The 18th Century
1788 – First edition of The Times
1789 – The French Revolution
1790 – Law firm established
The 19th Century
1800 – Act of Union with Ireland
1805 – Battle of Trafalgar
1807 – Abolition of slavery
1815 – Battle of Waterloo
1832 – First Reform Act
1834 – Darwin sets sail on The Beagle
1837 – Queen Victoria ascends throne
1838 – Dickens writes Oliver Twist
1840 – Penny postage stamp
1843 – Wordsworth becomes Poet Laureate
1849 – Creation of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood
1851 – The Great Exhibition
1854 – Start of the Crimean War
1865 – Lincoln assassinated
1867 – Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1869 – Launch of The Cutty Sark
1888 – Eastman’s camera
1899 – Start of 2nd Boer War
The 20th Century
1901 – Death of Queen Victoria
1908 – London Olympic Games
1912 – Sinking of the Titanic
1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated. Start of World War I
1916 – Tanks used in warfare at Flers
1918 – Treaty of Versailles end of World War I
1919 – Lady Astor becomes first woman MP
1927 – First demonstration of TV, Warner Bros Talkies
1929 – Wall Street Crash
1930 – First football World Cup
1936 – Abdication of Edward VIII
The 20th Century
1936 – World War II, Jarrow March
1938 – Disney release Snow White
1945 – End of World War lI
1952 – Queen Elizabeth ascends throne
1962 – Beatles release Love Me Do
1965 – Death penalty abolished
1969 – Maiden Concorde flight, Apollo moon landing
1977 – Star Wars released
1978 – First test tube baby
1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall
1991 – Tim Berners Lee invents the world wide web
1998 – Good Friday Agreement
The 21st Century
2009 – Merge with Hulme & Co.
2012 – London Olympic Games
2014 – Malala Yousefzai wins Noble Prize
2016 – Brexit Referendum
2022 – Merged with Whatley Weston & Fox
2022 – Death of Queen Elizabeth II
2023 – Coronation of King Charles III