Albert Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

(Albert Augustus Charles Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld)

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Born	26 AUG 1819 , Schloss Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany
Died	14 DEC 1861 , Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Buried	, Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, England
Marriage	Victoria Hanover — 10 FEB 1840 at Chapel Royal, St. James' Place, London, ENG Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

26 Aug 1819

Born at Schloss Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany
5 months

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 6

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 9

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 10

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 10

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 10

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 11

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 12

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 12

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 14

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 14

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 17

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 17

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 20

10 Feb 1840

Married Victoria Hanover at Chapel Royal, St. James' Place, London, ENG
Age 20

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 21

21 Nov 1840

Daughter Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise born
Age 21

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 22

9 Nov 1841

Son Edward VII born
Age 23

25 Apr 1843

Daughter Alice Maud Mary born
Age 24

6 Aug 1844

Son Alfred Ernest born
Age 26

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 26

23 May 1846

Daughter Helena Augusta born
Age 26

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 28

18 Mar 1848

Daughter Louise Caroline born
Age 30

1 May 1850

Son Arthur William born
Age 31

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 33

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 33

7 Apr 1853

Son Leopold George born
Age 34

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 34

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 35

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 36

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 37

14 Apr 1857

Daughter Beatrice mary born
Age 37

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 40

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 42

14 Dec 1861

Died at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England