| 1704 | 1704 Act of Settlement confirmed customary land tenancy |
| 1709 | Derby coinage introduced, bearing family crest of eagle and child |
| 1756 | Birth of J. Christian Curwen |
| 1760 | Bishop Hildesey erects two wooden pillars in memory of a victory gained by Captain Elliot over the French Admiral Thurot, off the coast of Ballaugh |
| 1764 | Smallpox epidemic |
| 1765 | U.K. Act of Revestment and Mischief Act passed for suppression of running trade. Financial control of the Island was vested in the British Crown |
| 1770 | First Tynwald after Revestment |
| 1772 - 73 | Epidemic of Smallpox |
| 1772 | Peter Heywood midshipman of The Bounty born |
| 1773 | Discovery of the Calf of Man Crucifixion Stone by John Quayle |
| 1775 | Publication of the Manx Bible, edited by Philip Moore |
| 1777 | John Wesley visited Mann |
| 1780 | Epidemic of Smallpox |
| 1780 | Publication of Dr. John Kelly’s Manx Grammar |
| 1781 | Wedding of Lieutenant William Bligh (later to become Captain of the "Bounty") to Elizabeth Betham, daughter of the Collector of Customs at Douglas. |
| 1788 | 1788 Dennison's Theatre opened in Fort Street, Douglas |
| 1789 | Mutiny on The Bounty |
| 1792 | Establishment of the 1st Manx newspaper, the Manks Mercury and Briscoe's Advertiser |
| 1792 | Thomas Stowell published l’he Statutes and Ordinances of the isle of Man |
| 1799 | Birth of William Kennish, inventor and scientist |
| 1803 | "Mona's Herald" began publication. |
| 1805 | Introduction of vaccination against smallpox |
| 1806 | Corrins Tower (Corrins Folly) built |
| 1830 | Thomas Edward Brown born |
| 1810 | Construction began in Douglas on Duke Street and Sand Street (now Strand Street). They were then the western and northern limits of the town |
| 1819 | First scheduled service by steamer from Great Britain |
| 1820 | Waterloo Theatre opens on the corner of Strand St and Wellington St, Douglas |
| 1821 | Riots broke out in Peel. Manx (and English) ports had been closed against importation of foreign corn, meal, or flour. |
| 1824 | Foundation of National Lifeboat Institution by Sir William Hillary |
| 1825 | Economic difficulties for Manx farmeres potatoe riots in Arbory and Rushen; march on Bishopscourt. |
| 1827 | A major failure in the herring season. |
| 1828 | Death of J. Christian Curwen |
| 1829 | Birth of Arthur Caley the Manx Giant (7ft 6in) |
| 1830 | The St. George is shipwrecked on Conister Rock |
| 1830 | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company founded and William Gill appointed Captain of Mona’s Isle |
| 1831 | Edward Faragher (Ned Beg Hom Ruy) born in Cregneish |
| 1831 | Captain Peter Heywood, midshipman on The Bounty |
| 1832 | 1832 Tower of Refuge Erected |
| 1832 | First epidemic of Cholera ever known |
| 1837 | Epidemic of Typhus, many died. |
| 1838 | Publication of Archibald Cregeen’s Manx-English Dictionary |
| 1839 | Epidemic of Smallpox |
| 1840 | Assimilation Act the Manx 14 pennies to the shilling became English 12 to the shilling. Riots, and a company of soldiers was brought from Liverpool. |
| 1847 | Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert |
| 1848 | Consecration of new Royal Chapel of St. John’s |
| 1849 | Cholera Epidemic |
| 1851 | Smallpox Epidemic |
| 1852 | Youngest recorded member of the House of Keys, Edward Curphey Farrant at 21 |
| 1852 | Act of Tynwald preventing Smallpox vaccination |
| 1852 | Brig Lily disaster on Kitrerland rock and loss of lifeboat crew |
| 1853 | Voyage of the Vixen from Peel to Australia |
| 1854 | World’s largest waterwheel opened at Laxey, the Lady Isabella |
