Peasants to Puddles
My Family History - By Nicky Rowberry
Timeline
The following is a timeline for the period of family history covered in this website. It (hopefully) helps put the events in my family's history into context with some of the much bigger events of British history of the time.
| Henry VIII accedes as King of England. | 1509 | |
| Elizabeth I accedes as Queen of England. | 1558 | |
| 1575 | Richard Rowberry marries Izott Smyth. | |
| Drake circumnavigates the world. | 1580 | |
| 1594 | Humphrey Rowberry born. | |
| Death of Elizabeth I. Accession of James I (VI of Scotland). | 1603 | |
| Gunpowder plot. | 1605 | |
| Mayflower sails from Plymouth. | 1620 | |
| 1621 | Humphrey Rowberry marries Maria Browne. | |
| Charles I accedes to throne. | 1625 | |
| 1631 | John Rowberry born. | |
| Charles I beheaded. | 1649 | |
| 1663 | Thomas Rowberry born. | |
| Great Fire of London. | 1666 | |
| 1669 | John Corbett born. | |
| Massacre at Glencoe. | 1692 | |
| 1705 | Thomas Rowberry born. | |
| Act of Union. | 1707 | |
| First Steam Engine. | 1712 | |
| 1722 | Lancelot Corbett born. | |
| Battle of Culloden. | 1746 | |
| 1751 | George Rowberry born. | |
| 1767 | James Corbett born. | |
| American War of Independence begins. | 1775 | |
| 1794 | George Rowberry signed his covenant settlement. | |
| 1795 | William Rowberry born. | |
| 1796 | William Shepherd married Elizabeth Whittington. | |
| Union with Ireland. | 1801 | |
| Battle of Trafalgar. | 1805 | |
| Abolition of Slavery in Britain. | 1807 | |
| 1817 | Charles James born. | |
| First public railway - Stockton to Darlington. | 1825 | |
| 1829 | James Rowberry born. | |
| 1832 | Sarah Ruck marries William Rowberry. | |
| Queen Victoria accedes to the throne. | 1837 | |
| 1838 | Thomas Brookes born. | |
| Great Exhibition. | 1851 | |
| 1869 | James Brookes born. | |
| 1873 | Sarah Ruck dies. Albert Edward Rowberry born. | |
| Jack the Ripper at work in London. | 1888 | |
| 1899 | Alfred Rowberry born. | |
| The Boer War starts. | 1899 | |
| 1900 | Ethel Frances Brookes born. | |
| Queen Victoria dies. | 1901 | |
| 1905 | Leslie James born. | |
| 1907 | Dorothy Fraser born. | |
| World War I begins. | 1914 | |
| Women over 21 given the vote. | 1928 | |
| 1932 | Brian Timothy Rowberry born. | |
| 1934 | Pamela Lesley James born. | |
| World War II begins. | 1939 | |
| Elizabeth II accedes to the throne. | 1952 | |
| 1967 | Nicola Frances Rowberry born. |
If any of the above is of further interest, please feel free to contact me at: n.rowberry@btinternet.com
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