Mary Sayers

Mary Sayers

Born 22 SEP 1780 , Selling, Kent, England
Died 16 SEP 1826 , Selling, Kent, England
Parents Thomas Sayers (Father) Family
Mary Laurence (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    22 Sep 1780
    Born at Selling, Kent, England
  • Age 8
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age 12
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 15
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 20
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 21
    16 Sep 1802
    Father Thomas died
  • Age 22
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 23
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 25
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 25
    11 Nov 1805
    Mother Mary died
  • Age 26
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 34
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 34
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 38
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 39
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 45
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 45
    16 Sep 1826
    Died at Selling, Kent, England