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Charlotte Gillett

Charlotte Gillett

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Born 1807
Died 1850
Parents Abigail Wollcott (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1807
    Born
  • Year of birth
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age c. 8
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age c. 8
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age c. 12
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 13
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age c. 18
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age c. 22
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age c. 22
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age c. 22
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age c. 23
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age c. 23
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age c. 24
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age c. 25
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 26
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 27
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 30
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 30
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 33
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 34
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 38
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 39
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 43
    1850
    Died