Mary Rudd Fitch

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Born	2 JUN 1798
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Cordilla Fitch (Father) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

2 Jun 1798

Born
Age 2

25 Oct 1800

Father Cordilla died
Age 2

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 4

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 5

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 7

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 8

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 16

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 17

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 21

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 21

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 27

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 30

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 31

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 31

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 32

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 32

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 33

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 34

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 35

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 36

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 39

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 39

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 41

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 43

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 47

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 48

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 52

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 54

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 55

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 56

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 56

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 57

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 58

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 61

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 64

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 65

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 69

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 72

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 72

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 73

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 74

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 77

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 79

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships

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