Joseph Boam

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Born	15 JUN 1826 , Shipley
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Joseph Boam (Father) Family Mary Swain (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George IV

Birth

15 Jun 1826

Born at Shipley
Age 2

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 3

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 3

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 4

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 4

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 5

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 5

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 7

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 8

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 11

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 11

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 13

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 14

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 19

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 20

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 24

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 26

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 27

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 27

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 28

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 29

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 30

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 33

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 36

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 37

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 41

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 43

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 44

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 45

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 46

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 49

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 51

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 52

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 53

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 55

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 56

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 58

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 61

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 62

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 69

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 73

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 74

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 74

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 77

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight

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