Samuel Howard Fay

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Born	21 JUL 1804 , Cambridge, MA
Died	16 AUG 1847 , Brooklyn, NY
Parents	Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay (Father) Family
Marriage	Unknown spouse Family Page

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

21 Jul 1804

Born at Cambridge, MA
Age 1

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 2

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 10

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 10

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 15

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 15

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 21

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 24

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 25

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 25

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 25

29 Oct 1829

Daughter Harriet Eleanor born
Age 25

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 26

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 27

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 27

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 29

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 30

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 32

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 32

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 35

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 36

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 41

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 41

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 43

16 Aug 1847

Died at Brooklyn, NY