John Joseph Frost

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Born	1802 , Liss, Hampshire
Died	1878
Buried	1878 , Sussex
Parents	William Frost (Father) Family
Marriage	Harriott Ann Frost — 6 MAR 1828 at Harting, Sussex, England Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation
Residence	1861	Harting, Sussex

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

1802

Born at Liss, Hampshire
Age c. 1

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age c. 2

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age c. 3

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age c. 5

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age c. 13

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age c. 13

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age c. 17

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age c. 18

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age c. 23

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age c. 26

1828

Daughter Harriet born
Age c. 26

1828

Daughter Lucy born
Age c. 26

6 Mar 1828

Married Harriott Ann Frost at Harting, Sussex, England
Age c. 27

1829

Daughter Maria born
Age c. 27

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age c. 27

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age c. 27

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age c. 28

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age c. 28

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age c. 29

6 Apr 1831

Son John born
Age c. 29

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age c. 30

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age c. 31

1833

Son Walter born
Age c. 31

Jan 1833

Son Arthur born
Age c. 31

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age c. 32

1834

Son Joseph P B born
Age c. 32

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age c. 35

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age c. 35

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age c. 36

1838

Son Richard J M born
Age c. 36

20 May 1838

Daughter Ellen born
Age c. 38

1840

Son John W born
Age c. 38

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age c. 39

1841

Daughter Lucy H born
Age c. 39

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age c. 40

1842

Daughter Elizabeth D B born
Age c. 40

Jan 1842

Son Christian Allen born
Age c. 42

3 Mar 1844

Daughter Laura born
Age c. 43

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age c. 44

1846

Daughter Celestine F born
Age c. 44

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age c. 46

Jan 1848

Son Gilbert born
Age c. 49

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age c. 50

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age c. 52

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age c. 52

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age c. 52

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age c. 54

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age c. 55

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age c. 57

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age c. 59

1861

Residence

Harting, Sussex
Age c. 61

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age c. 61

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age c. 65

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age c. 68

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age c. 68

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age c. 70

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age c. 70

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age c. 74

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age c. 75

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age c. 76

1878

Died
Age c. 76

1878

Buried at Sussex