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Darius Fitch
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Born
2 JAN 1764
Died
UNKNOWN
Parents
Jabez Fitch
(Father)
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Born in the reign of George III
Invention
Family
War
Sport
Politics
Disaster
Monarch
Year of birth
1764
Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
Birth
2 Jan 1764
Born
Age 4
26 Aug 1768
Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
Age 5
5 Jan 1769
James Watt patents his improved steam engine
Age 11
1775–1783
American War of Independence begins
Age 16
4 May 1780
First Epsom Derby run
On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
Age 25
14 Jul 1789
French Revolution begins
Age 29
1 Feb 1793
Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 32
14 May 1796
Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 36
1 Jan 1801
Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 39
1803–1815
Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 40
21 Feb 1804
Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 41
21 Oct 1805
Battle of Trafalgar
Nelson killed.
Age 43
25 Mar 1807
Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 51
Apr 1815
Mount Tambora erupts
Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 51
18 Jun 1815
Battle of Waterloo
Age 55
16 Aug 1819
Peterloo Massacre
Age 56
29 Jan 1820
Accession of George IV
Reigned 1820–1830
Age 61
27 Sep 1825
Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
The first public steam railway.
Age 65
13 Apr 1829
Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 65
29 Sep 1829
Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 65
Oct 1829
Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 66
26 Jun 1830
Accession of William IV
Reigned 1830–1837
Age 66
15 Sep 1830
Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 67
1831–1832
First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 68
7 Jun 1832
Great Reform Act
Age 69
28 Aug 1833
Slavery Abolition Act
Age 70
14 Aug 1834
New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 73
20 Jun 1837
Accession of Queen Victoria
Reigned 1837–1901
Age 73
1 Jul 1837
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 76
6 May 1840
The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 77
6 Jun 1841
First detailed national census