Joseph Spicer

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Born	31 AUG 1799 , Fontmell Magna, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England
Christening	26 AUG 1798 , Fontwell Magna, Dorset
Died	14 SEP 1883 , Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States
Parents	James Spicer (Father) Family Mary Randall (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

31 Aug 1799

Born at Fontmell Magna, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England
Age 1

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 3

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 4

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 6

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 7

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 15

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 15

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 19

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 20

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 26

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 29

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 30

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 30

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 30

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 31

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 32

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 32

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 33

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 34

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 37

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 37

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 40

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 41

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 46

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 46

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 51

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 53

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 54

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 54

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 55

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 56

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 57

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 60

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 63

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 64

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 67

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 70

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 70

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 72

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 73

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 76

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 77

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 79

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 80

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 82

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 82

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 84

14 Sep 1883

Died at Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States