Jesse Root Grant

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Born	23 JAN 1794 , near Greensburg, PA
Died	29 JUN 1873 , Covington, KY
Parents	Noah Grant (Father) Family
Marriage	Unknown spouse Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		Tanner

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

23 Jan 1794

Born at near Greensburg, PA
Age 2

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 6

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 9

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 10

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 11

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 13

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 21

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 21

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 25

14 Feb 1819

Father Noah died
Age 25

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 26

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 28

27 Apr 1822

Son Hiram Ulysses S. born
Age 31

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 35

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 35

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 35

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 36

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 36

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 37

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 38

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 39

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 40

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 43

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 43

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 46

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 47

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 51

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 52

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 57

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 58

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 60

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 60

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 60

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 62

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 63

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 65

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 68

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 69

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 73

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 76

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 76

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 78

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 78

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 79

29 Jun 1873

Died at Covington, KY