Hugh Molesworth

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Born	13 OCT 1818
Died	6 JAN 1862 , St. Petrock Minor, Cornwall, ENG
Parents	William Molesworth (Father) Family
Marriage	Unknown spouse Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		Rector of Little Petherick

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

13 Oct 1818

Born
10 months

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 1

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 6

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 10

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 10

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 11

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 11

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 11

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 13

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 13

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 14

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 15

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 18

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 18

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 21

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 22

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 26

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 27

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 32

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 32

28 May 1851

Father William died
Age 33

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 35

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 35

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 35

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 37

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 38

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 41

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 43

6 Jan 1862

Died at St. Petrock Minor, Cornwall, ENG