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Jane Padgham

Jane Padgham

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Born 1847 , Buckland, Dover
Died 1939 , Wandsworth
Marriage Benjamin Owen Bootes — 1878 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1847
    Born at Buckland, Dover
  • Age c. 4
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 5
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 7
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 7
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 7
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 9
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 10
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 12
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 16
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 16
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 20
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 23
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 23
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 25
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 25
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 29
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 30
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 31
    1878
    Married Benjamin Owen Bootes at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  • Age c. 32
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 32
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 33
    1880
    Daughter Matty Louisa born
  • Age c. 35
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 35
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 36
    1883
    Son Benjamin Ernest born
  • Age c. 37
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 41
    1888
    Son William Owen born
  • Age c. 41
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 41
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 49
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 52
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 54
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 54
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 56
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 60
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 61
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 62
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 62
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 63
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 63
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 64
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 64
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 65
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 65
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 66
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 67
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 68
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 68
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 69
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 69
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 69
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 70
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 71
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 71
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 71
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 72
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 76
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 77
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 79
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 79
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 81
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 81
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 82
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 83
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 89
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 89
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 89
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 89
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 90
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 92
    1939
    Died at Wandsworth
  • Age c. 92
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins