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Born 1870
Died 1948
Parents Helena Augusta von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1870
    Born
  • Year of birth
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Year of birth
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 2
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 2
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 6
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 7
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 9
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 9
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 12
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 12
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 14
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 18
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 18
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 26
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 29
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 31
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 31
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 33
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 37
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 38
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 39
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 39
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 40
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 40
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 41
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 41
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 42
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 42
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 43
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 44
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 45
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 45
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 46
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 46
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 46
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 47
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 48
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 48
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 48
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 49
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 53
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 53
    9 Jun 1923
    Mother Helena Augusta died
  • Age c. 54
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 56
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 56
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 58
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 58
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 59
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 60
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 66
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 66
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 66
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 66
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 67
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 69
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 70
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 70
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 70
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 72
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age c. 72
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age c. 74
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age c. 74
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age c. 75
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age c. 75
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age c. 77
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age c. 78
    1948
    Died
  • Age c. 78
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age c. 78
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age c. 78
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games