Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
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Birth
5 Jan 1840
Born at Bourton, Dorset
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4 months
6 May 1840
The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
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Age c. 1
1841
Residence
Gillingham, Dorset, England
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Age 1
6 Jun 1841
First detailed national census
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Age 5
1845–1852
Irish Potato Famine
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Age 6
26 Jun 1846
Corn Laws repealed
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Age 11
1 May 1851
Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
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Age 12
14 Sep 1852
Duke of Wellington dies
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Age 14
1854–1856
Crimean War
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Age 14
10 Jun 1854
Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
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Age 14
31 Aug 1854
Broad Street cholera outbreak
John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
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Age 16
29 Jan 1856
Victoria Cross instituted
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Age 17
1857–1858
Indian Rebellion
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Age 19
24 Nov 1859
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
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Age c. 23
1863
Residence
Yew Tree Farm, Godstone
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Age 23
10 Jan 1863
London Underground opens
The world's first underground railway.
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Age 23
22 Jun 1863
Married William D. Prikler at Blindley Heath Church
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Age 23
26 Oct 1863
The Football Association is founded
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Age 24
19 Jan 1864
Son William born
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Age 25
Jul 1865
Daughter Ada born
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Age 26
15 Jul 1866
Son Robert born
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Age 27
15 Aug 1867
Second Reform Act
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Age c. 28
1868
Son Jack born
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Age c. 30
1870
Son Louis born
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Age 30
9 Jun 1870
Charles Dickens dies
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Age 30
9 Aug 1870
Elementary Education Act
Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
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Age 32
16 Mar 1872
First FA Cup final
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Age 32
30 Nov 1872
First international football match, Scotland v England
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Age 32
9 Dec 1872
Daughter Laura Annie born
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Age 33
14 Apr 1873
Father Walter died
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Age 33
1 Oct 1873
Daughter Mabel Lucy born
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Age 35
Sep 1875
Daughter Queenie Jessie Maria born
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Age 36
10 Mar 1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
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Age c. 37
1877
Son Norman Henry born
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Age 37
9 Jul 1877
First Wimbledon Championships
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Age c. 39
1879
Son Leonard Arthur born
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Age 39
11 Jan 1879
Zulu War begins
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Age 39
26 Dec 1879
Mother Jemima died
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Age 39
28 Dec 1879
Tay Bridge disaster
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Age c. 41
1881
Residence
Yew Tree Farm
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Age 42
19 Apr 1882
Charles Darwin dies
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Age 42
29 Aug 1882
England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
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Age 44
Dec 1884
Third Reform Act
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Age 48
17 Apr 1888
The Football League is founded
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Age 48
7 Dec 1888
John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
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Age c. 51
1891
Residence
154 Godstone Rd
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Age 56
2 Jun 1896
Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
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Age 59
1899–1902
Second Boer War
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Age c. 61
1901
Residence
112 Godstone Rd
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Age c. 61
1901
Occupation
Dairy cattle
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Age 61
22 Jan 1901
Accession of Edward VII
Reigned 1901–1910
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Age 61
22 Jan 1901
Queen Victoria dies
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Age 63
17 Dec 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
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Age 67
17 Jun 1907
Brooklands motor circuit opens
At Weybridge, Surrey.
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Age 68
13 Jul 1908
London hosts the Olympic Games
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Age 68
1 Jan 1909
First old age pensions paid
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Age 69
25 Jul 1909
Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
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Age 70
6 May 1910
Accession of George V
Reigned 1910–1936
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Age 70
13 Aug 1910
Florence Nightingale dies
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Age 71
18 Aug 1911
Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
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Age 71
16 Dec 1911
National Insurance Act
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Age 72
Mar 1912
Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
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Age 72
15 Apr 1912
Titanic sinks
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Age 73
8 Jun 1913
Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
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Age 74
1914–1918
Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
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Age 75
25 Apr 1915
Gallipoli landings
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Age 75
7 May 1915
Lusitania sunk
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Age 76
24 Apr 1916
Easter Rising in Dublin
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Age 76
5 Jun 1916
Lord Kitchener lost at sea
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Age 76
1 Jul 1916
Battle of the Somme begins
About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
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Age 77
31 Jul 1917
Battle of Passchendaele begins
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Age 78
6 Feb 1918
Some women get the vote
Representation of the People Act.
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Age 78
1918–1919
Spanish flu pandemic
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Age 78
11 Nov 1918
Armistice ends the First World War
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Age 79
14 Jun 1919
Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
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Age c. 81
1921
Residence
Marl Farm
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Age 83
28 Apr 1923
First FA Cup final at Wembley
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Age 84
22 Jan 1924
First Labour government
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Age 86
26 Jan 1926
John Logie Baird demonstrates television
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Age 86
3 May 1926
General Strike begins
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Age 88
2 Jul 1928
Women get the vote on equal terms with men
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Age 88
Sep 1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Age 89
Oct 1929
Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
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Age 90
5 Oct 1930
R101 airship disaster
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Age c. 93
1933
Buried at Blindley Heath, St John
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Age 93
12 Nov 1933
Died