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John Basford

John Basford

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Born 1789
Baptised 6 SEP 1789 , Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Died 1856
Parents William Basford (Father) Family
Millicent (Mother) Family
Marriage Hannah Turner — 18 NOV 1811 at Sawley Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation Shoemaker
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1789
    Born
  • Year of birth
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Year of birth
    6 Sep 1789
    Baptised at Long Eaton, Derbyshire
  • Age c. 4
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age c. 7
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age c. 12
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age c. 14
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age c. 15
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age c. 16
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age c. 18
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age c. 22
    18 Nov 1811
    Married Hannah Turner at Sawley
  • Age c. 26
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age c. 26
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age c. 30
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 31
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age c. 36
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age c. 40
    1829
    Son Christopher born
  • Age c. 40
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age c. 40
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age c. 40
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age c. 41
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age c. 41
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age c. 42
    1831
    Daughter Mary born
  • Age c. 42
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age c. 43
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 44
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 45
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 46
    1835
    Son John born
  • Age c. 48
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 48
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 51
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 52
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 56
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 57
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 62
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 63
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 65
    1854
    Father William died
  • Age c. 65
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 65
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 65
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 67
    1856
    Died
  • Age c. 67
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted