Frederick James Baxter

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Born	16 JUL 1866 , Kensington, Middlesex, England
Parents	Peter Robert Baxter (Father) Family Sarah Suzannah Brown (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

16 Jul 1866

Born at Kensington, Middlesex, England
Age 1

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 3

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 4

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 5

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 6

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 9

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 10

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 12

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 13

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 15

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 16

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 18

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 21

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 22

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age c. 23

1889

Father Peter Robert died
Age 29

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 33

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 34

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 34

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 37

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 37

Jan 1904

Mother Sarah Suzannah died
Age 40

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 41

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 42

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 43

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 43

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 44

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 45

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 45

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 45

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 45

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 46

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 48

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 48

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 48

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 49

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 49

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 49

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 51

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 51

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 51

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 52

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 52

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 56

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 57

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 59

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 59

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 61

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 62

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 63

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 64

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 69

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 70

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 70

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 70

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 70

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 73

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 73

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 73

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 74

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 76

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 76

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 77

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 78

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 78

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 79

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day

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