Sign In
John Dench

John Dench

Family tree Fan chart Descendants
Born 16 MAY 1802 , Balcombe, Sussex, England
Died OCT 1837 , Henley, Oxfordshire
Marriage Sarah Strip — 25 AUG 1832 at Balcombe,Sussex,England Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation 1856 Collier
Photos
In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    16 May 1802
    Born at Balcombe, Sussex, England
  • Age 1
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 1
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 3
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 4
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 12
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 13
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 17
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 17
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 23
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 26
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age 27
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age 27
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age 28
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age 28
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 29
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 30
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 30
    25 Aug 1832
    Married Sarah Strip at Balcombe,Sussex,England
  • Age 31
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 32
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age 35
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 35
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 35
    Oct 1837
    Died at Henley, Oxfordshire