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Sarah Knight

Sarah Knight

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Born 1837
Parents James Knight (Father) Family
Elizabeth (Mother) Family
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Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1837
    Born
  • Year of birth
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Year of birth
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 3
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 4
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 6
    8 Jun 1843
    Father James died
  • Age c. 8
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 9
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 14
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 15
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 17
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 17
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 17
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 19
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 20
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 22
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 26
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 26
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 30
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 33
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 33
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 35
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 35
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 39
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 40
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 42
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 42
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 45
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 45
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 47
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 51
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 51
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 59
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 62
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 64
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 64
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 66
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 70
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 71
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 72
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 72
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 73
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 73
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 74
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 74
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 75
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 75
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 76
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 77
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 78
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 78
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 79
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 79
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 79
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 80
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.