Martha Boots

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Born	AUG 1767 , Salehurst, Sussex
Baptised	7 AUG 1767 , Salehurst
Died	UNKNOWN
Parents	Thomas Boots (Father) Family Mary Jennings (Mother) Family
Marriage	Richard Sisley — 30 AUG 1790 at Salehurst, Sussex Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

Aug 1767

Born at Salehurst, Sussex
Newborn

7 Aug 1767

Baptised at Salehurst
Age 1

26 Aug 1768

Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
Age 1

5 Jan 1769

James Watt patents his improved steam engine
Age 7

1775–1783

American War of Independence begins
Age 12

4 May 1780

First Epsom Derby run

On Epsom Downs, Surrey.
Age 21

14 Jul 1789

French Revolution begins
Age 23

30 Aug 1790

Married Richard Sisley at Salehurst, Sussex
Age 23

31 Mar 1791

Mother Mary died
Age 25

1 Feb 1793

Britain goes to war with revolutionary France
Age 28

14 May 1796

Edward Jenner carries out the first smallpox vaccination
Age 33

1 Jan 1801

Union with Ireland creates the United Kingdom
Age 35

1803–1815

Napoleonic Wars resume
Age 36

21 Feb 1804

Trevithick's steam locomotive makes the first railway journey
Age 38

21 Oct 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Nelson killed.
Age 39

25 Mar 1807

Slave Trade Act abolishes the British slave trade
Age 47

Apr 1815

Mount Tambora erupts

Led to the cold "Year Without a Summer" in 1816.
Age 47

18 Jun 1815

Battle of Waterloo
Age 52

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
Age 52

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 53

11 Jun 1821

Father Thomas died
Age 58

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 61

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 62

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 62

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 62

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 63

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 64

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 64

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 66

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 67

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 69

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 69

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 72

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 73

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 78

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 78

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed

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