Henry KnightAge: 611819–1880
- Name
- Henry Knight
- Given names
- Henry
- Surname
- Knight
| Birth | about 1819 East Farleigh, Kent, England |
| History | 1819 Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| History | 1820 (Age 12 months) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| History | 1821 (Age 2) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| History | 1829 (Age 10) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| History | 1830 (Age 11) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| History | 1832 (Age 13) 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 14) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| History | 1834 (Age 15) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| History | 1837 (Age 18) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 19) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 20) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 21) 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 23) 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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed. |
| Marriage | Elizabeth Bigg - View family between October 1842 and December 1842 (Age 23) Maidstone R D, Kent, England |
| Birth of a son #1 | between October 1844 and December 1844 (Age 25) Maidstone R D, Kent, England
son -
Edward Robert Knight
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| History | 1849 (Age 30) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | between January 1850 and March 1850 (Age 31) Maidstone R D, Kent, England
son -
Alfred Knight
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| History | 1850 (Age 31) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 32) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| Death of a wife | between July 1853 and September 1853 (Age 34) Maidstone R D, Kent, England
wife -
Elizabeth Bigg
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| History | 1853 (Age 34) Note: Crimean War. |
| Marriage | Harriet Page - View family 6 August 1854 (Age 35) East Farleigh, Kent, England |
| History | 1855 (Age 36) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| History | 1857 (Age 38) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 39) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 42) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 43) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 25 June 1863 (Age 44) Linton, Kent, England
son -
Percival "Percy" Knight
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| History | 1864 (Age 45) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| History | 1867 (Age 48) 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 50) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 50) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 51) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| History | 1871 (Age 52) Note: Trade unions legalised.<br />Newcastle engineers strike for a nine-hour day.<br />Germany unified. |
| History | 1876 (Age 57) Note: Victoria named Empress of India.<br />Edison invents the phonograph.<br />Compulsory school attendance in Great Britain. |
| History | 1877 (Age 58) Note: Transvaal annexed. |
| History | 1879 (Age 60) Note: Zulu war. |
| History | 1880 (Age 61) Note: War with Transvaal. |
| Death | between July 1880 and September 1880 Age: 61 Maidstone R D, Kent, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
James Knight
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| #1 himself |
Henry Knight
Birth about 1819 East Farleigh, Kent, England Death between July 1880 and September 1880 Age: 61 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Loading...
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| Family with Elizabeth Bigg - View family |
| himself |
Henry Knight
Birth about 1819 East Farleigh, Kent, England Death between July 1880 and September 1880 Age: 61 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Loading...
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3 years wife |
Elizabeth Bigg
Birth about 1822 Maidstone, Kent, England Death between July 1853 and September 1853 Age: 31 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Loading...
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Marriage: between October 1842 and December 1842 — Maidstone R D, Kent, England |
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2 years #1 son |
Edward Robert Knight
Birth between October 1844 and December 1844 25 22 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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5 years #2 son |
Alfred Knight
Birth between January 1850 and March 1850 31 28 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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| Family with Harriet Page - View family |
| himself |
Henry Knight
Birth about 1819 East Farleigh, Kent, England Death between July 1880 and September 1880 Age: 61 Maidstone R D, Kent, England Loading...
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| wife |
Harriet Page
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Marriage: 6 August 1854 — East Farleigh, Kent, England |
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9 years #1 son |
Percival "Percy" Knight
Birth 25 June 1863 44 Linton, Kent, England Death between January 1941 and March 1941 Age: 77 Milton R D, Kent, England Loading...
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