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George Bristow

George Bristow

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Born 13 JUN 1727
Died 5 SEP 1815
Parents Robert Bristow (Father) Family
Sarah Warde (Mother) Family
Marriage Elizabeth Maria North — 28 MAR 1752 Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George II
  • Birth
    13 Jun 1727
    Born
  • Age 10
    3 Nov 1737
    Father Robert died
  • Age 18
    1745–1746
    Second Jacobite rising
    Ended at Culloden on 16 April 1746.
  • Age 24
    28 Mar 1752
    Married Elizabeth Maria North
  • Age 25
    Sep 1752
    Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar
    2 September was followed by 14 September.
  • Age 28
    1756–1763
    Seven Years' War begins
  • Age 33
    25 Oct 1760
    Accession of George III
    Reigned 1760–1820
  • Age c. 37
    1764
    Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
  • Age 41
    26 Aug 1768
    Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
  • Age 41
    5 Jan 1769
    James Watt patents his improved steam engine
  • Age 47
    1775–1783
    American War of Independence begins
  • Age 52
    4 May 1780
    First Epsom Derby run
    On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
  • Age 62
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age 65
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 68
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 73
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 75
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 76
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 78
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 79
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 87
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 88
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 88
    5 Sep 1815
    Died