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Mercy Barns1799–?

Name
Mercy Barns
Given names
Mercy
Surname
Barns
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Birth 1799 26
 Rolvenden, Kent, England

History 1799
 

Note: Napoleon named First Consul of France.
Birth of a brother 1801 (Age 2)
 Rolvenden, Kent, England

younger brother - John Barns
History 1801 (Age 2)
 

Note: Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
Birth of a brother 1804 (Age 5)
 Rolvenden, Kent, England

younger brother - Richard Barns
History 1804 (Age 5)
 

Note: Napoleon declared Emperor.
History 1805 (Age 6)
 

Note: Battle of Trafalgar.
Birth of a brother 1807 (Age 8)
 Rolvenden, Kent, England

younger brother - William Barns
History 1809 (Age 10)
 

Note: Napoleon captures Vienna.
History 1811 (Age 12)
 

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 13)
 

Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States.
History 1814 (Age 15)
 

Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba.
History 1815 (Age 16)
 

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 20)
 

Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors.
History 1820 (Age 21)
 

Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death
History 1821 (Age 22)
 

Note: Napoleon dies.
History 1829 (Age 30)
 

Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police.
History 1830 (Age 31)
 

Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England).
History 1832 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act.
History 1834 (Age 35)
 

Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down.
History 1837 (Age 38)
 

Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
History 1838 (Age 39)
 

Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins.
History 1839 (Age 40)
 

Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded.
History 1840 (Age 41)
 

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 43)
 

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 50)
 

Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia.
History 1850 (Age 51)
 

Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel.
History 1851 (Age 52)
 

Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace).
History 1853 (Age 54)
 

Note: Crimean War.
History 1855 (Age 56)
 

Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls.
History 1857 (Age 58)
 

Note: The Mutiny (India).
History 1858 (Age 59)
 

Note: First Atlantic cable laid.
History 1861 (Age 62)
 

Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War.
History 1862 (Age 63)
 

Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier.
History 1864 (Age 65)
 

Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross.
History 1867 (Age 68)
 

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 70)
 

Note: Suez Canal opened.
History 1869 (Age 70)
 

Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S.
History 1870 (Age 71)
 

Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War.
History 1871 (Age 72)
 

Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified.
History 1876 (Age 77)
 

Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain.
History 1877 (Age 78)
 

Note: Transvaal annexed.
History 1879 (Age 80)
 

Note: Zulu war.
History 1880 (Age 81)
 

Note: War with Transvaal.
History 1882 (Age 83)
 

Note: Married Women's Property Act enables women to buy, own, and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
History 1883 (Age 84)
 

Note: Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan.
History 1884 (Age 85)
 

Note: Third Reform Act and Redistribution Act extend vote to agricultural workers, electorate tripled.
History 1885 (Age 86)
 

Note: Fall of Khartoum.
History 1886 (Age 87)
 

Note: First (Irish) Home Rule bill rejected.
History 1887 (Age 88)
 

Note: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
History 1889 (Age 90)
 

Note: London dock workers and match girls strike for 6d./hour.
History 1897 (Age 98)
 

Note: Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
History 1898 (Age 99)
 

Note: Spanish-American War.
History 1899 (Age 100)
 

Note: Boer war.
History 1901 (Age 102)
 

Note: Victoria dies, Edward Prince of Wales succeeds.
History 1903 (Age 104)
 

Note: U.S. acquires Canal Zone from Panama.
History 1904 (Age 105)
 

Note: Entente Cordiale (England and France).
History 1905 (Age 106)
 

Note: Revolution in Russia.
History 1914 (Age 115)
 

Note: The Great War (World War I).
History 1916 (Age 117)
 

Note: Easter Rising in Dublin.
History 1917 (Age 118)
 

Note: Russian Revolution.
History 1918 (Age 119)
 

Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised.
DeathYes
 

Family with parents - View family
father
John Barns

Birth 1773  Benenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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mother
Anne Moore

Death Yes  

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Marriage: 16 December 1792 — Rolvenden, Kent, England
1 month
#1 elder sister
Sarah Barns

Birth 1793 20  Rolvenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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1 year
#2 elder sister
Mary Barns

Birth 1794 21  Benenden, Kent, England

Death 1851 (Age 57)  

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5 years
#3 herself
Mercy Barns

Birth 1799 26  Rolvenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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2 years
#4 younger brother
John Barns

Birth 1801 28  Rolvenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#5 younger brother
Richard Barns

Birth 1804 31  Rolvenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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3 years
#6 younger brother
William Barns

Birth 1807 34  Rolvenden, Kent, England

Death Yes  

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