1831    Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.

1858    The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.

1867    The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.

1879    The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.

1904    Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.

1996    The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.