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Robert Sayers

Robert Sayers

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Born 1806 , Horley, Surrey, England
Died 26 APR 1871 , Middlesex, England
Parents Isaac Sayers (Father) Family
Elizabeth Russell (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    1806
    Born at Horley, Surrey, England
  • Age c. 1
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age c. 9
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age c. 9
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age c. 13
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age c. 14
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age c. 19
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age c. 23
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age c. 23
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age c. 23
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age c. 24
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age c. 24
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age c. 25
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age c. 26
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 27
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 28
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 31
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 31
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 34
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 35
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 39
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 40
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 45
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 46
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 48
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 48
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 48
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 50
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 50
    22 Dec 1856
    Father Isaac died
  • Age c. 51
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 53
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 57
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 57
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 61
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 63
    9 Apr 1869
    Mother Elizabeth died
  • Age c. 64
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 64
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 65
    26 Apr 1871
    Died at Middlesex, England