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Charles Lutwige "Lewis Caroll" Dodgson

Charles Lutwige "Lewis Caroll" Dodgson

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Born 1832
Died 1898
Parents Frances Jane Lutwidge (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of William IV
  • Birth
    1832
    Born
  • Year of birth
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age c. 1
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age c. 2
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 5
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 5
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 8
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 9
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 13
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 14
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 19
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 20
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 22
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 22
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 22
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 24
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 25
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 27
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 31
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 31
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 35
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 38
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 38
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 40
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 40
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 44
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 45
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 47
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 47
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 50
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 50
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 52
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 56
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 56
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 64
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 66
    1898
    Died