Bethea Parrish

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Born	26 SEP 1739 , Windham
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Bethea Brewster (Mother) Family

Born in the reign of George II

Birth

26 Sep 1739

Born at Windham
Age 1

8 Feb 1741

Mother Bethea died
Age 5

1745–1746

Second Jacobite rising

Ended at Culloden on 16 April 1746.
Age 13

Sep 1752

Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar

2 September was followed by 14 September.
Age 16

1756–1763

Seven Years' War begins
Age 21

25 Oct 1760

Accession of George III

Reigned 1760–1820
Age c. 25

1764

Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
Age 28

26 Aug 1768

Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
Age 29

5 Jan 1769

James Watt patents his improved steam engine
Age 35

1775–1783

American War of Independence begins
Age 40

4 May 1780

First Epsom Derby run

On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
Age 49

14 Jul 1789

French Revolution begins
Age 53

1 Feb 1793

Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 56

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 61

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 63

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 64

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 66

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 67

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 75

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 75

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 79

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.