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Robert Bridge1740–?

Name
Robert Bridge
Given names
Robert
Surname
Bridge
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Birth 1740
 

History 1745 (Age 5)
 

Note: Jacobite rising in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
History 1754 (Age 14)
 

Note: Anglo-French war begins in North America.
History 1756 (Age 16)
 

Note: Seven Years War.
History 1757 (Age 17)
 

Note: Clive captures India from the French.
History 1758 (Age 18)
 

Note: First threshing machine invented.
History 1759 (Age 19)
 

Note: British Museum opens.
History 1760 (Age 20)
 

Note: George II dies, his grandson crowned George III.<br />French surrender Montreal to the British.<br />Wedgwood opens pottery works.
History 1763 (Age 23)
 

Note: Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War. France cedes Canada and the Mississippi Valley to Britain.
MarriageElizabeth Fuller - View family
1764 (Age 24)
 

History 1764 (Age 24)
 

Note: Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
Birth of a son
#1		 1766 (Age 26)
 

son - Robert Bridge
History 1769 (Age 29)
 

Note: Arkwright invents a spinning machine.
History 1771 (Age 31)
 

Note: Arkwright's first spinning mill.
Birth of a son
#2		 1773 (Age 33)
 

son - Simon Bridge
History 1773 (Age 33)
 

Note: Boston Tea Party.
History 1775 (Age 35)
 

Note: American Revolution begins.<br />Watt's first efficient steam engine.
History 1776 (Age 36)
 

Note: American colonies declare their independence.
History 1779 (Age 39)
 

Note: First steam powered mills. Crompton invents spinning mule.
History 1781 (Age 41)
 

Note: Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown, Va.
History 1783 (Age 43)
 

Note: Peace treaty signed in Paris between Great Britain and the United States.
History 1785 (Age 45)
 

Note: Cartwright builds power loom.
History 1786 (Age 46)
 

Note: Coal gas first used for lighting.
History 1789 (Age 49)
 

Note: Bastille falls, French Revolution begins.
Marriage of a sonRobert Bridge - View family
1790 (Age 50)
 

son - Robert Bridge
daughter-in-law - Elizabeth Paine
History 1793 (Age 53)
 

Note: Louis XVI executed in France. England and France at war.
Marriage of a sonSimon Bridge - View family
1798 (Age 58)
 

son - Simon Bridge
daughter-in-law - Ann Collier
History 1798 (Age 58)
 

Note: Battle of the Nile.
History 1799 (Age 59)
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
History 1801 (Age 61)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
History 1804 (Age 64)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 65)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
History 1809 (Age 69)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 71)
 

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 72)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 74)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 75)
 

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.
History 1819 (Age 79)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 80)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 81)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 89)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 90)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 92)
 

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 93)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 94)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
Marriage of a sonSimon Bridge - View family
1835 (Age 95)
 

son - Simon Bridge
daughter-in-law - Mary Benstead
History 1837 (Age 97)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 98)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 99)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 100)
 

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 102)
 

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 109)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 110)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 111)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 113)
 

Note: Crimean War.
Death of a son 10 February 1855 (Age 115)
 

son - Robert Bridge
Death of a son 1855 (Age 115)
 

son - Simon Bridge
History 1855 (Age 115)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 117)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 118)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
DeathYes
 

Family with Elizabeth Fuller - View family
himself
Robert Bridge

Birth 1740  

Death Yes  

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wife
Elizabeth Fuller

Birth 1740  

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 1764
2 years
#1 son
Robert Bridge

Birth 1766 26 26  

Death 10 February 1855 (Age 89)  

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7 years
#2 son
Simon Bridge

Birth 1773 33 33  

Death 1855 (Age 82)  

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