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Harriet Eleanor Fay

Harriet Eleanor Fay

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Born 29 OCT 1829 , Savannah, GA
Died 27 FEB 1924 , Boston, MA
Parents Samuel Howard Fay (Father) Family
Marriage Unknown spouse Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George IV
  • Newborn
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Birth
    29 Oct 1829
    Born at Savannah, GA
  • 7 months
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • 10 months
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 2
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 2
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 3
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 4
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age 7
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 7
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 10
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age 11
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age 15
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age 16
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age 17
    16 Aug 1847
    Father Samuel Howard died
  • Age 21
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age 22
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age 24
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age 24
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age 24
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age 26
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age 27
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age 30
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age 33
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age 33
    4 Oct 1863
    Son Samuel Prescott born
  • Age 33
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age 37
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age 40
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age 40
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age 42
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age 43
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age 46
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age 47
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age 49
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age 50
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age 52
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age 52
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age 55
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age 58
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age 59
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age 66
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age 69
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age 71
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age 71
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age 74
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age 77
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age 78
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age 79
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age 79
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age 80
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age 80
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age 81
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age 82
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age 82
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age 82
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age 83
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age 84
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age 85
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age 85
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age 86
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age 86
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age 86
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age 87
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age 88
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age 88
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age 89
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age 89
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age 93
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age 94
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age 94
    27 Feb 1924
    Died at Boston, MA