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George Richard St. John

George Richard St. John

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Born 5 MAY 1761
Died 18 DEC 1824 , Pisa, ITA
Parents Frederick St. John (Father) Family
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    5 May 1761
    Born
  • Age c. 3
    1764
    Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
  • Age 7
    26 Aug 1768
    Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
  • Age 7
    5 Jan 1769
    James Watt patents his improved steam engine
  • Age 13
    1775–1783
    American War of Independence begins
  • Age 18
    4 May 1780
    First Epsom Derby run
    On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
  • Age 26
    5 May 1787
    Father Frederick died
  • Age 28
    14 Jul 1789
    French Revolution begins
  • Age 31
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 35
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 39
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 42
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 42
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 44
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 45
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 53
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 54
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 58
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 58
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 63
    18 Dec 1824
    Died at Pisa, ITA