Arthur William von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

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Born	1 MAY 1850 , Buckingham Palace, London, ENG
Died	16 JAN 1942 , Bagshot Park, Surrey, ENG
Parents	Victoria Hanover (Mother) Family Albert Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Father) Family
Marriage	Unknown spouse Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		K.G. (24 May 1867), K.T. (24 May 1869); Duke of Connaught and Strathern and Earl of Sussex (24 May 1874- )

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

1 May 1850

Born at Buckingham Palace, London, ENG
Age 1

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 2

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 3

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 4

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 4

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 5

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 7

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 9

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 11

14 Dec 1861

Father Albert died
Age 12

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 13

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 17

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 20

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 20

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 21

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 22

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 25

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 27

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 28

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 29

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster
Age 31

15 Jan 1882

Daughter Margaret Victoria born
Age 31

19 Apr 1882

Charles Darwin dies
Age 32

29 Aug 1882

England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
Age 32

13 Jan 1883

Son Arthur Frederick born
Age 34

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 37

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 38

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 46

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 49

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 50

22 Jan 1901

Mother Victoria died
Age 50

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 50

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 53

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 57

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 58

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 58

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 59

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 60

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 60

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 61

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 61

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 61

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 61

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 63

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 64

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 64

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 65

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 65

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 66

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 66

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 67

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 67

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 67

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 68

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 69

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 72

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 73

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 75

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 76

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 78

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 78

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 79

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 80

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 85

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 86

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 86

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 86

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 86

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 89

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 90

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 90

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 90

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 91

16 Jan 1942

Died at Bagshot Park, Surrey, ENG