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| 1758 |
| | | Liverpool-born artist George Stubbs sets up in London as a painter, above all, of people and horses | |
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| c. 1770 |
| | | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| 1812 |
| | | After the death of Perceval, Lord Liverpool begins a 15-year spell as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1822 |
| | | George Canning becomes the British foreign secretary for the second time, in Lord Liverpool's government | |
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| 1829 |
| | | The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool | |
|  | Stephenson's Rocket (replica)
National Archives, Kew
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| 1830 |
| | | George Stephenson's railway between Liverpool and Manchester opens, with passengers pulled by eight locomotives based on Rocket | |
|  | Satire on the steam locomotive, c.1845
Guildhall Library
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| 1893 |
| | | Frank Hornby patents in Liverpool his Meccano construction system for children | |
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| 1907 |
| | | Frederick Delius completes Brigg Fair, an 'English Rhapsody' for orchestra, first performed in Liverpool in 1908 | |
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| 1910 |
| | | The Liver Building, surmounted by two legendary Liver Birds, is completed in Liverpool | |
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| 1960 |
| | | A Liverpool group of musicians call themselves Long John & the Silver Beatles – a name soon shortened to something more memorable | |
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