Harry William Henry Ackland1857–?
- Name
- Harry William Henry Ackland
- Given names
- Harry William Henry
- Surname
- Ackland
| Birth | between April 1857 and June 1857 24 22 St Thomas, Devon, England |
| History | 1857 Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 9 months) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| Birth of a sister | between July 1859 and September 1859 (Age 2) St Thomas, Devon, England
younger sister -
Eliza Jane Webber Ackland
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| Census | 7 April 1861 (Age 4) Littleham, Devon, England Address: Chapel Street
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| Emigration | 23 December 1861 (Age 4) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Emigration - Henry Ackland & family - 1862 |
| History | 1861 (Age 3) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| Birth of a sister | between October 1861 and December 1861 (Age 4) St Thomas, Devon, England
younger sister -
Mary Ann Ackland
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| Immigration | 31 March 1862 (Age 4) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| History | 1862 (Age 4) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 6) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 9) 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 11) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 11) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 12) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| Birth of a brother | about 1871 (Age 13) Colac, Victoria, Australia
younger brother -
George Henry Ackland
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| History | 1871 (Age 13) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 18) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 19) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 21) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 22) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 24) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 25) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 26) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 27) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 28) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 29) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 31) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 39) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 40) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 41) Note: Boer war. |
| History | 1901 (Age 43) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 45) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 46) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 47) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| History | 1914 (Age 56) Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 58) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 59) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 60) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 64) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 70) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 78) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 80) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 80) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 82) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 82) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 83) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 84) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 84) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 84) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 84) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 86) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 86) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 88) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 88) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 88) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
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2 years mother |
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Marriage: between July 1856 and September 1856 — St Thomas, Devon, England |
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9 months #1 himself |
Harry William Henry Ackland
Birth between April 1857 and June 1857 24 22 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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2 years #2 younger sister |
Eliza Jane Webber Ackland
Birth between July 1859 and September 1859 26 24 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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2 years #3 younger sister |
Mary Ann Ackland
Birth between October 1861 and December 1861 28 26 St Thomas, Devon, England Death Yes |
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9 years #4 younger brother |
George Henry Ackland
Birth about 1871 38 36 Colac, Victoria, Australia Death 1940 (Age 69) Plantagenet, Western Australia, Australia |
| Documents |
| Date | Place | Address | Notes | Sources | Media |
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| 7 April 1861 (Age 4) | Littleham, Devon, England | Chapel Street |