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Augustus of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Augustus of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

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Born 1770
Died 1820
Parents Augusta of Wales (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1770
    Born
  • Age c. 5
    1775–1783
    American War of Independence begins
  • Age c. 10
    4 May 1780
    First Epsom Derby run
    On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
  • Age c. 19
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age c. 23
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age c. 26
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age c. 31
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age c. 33
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age c. 34
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age c. 35
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age c. 37
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age c. 43
    23 Mar 1813
    Mother Augusta died
  • Age c. 45
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age c. 45
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age c. 49
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 50
    1820
    Died
  • Age c. 50
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830