Samuel Boam

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Born	5 OCT 1801 , Shipley
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Joseph Boam (Father) Family Sarah Hadfield (Mother) Family
Marriage	Tamer Trueman — 30 APR 1827 Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

5 Oct 1801

Born at Shipley
Age 1

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 2

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 4

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 5

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 13

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 18

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 25

30 Apr 1827

Married Tamer Trueman
Age 27

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 27

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 28

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 30

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 30

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 31

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age c. 33

1834

Daughter Emma born
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 c. 38

1839

Son Thomas Granville born
Age 37

13 Aug 1839

Mother Sarah died
Age 38

6 May 1840

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

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age c. 41

1842

Daughter Tamer born
Age 43

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 44

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 45

5 Sep 1847

Father Joseph died
Age 49

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 50

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 52

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 52

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 52

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

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

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 55

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 58

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 61

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 62

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 65

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 68

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 68

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 70

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 71

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age 74

10 Mar 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
Age 75

9 Jul 1877

First Wimbledon Championships
Age 77

11 Jan 1879

Zulu War begins
Age 78

28 Dec 1879

Tay Bridge disaster

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.