Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
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Birth
19 Jul 1884
Born at Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, ENG
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5 months
Dec 1884
Third Reform Act
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Age 3
17 Apr 1888
The Football League is founded
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Age 4
7 Dec 1888
John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
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Age 11
2 Jun 1896
Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
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Age 15
1899–1902
Second Boer War
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Age 16
22 Jan 1901
Accession of Edward VII
Reigned 1901–1910
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Age 16
22 Jan 1901
Queen Victoria dies
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Age 19
17 Dec 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
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Age c. 22
1906
Son John Leopold born
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Age 22
17 Jun 1907
Brooklands motor circuit opens
At Weybridge, Surrey.
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Age c. 24
1908
Daughter Sybilla Calma born
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Age 23
13 Jul 1908
London hosts the Olympic Games
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Age c. 25
1909
Son Dietmar Hubert born
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Age 24
1 Jan 1909
First old age pensions paid
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Age 25
25 Jul 1909
Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
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Age 25
6 May 1910
Accession of George V
Reigned 1910–1936
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Age 26
13 Aug 1910
Florence Nightingale dies
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Age 27
18 Aug 1911
Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
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Age 27
16 Dec 1911
National Insurance Act
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Age c. 28
1912
Daughter Caroline Matilda born
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Age 27
Mar 1912
Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
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Age 27
15 Apr 1912
Titanic sinks
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Age 28
8 Jun 1913
Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
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Age 30
1914–1918
Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
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Age 30
25 Apr 1915
Gallipoli landings
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Age 30
7 May 1915
Lusitania sunk
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Age 31
24 Apr 1916
Easter Rising in Dublin
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Age 31
5 Jun 1916
Lord Kitchener lost at sea
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Age 31
1 Jul 1916
Battle of the Somme begins
About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
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Age 33
31 Jul 1917
Battle of Passchendaele begins
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Age c. 34
1918
Son Frederick Josias born
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Age 33
6 Feb 1918
Some women get the vote
Representation of the People Act.
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Age 33
1918–1919
Spanish flu pandemic
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Age 34
11 Nov 1918
Armistice ends the First World War
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Age 34
14 Jun 1919
Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
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Age 38
28 Apr 1923
First FA Cup final at Wembley
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Age 39
22 Jan 1924
First Labour government
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Age 41
26 Jan 1926
John Logie Baird demonstrates television
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Age 41
3 May 1926
General Strike begins
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Age 43
2 Jul 1928
Women get the vote on equal terms with men
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Age 44
Sep 1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Age 45
Oct 1929
Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
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Age 46
5 Oct 1930
R101 airship disaster
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Age 51
20 Jan 1936
Accession of Edward VIII
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Age 52
2 Nov 1936
BBC begins the world's first regular television service
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Age 52
11 Dec 1936
Accession of George VI
Reigned 1936–1952
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Age 52
11 Dec 1936
Edward VIII abdicates
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Age 52
12 Apr 1937
Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
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Age 55
1939–1945
Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
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Age 55
26 May 1940
Dunkirk evacuation begins
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Age 55
10 Jul 1940
Battle of Britain begins
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Age 56
1940–1941
The Blitz
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Age 58
23 Oct 1942
Battle of El Alamein
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Age 58
1 Dec 1942
Beveridge Report published
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Age 59
6 Jun 1944
D-Day landings
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Age 60
3 Aug 1944
Education Act creates free secondary schooling
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Age 60
8 May 1945
VE Day
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Age 61
15 Aug 1945
VJ Day
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Age 63
15 Aug 1947
India and Pakistan become independent
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Age 63
22 Jun 1948
HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
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Age 63
5 Jul 1948
National Health Service launched
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Age 64
29 Jul 1948
London hosts the Olympic Games
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Age 65
1950–1953
Korean War begins
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Age 67
6 Feb 1952
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
Reigned 1952–2022
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Age 68
5 Dec 1952
Great Smog of London
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Age 68
31 Jan 1953
North Sea flood
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Age 68
28 Feb 1953
Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
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Age 68
29 May 1953
Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
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Age 68
2 Jun 1953
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
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Age 69
6 Mar 1954
Died at Coburg, GER
