John Eley Wright

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Born	30 OCT 1887 , Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Died	18 MAY 1978 , Sandiacre, Notts
Parents	William Wright (Father) Family Agnes Eley (Mother) Family
Marriage	Florence Mabel Stafford — 5 AUG 1907 at Risley Parish Church Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		Lace Maker

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

30 Oct 1887

Born at Long Eaton, Derbyshire
5 months

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 1

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 8

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 10

10 Nov 1897

Mother Agnes died
Age 11

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 13

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 13

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 16

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 19

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 19

5 Aug 1907

Married Florence Mabel Stafford at Risley Parish Church
Age 20

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 21

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 21

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 22

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 22

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 23

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 24

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 24

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 24

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 25

25 Dec 1912

Son John Eley Noel born
Age 25

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 26

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 27

20 Dec 1914

Son Charles Leslie Raymond born
Age 27

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 27

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 28

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 28

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 28

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 29

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 30

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 30

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 30

31 May 1918

Son Arthur born
Age 31

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 31

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age c. 33

1920

Son Philip Godfrey born
Age 33

14 Mar 1921

Son Laurence Cecil born
Age 35

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 36

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 38

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 38

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 40

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 40

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 42

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 42

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 47

10 Feb 1935

Father William died
Age 48

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 49

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 49

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 49

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 49

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 51

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 52

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 52

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 52

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 54

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 55

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 56

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 56

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 57

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 57

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 59

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 60

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 60

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 60

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 62

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 64

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 65

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 65

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 65

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 65

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 65

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 66

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 66

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 67

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 68

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 68

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 69

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 70

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 70

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 71

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 74

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 75

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 76

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 77

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 78

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 78

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 78

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 79

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 81

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 81

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 83

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 85

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 88

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 88

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 89

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 90

18 May 1978

Died at Sandiacre, Notts