TIMELINE OF EVENTS during GRACE’S LIFE 1815 – 1842
1815 BATTLE of WATERLOO (18 Jun)
1815 BIRTH of GRACE DARLING (24 Nov)
1816 Birth of CHARLOTTE BRONTE
1819 Birth of GEORGE ELIOT
1820 Death of GEORGE III; GEORGE IV becomes KING
1820 Birth of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
1824 Founding of ‘NATIONAL INSTITUTION for the
PRESERVATION OF LIFE from SHIPWRECK’
1825 STOCKTON TO DARLINGTON RAILWAY
The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives
1829 STEPHENSON’S ‘ROCKET’ proves a sensation
1830 Death of GEORGE IV; WILLIAM IV becomes KING
1830 First PASSENGER TRAIN service in the world opens
1831 MICHAEL FARADAY discovers
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
1832 THE REFORM ACT is passed
1833 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
1837 Death of WILLIAM IV; VICTORIA becomes QUEEN
1838 CHARLES DICKENS writes ‘OLIVER TWIST’
1838 BRUNEL’S Steamship, ‘GREAT WESTERN’ crosses the ATLANTIC OCEAN
1838 QUEEN VICTORIA’S CORONATION (28 Jun)
1838 ‘FORFARSHIRE’ RESCUE, FARNE ISLANDS (7 Sept)
1839 FOX TALBOT exhibits the first PHOTOGRAPHS
1839 CHARLES DARWIN publishes ‘THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE’
1840 ‘PENNY POST’ introduced by ROWLAND HILL
1840 Dr DAVID LIVINGSTONE first visits AFRICA
1841 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY completed
1842 QUEEN VICTORIA takes a TRAIN
1842 The MINES ACT prevents women and boys under 10 from working in coal mines
1842 DEATH OF GRACE DARLING (20 Oct)