Ancestral Time Line
| 1600 - Britain & Ireland Pop. c 4.8 million 1600 - Warwick Pop. c 3,000 1603 - Elizabeth I died 1603 - James I became King 1604 - Plague 1605 - Gunpowder Plot ( Warks. Families ) 1607 - First English colony in America 1607 - Midland Revolt 1610 - Galileo sees moons of Jupiter |
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| 1611 - Authorised Bible published 1616 - Shakespeare died 1617 - James I visited Warwick 1620 - Pilgrim Fathers set sail |
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| 1621 - John (1V) Squires baptised |
1625 - Charles I became King
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| 1642-49 - Civil War 1643 - Taj Mahal completed 1649 - Kenilworth Castle ruined 1649 - Charles I executed 1649 - England declared a Republic |
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| 1652 - John (III) Squires baptised | 1653 - Cromwell, Lord Protector 1658 - Cromwell died 1660 - Charles II became King |
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| 1665 - Plague strikes London 1666 - Great Fire of London 1670 - Warwick Market Hall built |
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| 1673 - John (III) m. Joanne Moore | 1675 - St Paul's Cathedral begun by Wren |
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| 1689 - John (II) Squires baptised | 1685 - James II became King 1688 - James II abdicates 1688 - William III & Mary II take throne |
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| 1692 - Glencoe Massacre 1694 - Bank of England founded 1694 - Great Fire of Warwick 1694 - Mary died, William continued 1695 - William III visited Warwick 1700 - Britain & Ireland Pop. c 6 million 1700 - Life Expectancy in England c 36 yrs |
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| 1701 - James II died in exile 1702 - Anne became Queen 1707 - Act of Union (Eng., Wales & Scot.) |
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| 1712 - John (II) m. Mary Pooll 1719 - John (I) Squires baptised |
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| 1726 - Gulliver's Travels published
1727 - George II became King |
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1738 - First Wesleyan Methodists |
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| 1747 - John (I) m. Mary Owen 1750 - John (II) died 1750 - William Squires baptised |
1745 - Jacobite Rising in Scotland 1748 - Tower & Spire at St Nicholas rebuilt |
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1760 - George III became King |
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1765 - James Watt invented Steam Engine 1769-70 James Cook sails to New Zealand |
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| 1773 - Boston Tea Party 1775 - American Independence War began 1776 - Shire Hall (Northgate St) built 1778 - Transportation to Australia began |
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| 1783 - American Independence War ended 1789 - French Revolution |
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| 1792 - Napoleonic Wars begin 1799 - Warwick & B'ham Canal opened 1800 - Act of Union (to include Ireland) |
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| 1806 - William m. Catherine 1807 - Elizabeth Squires baptised 1808 - Jane Squires baptised 1810 - Samuel Squires baptised |
1801 - Warwick population 5,592 1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar 1806 - The Warwick Advertiser founded |
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| 1814 - James Squires baptised | 1815 - Warwick's streets culverted, paved & lighted. Water supplies improved. 1815 - The Battle of Waterloo |
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| 1822 - Catherine died 1822 - Jane Squires died (13 yr) |
1820 - Florence Nightingale born 1822 - Gas supplied to Warwick 1829 - Stephenson invented his "Rocket" 1830 - 14 coaches run through Warwick |
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| 1836 - Samuel m. Betsy Washbrook 1838 - James m. Charlotte Baldock |
1836 - Warwick Poor Law Union formed 1837 - Victoria ascends the Throne 1838 - Oliver Twist published 1840 - "Penny Post" introduced |
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| 1841 - Edwin Foden baptised 1846 - Stephen George baptised |
1844 - Abolition of Slavery 1845 - Irish Potato Famine begins 1849 - Warwick Hospital built |
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| 1857 - Katherine baptised | 1851 - Warwick population 10,973 1852 - Railway arrived in Warwick 1854-56 Crimean War |
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| 1863 - James Herbert baptised 1866 - Edwin m. Elizabeth Burton 1867 - Charles Dunlop baptised |
1862-66 The Cotton Famine 1868 - Abolition of Transportation |
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| 1874 - Elizabeth Squires died 1874 - Samuel Squires died 1875 - Edwin m. Emma Agnes Pipe |
1871 - Smallpox epidemic 1872 - Stocks at Market Hall last used 1879 - The Zulu War 1880 - Compulsory education for U 10s |
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| 1886 - James Squires died | ||
| 1891 - Charles m. Jane Taylor 1891 - Ethel Squires born 1894 - Katherine Squires born 1896 - Mabel Squires born 1898 - Charlotte Foden Squires died 1898 - Charlotte Squires born |
1891 - Warwick population 11,903 1893 - Warwick Town Hall built 1894 - Parish Councils established 1899 - The Boer War begins |
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| 1902 - Vera Squires born 1904 - Maud Mona Squires born 1906 - Jane (Jean) Squires born 1908 - Hilda May Squires born |
1901 - Edward VII succeeds Victoria 1902 - The Boer War ends |
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1912 - Charles D F Squires born 1914 - Percy Dunlop Squires born |