Elizabeth Ruth Bannister

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Born	1 APR 1783 , Peasmarsh, England
Died	22 MAY 1860 , Rye, Sussex, England
Parents	William Banister (Father) Family Elizabeth Lancaster (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

1 Apr 1783

Born at Peasmarsh, England
Age 6

14 Jul 1789

French Revolution begins
Age 9

1 Feb 1793

Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 13

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 13

10 Aug 1796

Father William died
Age 17

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 20

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 20

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 22

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 23

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 31

28 Aug 1814

Mother Elizabeth died
Age 32

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 32

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 36

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 36

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 42

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 46

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 46

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 46

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 47

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 47

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 48

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 49

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 50

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 51

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 54

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 54

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 57

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 58

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 62

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 63

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 68

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 69

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 70

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 71

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 71

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 72

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 74

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 76

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 77

22 May 1860

Died at Rye, Sussex, England