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John Boam

John Boam

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Born 28 JUL 1792 , Shipley
Died UNKNOWN
Parents Joseph Boam (Father) Family
Sarah Hadfield (Mother) Family
Marriage Ann Bostock — 30 JUN 1817 at Ilkeston Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation 1851 Labourer
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George III
  • Birth
    28 Jul 1792
    Born at Shipley
  • 6 months
    1 Feb 1793
    Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
  • Age 3
    14 May 1796
    Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
  • Age 8
    1 Jan 1801
    Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
  • Age 10
    1803–1815
    Napoleonic Wars resume
  • Age 11
    21 Feb 1804
    Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
  • Age 13
    21 Oct 1805
    Battle of Trafalgar
    Nelson killed.
  • Age 14
    25 Mar 1807
    Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
  • Age 22
    Apr 1815
    Mount Tambora erupts
    Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
  • Age 22
    18 Jun 1815
    Battle of Waterloo
  • Age 24
    30 Jun 1817
    Married Ann Bostock at Ilkeston
  • Age 27
    16 Aug 1819
    Peterloo Massacre
  • Age 27
    29 Jan 1820
    Accession of George IV
    Reigned 1820–1830
  • Age 28
    23 Sep 1820
    Daughter Mary born
  • Age 29
    12 Mar 1822
    Son John born
  • Age 32
    9 Mar 1825
    Daughter Elizabeth born
  • Age 33
    27 Sep 1825
    Stockton and Darlington Railway opens
    The first public steam railway.
  • Age 34
    25 Jun 1827
    Daughter Anne born
  • Age 36
    13 Apr 1829
    Catholic Emancipation Act
  • Age 37
    29 Sep 1829
    Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
  • Age 37
    Oct 1829
    Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
  • Age 37
    26 Jun 1830
    Accession of William IV
    Reigned 1830–1837
  • Age 38
    15 Sep 1830
    Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
  • Age 39
    1831–1832
    First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
  • Age 39
    7 Jun 1832
    Great Reform Act
  • Age 41
    28 Aug 1833
    Slavery Abolition Act
  • Age 42
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age 44
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age 44
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age 47
    13 Aug 1839
    Mother Sarah died
  • Age 47
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age 48
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age 53
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age 53
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age 55
    5 Sep 1847
    Father Joseph died
  • Age c. 59
    1851
    Occupation
    Labourer
  • Age 58
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age 60
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age 61
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age 61
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age 62
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age 63
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age 64
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age 67
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age 70
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age 71
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age 75
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age 77
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age 78
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age 79
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age 80
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.