| 1858 | Foundation of the Manx Society, for the publication of important documents |
| 1858 | Theatre Royal Wellington St, Douglas opened by John Mosley |
| 1859 | Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine born |
| 1862 | Victoria Hall, Prospect Hill Douglas opens |
| 1862 | Death of Williams Kennish |
| 1862 | Douglas breakwater was constructed of wood |
| 1864 | Epidemics of Smallpox and Typhoid fever |
| 1864 | Archibald Knox born |
| 1865 | Epidemics of Smallpox and Typhoid fever |
| 1865 | Douglas breakwater was destroyed in a storm |
| 1866 | Boards of Health were formed throughout the island |
| 1866 | The House of Keys Election Act provided for universal suffrage |
| 1866 | The Isle of Man Customs and Harbours Act passed at Westminster, restoring to the Manx Government control of finances and internal administration |
| 1867 | First Elections to the House of Keys |
| 1869-1870 | Ordnance Survey of the Island completed and published |
| 1869 | Douglas's Iron Pier built |
| 1871 | Milners Tower built |
| 1872 | Education Act |
| 1872 | John Kewish hung at Castletown – last person to be hung |
| 1873 | Plantation begins at Archallagan over 371 acres with 2,250 assorted trees |
| 1873 | Opening of Douglas-Peel railway line |
| 1876 | Foundation of horse tram network in Douglas |
| 1877 | Derby Castle entertainment complex opened |
| 1877 | The steam railway was completed between Ramsey and St. Johns. An Epidemic of Smallpox. |
| 1877 | 1877 Public Baths opened on Douglas Promenade |
| 1879 | Foundation of Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society |
| 1881 | Introduction of Women’s Suffrage |
| 1881 | Publication of T. E. Brown’s Fo’c’s’le Yarns |
| 1882 | The Phynodderre and Other Legends of the Isle of Man by Edward Callow published |
| 1882 | 1882 Grand Theatre and Insular Opera House opened |
| 1883 | Horse trams began service in Douglas. |
| 1884 | Constitution of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man |
| 1884 | Kirk German, Peel, built to replace Cathedral but never consecrated as such |
| 1885 | Ballure Glen opened |
| 1886 | The steam railway was completed between Foxdale and St. Johns |
| 1887 | Publication of Hall Caine’s first Manx novel, The Deemster |
| 1888 | The White Hoe fever isolation hospital was built near the Nunnery. |
| 1889 | Palace Ballroom opens |
| 1890 | The Surnames and Place-Names of the Isle of Man by A.W.Moore published |
| 1890 | Barque Thorne Shipwreck at Onchan Head |
| 1891 | The Folk Lore of the Isle of Man by A.W. Moore published |
| 1891 | The Douglas Prison was finished on Victoria Road, replacing Castle Rushen. |
| 1892 | Ramsey Swing Bridge built and installed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering |
| 1893 | Bijou Theatre opened - Regent St, Douglas |
| 1894 | Douglass Iron Pier sold, dismantled and re-erected at Rhos-on-Sea |
| 1894 | Manx Electric Railway inaugurated between Douglas and Groudle |
| 1895 | Excavation of Giant Irish deer near St. John’s |
| 1895 | Penny Bridge built accross Douglas Harbour |
| 1895 | The Great Snow (l6ft deep in parts) |
| 1897 | Death of Thomas Edward Brown |
| 1899 | Gaiety Theatre built |
| 1900 | Publication of A. W. Moore’s A History Of The Isle Of Man |
| 1900 | Lord’s or Chief Rents Purchase |
| 1900 | Failure of Dumbell’s Bank |
| 1900 | Opening of the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas |
| 1900 | Fire destroys Warwick Tower with its pavilion and waxworks (Douglas Head) |
| 1901 | All 313 Aesop Fables translated into Manx by Edward Faragher |
| 1902 | Visit of King Edward IV and Queen Alexandra |
