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Sarah Swift

Sarah Swift

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Born 1834
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Born in the reign of William IV
  • Birth
    1834
    Born
  • Year of birth
    14 Aug 1834
    New Poor Law introduces workhouses
  • Age c. 3
    20 Jun 1837
    Accession of Queen Victoria
    Reigned 1837–1901
  • Age c. 3
    1 Jul 1837
    Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
  • Age c. 6
    6 May 1840
    The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
  • Age c. 7
    6 Jun 1841
    First detailed national census
  • Age c. 11
    1845–1852
    Irish Potato Famine
  • Age c. 12
    26 Jun 1846
    Corn Laws repealed
  • Age c. 17
    1 May 1851
    Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
  • Age c. 18
    14 Sep 1852
    Duke of Wellington dies
  • Age c. 20
    1854–1856
    Crimean War
  • Age c. 20
    10 Jun 1854
    Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
  • Age c. 20
    31 Aug 1854
    Broad Street cholera outbreak
    John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
  • Age c. 22
    29 Jan 1856
    Victoria Cross instituted
  • Age c. 23
    1857–1858
    Indian Rebellion
  • Age c. 25
    24 Nov 1859
    Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
  • Age c. 29
    10 Jan 1863
    London Underground opens
    The world's first underground railway.
  • Age c. 29
    26 Oct 1863
    The Football Association is founded
  • Age c. 33
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 36
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 36
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 38
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 38
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 42
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 43
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 45
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 45
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 48
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 48
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 50
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 54
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 54
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 62
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 65
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 67
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 67
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 69
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 73
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 74
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 75
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 75
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 76
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 76
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 77
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 77
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 78
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 78
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 79
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 80
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.