Elizabeth Winchester

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Born	19 SEP 1806 , Horne, Surrey, England
Died	30 JAN 1883 , Godstone, Surrey
Buried	, St Mary, Horne
Marriage	John Belton — 9 DEC 1834 at Horne, Surrey, England Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

19 Sep 1806

Born at Horne, Surrey, England
6 months

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 8

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 8

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 12

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 13

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 19

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 22

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 23

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 23

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 23

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 23

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 25

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 25

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 26

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 27

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 28

9 Dec 1834

Married John Belton at Horne, Surrey, England
Age 28

7 Jun 1835

Son George born
Age 30

17 Oct 1836

Son John born
Age 30

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 30

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 32

13 Jan 1839

Daughter Emma born
Age 33

22 Jan 1840

Son Thomas born
Age 33

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 34

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age c. 36

1842

Daughter Ellen born
Age 37

12 Apr 1844

Daughter Mary Ann Winchester born
Age 39

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 39

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 44

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 45

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 47

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 47

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 47

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 49

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 50

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 53

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 56

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 57

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 60

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 63

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 63

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 65

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 66

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 69

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 70

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 72

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 73

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 75

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 75

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 76

30 Jan 1883

Died at Godstone, Surrey