| 1902 | Palace Ballroom roof damaged by fire |
| 1902 | Ramsey open-air swimming baths opened by Sir Hall Caine |
| 1904 | First ear races on the Island, Gordon Bennett Motor Trials |
| 1905 | Legislative Council passed the Education Bill |
| 1907 | First T.T., organised by the Auto Cycle Union |
| 1907 | Publication of P. M. C. Kermode’s Manx Crosses |
| 1907 | Wreck of the Ellan Vannin |
| 1908 | Death of Edward Faragher (Ned Beg Hum Ruy) |
| 1911 | Manx Fairy Tales by Sophia Morrison published |
| 1912 | Nobles Hospital (Westmoreland Road, Douglas) opened |
| 1913 | Villa Marina opens |
| 1914 | Strand Cinema opens, Strand St, Douglas |
| 1918 | S.S. King Orry led the Imperial German Fleet in their surrender at Seapa Flow |
| 1919 | Reconstitution of Legislative Council |
| 1920 | Palace Ballroom destroyed by fire and rebuilt. Largest Ballroom in Europe |
| 1922 | Opening of the Manx Museum |
| 1924 | Picture House built, Strand St, Douglas |
| 1926 | First Manx Labour Party representatives in the House of Keys |
| 1929 | Peel Castle, Castle Rushen and Tynwald Fair Ground presented to the Manx people by the Commissioners of Crown Lands |
| 1929 | Empire Electric (Formerly Bujou Theatre and Mona Theatre) closed |
| 1929 | The triskelion flag replaces union jack as a local symbol |
| 1930 | Crescent Cinema opened, Douglas Promenade |
| 1931 | Death of SirThomas Henry Hall Caine |
| 1933 | Death of Archibald Knox |
| 1933 | First Woman Member of the House of Keys elected to represent Peel |
| 1936 | Calf of Man presented to the National Trust by F. J. Dickens |
| 1936 | Test flight of Manx-built aircraft, the Flying Flea |
| 1938 | Opening of the Cregneash Village Folk Museum |
| 1945 | King George VI presided over Tynwald |
| 1951 | Plantation begins at Axnfell |
| 1951 | Opening of the Nautical Museum, Castletown |
| 1958 | Death of John Kneen at the age of 105, the oldest authenticated Manxman |
| 1959 | Plantation of 140 hectares begins at Ballaugh Plantation |
| 1959 | Plantation begins at Eary Beg |
| 1960 | Glen Mooar opened to the public |
| 1962 | Plantation begins at Chibbanagh Plantation |
| 1964 | Plantation begins at Earystane Plantation |
| 1964 | Visit of H.M. Queen Elizabeth, and the Queen Mother |
| 1965 | Plantation of 30 hectares begins at Ballure Plantation |
| 1965 | Visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon |
| 1966 | Triskelion symbol on the Manx Flag becomes standardised |
| 1967 | Experimental plantation of just 1 hectare begins at The Ayres |
| 1968 - 69 | Derby Castle entertainment centre cleared to make way for Summerland |
| 1970 | Visit of Duke of Edinburgh |
| 1972 | Visit of H.M. the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh |
| 1973 | Inauguration of the Isle of Man Post Office Authority |
| 1973 | Summerland entertainment centre destroyed by fire |
| 1977 | Isle of Man Government introduces cats-eyes onto the Island’s roads |
| 1977 | Old abandoned open-air swimming baths at Ramsey concreted over |
| 1977 | Major works start on Strand Street, Douglas to create a pedestrian precinct |
| 1977 | Peel Golf Club opened |
| 1978 | Opening of the Grove Rural Life Museum, Ramsey |
| 1979 | Tynwald National Park and Arboretum opened |
| 1979 | Publication of Fargher’s English-Manx Dictionary |
| 1979 | Manx millennium of Tynwald. |
| 1983 | Howstrake Holiday Camp just beyond Onchan Head, was demolished in 1983 |
| 1993 | The Isle of Man formally abolishes capital punishment |
| 1994 | Palace Lido demolished to make way for cinema car park |
| 1998 | Manx National Heritage acquires Rushen Abbey |