Gosling Family Timeline
| Year | Family Event | World Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1780 | The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain, begins publication. | |
| 1781 | American Revolution Ends. | |
| 1789 | Bastille stormed, Paris. | |
| 1790 | Thomas Gosling Snr born. | The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. |
| 1800 | The U.S. Library of Congress is founded. | |
| 1810 | Sake Dean Mahomet opens Hindoostanee Coffee House, the first Indian restaurant in London. | |
| 1812 | Charles Dickens is born on the 7th Feburary. | |
| 1814 | Emperor Napoleon abdicates; Louis XVIII becomes King of France | |
| 1820 | Florence Nightingale, nurse born. | |
| 1821 | Thomas Gosling Jnr is borrn in Kenn, Somerset. | John Constable paints 'The Hay Wain'. |
| 1826 | Hannah Tippet is born in Portbury, Somerset. | The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. |
| 1830 | George IV dies and is succeeded by his brother William IV | |
| 1835 | Charles Darwin arrives at the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle. | |
| 1837 | Queen Victoria ascended the throne. | |
| 1839 | The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line, from Paddington Station to West Drayton. | |
| 1840 | The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. | |
| 1846 | Thomas Gosling Jnr marries Hannah Tippett in Bristol. | Planet Neptune first sighted. |
| 1850 | George Morgan Gosling is born in Bristol. | "David Copperfield" published. |
| 1852 | State funeral of the Duke of Wellington | |
| 1858 | The last rebels of the Indian Mutiny surrender in Gwalior | |
| 1860 | The first street trams in Britain are introduced in Birkenhead. The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. | |
| 1870 | Outbreak of the Franco-Pussian War 0n the 19th July. The conflict is a culmination of years of tension between the two powers. | |
| 1872 | George Morgan Gosling marries Matilda Georgina Cowham in Clifton, Bristol. | The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. |
| 1876 | Modern Refridgerator is invented by Carl von Linden who discovered and patented an improved method of liquefying gas. | |
| 1879 | Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time | |
| 1880 | Greenwich Mean Time adopted across Great Britain. | |
| 1881 | Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone | |
| 1883 | Matilda Georgina Gosling (Nee Cowham) the first wife of George Morgan Gosling, dies in Bristol. | Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published in book form |
| 1886 | George Morgan Gosling marries Clara Matilda Wilkins (his second marriage) in Bristol. | Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile |
| 1887 | George Hawke Hiffernan is born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of her reign |
| 1888 | John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor is born. | |
| 1889 | Mabel Gosling is born in Bristol. Elizabeth Amelia Jones is born in Bristol. | Work completed on the Eiffel Tower, Paris. |
| 1890 | Agatha Christie, writer born. | |
| 1891 | Twins, Sidney George and William Arthur Gosling are born in Wookey Hole, Somerset | Cole Porter, composer born. |
| 1892 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1893 | Walter Morgan Gosling is born in Bristol. | New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote |
| 1898 | Hannah Gosling (Nee Tippet) the wife of Thomas Gosling Jnr. dies in Wraxall, Nailsea. | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, dies |
| 1899 | Lilian Dorothea Moon is born in Bristol. | Alfred Hitchcock, British film director is born. |
| 1900 | George Morgan Gosling dies in Bristol. | Oscar Wilde, playwright, writer and poet dies. |
| 1902 | Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom. | |
| 1905 | Thomas Gosling Jnr dies at Long Ashton, Somerset. | The Automobile Association was founded in United Kingdom |
| 1906 | John Betjeman, English poet, born. | |
| 1910 | Florence Nightingale died, aged 90. | |
| 1912 | The Titanic leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. Four days into her journey she strikes an iceberg and sinks two hours and forty minutes later. | |
| 1913 | Unemployment and Maternity benefits introduced. The first Chelsea Flower Show is held in London. | |
| 1914 | Start of WW1. On the 4th of august Britain declares war on Germany. | |
| 1916 | Walter Morgan Gosling marries Harriett Olive Jones. George Hiffernan is injured at the battle of the Somme and is evacuated to Bristol, England where he meets Mabel Gosling. | WW1 Battle of the Somme |
| 1917 | Sidney George Gosling marries Elizabeth Amelia Jones in Bristol. George Hiffernan returns to Canada where he is discharged. | WW1 The US declares war on Germany. |
