Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay

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Born	10 JAN 1778
Died	18 MAY 1856
Parents	Lucy Prescott (Mother) Family
Marriage	Unknown spouse Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

10 Jan 1778

Born
Age 2

4 May 1780

First Epsom Derby run

On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
Age 11

14 Jul 1789

French Revolution begins
Age 14

10 Oct 1792

Mother Lucy died
Age 15

1 Feb 1793

Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 18

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 22

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 25

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 26

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 26

21 Jul 1804

Son Samuel Howard born
Age 27

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 29

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 37

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 37

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 41

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 42

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 47

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 51

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 51

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 51

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 52

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 52

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 53

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 54

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 55

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 56

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 59

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 59

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 62

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 63

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 67

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 68

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 73

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 74

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 76

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 76

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 76

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 78

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 78

18 May 1856

Died