Leonard John Hughes

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Born	25 APR 1872
Parents	Bristow Herbert Hughes (Father) Family Emily Upfold (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

25 Apr 1872

Born
7 months

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 3

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 5

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 6

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 7

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 9

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 10

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 12

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 15

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 16

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 21

28 Nov 1893

Father Bristow Herbert died
Age 24

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 27

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 28

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 28

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 31

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 35

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 36

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 36

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 37

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 38

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 38

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 39

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 39

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 39

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 39

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 41

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 42

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 43

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 43

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 43

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 44

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 44

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 45

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 45

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 45

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 46

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 47

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 51

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 51

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 53

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 54

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 56

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 56

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 57

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 58

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 63

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 64

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 64

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 64

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 64

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 67

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 68

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 68

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 68

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 70

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 70

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 72

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 72

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 73

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 73

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 75

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 76

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 76

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 76

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 78

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 79

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 80

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London

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