Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
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Birth
9 Sep 1854
Born at Queen Charlottes Horner Pl, Marylebone
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Age 1
29 Jan 1856
Victoria Cross instituted
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Age 2
1857–1858
Indian Rebellion
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Age 5
24 Nov 1859
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
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Age 8
10 Jan 1863
London Underground opens
The world's first underground railway.
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Age 9
26 Oct 1863
The Football Association is founded
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Age 12
15 Aug 1867
Second Reform Act
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Age 15
9 Jun 1870
Charles Dickens dies
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Age 15
9 Aug 1870
Elementary Education Act
Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
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Age 17
16 Mar 1872
First FA Cup final
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Age 18
30 Nov 1872
First international football match, Scotland v England
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Age 20
15 Sep 1874
Married Harry Knight at St Annes Church Wandsworth Surrey
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Age c. 21
1875
Son Albert Henry born
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Age 21
10 Mar 1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
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Age 22
15 Dec 1876
Son Harry James born
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Age 22
9 Jul 1877
First Wimbledon Championships
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Age c. 25
1879
Daughter Amy Elizabeth born
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Age 24
11 Jan 1879
Zulu War begins
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Age 25
28 Dec 1879
Tay Bridge disaster
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Age c. 27
1881
Son Alfred Herbert born
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Age c. 27
1881
Residence
11 Bective Road, Wandsworth , Surrey
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Age 27
19 Apr 1882
Charles Darwin dies
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Age 27
1 May 1882
Daughter Martha Sarah born
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Age 27
29 Aug 1882
England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
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Age 29
28 Oct 1883
Daughter Elsie Mary born
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Age 30
Dec 1884
Third Reform Act
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Age 31
29 Sep 1885
Daughter Jessie Louisa born
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Age c. 34
1888
Son Frederick Robert born
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Age 33
17 Apr 1888
The Football League is founded
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Age 34
7 Dec 1888
John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
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Age c. 35
1889
Father Peter Robert died
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Age 34
28 Jul 1889
Son Frank born
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Age c. 37
1891
Residence
17 Bective Road
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Age 37
12 Sep 1891
Son Charles Edwin born
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Age 39
7 Aug 1894
Daughter Winnie born
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Age 41
9 Dec 1895
Son Bob born
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Age 41
2 Jun 1896
Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
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Age 45
1899–1902
Second Boer War
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Age c. 47
1901
Residence
16 Bective Road
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Age 46
22 Jan 1901
Accession of Edward VII
Reigned 1901–1910
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Age 46
22 Jan 1901
Queen Victoria dies
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Age 49
17 Dec 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
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Age 49
Jan 1904
Mother Sarah Suzannah died
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Age 52
17 Jun 1907
Brooklands motor circuit opens
At Weybridge, Surrey.
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Age 53
13 Jul 1908
London hosts the Olympic Games
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Age 54
1 Jan 1909
First old age pensions paid
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Age 54
25 Jul 1909
Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
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Age 55
6 May 1910
Accession of George V
Reigned 1910–1936
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Age 55
13 Aug 1910
Florence Nightingale dies
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Age 56
18 Aug 1911
Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
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Age 57
16 Dec 1911
National Insurance Act
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Age 57
Mar 1912
Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
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Age 57
15 Apr 1912
Titanic sinks
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Age 58
8 Jun 1913
Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
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Age 59
1914–1918
Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
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Age 60
25 Apr 1915
Gallipoli landings
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Age 60
7 May 1915
Lusitania sunk
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Age 61
24 Apr 1916
Easter Rising in Dublin
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Age 61
5 Jun 1916
Lord Kitchener lost at sea
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Age 61
1 Jul 1916
Battle of the Somme begins
About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
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Age 62
31 Jul 1917
Battle of Passchendaele begins
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Age 63
6 Feb 1918
Some women get the vote
Representation of the People Act.
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Age 63
1918–1919
Spanish flu pandemic
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Age 64
11 Nov 1918
Armistice ends the First World War
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Age 64
14 Jun 1919
Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
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Age 68
28 Apr 1923
First FA Cup final at Wembley
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Age 69
22 Jan 1924
First Labour government
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Age 71
26 Jan 1926
John Logie Baird demonstrates television
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Age 71
3 May 1926
General Strike begins
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Age 73
2 Jul 1928
Women get the vote on equal terms with men
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Age 74
Sep 1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Age 75
Oct 1929
Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
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Age 76
5 Oct 1930
R101 airship disaster
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Age 81
20 Jan 1936
Accession of Edward VIII
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Age 81
13 Jul 1936
Died at 9 Burston Road Putney Sw15