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Hannah Boam
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Born
ABT 1838
Parents
Cornelius Boam
(Father)
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Ann
(Mother)
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Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
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Birth
1838
Born
Age c. 2
6 May 1840
The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age c. 3
6 Jun 1841
First detailed national census
Age c. 7
1845–1852
Irish Potato Famine
Age c. 8
26 Jun 1846
Corn Laws repealed
Age c. 13
1 May 1851
Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age c. 14
14 Sep 1852
Duke of Wellington dies
Age c. 16
1854–1856
Crimean War
Age c. 16
10 Jun 1854
Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age c. 16
31 Aug 1854
Broad Street cholera outbreak
John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age c. 18
29 Jan 1856
Victoria Cross instituted
Age c. 19
1857–1858
Indian Rebellion
Age c. 21
24 Nov 1859
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age c. 25
10 Jan 1863
London Underground opens
The world's first underground railway.
Age c. 25
26 Oct 1863
The Football Association is founded
Age c. 29
15 Aug 1867
Second Reform Act
Age c. 32
9 Jun 1870
Charles Dickens dies
Age c. 32
9 Aug 1870
Elementary Education Act
Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age c. 34
16 Mar 1872
First FA Cup final
Age c. 34
30 Nov 1872
First international football match, Scotland v England
Age c. 38
10 Mar 1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age c. 39
9 Jul 1877
First Wimbledon Championships
Age c. 41
11 Jan 1879
Zulu War begins
Age c. 41
28 Dec 1879
Tay Bridge disaster
Age c. 44
19 Apr 1882
Charles Darwin dies
Age c. 44
29 Aug 1882
England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age c. 46
Dec 1884
Third Reform Act
Age c. 50
17 Apr 1888
The Football League is founded
Age c. 50
7 Dec 1888
John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age c. 58
2 Jun 1896
Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age c. 60
20 Jan 1898
Father Cornelius died
Age c. 61
1899–1902
Second Boer War
Age c. 63
22 Jan 1901
Accession of Edward VII
Reigned 1901–1910
Age c. 63
22 Jan 1901
Queen Victoria dies
Age c. 65
17 Dec 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age c. 69
17 Jun 1907
Brooklands motor circuit opens
At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age c. 70
13 Jul 1908
London hosts the Olympic Games
Age c. 71
1 Jan 1909
First old age pensions paid
Age c. 71
25 Jul 1909
Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age c. 72
6 May 1910
Accession of George V
Reigned 1910–1936
Age c. 72
13 Aug 1910
Florence Nightingale dies
Age c. 73
18 Aug 1911
Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age c. 73
16 Dec 1911
National Insurance Act
Age c. 74
Mar 1912
Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age c. 74
15 Apr 1912
Titanic sinks
Age c. 75
8 Jun 1913
Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age c. 76
1914–1918
Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age c. 77
25 Apr 1915
Gallipoli landings
Age c. 77
7 May 1915
Lusitania sunk
Age c. 78
24 Apr 1916
Easter Rising in Dublin
Age c. 78
5 Jun 1916
Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age c. 78
1 Jul 1916
Battle of the Somme begins
About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age c. 79
31 Jul 1917
Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age c. 80
6 Feb 1918
Some women get the vote
Representation of the People Act.
Age c. 80
1918–1919
Spanish flu pandemic
Age c. 80
11 Nov 1918
Armistice ends the First World War