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Adelaide Louisa Theresa of Saxe-Mainingen

Adelaide Louisa Theresa of Saxe-Mainingen

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Born 13 AUG 1792 , Meingen
Died 2 DEC 1849 , Near Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Marriage William IV of England — 11 JUL 1818 at Kew Palace Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    13 Aug 1792
    Born at Meingen
  • 5 months
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 3
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 8
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 10
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 11
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 13
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 14
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 22
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 22
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 25
    11 Jul 1818
    Married William IV of England at Kew Palace
  • Age 26
    27 Mar 1819
    Daughter Charlotte Augusta Louise born
  • Age 27
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 27
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 28
    10 Dec 1820
    Daughter Elizabeth Georgina Adelaide born
  • Age 33
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 36
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age 37
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age 37
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age 37
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age 38
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 39
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 39
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 41
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 42
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age 44
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 44
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 47
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age 48
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age 53
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age 53
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age 57
    2 Dec 1849
    Died at Near Stanmore, Middlesex, England