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Charlotte Augusta Matilda of England

Charlotte Augusta Matilda of England

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Born 29 SEP 1766 , Buckingham Palace, London, ENG
Died 6 OCT 1828 , Ludwigsburg Palace, Stuttgart, GER
Parents George III of England (Father) Family
Charlotte Sophia of Meckesburg-Strelitz (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    29 Sep 1766
    Born at Buckingham Palace, London, ENG
  • Age 1
    26 Aug 1768
    Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
  • Age 2
    5 Jan 1769
    James Watt patents his improved steam engine
  • Age 8
    1775–1783
    American War of Independence begins
  • Age 13
    4 May 1780
    First Epsom Derby run
    On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
  • Age 22
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age 26
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 29
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 34
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 36
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 37
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 39
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 40
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 48
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 48
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 52
    17 Nov 1818
    Mother Charlotte Sophia died
  • Age 52
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 53
    29 Jan 1820
    Father George III died
  • Age 53
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 58
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 62
    6 Oct 1828
    Died at Ludwigsburg Palace, Stuttgart, GER