Question: In which year was this city where Sammy Chapman was born granted a city status?
Context: Bristol City Council, formerly known as The Bristol Corporation (and colloquially as "The Corporation"), is the local government authority governing the city of Bristol, England.  Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, successive royal charters granted increasing rights of local governance to Bristol.  County status was attained in 1373 and city status in the early sixteenth century.  Bristol Corporation was established in the nineteenth century and the office of Lord Mayor was created in 1888.  Following a brief period as part of the county of Avon in the late twentieth century, Bristol regained its status as a city and county in 1996. A city is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.  A city is created from a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 39 of "The Cities Act" if the town has a population of 5,000 or more and the change in status is requested by the town council.  In the early history of the province, the threshold for city status was much lower, with both Saskatoon and Regina achieving city status with populations in the 3,000 range.  One city, Melville, currently has a population well below the 5,000 mark, but retains its city status as of 2015. This is a list of official cities in the United Kingdom as of 2015.  It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter.  There are currently a total of 69 such cities in the United Kingdom: 51 in England, seven in Scotland, six in Wales, and five in Northern Ireland.  Of these, 23 in England, two in Wales, and one in Northern Ireland possess Lord Mayors and four in Scotland have Lord Provosts.  In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part.  In Greater London, for example, the City of London and that of Westminster each hold city status separately but no other neighbourhood has been granted city status, nor has Greater London as a whole.  In other cases, such as the Cities of Canterbury and Lancaster, the status extends over a number of towns and rural areas outside the main settlement proper. In Czech politics, a statutory city (Czech: "statutární město" ) is a municipal corporation which has been granted city status by Act of Parliament.  It is more prestigious than the simple title "město " ("city" or "town"), which can be awarded by the cabinet and chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it.  Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called "primátor ", rather than the "starosta " of other municipalities.  Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into self-governing boroughs (sg.  "městský obvod " or "městská část ") with their own elected councils; such a statutory city has to issue a statute ("statut ") that delimits power to boroughs.  As of 2016 only seven of total 25 statutory cities have done so.  Also the capital of Prague, while not being "de iure" statutory city, is subdivided into similar self-governing boroughs. City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities: as of 2014 , there are 69 cities in the United Kingdom – 51 in England, six in Wales, seven in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland.  The holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a "city".  Nonetheless, this appellation carries its own prestige and, consequently, competitions for the status are hard fought. Belfast ( or ; from Irish: "Béal Feirste" , meaning "rivermouth of the sandbanks" ) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, and the second largest on the island of Ireland.  On the River Lagan, it had a population of 333,871 in 2015.  Belfast was granted city status in 1888. Samuel Edward Campbell Chapman (born 16 February 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager. This is a complete list of cities in Ukraine.  On 1 January 2010 there were 459 cities (Ukrainian: мiсто , "misto") in Ukraine.  City status is granted on the decision of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada).  The city status is only partially related to the size of a populated place in Ukraine. This is a list of cities of Malaysia.  In Malaysia, there are populated areas which are granted city status ("bandar raya") by law.  However, there are also highly urbanised and populated areas which does not have city status, but are sometimes colloquially also referred to as cities.  City status is granted to a place within a local government area.  Other populated areas which do not have city status are legally categorised as municipalities or towns. Bob Chapman (full name Robert Dennis Chapman, but who was often known as Sammy Chapman – born 18 August 1946) is a footballer who played as a defender in the Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with Nottingham Forest.
Answer: 1888