| 1918 | Mabel Gosling travels to Canada on one of the first bride ships to leave England after the war and is re-united with George at Medicine Hat, Alberta where they are married. | End of WW1. On 11th November the leaders of both sides hold a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice is signed at 6am and comes into force five hours later. |
| 1919 | Ruth Margaretta Gosling is born in Walsall, West Midlands. | Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament |
| 1920 | Elizabeth Daisy Hill is born in Taunton. | King George V unveils the Cenotaph; The Unknown Warrior is buried. |
| 1922 | Tutankhamun tomb discovered, Egypt. | |
| 1923 | Harold Walter Gosling is born in Bristol, Gloustershire. Robert Stanley Gosling is born in Walsall, West Midlands. He dies when only a few months old. | Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer and broadcaster is born. |
| 1924 | Howard Herbert Gosling is born in Walsall, West Midlands. | Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader and presenter is born. |
| 1925 | William Arthur Gosling marries Ida Margaretta Hicks. | John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. |
| 1929 | Harriett Gosling (nee Jones) first wife of Walter Gosling dies in Bristol. Walter Gosling and his son Harold emigrate to Canada with the intention of Harold inherting the Hiffernans farm. However they both later return to England. | Stockmarket crashes on Wall Street, ushering in the "Great Depression" |
| 1930 | Walter Morgan Gosling marries Lilian Dorothea Moon (his second wife) in Bristol. | Planet Pluto discovered. |
| 1931 | Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, is born. | |
| 1933 | Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany | |
| 1937 | The coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. | |
| 1940 | The Dunkirk evacuation of British Expeditionary Force takes place. 300,000 troops are evacuated from France to England. The Battle of Britain begins. | |
| 1943 | Harold Walter Gosling marries Elizabeth Daisy Hill in Taunton, Somerset. | The Colossus computer is invented by the British to break German encryption. |
| 1948 | William Arthur Gosling dies in Bristol. | Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of Indian independence movement is assassinated. |
| 1949 | George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. Wartime rationing of sweets and chocolate ends, but is re-instituted shortly thereafter as shortages return. | |
| 1950 | Outbreak of the Korean War. | |
| 1955 | Howard Herbert Gosling marries Jean Evelyn Simmonds in Stourport-on-seven, Worcestershire. | First edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London. |
| 1956 | Stephen Robert Gosling is born in Walsall, West Midlands. | Britain abolishes the death penalty. |
| 1959 | George and Mabel Hiffernan (nee Gosling) move from Dawson Creek to Victoria, Vancouver Island. | M1 motorway officially opened. |
| 1960 | Andrew Gosling is born. | Coronation Street first televised. |
| 1961 | Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space. | |
| 1963 | Walter Morgan Gosling dies in Bristol. | John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Texas. |
| 1967 | Judith Ann Gosling is born in Walsall, West Midlands. | The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 1970 | British Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh. | |
| 1971 | The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency | |
| 1973 | George Hawkes Hiffernan dies in Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada. | Vietnam War ends. "Watergate" scandal exposed |
| 1975 | Elizabeth Amelia Gosling (nee Jones) dies in Walsall, West Midlands. | Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
| 1977 | Sidney George Gosling dies in Walsall, West Midlands | Elvis Presley dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. |
| 1980 | John Lennon is shot dead in New York. | |
| 1986 | The Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Soviet Union "killed at least 4056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property". | |
| 1989 | Mabel Hiffernan (nee Gosling) dies aged 100 on Vancouver Island, Canada. | Exxon Valdez oil spill In Alaska |
| 1990 | Margaret Thatcher announces she will resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and therefore as Prime Minister. | |
| 1992 | Harold Walter Gosling dies in Bristol. | A fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, causing over £50 million worth of damage. Prince Charles and Princess Diana publicly announce their separation |
| 1997 | Diana, Princess of Wales, is taken to hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 04:00 a.m | |
| 2000 | Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. |