Jemima Katherine Spicer

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Born	14 APR 1848 , Bourton, Dorset
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Walter Spicer (Father) Family Jemima Oxford (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

14 Apr 1848

Born at Bourton, Dorset
Age 3

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 4

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 5

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 6

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 6

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 7

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 9

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 11

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 14

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 15

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 19

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 22

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 22

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 23

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 24

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 25

14 Apr 1873

Father Walter died
Age 27

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 29

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 30

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 31

26 Dec 1879

Mother Jemima died
Age 31

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 34

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 34

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 36

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 40

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 40

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 48

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 51

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 52

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 52

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 55

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 59

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 60

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 60

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 61

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 62

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 62

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 63

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 63

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 63

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 64

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 65

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 66

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 67

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 67

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 68

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 68

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 68

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 69

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 69

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 69

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 70

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 71

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 75

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 75

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 77

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 78

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 80

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 80

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.