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Charles Henry NewmanAge: 621876–1938

Name
Charles Henry Newman
Given names
Charles Henry
Surname
Newman
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Birth about 1876
 Tonbridge, Kent, England

History 1876
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 3)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 4)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 6)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 7)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 8)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 9)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 10)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 11)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 13)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 21)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 22)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 23)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 25)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 27)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 28)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 29)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 38)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 40)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 41)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 42)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 46)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 52)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 60)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 61)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 62)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
Death between July 1938 and September 1938 Age: 62
 Tonbridge, Kent, England

 

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