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John Richardson Waghorn1829–?

Name
John Richardson Waghorn
Given names
John Richardson
Surname
Waghorn
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Birth before 12 April 1829 34 26
 Yalding, Kent, England

Baptism 12 April 1829
 Yalding, Kent, England

History 1829
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 8 months)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 2)
 

Note: First Reform Bill: adds 10 pound/year householders to the voting rolls and reapportions Parliamentary representation much more fairly, doing away with most rotten and pocket boroughs. Adds 217,000 voters to an electorate of 435,000.
History 1833 (Age 3)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 4)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 7)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 8)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 9)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 10)
 

Note: Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort.<br />Penny post started.<br />S.F.B. Morse invents the telegraph.<br />Grammar Schools Act.
History 1842 (Age 12)
 

Note: Chartist Riots.<br />Copyright Act.<br />Potato Failure in Europe, starvation in Ireland. Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed.
History 1849 (Age 19)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 20)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 21)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 23)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 25)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 27)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 28)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 31)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 32)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 34)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 37)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic.<br />Second Reform Bill: enfranchises many workingmen, adds 938,000 to an electorate of 1,057,000 in England and Wales. (Disraeli's legislation)
History 1869 (Age 39)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 39)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 40)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 41)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 46)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 47)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 49)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 50)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 52)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
Death of a father between April 1883 and June 1883 (Age 53)
 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

father - James Richardson Waghorn
History 1883 (Age 53)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
Death of a mother between April 1884 and June 1884 (Age 54)
 Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

mother - Rachel Gladdish
History 1884 (Age 54)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 55)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 56)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 57)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 59)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 67)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 68)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 69)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 71)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 73)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 74)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 75)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 84)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 86)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 87)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 88)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
History 1922 (Age 92)
 

Note: Irish Free State established.
History 1928 (Age 98)
 

Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men).
History 1936 (Age 106)
 

Note: Spanish Civil War.
History 7 July 1937 (Age 108)
 

Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
History 1938 (Age 108)
 

Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich.
History 1 September 1939 (Age 110)
 

Note: The German invasion of Poland.
History 3 September 1939 (Age 110)
 

Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany .
History 10 June 1940 (Age 111)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France.
History 22 June 1941 (Age 112)
 

Note: German attack on the USSR.
History 7 December 1941 (Age 112)
 

Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour).
History 8 December 1941 (Age 112)
 

Note: America declares war on Japan.
History 11 December 1941 (Age 112)
 

Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America.
History 8 September 1943 (Age 114)
 

Note: Italy surrenders.
History 13 October 1943 (Age 114)
 

Note: Italy declares war on Germany.
History 19 April 1945 (Age 116)
 

Note: German forces in Italy surrender.
History 8 May 1945 (Age 116)
 

Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day).
History 2 September 1945 (Age 116)
 

Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day).
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
James Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 18 May 1794 24  Marden, Kent, England

Death between April 1883 and June 1883 (Age 88) Age: 89  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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8 years
mother
Rachel Gladdish

Birth before 30 May 1802  Ash, Kent, England

Death between April 1884 and June 1884 (Age 81) Age: 82  Tonbridge R D, Kent, England

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Marriage: 26 December 1825 — Wateringbury, Kent, England
1 year
#1 elder sister
Sarah Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 24 December 1826 32 24  Yalding, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#2 himself
John Richardson Waghorn

Birth before 12 April 1829 34 26  Yalding, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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