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Leonard Arthur Prikler

Leonard Arthur Prikler

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Born 1879 , Yew Tree Farm, Godstone, Surrey
Died UNKNOWN
Parents Adah Mary Spicer (Mother) Family
William D. Prikler (Father) Family
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Residence 1891 154 Godstone Rd
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1879
    Born at Yew Tree Farm, Godstone, Surrey
  • Year of birth
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Year of birth
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 3
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 3
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 5
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 9
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 9
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 12
    1891
    Residence
    154 Godstone Rd
  • Age c. 17
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 20
    20 Feb 1899
    Father William D. died
  • Age c. 20
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 22
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 22
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 24
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 28
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 29
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 30
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 30
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 31
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 31
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 32
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 32
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 33
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 33
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 34
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 35
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 36
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 36
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 37
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 37
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 37
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 38
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 39
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 39
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 39
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 40
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 44
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 45
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 47
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 47
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 49
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 49
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 50
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 51
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 54
    12 Nov 1933
    Mother Adah Mary died
  • Age c. 57
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 57
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 57
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 57
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 58
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 60
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 61
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 61
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 61
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 63
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age c. 63
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age c. 65
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age c. 65
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age c. 66
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age c. 66
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age c. 68
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age c. 69
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age c. 69
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age c. 69
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 71
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age c. 73
    6 Feb 1952
    Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
    Reigned 1952–2022
  • Age c. 73
    5 Dec 1952
    Great Smog of London
  • Age c. 74
    31 Jan 1953
    North Sea flood
  • Age c. 74
    28 Feb 1953
    Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
  • Age c. 74
    29 May 1953
    Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
  • Age c. 74
    2 Jun 1953
    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Age c. 75
    6 May 1954
    Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
  • Age c. 75
    4 Jul 1954
    Food rationing ends
  • Age c. 76
    22 Sep 1955
    ITV launches
  • Age c. 77
    5 Jul 1956
    Clean Air Act
  • Age c. 77
    29 Oct 1956
    Suez Crisis
  • Age c. 78
    4 Oct 1957
    Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
  • Age c. 79
    6 Feb 1958
    Munich air disaster
    Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
  • Age c. 79
    9 Jun 1958
    Gatwick Airport officially opened
    In Sussex.
  • Age c. 80
    25 Jul 1959
    First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.