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James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

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Born 1819
Died 1891
Parents Charles Lowell (Father) Family
Occupation & Residence
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Occupation author; U. S. Minister to the court of St. James
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Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1819
    Born
  • Year of birth
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 1
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age c. 6
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age c. 10
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age c. 10
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age c. 10
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age c. 11
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age c. 11
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age c. 12
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age c. 13
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 14
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 15
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 18
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 18
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 21
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 22
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 26
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 27
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 32
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 33
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 35
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 35
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 35
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 37
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 38
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 40
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 44
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 44
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 48
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 51
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 51
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 53
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 53
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 57
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 58
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 60
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 60
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 63
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 63
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 65
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 69
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 69
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 72
    1891
    Died