 1885 Post Office tower commenced
 1885 Jun 16 Golden City steamer launched on Lake Wendouree
 1886 Bones Building built in Lydiard St
 1886 May 26 Death of James Russell Thomson
 1886 Aug 27 Eureka Monument presented to Town Council
 1887 City Oval grandstand built
 1887 Withers Revised Edition
 1887 Apr 21 Robbie Burn's Statue unveiled
 1887 Jun 21 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Foundation Stones laid for Mining Exchange, Art
          Gallery & Old Colonists Hall    
 1887 Dec 21 Horse-drawn trams commenced on Gardens route
 1888 Old Colonists Hall built in Lydiard St
 1888 Feb 13 Mining Exchange in Lydiard St opened
 1888 Aug 3 Thomson Bequest Statues unveiled
 1888 Nov 30 Anglican Cathedral Foundation Stone laid
 1889 Feb 9 Death of Peter Lalor
 1889 May 24 Wallace Statue presented
 1889 Dec 3 Thomas Moore Statue unveiled
 1890 Claxton Memorial Fountain erected
 1890 Lake Pavilion constructed
 1890 May 23 Victoria Park Arbor Day planting
 1890 Jun 13 Opening of Fine Art Gallery building
 1891 Mar 9 Death of J.B. Humffray
 1891 Jul 3 St Peter's Tower Foundation Stone laid
 1891 Aug 30 Nazareth House opened
 1892 Marble lions presented to Town Hall by E. Morey & W. Little
 1892 Jan 14 Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale
 1892 Jun 22 Disastrous cyclone, loss of life and immense damage
 1892 Dec 31 66 Hotels closed by Local Option
 1893 Marble lions in the Gardens were presented
 1893 Bank Smash
 1893 Jan 26 Peter Lalor Statue unveiled
 1894 Ballarat Electric Supply Company founded
 1894 Morey Gates presented
 1895 Jan 24 Electric Light illuminates Ballarat streets
 1885 Feb 10 First issue of "Echo"
 1895 Apr 11 Ballarat Golf Club formed
 1896 Shoppee Square in Sturt St proposed
 1897 Bluestone pillars erected at the Gardens
 1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
 1897 May 10 Severe earthquake shock
 1898 Apr 11 Battle of Ballarat at Victoria Park
 1898 Dec 17 Official trial of Ballarat Melbourne telephone line
 1899 Apr 3 City Oval officially opened
 1899 Apr 3 Hebe Statue in Shoppee Square unveiled
 1899 Apr 3 Her Majesty's Theatre opened
 1900 May 24 Queen Victoria Statue unveiled
 1901 Queen Alexandra Bandstand built in Sturt St
 1901 Jan 22 Death of Queen Victoria
 1901 Jan 31 Edward VII proclaimed King
 1901 Apr 4 City Library Foundation Stone laid
 1901 May 9 Federation - First Federal Parliament, Royal Exhibition Building
 1901 May 13 Royal visit, Prince George & Princess May (King George V and Queen
          Mary)
 1901 May 13 Soldiers Statue Foundation Stone laid
 1902 George Hotel built with 3 storeys
 1902 Yarrowee paved with basalt
 1902 May 24 Queen Victoria drinking fountain presented
 1902 Aug 9 Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra  formerly Prince Albert
          Edward, Prince of Wales who succeeded his mother Queen Victoria
 1904 Aug 23 Power House Foundation Stone laid
 1904 Dec 3 50th Anniversary of Eureka
 1905 National Mutual Building completed
 1905 Aug 18 First electric tram
 1906 Nov 1 Soldiers Statue unveiled
 1907 Jun 14 Art School transferred to SMB
 1908 Nov 10 Moorabool Reservoir construction began
 1908 Dec 16 Water restrictions
 1909 Sep 28 Coliseum opened
 1910 Aug 27 Ballarat High School opened
 1911 King Edward VII Pavilion built
 1911 Feb 17 Ballarat Church of England Grammar School founded
 1911 Mar 3 Death of James Oddie aged 87
 1912 Apr 15 Titanic sank on maiden voyage from England to New York
 1913 Titanic Bandstand built
 1913 Apr 14 Last horse-tram to Sebastopol
 1914 Aug 4 War declared against Germany
 1917 Ballarat Railway Workshops completed
 1917 Apr 4 Back to Ballarat celebrations
 1917 Oct 23 Exceptionally brilliant meteor
 1918 Nov 11 Armistice Day, end of WW I
 1919 Jun 9 Avenue of Honour planting completed
 1919 Aug 27 Fly Fishers Club founded
 1920 Jun 2 Royal visit, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (Duke of Windsor)
 1920 Jun 3 Arch of Victory opened
 1921 May 25 Amalgamation ot Ballarat East and West
 1922 Feb 9 Death of C.H. Petersen, Fountain in Sturt St
 1922 Dec 6 Sewerage construction commenced
 1923 Mar 7 Fire destroyed Sunshine Biscuit Factory
 1925 Jul 1 Sewerage scheme in operation
 1927 Home to Ballarat celebrations
 1927 Apr 29 Duke & Duchess of York (King George VI) visited Ballarat
 1934 Jul 1 State Electricity Commission assumed charge
 1934 Aug 27 Yuille Cairn unveiled at Lake Wendouree
 1934 Oct 6 Eureka Tile Factory fire
 1934 Nov 1 Royal visit, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
 1935 Oct 31 BBH Eildon House opened
 1936 Mar 24 Burning of the Coliseum
 1937 George V Statue erected in Sturt St
 1938 Centenary of founding of Ballarat Colony of Victoria
 1938 Mar 8 Floral Festival began
 1938 Mar 10-12 Ballarat's first floral carpet displayed
 1940 Prime Ministers Avenue opened
 1945 Dec 6 Royal visit, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
 1952 Frank Pinkerton Bequest Statue unveiled in Sturt St
 1953 First Begonia Festival held
 1954 Mar 6 Royal visit, Queen Elizabeth II & Duke of Edinburgh
 1955 BBH Prince Alfred tower demolished
 1956 Olympic Games events on Lake Wendouree
 1958 Oct 18 Ballarat Yacht Club House officially opened
 1958 Mar 2 Royal visit, Queen Mother
 1965 Ballarat Gaol closed
 1969 Horse Statue erected in Sturt St
 1970 Nov 29 Sovereign Hill opened
 1971 Ballarat Tramways closed
 1972 Fly Fishing jetty built
 1980 Dec 18 Ornamental lamps erected outside Town Hall
 1983 Apr 15 Royal visit, Prince Charles & Princess Diana
 1989 Jul 4 Ballarat Goldfields mine shaft sunk
 1989 Nov 16 Freak hailstorm, damaged roofs and cars
 1990 New lamps in Lydiard Street
 1991 First Ballarat Region Conservation Strategy
 1992 Jan International Scout Jamboree at Victoria Park
 1994 Mar Royal visit, HRH Prince Edward
 1994 Local government amalgamation, City of Ballarat
 1995 William Dunstan VC Memorial erected in Sturt St
 1995 WW II Memorial erected in Sturt St
 1996 May Nerrina Wetlands Project began
 1996 Nov 6 Refurbishment of Town Hall
 1996 Nov 24 Community Adventure Playground built at the Lake
 1998 Jan 1 Merger of SMB, Wimmera TAFE & University of Ballarat
 1998 Mar 27 Eureka Centre opening
 1998 May 29 Preview of Panoramas of Ballarat at Craigs Royal Hotel
 1998 May 30 Launch of Panoramas of Ballaarat at Collins Bookstore, Bridge Mall