Laurence Colbert1790–?
- Name
- Laurence Colbert
- Given names
- Laurence
- Surname
- Colbert
- Also known as
- Laurentius Colbert
| Birth | 1790 (estimated) Ireland Note: DoB estimate based on marriage in 1813 |
| History | 1793 (Age 3) Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war. |
| History | 1798 (Age 8) Note: Battle of the Nile. |
| History | 1799 (Age 9) Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France. |
| History | 1801 (Age 11) Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| History | 1804 (Age 14) Note: Napoleon declared Emperor. |
| History | 1805 (Age 15) Note: Battle of Trafalgar. |
| History | 1809 (Age 19) Note: Napoleon captures Vienna. |
| History | 1811 (Age 21) Note: Prince of Wales named Regent to act for George III, now insane.<br />Luddite riots in the North and the Midlands. Laborers attack factories and break up the machines which they fear will replace them. |
| History | 1812 (Age 22) Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States. |
| Marriage | Margarita Colbert - View family 2 March 1813 (Age 23) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland Marriage - Laurence and Margarita Colbert - 1813 |
| Birth of a son #1 | before 19 May 1814 (Age 24) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Edmund Colbert
|
| History | 1814 (Age 24) Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba. |
| Baptism of a son | 19 May 1814 (Age 24) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Edmund Colbert
|
| History | 1815 (Age 25) Note: Napoleon escapes Elba, begins the Hundred Days.<br />Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon exiled to St. Helena in the South Atlantic.<br />Corn Laws passed. |
| Birth of a son #2 | before 18 August 1816 (Age 26) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Thomas Colbert
|
| Baptism of a son | 18 August 1816 (Age 26) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Thomas Colbert
|
| History | 1819 (Age 29) Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| Birth of a son #3 | before 17 September 1820 (Age 30) Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Peter Colbert
|
| History | 1820 (Age 30) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| Baptism of a son | 17 September 1820 (Age 30) Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Peter Colbert
|
| History | 1821 (Age 31) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | before 28 May 1824 (Age 34) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
daughter -
Maria Colbert
|
| Baptism of a daughter | 28 May 1824 (Age 34) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
daughter -
Maria Colbert
|
| Birth of a daughter #5 | before 16 November 1826 (Age 36) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
daughter -
Catherine Colbert
|
| Baptism of a daughter | 16 November 1826 (Age 36) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
daughter -
Catherine Colbert
|
| Birth of a son #6 | before 17 August 1828 (Age 38) Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Laurence Colbert
|
| Baptism of a son | 17 August 1828 (Age 38) Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Laurence Colbert
|
| History | 1829 (Age 39) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| History | 1830 (Age 40) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| History | 1832 (Age 42) 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 43) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| History | 1834 (Age 44) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| History | 1837 (Age 47) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 48) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 49) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 50) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Thomas Colbert - View family 27 November 1841 (Age 51) Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland
son -
Thomas Colbert
daughter-in-law -
Honora Curren
|
| History | 1842 (Age 52) 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 59) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 60) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 61) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 63) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 65) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| History | 1857 (Age 67) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 68) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 71) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 72) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 74) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 77) 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 79) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 79) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 80) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 81) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 86) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 87) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 89) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 90) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| History | 1882 (Age 92) Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings. |
| History | 1883 (Age 93) Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. |
| History | 1884 (Age 94) Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled. |
| History | 1885 (Age 95) Note: Fall of Khartoum. |
| History | 1886 (Age 96) Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected. |
| History | 1887 (Age 97) Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. |
| History | 1889 (Age 99) Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour. |
| History | 1897 (Age 107) Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
| History | 1898 (Age 108) Note: Spanish-American War. |
| History | 1899 (Age 109) Note: Boer war. |
| Death of a son | 12 October 1900 (Age 110) Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
son -
Thomas Colbert
|
| History | 1901 (Age 111) Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds. |
| History | 1903 (Age 113) Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama. |
| History | 1904 (Age 114) Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France). |
| History | 1905 (Age 115) Note: Revolution in Russia. |
| Death | Yes |
| Family with Margarita Colbert - View family |
| himself |
Laurence Colbert
Birth 1790 (estimated) Ireland Death Yes |
| wife |
Margarita Colbert
Birth 1790 (estimated) Ireland Death Yes |
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Marriage: 2 March 1813 — Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland |
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15 months #1 son |
Edmund Colbert
Birth before 19 May 1814 24 24 Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland Death Yes |
|
2 years #2 son |
Thomas Colbert
Birth before 18 August 1816 26 26 Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland Death 12 October 1900 Age: 84 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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4 years #3 son |
Peter Colbert
Birth before 17 September 1820 30 30 Lismore, Waterford, Ireland Death Yes |
|
4 years #4 daughter |
Maria Colbert
Birth before 28 May 1824 34 34 Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland Death Yes |
|
3 years #5 daughter |
Catherine Colbert
Birth before 16 November 1826 36 36 Cappoquin, Waterford, Ireland Death Yes |
|
21 months #6 son |
Laurence Colbert
Birth before 17 August 1828 38 38 Lismore, Waterford, Ireland Death Yes |
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