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Elizabeth Terry

Elizabeth Terry

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Born 1782
Parents John Terry (Father) Family
Sarah Skinner (Mother) Family
Marriage William Maynard — 22 JAN 1805 at St.Mary's Church, Bletchingley Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1782
    Born
  • Age c. 7
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age c. 11
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age c. 14
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age c. 19
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age c. 21
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age c. 22
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age c. 23
    22 Jan 1805
    Married William Maynard at St.Mary's Church, Bletchingley
  • Age c. 23
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age c. 25
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age c. 28
    3 Jun 1810
    Daughter Elizabeth born
  • Age c. 30
    Jun 1812
    Son William born
  • Age c. 32
    1814
    Son James born
  • Age c. 33
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age c. 33
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age c. 33
    12 Nov 1815
    Son George born
  • Age c. 36
    31 May 1818
    Son Charles born
  • Age c. 37
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 38
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age c. 43
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age c. 47
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age c. 47
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age c. 47
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age c. 48
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age c. 48
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age c. 49
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age c. 50
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 51
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 52
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 55
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 55
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 58
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 59
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 63
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 64
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 69
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 70
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 72
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 72
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 72
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 74
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 75
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 77
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.