Elizabeth Maynard

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Born	3 JUN 1810
Parents	William Maynard (Father) Family Elizabeth Terry (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

3 Jun 1810

Born
Age 4

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 5

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 9

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 9

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 15

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 18

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 19

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 19

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 20

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 20

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 21

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 22

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 23

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 24

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 27

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 27

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 29

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 31

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 35

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 36

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 40

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 42

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 43

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 44

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 44

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 45

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 46

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 48

Feb 1859

Father William died
Age 49

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 52

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 53

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 57

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 60

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 60

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 61

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 62

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 65

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 67

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 68

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 69

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 71

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 72

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 74

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 77

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 78

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre

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