George GibsonAge: 601811–1871
- Name
- George Gibson
- Given names
- George
- Surname
- Gibson
| Birth | about 1811 Hadlow, Kent, England |
| History | 1811 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 12 months) Note: Napoleon invades Russia.<br />War of 1812 between England and the United States. |
| History | 1814 (Age 3) Note: Treaty of Ghent ends Anglo-U.S. War.<br />England and allies invade France.<br />Napoleon exiled to Elba. |
| History | 1815 (Age 4) 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 8) Note: Peterloo Massacre of Corn Law protestors. |
| History | 1820 (Age 9) Note: George IV succeeds George III on his death |
| History | 1821 (Age 10) Note: Napoleon dies. |
| History | 1829 (Age 18) Note: Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police. |
| History | 1830 (Age 19) Note: George IV dies, his brother William IV succeeds.<br />Manchester - Liverpool Railway (first in England). |
| History | 1832 (Age 21) 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 22) Note: Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire.<br />Factory Act. |
| History | 1834 (Age 23) Note: New Poor Law.<br />Houses of Parliament burn down. |
| History | 1837 (Age 26) Note: William IV dies, succeeded by his niece, Victoria. |
| History | 1838 (Age 27) Note: Regular Atlantic steamship service begins. |
| History | 1839 (Age 28) Note: Anti-Corn-Law League founded. |
| History | 1840 (Age 29) 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 31) 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 Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | about 1843 (Age 32) Capel, Kent, England
daughter -
Ann Sophia Gibson
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| History | 1849 (Age 38) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 39) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 40) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 42) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 44) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| History | 1857 (Age 46) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 47) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| History | 1861 (Age 50) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| History | 1862 (Age 51) Note: Bismarck becomes Prussian premier. |
| History | 1864 (Age 53) Note: Geneva Convention establishes Red Cross. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Ann Sophia Gibson - View family 1867 (Age 56) Medway R D, Kent, England
son-in-law -
Charles Hollands
daughter -
Ann Sophia Gibson
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| History | 1867 (Age 56) 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 58) Note: Suez Canal opened. |
| History | 1869 (Age 58) Note: Union Pacific Railway completed in U.S. |
| History | 1870 (Age 59) Note: Forster's Elementary Education Act establishes School Boards.<br />Franco-Prussian War. |
| Death | before 1871 (Age 60) |
| Family with Ann … - View family |
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George Gibson
Birth about 1811 Hadlow, Kent, England Death before 1871 (Age 60) Loading...
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Ann …
Birth about 1810 Tudeley, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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Ann Sophia Gibson
Birth about 1843 32 33 Capel, Kent, England Death Yes Loading...
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