1885 The club was formed on 24th April at a public meeting which was held at the White Horse Hotel in the town centre. The club played it's first ever match away against Little Lever on 5th September and a week later made it's initial bow at Gigg Lane against Wigan. (Gate receipts £1.82p).
1887 The first covered stand is erected at Gigg Lane.
1889 Bury are instrumental in forming the new 'Lancashire League'
1891 Bury are Champions of the Lancashire League
1892 The club's Chairman coins a new nickname for the team - "The Shakers". Bury are again Champions of the Lancashire League.
1894 Elected to the football League Second Division, the first game being a 4-2 home win against Manchester City on 1st September.
1895 Bury are Second Division Champions in their first season winning all fifteen home games.
1897 The Shakers record their record win, 12-1 against Stockton in an F.A. Cup replay. The club becomes a Limited Company.
1899 James Settle is capped for England and becomes the club's first International.
1900 Bury beat Southampton 4-0 at the Crystal Palace to win the F.A. Cup.
1903

History is created as the Shakers again lift the F.A. Cup. The 6-0 scoreline against Derby County still remaining as the biggest ever win in a Final.
1905 An extension of the Football League means that Bury are reprieved after initially being relegated from Division One.
1906 Stalwart George Ross retires after 20 years as a Bury player.
1907 Archie Montgomery becomes the club's first ever team manager in February.
1911 The Shakers become founder members of the Central League, switching their reserve side from the Lancashire Combination.
1914 World War One arrives at a time when Bury are in serious financial trouble with debts of £5,581. It is even considered winding up the company.
1920 The club is involved in a "match fixing" bribery scandal involving League games against Coventry City.
1922 Bury F.C. become proud owners of the Gigg Lane ground for the first time. Previously having rented the ground from Lord Derby.
1924 Bury are promoted to Division One, narrowly edging out Derby County on goal average.
1925 Profits of £8,104 on the season are the largest achieved by an English club
1926 The club enjoys it's best ever league season - finishing fourth in Division One.
1927 Full-back Sam Wynne dies during a league game at Sheffield United.
1930 George Horridge joins the board for the first time and stays connected with the club for the next 57 years, until his death aged 93 in 1987.
1935 Norman Bullock is appointed as team-manager after establishing a record 506 league appearances and 124 goals for Bury.
1936 Les Hart signs for Bury as a full-back and commences a 44 year association with the club.
1937 The club embarks on it's first ever foreign tour - to Denmark.
1938 Bury's most capped International (11) Bill Gorman is transferred to Brentford for £7,000.
1946 The first game after the war brings a 7-2 home win against Fulham.
1953 Bury are one of the first clubs in the North West to install floodlights.
1957 After 63 years competing in the top two divisions of the Football League Bury are finally relegated to Division Three North.
1961 The Shakers score a club record 108 goals as Dave Russell's team becomes Division Three Champions.
1963 Colin Bell signs as a professional for the club.
1965 Bob Stokoe resigns as manager. Pay Pointer scores 17 goals in 19 games but is then sold to Coventry City on Christmas Day for £20,000.
1966 Colin Bell is sold to Manchester City for £45,000.
1967 Relegation to Division Three.
1968 An immediate return to Division Two as Bury are promoted as runners-up.
1969 Relegation once again as Bury become the yo-yo side of the 1960's.
1971 The slump continues as Bury are relegated to Division Four for the first time.
1974 The club's youngest ever manager, Bob Smith, guides Bury to promotion to Division Three.
1978 Craig Madden makes his Bury debut.
1980 F.A. Cup success ends in a fifth round 0-2 defeat v Liverpool at Anfield. Relegation to Division Four once more. The club suffers it's biggest ever home defeat, losing 0-7 to Nottingham Forest in a League Cup tie.
1981 Neville Southall leaves Gigg Lane after one season, joining Everton for a then record fee of £150,000.
1982 Craig Madden creates a new club scoring record with 35 league goals and 7 cup goals.
1983 Bury lose 10-0 at West Ham United in the Milk Cup - their heaviest defeat ever.
1985 Promotion back to Division Three under the guidance of Martin Dobson.
1989 Sam Ellis replaces Martin Dobson as team-manager. 1992 - A cash crisis which led to many players departing from the club ends in relegation.
1992 A massive re-development programme of the Gigg Lane ground begins.
1993 Swinton lions Rugby League Club commence a ground-share agreement with Bury at Gigg Lane.
1995 A first ever visit to Wembley for the Shakers - Chesterfield win 2-0. Mike Walsh is sacked as manager in September as Bury languish towards the foot of the Division Three table. Stan Ternent takes over and appoints Sam Ellis as assistant.
1996 Promotion to Division Two is achieved in the final game of the season against Cardiff.
1997 Bury become Division Two Champions and regain their place in Division One after a 28 year gap. Stan Ternent's achievements are hailed as a miracle.

1998

 Victory in the final game, away at QPR, ensure survival in Division One against all odds.
1998 Stan Ternent and Sam Ellis resign in June and Neil Warnock is installed as the new Bury boss.
1999 Bury suffer relegation from Division One on the last day of the season - unluckily being demoted only by virtue of having scored less goals than Port Vale.