Philadelphia Boots

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Born	FEB 1791 , Ewhurst
Died	ABT 1875 , Royalton, Niagra County NY USA
Parents	Thomas Boots (Father) Family Mary Stace (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

Feb 1791

Born at Ewhurst
Age 2

1 Feb 1793

Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 5

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 9

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 12

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 13

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 14

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 16

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 21

14 Nov 1812

Mother Mary died
Age 24

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 24

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 28

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 28

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 34

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 38

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 38

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 38

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 39

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 39

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 40

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 41

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 42

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 43

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 46

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 46

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 49

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 50

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 54

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 55

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 60

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 61

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 61

2 Nov 1852

Father Thomas died
Age 63

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 63

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 63

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 64

29 Jan 1856

Victoria Cross instituted
Age 66

1857–1858

Indian Rebellion
Age 68

24 Nov 1859

Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Age 71

10 Jan 1863

London Underground opens

The world's first underground railway.
Age 72

26 Oct 1863

The Football Association is founded
Age 76

15 Aug 1867

Second Reform Act
Age 79

9 Jun 1870

Charles Dickens dies
Age 79

9 Aug 1870

Elementary Education Act

Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
Age 81

16 Mar 1872

First FA Cup final
Age 81

30 Nov 1872

First international football match, Scotland v England
Age c. 84

1875

Died at Royalton, Niagra County NY USA